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Conducting a Successful Focus Group
 By Bob Roberts February 20, 2013 If You Want the Right Answers, You Have to Ask the Right Questions read more
The Data Driven Dealer
 By Rick Barnhart December 12, 2012 In order to be successful as tire and auto service businesses, we need to better understand what is happening in our market and with our customers. Only then can we decide the actions needed to get ahead of these changes and remain successful. read more
Creating a Business Succession Plan
 By Joanne Draus Klein July 16, 2012 Many business owners put off succession planning and wealth-preservation strategizing until it's either too late, or later than is ideal. So what should tire dealers do to successfully pass along their business, as well as preserve their wealth? read more
The Truth & Lies Behind Fill Rates
 By Rick Barnhart June 11, 2012 Why are fill rates so low, what is being done about it and what can tire dealers do to help themselves through the challenges posed by low fill rates? read more
Dealers are the Focus of New Nitto Online Portal
 By Jim Smith April 9, 2012 For a tire company, it is one thing to see new opportunities to help your own customers. It happens all the time in the form of promotions, buying and bonus programs, national and regional advertising, even money to help expand a dealership footprint... read more
Using Apps To Sell Parts: Dropbox and SugarSync
March 19, 2012 Do you back up? This is by far the most used question any IT support person asks when your computer has clunked out, which happens to be the worst time to ask that darn question. I learned many years ago, that “yes, often and repeatedly&#... read more
The Best Idea I've Ever Had
 By Rick Barnhart March 12, 2012 Top tire dealers share that one brilliant idea that shaped their success. read more
2011 Top Shop Award Winner: Virginia Tire & Auto
 By Denise Koeth October 14, 2011 To say Virginia Tire & Auto is a family-run business is a vast understatement. Yes, founder Myron Boncarosky works closely with the next generation, daughter and son-in-law Julie and Mike Holmes - but it goes far beyond that. ... read more
2011 Top Shop Finalist: Family Tire & Auto Service
 By Eric Brothers October 14, 2011 Family Tire & Auto Service has been in business in eastern North Carolina scarcely more than six years, but more than deserves its new title of 2011 Tire Review Top Shop Award Finalist due to continued growth and profitability, coupled with ... read more
2011 Top Shop Finalist: Hay Tire Co.
 By Joanne Draus Klein October 14, 2011 The day that Henry Hay was criticized for being "too damned honest to be in the retail tire business" was the day he made one of the best decisions of his life. ... read more
2011 Top Shop Finalist: Tate Boys Tire & Service
 By Joanne Draus Klein October 14, 2011 One co-owner is a retired professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants. The other played college football for the University of Tulsa. And the chief financial officer was on Brigham Young University's football team. ... read more
Against All Odds: Accomplished Dealers Share Their Immigrant Roots
 By Joanne Draus Klein July 15, 2011 In an age of technological ease, socially accepted incompetence, and a media-inflated sense of personal entitlement, inspiration to do business can be hard to find.... read more
Business Efficiency Before Expansion
 By Mike Steinke July 7, 2011 How many of you have walked around your shop wondering how much better it would be if it just had more space? But the “ideal shop” isn’t always feasible. All shops are unique in certain ways, such as business influx, location, or... read more
Give Your Shop's Website a Tune-Up
 By Joanne Draus Klein March 15, 2011 It's time to turn on the virtual "open" sign, dust off the cyber "welcome" mat and get those customers through the door - the web-based door, that is - to your Internet storefront. All things "e," after all, are... read more
How Top Dealers Create and Protect Their Brands
 By Tom Duke December 14, 2010 There are scores of books and university courses on brands and branding. There is even a publication named Brandweek that covers the latest in ... read more
Choosing the Right Business Broker
 By Mike Handelsman October 7, 2010 When it comes time to sell your business, you may consider hiring a business broker. Brokers can be especially helpful in the sale of a tire dealership because they handle a wide variety of tasks including business valuation, advertising or marketing... read more
How to Create the Perfect Business Plan
 By Joanne Draus Klein August 9, 2010 They were the words of a wise man, says Daniel Hennelly, and he’s never forgotten them: “Life is what you document, negotiate and execute.” What does it mean? “A business pla... read more
Detailed Market Research Can Help Dealers Plan Growth
 By Jim Smith June 17, 2010 Ever wondered what customers really think of your business or tire brands? Or what drives their tire buying decision? Or where your true growth... read more
The 1% Solution: Knowing Your Break-Even Point
 By Gary Naples April 26, 2010 Every business wants to make a profit, right? An important key to making a profit is understanding your break-even point. Figuring it out is a simple and necessary process for any tire dealer’s success. Surprisingly, many owne... read more
Detailing for Added Dollars
 By Jason Stahl April 8, 2010 Remember the elderly man who made the news a few years ago when he drove down to his local bank to cash in one million pennies he had collected over his lifetime? He walked away with $10,000. The point? Every litt... read more
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