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The Challenge of Finding & Keeping Motivated Technicians

If you had to choose between a day where half of your customers didn’t show up or a day where half of your staff didn’t, which would you pick? For most shops, the second scenario is much...

Do Online Directory Listings Matter for Auto Repair Shops?

What are online directory listings? Online directory listings (also known as citations) are the backbone network of local businesses on the web. Google, Facebook, Bing and Yelp are some of the more...

Instagram Is Now a Necessity for Auto Repair Shops

If your auto repair shop is currently not using Instagram, now is the time to do so. Instagram has updated their map functionality to make it easier for users to discover local businesses. Thinking...

Should I Respond to My Auto Repair Shop Google Reviews?

The short answer is yes, but there’s more to it than just posting a quick response.  That’s especially true if the review is negative. I’m writing this blog because we’ve seen a lot of...

How Do Consumers Search for Auto Repair Shops Online?

There is a lot of confusion among auto repair shop owners about how consumers search for auto repair services on the web. Our goal in this blog is to clear up the confusion and help you understand...

Repair Shop Cash Flow Management Tips

The Corporation for Enterprise Development did a survey of over 900 companies with five or fewer employees to take a look at business financial needs.  They found that fifty-five percent of those surveyed indicated that they could only...

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Facebook Entering the Job Posting Market

We’ve discussed before how recruiting technicians is the biggest challenge facing the automotive repair industry as a whole.  While it’s been a problem for years in auto repair, the US job market has tightened enough in the last year that...

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A1 24 Hour Mobile Repair Service | We Come to You!

A1 24 Hour Mobile Repair Service is the most complete Fleet Truck Repair in Valparaiso, Indiana.  When you need your Truck Fleet serviced, they provide complete engine diagnostics, engine work, transmission work, drive train, and DOT...

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Your Customers are Mobile-First. Is Your Website?

The majority of automotive searches are now happening on phones, according to 2016 research on search engine usage.  People have been using phones more and more frequently to search for information online, but this is some of the first...

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The Dangers of Weak Passwords

Is your shop exposed to on-site data theft? Last year, a Lancaster University computing professor put together a list of the worst passwords. The list ranged from sad to humorous. To do this, he looked at lists of hacked and stolen...

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