Audio LinkIn this episode Mike discusses the reward of growing in leadership. It goes beyond profit and cash flow. The real success comes from business owners realizing they need to develop their people instead of managing them. Too often the…
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What to pay. How to recruit.I was filling up the car with petro. Hanging from the hose was an ad for a job for a local grocery store. It was red and designed to fit perfectly over the hose.The tag…
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A social media page is kind of like a second website for your business. Just like your website, Facebook can be optimized to talk to search engines like Google in the best way using a few simple techniques. You may…
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You Can’t Take Percentages to the BankPaying attention to your margins, and proper pricing is critical your success, yet far too many shop owners are so determined to make a certain percentage of gross profit on each job, that they…
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Audio LinkThis is a fascinating business model and one that Makes EV’s a specialty, no different than Euro Shops. With OE commitments and government mandates to roll out EV’s and reduce the production of the internal combustion engine, we all…
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https://youtu.be/zBE8l0jhq28 Guest host Rob Merwin from Aftermarket Matters will share news on the number of shops that closed as a result of Covid-19 and the advance of mobile repair. Charlie Marcotte from American Pride in Virginia will give us a…
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Audio LinkThe passion my panel has for this industry is hard to miss in this episode. They touch base on topics including labor rates, the professionalism of the industry and the importance of DVI’s to just name a few. We…
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Audio LinkGoodhart’s law named after British economist Charles Goodhart states “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Sometimes when business owners become focused on a specific measure in their business, like productivity, it can…
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"The Indy 500 is a business first and entertainment second. The fans many times forget that. We get angry when a team releases a favorite driver or when a sponsor stops sponsoring a team. Sometimes the drivers that are released…
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