When creating a safety culture, our efforts are often focused on the people on the shop floor, those individuals that interact daily with obvious hazards such as electric shock and oil slicks. What many people don’t realize is that one of the most

2014 top shops is underway, from Search Auto Parts. Back again, the annual Motor Age Top Shops contest is here for you to show off how great of a shop you operate or work in. Every year, the contest searches for the 10 best shops in the country, high

There are a variety of best practices that will keep your employees safe. Implement the following to protect your employees: Dry Clean-Up Dry clean-up methods, such as High Intensity Particulate Arrestor (HEPA) filtered vacuum systems, remove particu

‘Til death do us part in the repair shop, according to Search Auto Parts. Until death do us part. That sounds kind of scary, but we all have heard that expression before. Most of the time, it refers to marriage. Marriage is defined as a formal

Auto shops try to keep up with rising sales and recalls, according to The Detroit News. The wave of record-breaking recalls is keeping dealership service shops humming — and some dealers think it will only get busier heading into the fall. Service

Most managers in the automotive industry have their nose to the grindstone, squarely focused on finishing the month ahead of projections. From dealers to general managers, from middle management to service advisors, from consultants to guys who write

Three simple tactics to increase customer loyalty, according to Marketing Profs. For years, my business approach was this: If you make something truly remarkable, it will sell itself. I know, it’s very “Field of Dreams,” but that

If it’s all about location, location, location in real estate, it’s all about leads, leads, leads for auto dealers. Not surprisingly, almost all are laser focused on keeping a high number of inbound leads flowing regularly. One obvious way to do

Catch up with these 3 big waves in marketing to women, from Entrepreneur. Despite the fact that in the United States alone women make up 50 percent of the consumer base and 85 percent of purchases are made or influenced by female customers, many comp