AutoFix

MARCH 11, 2024

The business coach’s experiences fuel his passion for helping auto shop owners overcome their obstacles. AutoFix Auto Shop Coaching helps owners go beyond just keeping their shops open. Cotton and his team advise shop owners on how to find success while maintaining a healthy work/life balance.

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Auto Profit Masters

JULY 7, 2023

By William Johnson Chris Myers is in some ways the accidental owner of five repair shop locations in the Wichita, KS, area. Not that he wound up a shop owner by accident; Chris never had a doubt that he would own a shop someday. I wanted to have a shop to call my own and be able to run things my way.”

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AutoSuccess

JANUARY 12, 2024

Sharp brings extensive leadership experience in the independent repair and service industry, where she has successfully scaled software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in hyper-growth, equity-backed environments, including Identifix (sold to Solera) and asTech (integrated with Kinderhook Industries).

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Autoshop Solutions

APRIL 16, 2024

“From the beginning of the onboarding and until now, I’ve been very pleased and happy with the results I’ve seen,” said Coty Van Lannen, VL Auto Repair shop owner. “I was really confident that you guys could hit the ground running, and I’m pumped with the website winning the award!

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AutoInc.

JANUARY 8, 2024

Customer Satisfaction : Burnout can lead to a decline in customer service and satisfaction, potentially causing increased customer attrition in the long run. Understanding your financial reports is important for many reasons. Yet even with all the resources available today, many owners don’t understand them to use them to the fullest.

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Tomorrow's Technician

MARCH 8, 2024

He also is in the running for SkillsUSA Indiana State Officer and is on a team competing for the organization’s community service award by providing no-cost auto services. Thomas has established himself as a leader in his shop and his community. “I I will always remember the feeling I got when the truck started because we fixed it.”

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Tire Review Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

As a second-generation tire shop owner, Ben Leipold, co-owner of Leipold Tire, is a seasoned veteran in the tire industry. My brother and I run our two locations now with my kids. We have two locations and all family members run them. Both my sons are back at our shops running them while we’re gone.

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AutoShopOwner

MARCH 30, 2023

Work has Evolved As a young technician in the mid-1970s, the shop owner was typically at the top of the pinnacle. Work has Evolved As a young technician in the mid-1970s, the shop owner was typically at the top of the pinnacle. It was common back then for a boss to run his company with the mindset, "my way or the highway."

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Tomorrow's Technician

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

GPA and plans to run for SkillsUSA State Officer in Indiana in 2024. I’ve applied to run for State Officer for SkillsUSA Indiana. My academic awards I’ve received [include] a Presidential Academic Award, Academic Honors, NJHS [National Junior Honor Society] and also NSLS [The National Society of Leadership and Success].

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AutoInc.

MAY 12, 2023

Years ago, when Tony and I opened our transmission shop, I wanted to learn more about the industry. If Tony and I can’t leave as we need or want to, while our shop still runs, then why are we doing this? Some shops keep up with training and technology and others do not. Otherwise, you created a job for yourself.

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Auto Profit Masters

MAY 9, 2023

The first step to creating a lasting, winning culture within your shop is to get honest with yourself about what’s broken. Once the barriers to change are gone, you need to get serious about creating processes for how the operation should run. Did you grow the shops in your operation by 143.9%, 89.4%, 29.1% It takes hard work.

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Tire Review Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The time has come again for my favorite edition of Tire Review: our Top Shop issue, now in its 17th year! Tire Review’s Top Shop Awards Program, presented by Coats , recognizes the “best of the best” tire dealers across North America. Our 2023 Top Shop winner, Black’s Tires & Auto Service, embodies it. “We I’m blessed.

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AutoFix

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Why You Should Go to Automotive Conferences Automotive conferences are the way to go if you dream of becoming a leader in your industry—or just want to see your shop grow and thrive. Every conference you attend gives you even more insights needed to take your auto repair shop to the next level.

