Vehicle MSRPs remain elevated, making purchasing a new car more expensive than ever. This prompts your customers to invest more in repairing and maintaining their current cars, which is great news for your shop. But as repairs get more complex and costly, customers can develop anxiety or even distrust around the scale and urgency of […]
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For an auto repair shop to thrive in today’s challenging market conditions, you need to do everything you can to turn one-time customers into regulars. This blog outlines some practical tactics to make loyal customers of your first-time visitors and explores why increasing retention matters so much in terms of revenue and future success. Understanding
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Whether you are opening a new auto repair business, taking over an existing shop and updating the name, or even considering rebranding your group of auto shops, picking a good name and defining your brand is job number one. Choosing a professional, authentic, and unique name can be a real challenge. You want something short,
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In this power-packed session, Wealth Strategist & Investment Expert Derick Van Ness shares insider tips on proactively thinking about taxes and creating tax breaks for your auto repair shop. You can learn how to effectively collaborate with your accounting professional to optimize savings and gain a competitive edge. By the end of this video, you\’ll
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How Using Auto Shop Management Software Can Address Those Concerns Auto shop owners face a wide range of challenges running their businesses. A recent survey showed that the priority of those challenges has shifted in recent years. IMR, a national automotive market researcher, conducts an annual survey of auto shops across the country and asks
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R.O. Writer and Elite Worldwide have teamed up to deliver a custom-designed session geared towards auto repair shop owners who want to grow their business and attract new customers! Download the slides, here. In this session we will: Identify your target audience and where to find them. Conduct a Shop Evaluation – Internal and External.
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R.O. Writer’s Digital Vehicle Inspection (DVI) app allows you to replace clipboards and paper inspections with tablets and smartphones. Text your technician\’s inspection findings and recommendations alongside pictures and videos directly to your customers, so they feel empowered to make educated decisions quickly. Listen in as industry expert, Rick Stermole, delivers a jampacked virtual workshop
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Getting customers into your shop is only half the battle. To build a thriving auto repair business, you also want to maximize sales once customers come in for servicing. Selling more to your customers involves figuring out the suitable pricing model, increasing your average repair order, and maximizing customer lifetime value through upsells and cross-sells.
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While your auto repair shop may pride itself on providing personal service, that doesn’t mean you need to forgo technology. Instead, using software such as digital vehicle inspection (DVI) software can help you increase efficiency in ways that delight customers. In turn, that can increase sales. Spending less time making repair checklists, for example, means
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Webinar with senior leadership at R.O. Writer and Transtar In a webinar with our partners at Transtar Industries Inc., we discussed our partnership and how Transtar integrates with our auto shop management solution. Rick Stermole, our Director of Business Development, Transtar’s VP of Marketing Kevin Rozsa and VP of Technology Bryan Chaikin, had a conversation
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