As a young business owner, Ken developed and ran a chain of health clubs in California and Texas. Along with a partner, Mr. BrockBank then built his own shipping Franchise group consisting of 12 separate US cities in various states to annual revenues of over $10 million. Simultaneously he joined the corporate team for the Franchisor, as the Vice President over sales and marketing where he grew the company from $85 million, to over $250 million in just 4 years.
Seven years ago Ken founded InXpress, an international shipping franchise system which currently includes 15 countries, with over 200 franchisees and revenues over $100 million. Having a passion for helping people achieve more of their full potential gives Ken the energy and juice to train others while continuing to grow his current business endeavors!
Ken BrockBank is also the trainer for InXpress and he packs over 30 years of personal experience and top-producing success in sales and marketing, business ownership, training, and coaching sales into a "change your life" training that will undoubtedly blow the doors off of your current personal and franchise results! Franchising is the best modality for success, InXpress is the best franchise for phenomenal residual income and Ken BrockBank will help you get there!
BeTheBoss: Tell us about the InXpress concept.
InXpress is a freight and transportation consultancy franchise system. Our franchisees sell discounted freight services to small and mid-sized businesses. We provide unique solutions and savings to the small and mid-sized customers. The concept is simple, yet powerful; our world class carrier partners like DHL and others that do all the transportation of the shipments, while we do the invoicing and customer service. We save the customers time hassle and money. We spend millions per month with the carriers, giving us deep discounts that we pass along to customers that typically do not qualify for them. The customer gets multiple carrier options on a single invoice, with one point of contact and local personalized service, all at tremendous savings! The customers save money on a better service, the franchisee makes a margin along the way and the carriers penetrate and retain a market they normally struggle in; everyone wins!
BeTheBoss: How and when did you become involved with InXpress?
I trained the first franchisee in England for another franchise system in 1999. A few short years later I then joined them and negotiated a separation from the existing franchise system to create InXpress. After fine tuning the system with some major improvements, we brought it US in the fall of 2006. We are now have over 200 franchisees in 15 countries doing over $100 million in revenues!
BeTheBoss: What was your background prior to joining InXpress?
I have been an entrepreneur in sales and marketing for the last 30 years. I have been in franchising for the last 23 years. I started in franchising as a franchisee for a company called Unishippers in the US. I bought four major franchises on the West coast and started selling myself while managing 5 sales reps. We grew our margin exponentially and soon I became the national sales trainer. After one year as the trainer, I joined the franchisor as the VP of sales and marketing and we took the company from $85 million to $240 million in 4 years!
BeTheBoss: What are some of the advantages in being a InXpress franchisee?
- Low entry cost and low overhead. You can work from home!
- No inventory, infrastructure, or brick and mortar
- A massive and stable industry to support the opportunity
- The ability to create massive, passive residual income
- The system is designed to help franchisees create freedom
- Who is your ideal franchisee
- Has Financial Capabilities
- $49,700 Purchase Price
- 6 Months of Working Capital
- $1,000 in Training Travel Costs
- Personality and Skills
- Sales Background, or at least willing to Cold Call
- Great work ethics
- Entrepreneurial Mindset and vision
- High Energy
- Good People Skills
- Hungry for Huge Income
- Willing to Follow Systems
BeTheBoss: Tell us a little about the Shipping Market?
The Canadian transportation market is $154 billion and a very small percentage of your local market will make you an incredible income! DHL has only a small percentage of the market, which allows us to sell to the majority of the market. We have an excellent rapport with DHL and they are excited to work with us in developing the Canadian market. We will be offering the two highest profit margin products of the market; International express (under 200 kilos) and domestic heavy freight (over 75 kilos).
BeTheBoss: What are some of the greatest lessons you’ve learned in growing this franchise?
That no matter what I think I know and how long I have been in the industry, there is always much to learn! For this reason I attend the CFA and IFA conventions as well as local chapters of both. I also attend multiple trainings and seminars each year. I have also learned that not all franchisors do this, which is surprising to me. I have also learned that you can never tell who will or won’t be a successful franchisee; sometimes those with the most experience and skill sets are not the most successful. Conversely, sometime those with no experience and lacking greatly the skillsets needed learn and follow, becoming the top producers!
BeTheBoss: Do you have a mentor and is their someone you use for inspiration?
Yes, I have many mentors and people who inspire me and I will continue to do so. I have distant mentors like Tom Hopkins, Zig Ziglar and Tony Robbins. I have mentors that I work with personally on a regular basis to stay sharp, on track and improve. I am a student of self – improvement and am always trying to get better and become the best I can be.
BeTheBoss: What advice do you have for someone looking to acquire a Franchise?
- Do your due diligence. This is a lifetime commitment and you need to make sure it is something that you will enjoy doing.
- Make sure the culture and vision of the franchisor aligns with yours.
- Make sure you set BHAG’s (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) that inspire you and compel you past the challenges.
- Take massive action.
- Join InXpress! (Hey, I had to throw that one in!)
BeTheBoss: In your opinion, why do you think that InXpress would be a great opportunity for someone?
I think InXpress would be an incredible opportunity for someone who wants to create massive passive residual income in building equity in a fun business. This is the best way to become a millionaire and beyond. I think InXpress is the right opportunity for anyone willing to do the drill for the next few years, setting themselves up for the next few decades. InXpress is the best way to put you and your family in a position of freedom; it doesn’t get any better than that!
If you are ready to create your destiny and step into your full potential – if you are ready to create the lifestyle you have always wanted – if you are ready to put you and your family into a position of freedom; call us now and let’s get started on achieving your goals and dreams!