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BA Auto Care

JUNE 30, 2023

Founded in 1978 as British American Auto Care by England native Brian England, the auto repair shop quickly established its reputation for quality auto repair backed by 5-Star customer service. Educated and trained as an automobile technician in England, Brian and his wife Jennifer dreamed of traveling to the United States.

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AutoFix

JANUARY 20, 2023

Without this extra layer of support, you’re throwing your team members to the wolves instead of promoting their success at your auto repair shop. Without this extra layer of support, you’re throwing your team members to the wolves instead of promoting their success at your auto repair shop. You have many different avenues to explore.

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Shop Marketing Pros

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Marketing for the auto shop professional. Watch a 6 min demo video Schedule a discovery call menu A Complete List of Podcasts for the Automotive Independent Aftermarket I think back to 2002 when I opened my first auto repair shop. I was great at fixing cars but I knew nothing about running a business. Today, there is no excuse.

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AutoInc.

JULY 25, 2023

Marketing, Operations, Sales, People and Financials) For most shop owners, their comfort lies in their technical skills. How well would your business run if you were on vacation for a couple of weeks or had a personal matter to address? The early years are full of grit and drive. Most don’t have business experience or training.

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Institute for Automotive Business Excellence

AUGUST 4, 2022

These five steps to creating processes for your auto shop will help turn your business into the well-oiled machine of your dreams! You’ve no clue who knows, or how much they know in any given process, or how many processes you need to run your company, let alone whether each one is being executed to your level of quality.

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Virginia Tire & Auto

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Two of the three members of Virginia Tire & Auto’s executive team are women (the third is her husband, Mike, who is co-CEO), and five of the 12 people on Virginia Tire & Auto’s leadership team are women. Holmes is the co-CEO of Virginia Tire & Auto, a $62 million auto repair business with 17 locations in Northern Virginia.

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AutoInc.

AUGUST 28, 2023

Post Conference Tips Debrief: Schedule time to discuss takeaways and plan of action to hit the ground running when you return. Her company Small Biz Vantage specialized in performance and leadership for automotive and skilled trade business owners. She has been an auto shop owner since 1999. Be on your best behavior.

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Shop Marketing Pros

JUNE 9, 2023

Marketing for the auto shop professional. Watch a 6 min demo video Schedule a discovery call menu The Biggest Mistakes Being Made in Your Auto Repair Shop Marketing Automotive Management , Leadership , Marketing Introduction We’re coming up on June, and I was tasked with writing this article. Let’s get started.

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Ratchet + Wrench

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ben Nemtin's rise to prominence began with a list of impossible tasks. He believes you can do the same.

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Ratchet + Wrench

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Shop owners who don’t connect with their teams run the risk of losing them.

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Tire Review Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

At this year’s annual conference and dealer meeting, K&M Tire officials and keynote speakers were on hand to challenge its network of dealers to improve how they do things – whether that be how they run the business, treat customers or plan to grow – all under the theme “level up.” The first is to remember why you started.

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Auto Profit Masters

MAY 9, 2023

And when you’re looking to take your shop to the next level, it can be tempting to look for that born leader who can step in and start taking over roles and responsibilities with minimal instruction, documentation, or processes. You still need to have quality people on your team if you want to run a quality business. This is a mistake.

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Tomorrow's Technician

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

She knows the pain points of running a successful auto repair business. This is about the long-term health [of our technicians] because in 20 years our shop [Dean’s Car Care] is going to start seeing those vehicles that we will be locked out of. And one Congresswoman at the forefront of the Right-to-Repair fight is Rep.

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Brake & Front End

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

She knows the pain points of running a successful auto repair business. This is about the long-term health [of our technicians] because in 20 years our shop [Dean’s Car Care] is going to start seeing those vehicles that we will be locked out of. And one Congresswoman at the forefront of the Right-to-Repair fight is Rep.

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