Franchise systems fail for a lot of reasons. But one of the most preventable — and most commonly overlooked — is a franchisee who feels invisible, uninformed, and unsupported in their local market. They signed on to the brand. They paid the fee. And then they watched competitors show up on Google while they didn't, got a marketing invoice they couldn't interpret, and never heard from anyone about whether any of it was working. That is a marketing agency problem. And it is costing franchise systems franchisees.