Utilize the Concept of Social and Interest Groups to Grow Your Shop’s Business
The ability to graph peoples’ interests through social media networks allows users to tap into potential relationships that they might never have been exposed to. Word of mouth is the most powerful stamp of approval for any business. If a company goes out of its way to serve you, you sing their praises. If a
Phoning it In: 5 Tips On Handling Price Shoppers
In order for people to buy engine services from you, three things need to occur: they need to like you, trust you and view you as a credible engine builder.
Identifying and Removing the “Time Stealers” from Your Shop
Your engine shop may be great at rebuilding powerplants for customers, but one thing your staff can’t do is build “more time.” Whether it’s silver, gold, platinum, diamonds, rubies or even cold, hard cash, we take numerous measures each day to protect our valuable items, some more drastic than others. We use locks, banks, safes
Getting Social: Are You Linked In LinkedIn?
Discover why LinkedIn is more than just a social networking platform but a valuable business tool for your engine shop. Are confused by LinkedIn? Don’t know what it is? Do you believe it has a place in our industry? Do you feel it’s just too complicated for you to even hope to achieve anything by
The Importance Of Non-Solicitation Agreements
When properly written, non-solicitation agreements state if an employee leaves your company they will have every right to compete, but they are disallowed from soliciting any of your customers or any of your employees. Engine builder business owners work hard, often for many years, to develop a customer base. The last thing they want to
Tax Planning for Small Business Owners/Engine Shops
It is to your benefit to review your income and expenses monthly and meet with your CPA or tax advisor quarterly to analyze how you can take full advantage of the provisions, credits and deductions that are legally available to you. Running a hands-on engine shop can keep you pretty busy and at times, you
Using Customer Feedback to Improve Your Business
As a business owner, feedback is generally accepted as a way to make improvements to your shop or services, and is even a helpful method to short-term and long-term business decisions. For most shop owners, customer feedback is often immediate, allowing you to act upon it quickly. Feedback. We all seem to get it —
Protect Your Business with the Right Insurance
Having the right kind of insurance is critical to your business and multiple insurance policies should be in place before you even open • Commercial Business Insurance: Commercial Property Insurance policies are either all-inclusive or risk specific and protect your office and its contents from damage caused by natural disasters, fires, or vandalism. your doors for
Smaller Engines Make Inroads in U.S., According to J.D. Power
Small, fuel-efficient 4-cylinder engines were the power plant of choice for 55.8 percent of the new vehicles sold or leased at retail in the U.S. market during the first half of 2013, according to research data provided by the Power Information Network (PIN) from J.D. Power. That’s up 1.7 percentage points from the sales mix
Study Finds That Fewer Young Adults are Driving
For many Millenials – commonly known as Generation Y – owning a car is becoming less of a priority, according to a recent article published on AOL Autos. While many believe that the younger generation’s 82 million members are simply “anti-driving,” the reality is that to them, cars are less of a necessity and more of
Employer Compliance: EEOC Addresses Six Priority Areas Of Claims Enforcement
In December of 2012, the EEOC laid out the details of its Strategic Enforcement Plan for fiscalyears 2013-’16 and identified six “national priorities” that focus enforcement efforts in the three general areas of hiring, pay and harassment. The six priority areas of claims enforcement are as follows: 1. Eliminating Barriers in Recruiting and Hiring. Last year, the EEOC
One Minute Might Save You Thirty!
The call, one of hundreds made every day, goes something like this: “Hello. This is Billy-Joe-Bob, can I help you?” “Yeah Billy, this is Hank with Smith Machine. I’m working on an F-150 with a 4.6 and I need some parts.” “OK, Hank. I have several Smith Machines, do you know your account number?” “No.”
