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Who Are the Best Marketing Partners/Companies for Your Auto Repair Shop?

Shop Marketing Pros

If you’re looking for a marketing company to work with to market your auto repair shop, you should talk to multiple of the companies on this list and make the decision that you think will be best for your auto repair shop. Mail Shark Mail Shark has been around since 2008.

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Fragmented Marketing: How It’s Hurting Your Brand + Wasting Your Money

Shop Marketing Pros

Back when we had our shop we were figuring out marketing just like many of you are today. We were auto repair shop owners, not marketers. This was 2002 to 2008. I wrote a guide on creating a real world marketing plan for your auto repair shop. Kim did our email marketing. Some of them are not.

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How Profit First Helped Turn An Entrepreneur Into A Businessman

Shop Marketing Pros

When I graduated high school, I went to UTI in Houston and learned how to be a mechanic. I worked for the Mercedes dealership for a few years before eventually opening my own auto repair shop. One day I was opening the mail at my shop and I got a sales letter from a company called Management Success.

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Failing Forward: Look Back, Learn, and Move On

Shop Marketing Pros

In 2008, we failed big. We lost our auto repair shop and went bankrupt. The Fear Of Failure In Marketing Marketing is one of those places where the auto repair shop owners we talk to tend to have a lot of fear. I learned so much from that experience. That’s a valid fear.

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Adulting Hack with Girls Auto Clinic

Girls Auto Clinic

I shop hoped or went to different mechanics or auto repair shops each time my car needed work. I didn’t have a mechanic I could trust to help me with my car and no men in my family to help (we are a family of 7 women). I made the biggest mistake drivers make with vehicles with my Hunter.

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5 Dodge Dakota 4WD Problems You Should Know (+Fixes)

RepairSmith

If there’s no leak, you may need to repair or replace these parts. You’ll need a professional mechanic to test and confirm this. You should call a mechanic to inspect the problem soon, or you could end up with a burnt shift motor, which can be expensive to replace. Still no luck?

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5 Dodge Dakota 4WD Problems You Should Know (+Fixes)

RepairSmith

If there’s no leak, you may need to repair or replace these parts. You’ll need a professional mechanic to test and confirm this. You should call a mechanic to inspect the problem soon, or you could end up with a burnt shift motor, which can be expensive to replace. Still no luck?