Why Your Auto Shop Should Send Its Holiday Cards in March
Should your auto shop send an annual Christmas card? Once the answer might have been an unequivocal yes, but we live in complicated times now,
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Increasing from 1.6 to 3.0 Hours Per RO – Interview with Lisa Spinder, Training Manager, Planet Auto
Increasing from 1.6 to 3.0 Hours Per RO - Interview with Lisa Spinder, Training Manager, Planet Auto 17 minute video interview Click here to watch #Averagehoursperro
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The Automotive Repair Business Annual Check Up
The end of the year is the time we start to look forward to the next year and develop goals and plans. Performing a check up on the state of the business will help to identify opportunities to be taken…
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Should Your Shop Be Open Christmas Eve? – Try This Idea
This year Christmas is on a Friday, and Christmas Eve is historically not a big sales day for most, so shop owners have the opportunity to offer their staff a 4-day Christmas weekend if they close on Christmas Eve!!! Who…
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Know Your Numbers
Know Your NumbersBy Bob CooperOver the last 25 years I’ve been amazed to discover just how many shop owners are lost when it comes to knowing and understanding “the numbers”. In order to build a successful auto repair shop, you…
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How Independently Can Your Auto Shop Operate?
As with any business, the better your auto shop is organized and structured, the better it will run overall. It will also be significantly easier to manage. Why
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Do you know what your Service Advisor’s closing ratio should be?
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Why Implement a Dress Code in Your Auto Shop?
Dress codes are enjoying a bit of a resurgence after decades of people believing they were unnecessarily restrictive or repressed individuality.
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The Automotive Repair Work Scheduling Process
The work scheduling process in automotive repair is generally undertaken in a phased manner. The first phase involves loading the shop to the desired capacity ensuring that sales goals will be met and the most will be made of available…
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How to Increase Walk-in Traffic at Your Auto Shop
We’ve previously talked about growing your auto shop business on this blog, through a variety of marketing methods, through identifying and targeting spec
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