Garage Owners Network (UK)

You sponsor the local football team's shirt. It feels good, but you don't know if it actually brought anyone through the door. Sound familiar? This week's Training Topic is community marketing — sports teams, school...

In this training topic, Andy dives into one of the most common questions in the independent sector: " What GMS should I use?" But a GMS is like a socket set, not a mechanic, and software isn't a standalone solution...

Most garage owners only give feedback when they're already annoyed — and by then it comes out as a verdict, not a conversation. In this episode, Andy breaks down the three-step formula that takes the awkwardness out of...

You opened a garage to fix cars. But if that's still your answer, it's probably costing you money, time, and sleep. In this training topic, we'll go through the three businesses every garage owner is actually running —...

Your customer does not see channels. They see one garage. In this episode, Andy explains why omnichannel marketing is not about being everywhere; it is about being consistent everywhere. The starting point is simple...

It’s not if you will use AI, it’s how. This training topic shows garage owners how to use AI properly without replacing judgment, skill, or standards. Using a simple diagnostic job as the example, we explore three...

Do you focus on the positive or the negative aspects of your business? Are you providing excuses or looking for clues? Because success leaves clues, and the successful are better at spotting the patterns the rest of us...

Most garage owners work hard for money, but they are building only one kind of money: earnings. They turn up, do the work, solve the problems, and keep the wheels turning. But if the business stops earning when they...

Time is the great leveller; everyone has the same amount every day, it's how you use it that makes the difference. This training topic examines the 3 ways you can use your time. Are you using yours wisely? Join me to...

<p>Most garage marketing fails because it talks about you, not your customers. </p><p>"Quality service at competitive prices"</p><p>doesn't connect with the customer lying awake at 11 PM, worried about breaking down on...

<p>This training topic shows garage owners why they should stop relying on gut feelings and start measuring key metrics.</p><p>Past performance leaves clues in the form of repeatable patterns; spotting these patterns in...

<p>"Taking the Business Pulse” is a simple, repeatable habit to transform visibility into profitability.<br>Most garages suffer from poor visibility because they don’t track the right numbers.<br>Start with one daily...

<p>Garage owners either ignore the competition or compare themselves unfairly.</p><p>One says, “I just focus on my own business.”</p><p>The other sees bigger workshops, better websites, newer kit, and feels...

<p>This training topic explains how to design hooks that connect your services to the customer’s world.</p><p>Their pain, their problems, your solutions.</p><p>Using a simple framework, Andy shows how to create better...

<p>Why don’t people do the things they know they should?</p><p>Most people assume the problem is motivation.</p><p>But behaviour science tells us something different.</p><p>In this training Topic, Andy explains the MAP...