• Amplify the Power of Consumer Reviews with Syndication

    Amplify the Power of Consumer Reviews with Syndication As consumers, we’re constantly looking for information to validate our purchase decisions. Business reviews have become a critical part of the purchasing process and have the power to turn hesitant consumers into confident buyers. For maximum impact, it’s important for auto repair shops to make it easy […]

  • Marketing: What A Difference 30 Years Makes

    Marketing: What A Difference 30 Years Makes The 80’s might seem like the Stone Age to some of us, but even then, automotive shops were a bit more advanced than scribbling pictographs on rock walls in order to bring customers in – or so we thought. Back in the day, businesses would market themselves via static […]

  • SocialCRM Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

    Happy Birthday to Mitchell 1 SocialCRM! After 10 years of success with helping auto repair businesses improve their marketing efforts while using our SocialCRM service, we would like to say a big Thank You to our customers and to everyone involved at Mitchell 1. Ten Years Ago … We Asked and You Told Us It […]

  • How to Turn a Service Recommendation into an Email Reminder

    Turn a Service Recommendation into an Email Reminder Service recommendations play a vital role across all stages of the maintenance and repair cycle. From letting a consumer know about a specific service need, through the actual purchase decision, recommendations are vital to the success of any automotive shop. Shops that use the Mitchell 1 SocialCRM […]

  • The When, How and Why of Responding to Customer Reviews

    The When, How and Why of Responding to Customer Reviews Responding and managing customer reviews might seem like a no-brainer, but when, how and why you respond can have a big impact on your engagement with customers and your shop’s online reputation. Many shop owners have experience with leaving reviews as consumers but may be […]

  • Is Email Fatigue an Issue?

     Is Email Fatigue an Issue? It’s not that consumers are tired of emails, they are tired of emails that aren’t relevant to them. Email remains one the most cost effective ways to reach customers and to drive loyalty. And according to reliable email experts at Return Path, most consumers are not tired of receiving email. Of course, common […]

  • How to Look Up a Customer Using Your Dynamic Dashboard

    How to Look Up a Customer Using Your Dynamic Dashboard SocialCRM recently introduced a brand new reporting dashboard to help shop owners access their consumers’ marketing results with a simple click of a button. Here’s a quick run-through on how to look up a consumer using the dashboard. 1. From your Manager SE system, click the […]

  • Control Your Access and Avoid Social Media Crises

    “Shop fires employee; employee takes over shop’s social media account.” Does that scenario sound like that something that could never happen to you? If you’re a shop owner, unfortunately it’s not impossible because these types of situations can happen in every industry, including ours. As auto repair shops establish social profiles and increase their social […]