November/December 2010 Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Shop Owner Magazine
Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses

Businesses can take several measures at the end of the year to reduce their tax burdens in 2010. Here’s a rundown of best options.

Using Customer Feedback to Improve Your Business

As a business owner, feedback is generally accepted as a way to make improvements to your shop or services, and is even a helpful method to short-term and long-term business decisions. For most shop owners and repair businesses, customer feedback is often immediate, allowing you to act upon it quickly.

Paving the Way to Profits and Increased Market Share

With the year quickly winding down, as a shop owner in this business, there are likely certain strategies, policies, practices that you are really emphasizing now to ensure your shop finishes the year on a more solid note.

Positive Service Implications from a Sophisticated Aftermarket

We’ve all been hearing for years how vehicles are becoming more sophisticated, with electronic content on the rise each model year. Sensors and on-board computers are communicating with each other to make constant adjustments allowing the vehicle to operate as fuel efficient and environmentally clean as possible.

4 Things You Can Do to Make Your Business Inviting to Women

Women influence 85% of all consumer-purchasing decisions in the U.S. When thinking about the impact that this group has on commerce and on businesses in general, you are probably asking yourself this question: “Am I getting more than my fair share of this opportunity?” Continue reading to gain some valuable insight into marketing to women.