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Protecting Your Auto Repair Shop from Phishing and Other Attacks

Unfortunately, there is an army of people in the world who seek to take advantage of business owners by misleading them and stealing their money.  We recently got a distressed call from a customer...

Recruiting? Here’s What Auto Technicians Are Looking For

Recruiting and hiring technicians is still one of the most challenging issues facing auto repair shops.  At least, that’s what we continue to hear from our customers. In order to recruit talented...

Facebook Messenger Scams Targeting Auto Repair Shops

​We are hearing from customers and seeing on multiple news sources that there has been a significant uptick in the number of Facebook and Instagram Messenger scams and cyber attacks over the past...

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...

Earn More Money with Great Auto Repair Shop Photos

Most auto repair shop owners put plenty of work into their shop.  They work to build efficient workspaces, to keep their customers comfortable, and to keep their employees happy.  That work can pay dividends once customers see it for...

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The Difference Between a Website and a Web Presence

Back in 2005 when Repair Shop Websites was founded, your website was your business’s online presence.  It was an exciting time for the web - Google had just gone public, valued at $23 billion. Now consider this: Google’s current valuation...

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Choosing to Be the Best Auto Repair Shop in Town

If you want to be the best auto repair shop in town, you need to be different from your competition in a way that really matters to customers. That’s not as easy as it sounds, but if you can pull it off, your business can be hugely...

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What Makes a Great Auto Repair Shop Employee?

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the damage that a high-performing jerk can do to your auto repair shop.  It might seem like it’s impossible for your shop to survive without them, until you get rid of them.  Then everyone else’s...

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Why Google AdWords Don’t Work for Auto Repair Shops

If you’ve been disappointed by your results from expensive Google Ads, you’re not alone. In fact, they’re a bad investment for most auto repair shops. View the "Why Google Ads Don't Work for Auto Repair Shops" infographic below for more...

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Don’t Keep the High-Performing Jerk

If you watched more than a handful of cartoons as a kid, you remember all of the evil geniuses.  Their names were different in each show, but they were always trying to rule the world, and the heroes always stopped them.  Did you ever...

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Why Buying Fake Reviews Is a Really Bad Idea

Have you ever seen a repair shop that had a terrible online rating, and suddenly had a great one?  It’s hard to turn a terrible rating around in a few days – you have to have five reviews before Google will show your star rating, so if a...

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