Marketing, Advertising, & Promoting

419 topics in this forum

1. Check Out Kukui? 1 2

   By Joe Marconi, April 1, 2013
   • 86 replies
   • 20.6k views
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   • andybizub
   • April 30, 2017

2. How to increase car count in a new shop.

   By Mario, January 6, 2012
   • 22 replies
   • 10.4k views
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   • DavidMoblieMechanic
   • May 22, 2013

3. Parts mark-up and advertising

   By boydsauto, March 5, 2010
   • 11 replies
   • 9.8k views
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   • Joe Marconi
   • March 12, 2010

4. Big FU to RepairPal 1 2

   By mspecperformance, January 28, 2015
   • 55 replies
   • 8.4k views
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   • xrac
   • July 7, 2015

5. Opening Saturdays

   By Tim A., January 25, 2011
   • 24 replies
   • 8.2k views
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   • Joe Marconi
   • July 13, 2011

6. Direct Mailers worth it?

   By mspecperformance, December 7, 2012
   • 27 replies
   • 7.8k views
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   • stowintegrity
   • July 10, 2015

7. Why are so few car repair shops making use of social media marketing?

   By Ruben Van Zenden, March 8, 2023
   • 5 replies
   • 7.8k views
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   • Transmission Repair
   • September 10, 2023

8. Prundo.com Launches Auto Repair Shop Portal to save money on reaching new customers

   By mecnx, October 12, 2009
   • 32 replies
   • 7.5k views
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   • Joe Marconi
   • January 25, 2010

9. And now we have, Repair Jungle?

   By Joe Marconi, October 6, 2013   

   • internet marketing
   • advertising
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • internet marketing
     • advertising
     • repair jungle
   • 41 replies
   • 7k views
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   • xrac
   • September 1, 2018

10. Direct Mailing

    By Southeast Tire Co., December 11, 2009
    • 16 replies
    • 6.8k views
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    • midnighteuro
    • January 9, 2012

11. Promote Driving Used cars

    By Gary A, January 16, 2011
    • 5 replies
    • 6.8k views
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    • fendersc
    • December 12, 2011

12. Mudlick Mail

    By Southeast Tire Co., February 8, 2011
    • 13 replies
    • 6.8k views
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    • flacvabeach
    • September 22, 2014

13. What CRM Program do you use?

    By Joe Marconi, June 16, 2012
    • 18 replies
    • 6.8k views
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    • LinconlnAutoRepair
    • March 11, 2013

14. Anyone using tire balance bags?

    By Joe Marconi, March 23, 2010
    • 10 replies
    • 6k views
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    • Joe Marconi
    • March 26, 2010

15. Mitchell Social CRM

    By mmotley, September 9, 2015
    • 23 replies
    • 5.8k views
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    • Jeff
    • December 12, 2016

16. Message Boards

    By CAZM, April 6, 2015
    • 32 replies
    • 5.7k views
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    • alfredauto
    • February 13, 2016

17. Digital vehicle inspection form

    By brian lorenzo, May 14, 2014
    • 7 replies
    • 5.4k views
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    • mikerisich
    • May 14, 2014

18. What is the best and cheapest way to advertise

    By KMS, January 15, 2015
    • 24 replies
    • 5.4k views
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    • Garage40
    • July 16, 2015

19. Late Night Shift?

    By Joe Marconi, November 23, 2010
    • 11 replies
    • 5.4k views
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    • Joe Marconi
    • November 28, 2010

20. Marketing Company

    By Gary A, December 8, 2010
    • 10 replies
    • 5.2k views
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    • ARM
    • January 8, 2011

21. Dash Board Oil Change Service Reminder Indicator

    By Joe Marconi, November 19, 2010
    • 11 replies
    • 5.2k views
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    • Brianp
    • January 7, 2011

22. Expand by Offering New Services

    By Joe Marconi, February 8, 2009
    • 20 replies
    • 5k views
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    • xrac
    • August 11, 2009

23. Where to Put Ad Dollars? New Customers of Existing?

    By Joe Marconi, October 22, 2022
    • 12 replies
    • 4.9k views
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    • Transmission Repair
    • September 20, 2023

24. CERTIFIED FEMALE FRIENDLY? JUST BE FRIENDLY

    By Autoshop Solutions, January 19, 2011
    • 8 replies
    • 4.9k views
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    • TheTrustedMechanic
    • January 29, 2011

25. best ROI for advertising

    By carbtech72, October 6, 2016
    • 24 replies
    • 4.8k views
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    • xrac
    • October 20, 2017

