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Character Beats Experience Every Time
When it comes to finding employees, personality and character traits are more important than experience. That’s one of the most important findings from Jim Collins’s Good to Great, one of the most influential business management books...
Repair Shop Cash Flow Management Tips
The Corporation for Enterprise Development did a survey of over 900 companies with five or fewer employees to take a look at business financial needs. They found that fifty-five percent of those surveyed indicated that they could only...
Facebook Entering the Job Posting Market
We’ve discussed before how recruiting technicians is the biggest challenge facing the automotive repair industry as a whole. While it’s been a problem for years in auto repair, the US job market has tightened enough in the last year that...
Tom Butler Sales & Service Inc | Honesty, Integrity, and Diversity of Products
Tom Butler Sales & Service Inc is an auto repair shop that has served the Deer Park, Wisconsin area since 1992. Located in the Milwaukee metropolitan area their business focuses on providing service beyond expectation. Some of the...
Your Customers are Mobile-First. Is Your Website?
The majority of automotive searches are now happening on phones, according to 2016 research on search engine usage. People have been using phones more and more frequently to search for information online, but this is some of the first...
The Dangers of Weak Passwords
Is your shop exposed to on-site data theft? Last year, a Lancaster University computing professor put together a list of the worst passwords. The list ranged from sad to humorous. To do this, he looked at lists of hacked and stolen...
Are You Investing Enough in Automotive Technician Training?
The Auto Service Association recently released the results of their first “How’s My Business” survey, in three years. This survey, which asks ASA members about the results of their shops for the last six months, had an entire page...
Hiep is an Accomplished Mechanic at AVI Auto & Truck Repair LLC in Portland OR!
At Avi Auto & Truck Repair LLC, Hiep takes time to assess your repairs and provides fair, reliable, professional service. Drop by 9107 SE Division St in Portland, OR 97266 today to see for yourself, or call 503-774-4842 for an appointment.
Five Ways to Improve Non-Verbal Communication in Your Shop
When your shop is operating at full speed, it’s a busy place, and everyone has plenty of things going on. Technicians and service writers shouldn’t have to interrupt each other’s work just to clarify where their time is best spent. Here...
