Be In Control
It's a proven
fact that networking with a group
of individuals who share the same
passion and direction as you helps!
Take control of your business and
stop having it control you. Learn
from your peers and network with
other shop owners who want to be
successful in the automotive
business. Imagine the wealth of
knowledge you can get from
networking with others!
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Welcome Shop Owners! |
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Welcome Shop Owners, The Future Has
Arrived!
You're tough, resilient,
persistent and independent. You're
technical and philosophical. And most of
all you are an entrepreneur. You are a
modern day Automotive Shop Owner.
You are among an elite group of
businesspeople that has survived the
turbulent times of the recent past and
keeps the world moving. You should be
proud. The demands of being an
automotive shop owner have created
within you a wealth of knowledge. Now,
thanks to the Internet, we can bring all
the great minds of the automotive shop
owners together to make one powerful
network coalition: AutoShopOwner.com.
The modern shop owner has made the
transition from a technician to a
polished professional. Today, the art of
business is what you seek. Becoming
better at business is your goal.
Want to learn what other shop owners
think about business? Do you ever wonder
how other shop owners pay their techs,
or what percentage they markup parts?
Need help on creating a business plan?
Thinking of expanding? Or, how about
seeking support from other shop owners
going through some of the same issues
and concerns you have? These and more is
what we will bring to you.
AutoShopOwner.com is committed to
bringing together the vast knowledge and
experience of shop owners from around
the world. We are also committed to
becoming a resource for business related
topics, benchmarking numbers, business
forms and much more.
AutoShopOwner.com wants to personally
welcome you to this new and exciting
website. The future has truly arrived.
Together we will cut a path to the new
world of automotive business. So strap
yourself in and get ready for an
electrifying Ride!
 Thank you,
Joe Marconi, Osceola Garage
"Network Today for a Stronger
Tomorrow"
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Economic Downturns Call For More Training, Not Less!
 While it seems that cutting back on everything is the right way to go during a recession, care must be taken not to skimp on the essentials of doing business. With vehicles being so much more complex these days and customers so much more difficult to manage, our skills in all areas need to be the best. We must be able to sell our work at profitable prices and then produce as close to a perfect product as we can the first time.. |
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Looking Past the Recession
In my 25 years of automotive shop ownership I’ve lived through at least three recessions or economic downturns if that’s what you’d like to call them. They have some factors in common of which we should all be aware, the primary one being that eventually they come to an end. So there’s your silver lining; knowing that at some point the economy will normalize itself. The trick is to still be there to take advantage of the good times that will no doubt return.td>
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Had a Tough Day Today? You're the boss, Get Over it!
It's 4:55am. I awake 5 minutes before the alarm is due to go off. As I stagger through the house getting ready for work, my mind fills with thoughts of what needs to be done today, what was not done yesterday, what went wrong yesterday, and ways to make today a better day than yesterday. I'm not attempting to paint a "gloom and doom, the sky is falling" image, but rather illustrate the start of how a typical shop owner begins their day.
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Forums: The Power Among Us
They say experience is the best teacher. If this is so, there's probably enough information among automotive shop owners to fill a library the size of the Empire State Building. Each day, shop owners conduct business in the trenches of automotive service and repair. They make tough, real-world decisions. If someone has a question about running an automotive business, there's probably a shop owner out there who knows something on that topic. It's time we profit from this knowledge.
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Talking with Terry Greenhut
Being
alone in today's automotive
aftermarketplace is about as tough as
it gets. Not knowing what others with
your same problems are doing to solve
them forces you to reinvent yourself
and your business every time you are
faced with a new challenge. An industry
as mature as ours has seen and solved
most every problem that could come
along. If you're having certain issues
you can bet that many others have had
the same or similar ones and somehow
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The Evolution of the Automotive
Shop Owner
Most of us got into the automotive
business probably the same way I did.
We had a love for fixing cars and
naturally entered into a career as an
automotive mechanic. As our skills
improved we looked toward the future to
stake our claim in the automotive
business world. We were mechanics on a
Friday, working for dealerships,
garages and gas stations. We became
shop owners on a Monday and the world
for us changed forever.
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What Business Are You Really In?
If you’re like me, you probably got
into the business of auto repair
because of the passion you have for
cars and the desire to fix mechanical
things. The thrill of bringing back
alive a sick engine or transmission was
unmatched by any other career choice.
So, eventually, after mastering the art
of automotive mechanics you ventured
out on your own..........
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Sales Lesson
It was 1980 when I opened my shop. I
rented 4 bays in a building shared with
a sporting goods store. I remember one
day a customer (I‘ll call him Mr.
Priority) arrived and asked if we could
do and oil change and a state
inspection. He said he was going next
door to the sporting goods store to
check out the new shotguns that just
arrived. It was fall, just before deer
season.
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