26. YELP-You either hate it or love it?

    By Joe Marconi, March 9, 2015   

    • Yelp
    • Internet advertising
    • 30 replies
    • 4.7k views
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    • mspecperformance
    • June 11, 2015

27. Autoshop Solutions, SEO, AdWords... Shine some light on my web presence.

    By Eurozone_Motors, April 7, 2016
    • 22 replies
    • 4.7k views
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    • Autoshop Solutions
    • April 10, 2017

28. Introducing TextBox – Text-Enable your existing shop telephone number

    By John Fabrega, January 30, 2017   

    • textiingsms
    • customerservice
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • textiingsms
      • customerservice
      • marketing
    • 13 replies
    • 4.7k views
    • 
    • John Fabrega
    • August 29, 2017

29. Automotive Repair Leads

    By jrendem, September 29, 2015
    • 26 replies
    • 4.5k views
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    • PeterDrunski
    • October 11, 2015

30. Are Better Made Cars Drowning Car Counts?

    By Ron Ipach, July 14, 2017   

    • attract customers
    • auto repair marketing
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • attract customers
      • auto repair marketing
      • auto dealers
      • new vehicle
      • shop management
      • car count
      • better made cars
      • automotive industry
      • profits
    • 18 replies
    • 4.4k views
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    • AndersonAuto
    • August 11, 2017

31. RepairPal Estimator

    By totalautocare, March 9, 2016
    • 23 replies
    • 4.4k views
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    • lmcca
    • April 8, 2016

32. Charity Car repair?

    By CARMandP, June 9, 2010
    • 2 replies
    • 4.2k views
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    • Joe Marconi
    • June 9, 2010

33. slam em hard or....not

    By gravysuckinpig, November 28, 2010
    • 13 replies
    • 4.2k views
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    • xrac
    • January 2, 2012

34. Yelp vs Google

    By Chris Romanow, June 6, 2012
    • 9 replies
    • 4.2k views
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    • Autoshop Solutions
    • October 8, 2013

35. Bumper sticker campaign

    By Jay Huh, March 5, 2017
    • 28 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • mmotley
    • June 13, 2017

36. Marketing For A New Shop

    By Transmission Repair, December 9, 2022
    • 3 replies
    • 4.1k views
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    • Transmission Repair
    • September 7, 2023

37. Can Anyone Truly Measure Advertising

    By Joe Marconi, October 23, 2007
    • 7 replies
    • 4k views
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    • RobMax
    • March 19, 2013

38. Kukui

    By b1qwkbird, February 5, 2016
    • 13 replies
    • 4k views
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    • RyanGMW
    • January 6, 2017

39. Yelp pay per click

    By Bockauto, October 5, 2015
    • 13 replies
    • 4k views
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    • GTS_Services
    • February 2, 2016

40. Advertising ideas for little to no money

    By carbtech72, September 27, 2015
    • 16 replies
    • 4k views
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    • Garage40
    • January 13, 2016

41. Anyone Tried Groupon?

    By Joe Marconi, October 8, 2011
    • 3 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • Kevin S
    • October 17, 2011

42. Raising average ticket sales

    By Dr.Dave, February 17, 2010
    • 6 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • Joe Marconi
    • March 15, 2010

43. Search Engine Marketing

    By xrac, November 24, 2010
    • 7 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • FROGFINDER
    • December 15, 2010

44. What’s Your “Sweet Spot”

    By Joe Marconi, February 25, 2013
    • 2 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • FROGFINDER
    • February 26, 2013

45. Website questions

    By Bob K, January 10, 2016
    • 9 replies
    • 3.9k views
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    • 328ijunkie
    • February 2, 2016

46. Hold a Clinic for your Customers

    By Joe Marconi, May 5, 2010
    • 12 replies
    • 3.8k views
    • 
    • Joe Marconi
    • May 12, 2010

47. Motorist assurance Program

    By GobblesAuto, May 18, 2011
    • 3 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • 
    • Joe Marconi
    • May 31, 2011

48. Lighthouse 360

    By CarER, November 9, 2015
    • 9 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • Gary A
    • September 14, 2016

49. Get More Google Juice!

    By John Fabrega, March 2, 2017
    • 12 replies
    • 3.6k views
    • 
    • John Fabrega
    • October 13, 2017

50. New shop need help to increase business

    By Mr. Fixit, November 12, 2014
    • 18 replies
    • 3.5k views
    • 
    • KMS
    • January 21, 2015