Giving back to the community around your shop is a great way to invest in those who support your business. Whether you host a car wash for a local youth group or teach a boy scout troop about the importance of automotive maintenance, there are plenty of ways to get your business involved in your
If you Google social media marketing, you will get back about 258 million results in .72 seconds. With all that information available, it can be hard to separate know what is true and what is not. Some of the information out there is outdated, improbable, or just simply not true. Today, we’re going to clear
We know that Yelp is not always your favorite review platform, between the review filtering algorithm and negative reviews themselves. We don’t always love it either! But that doesn’t mean that you can ignore it. Yelp has become one of the most powerful and commonly used review-based directories. This is only reinforced by the fact
Facebook and Google both really love when a Facebook page is active. An active Facebook page will lead to an increase of engagement and fans on the page. It’ll also help boost your SEO and increase your Google rankings. Being active on Facebook does not have to be stressful or time consuming. Here are a
When you’re busy running a business, it’s challenging to keep up with the hundreds upon hundreds of blogs floating around out there. We wanted to make it easy for you by sharing a favorite blog post from each of our teams! Check out these must-reads: Our Social Team’s Favorite: Between engaging content, powerful Facebook ads,
What is acquisition marketing? Quite simply, acquisition marketing is the process of gaining new customers. Acquisition marketing works to make the phone ring and get more new cars in your bays. What does acquisition marketing include? Acquisition marketing can be approached in many ways. Most importantly, your business needs a user-friendly, responsive website. With a
It’s one of the most common questions, and simultaneously one of the hardest to answer: What’s my marketing ROI? There isn’t always a direct formula to measure your return from AdWords, Search Engine Optimization and Social Media services. However, there are a wealth of factors to take into consideration to begin putting value on your
Whether you’re responding to a customer review on Google or sending an email to your parts supplier, the way you portray yourself, as well as your business, online can directly impact the successfulness of your company’s future. No matter who you’re communicating with online, it is important to evaluate your tone of voice, punctuation, grammar,
If you’re an admin on your shop’s Facebook page, you may have noticed you now have some great new options for creating posts. These advanced options allow you to integrate Facebook call-to-actions (CTAs) into your posts via buttons or widgets. These CTAs are a great way to move your customers further down the path to
Which of these first sentences would make you read further? Let this be your first lesson: a key to your blog being successful is getting people to actually read it. Try to hook your reader with something catchy – maybe a pop culture reference, an interesting fact or a thought-provoking question. The next steps are