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    Autoflow
    Feb. 7, 2024
    Tips on how to transition from traditional paper inspections to digital vehicle inspection software.
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    Mobile payments
    Mike Haley
    Sept. 25, 2023
    Offering payment options for automotive repairs can significantly benefit both repair shops and their clients.
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    Inspecting a car underhood
    Brian Canning
    July 28, 2023
    Factory-scheduled maintenance guidelines serve as valuable roadmaps for keeping vehicles in optimal condition.
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    Mike Paton, Vision Lunch Keynote Speaker
    Mike Paton of EOS Worldwide offered a hands-on look at his management strategy during his lunch keynote at VISION.
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    Brian Hunnicutt
    Feb. 1, 2023
    You’re probably familiar with the 80/20 rule: what someone accomplishes in three hours of his or her day will net him or her 80 percent of what they get done in a day. Is this...
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    Colter Shaffer
    Jan. 4, 2023
    If your shop does not sell tires, then ask yourself — why not?
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    Coaching
    Brian Canning
    Nov. 15, 2022
    In the automotive world, it is not what we know nearly as much as it is what we do and commit ourselves to.
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    Rick White
    Oct. 6, 2022
    Implement a profit model and base all your decisions on how they’ll affect your profit.
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    Rick White
    March 31, 2022
    As an industry, it seems we’ve been challenged with how to charge for diagnostics as long as we’ve been diagnosing vehicles. Discussed are three common practices that must go ...
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    LeAnne Williamson
    March 21, 2022
    If things aren’t going according to plan, it’s time to make some adjustments or change course entirely to ensure that you finish the year strong.
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    David Rogers
    Feb. 28, 2022
    Despite unprecedented access to tools, training, systems, processes, and help, there’s no efficiency revolution taking place in the auto repair industry. Before making the investment...
    John and Lynn Eanes, owners of Galveston Automotive Professionals in Galveston, Texas, show off the Packard they recently serviced.
    Carolyn Gray
    Feb. 22, 2022
    A trusted friendship provides an impartial outside view into your business from someone who understands what it is to own a repair shop.
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    Over the life of an alignment machine in our example, charging a fair price of $129.95 instead of $99.95 means breaking even in only 33 months instead of 50, and a profit difference over the life of the machine of $45,000.
    Rick White
    Feb. 1, 2022
    To maximize your return on investment, focus on your core competencies
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    Elite Worldwide
    Nov. 10, 2021
    Elite Business Development Coach Bill Edwards shares a shop tip on average repair orders.