| So, you want to get more cars in your shop to | | | | local or regional audience. Guess what happens when |
| increase your revenues is that correct? Auto repair | | | | Sally needs a new transmission, brakes, etc. and she |
| marketing via the internet is a great way to get | | | | sees your businesses profile on Facebook? You have |
| more local customers into your shop! Online | | | | a new customer! Do a good job repairing her vehicle, |
| marketing has grown leaps and bounds in the last | | | | and she comes back time and time again. This one |
| few years, and with phone books and Yellow Pages | | | | person seeing your business profile on Facebook or |
| fast becoming obsolete, internet marketing is where | | | | Twitter could easily be worth thousands of dollars to |
| the real profits are for auto shops. Here I want to | | | | your business! |
| share with you 5 auto repair advertising ideas that | | | | 3. Your website needs to appear in local search |
| you can implement into your business to drastically | | | | results on Google. It is not easy to get listed on the |
| improve the number of cars you service on a | | | | first page of Google and Yahoo, but with some good |
| monthly basis! | | | | marketing it can be done. For instance, I am an |
| 1. You must have a website, and it needs to be | | | | independent marketing consultant in Atlanta, and I |
| designed using the WordPress platform. Most | | | | rank #1 on Google for the term "Atlanta independent |
| websites are basically just "flyers," but with | | | | marketing consultant." In addition to this, I rank #2 on |
| WordPress you can create great looking websites, | | | | Yahoo for "Atlanta marketing consultant." Trust me, |
| integrate a business blog, install a form that | | | | having your website ranking highly for local keyword |
| automatically acquires leads for you, and integrate | | | | phrases can bring you a ton of new business! This is |
| your website with Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and | | | | auto repair marketing at its finest! I have beat out |
| other online marketing channels. Sounds pretty cool | | | | over 2,000 websites to get those rankings, so don't |
| huh? The sad part is that typically an automotive | | | | you think I could help your auto repair shop |
| repair shop will hire a web designer, and he will design | | | | marketing efforts? |
| a website as cheaply as possible and charge a large | | | | 4. Another great auto repair marketing idea is writing |
| sum for the work. The web designer is not a | | | | information articles and press releases. I imagine you |
| marketing consultant, so instead of designing a | | | | do not have the time to write articles, and certainly |
| marketing machine based on tested internet | | | | do not have the time to put together a well written |
| marketing principles, he simply designs a static site | | | | press release. The good news is that you can get |
| that is not conducive to internet marketing. I see it all | | | | marketing firms to do this for you at a very |
| of the time when I am look at people who are | | | | reasonable price. I have written hundreds of articles |
| pushing auto repair marketing services. | | | | promoting by marketing consulting business, and I can |
| 2. One of the best auto repair advertising ideas | | | | tell you it is an impactful and very affordable method |
| revolves around social media. Websites such as | | | | to market your auto repair shop online. |
| Twitter and Facebook are really taking off, and | | | | These are just a few auto repair advertising ideas |
| smart auto shops are using these auto repair | | | | that you can add to your auto repair marketing |
| marketing platforms to promote their business and | | | | arsenal. The best thing is to hire a professional |
| acquire new customers. The obvious question is "how | | | | marketing consultant who can come in and show you |
| can an auto repair shop benefit from Twitter and | | | | step by step exactly what you need to do to turn |
| Facebook marketing?" Those sites are for kids right? | | | | your internet marketing efforts into a cash |
| Wrong! Facebook has millions of adults logging in on a | | | | generating machine for your automotive repair |
| daily basis, as does Twitter. By being on these sites, | | | | business! |
| you are instantly in front of a large portion of your | | | | |