Product Spotlight: Filters
Efficient filtration can protect against unnecessary wear and prevent premature failure. Here are several options available on the market today.
New Marketing, Creative Opportunities Bring R.I. Dealer Success
Tire Pros of Rhode Island, established in 1974, has truly mastered customer service and satisfaction.
February 2012 Sales Intelligence
Covering Charleston, W.V.; Houston, Texas; Mobile, Ala.; Pierre, S.D.; Providence, R.I.; and Tacoma, Wash., tire markets during the period of Jan. 2-7, 2012.
Back to Basics 1: Basic Tire Repair
This guide to step-by-step tire repair, which includes photos and a downloadable poster, should be helpful to not only newly trained technicians, but also veterans who want to brush up on their techniques.
2010 Dealer Sales Volume: Commercial Tires
Commercial tire sales improved from 2009 to 2010, with 61% of dealers polled reporting their commercial tire dollar sales increased, up 11% on average. Eighteen percent recorded a decrease in dollar sales from 2009-10, an average of 14%, while 21% of dealers said sales in this segment stayed the same. Data from Tire Review 2011
Have You Tried Facebook Advertising Yet?
It’s encouraging to see so many tire dealers now using Facebook, many of them quite effectively! But how many of you have advertised on Facebook? If not, you are missing an excellent opportunity for extremely targeted online advertising and a great way to build your fan base. Facebook display ads show up on the right
How to Get Paid on Time
With the current economic conditions, the collection of accounts receivables is becoming more and more of a challenge. Strengthening your collection procedures may allow you to improve collection rates and shorten the aging days of your accounts receivables.The following suggestions will help your business improve its cash flow and tighten up its credit and collections
Product Spotlight: Nitrogen Inflation
according to the manufacturer. The system also features retractable hose reels, making clean-up quick and easy. This machine has an auto shutoff valve, nitrogen purity port, filter maintenance indicator, inflator bypass port, a tank purge valve, and an auxiliary nitrogen outlet port, Branick added. The machine comes with five years of free filters, and the
January 2012 Sales Intelligence
Covering Bismarck, N.D.; Cleveland, Ohio; Concord, N.H.; Little Rock, Ark; Los Angeles, Calif.; and Winston-Salem, N.C. retail tire markets during the period of Dec. 2-7.Tire Review and InteliChek present up-to-date tire and service price information from U.S. metropolitan areas. For this monthly feature, InteliChek directly contacts a selection of independent tire dealers, mass merchants and
Diverse Staff, Modern Methods Equal Success for Miller Tirecraft
Recognizing diversity in the community and making those differences a positive for customer and company alike have been keys to the growth of maritime Canada’s Miller Tirecraft. Founded as Miller Tire Services Ltd. in 1978 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Roy Miller and his son Brian, Miller Tirecraft now is run by third-generation family members.
Hit These Five Targets for Extremely Satisfied Customers
There’s a lot of discussion these days about providing superior customer service – in fact, this subject is the cornerstone of my Pinnacle Performance sales and customer service training for the tire/auto service industry. For many, “superior” customer service may sound like the latest buzzword or something reserved for the elite who tend to pass
How to Find and Hire High-Quality Employees
Computer technology may be an earth-shaking breakthrough in gathering information, but it can’t always help with one simple problem common to shop owners everywhere: How to find good employees. Countless sociological and economic issues have come into play in recent years that, despite helpful technological advancements, can’t be fully compensated for in the recruitment of