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Auto Repair Advertising - What You Should Know to Win Online

Auto repair PPC advertising has become one of the most expensive to spread the word online. The reason for this is because almost all the shops with a website is an offer on the same keywords. You really see yourself spending up $ 5.50 each time someone clicks on your page? Most facility owners are hard pressed to find a mass-market advantage online over-saturated.

But as luck would have it, is a way to win ... local approach.

Google AdWords has a nice little function where an owner of a shop is able to focus the keywords in a small geographic region. You can specify which states, cities and metropolitan areas you want success. You can also increase / decrease your budget and set parameters around how fast or slow you want to spend cash.

But the main focus to bear in mind is that you are not always better than spending money on major traffic keywords. Another very important point is that not everyone is like ads out there. Do a search, analyze competition, and then do something more creative.

Think about what the customer sees when it hits your site. Does it look like your ad in the phonebook? If so, you may want to make some changes. Since you are spending all this money anyway, you might want to build a website that sets you apart from the competition. Reason for providing useful information and a "friendly" for consumers to stay and do business with you.

Always Remember: If you become a source of information for customers, you blow the doors to competition.

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Actron CP7677 Automotive TroubleShooter - Digital Multimeter and Engine Analyzer
Actron CP7677 Automotive TroubleShooter - Digital Multimeter and Engine Analyzer
List Price: $84.99
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This auto troubleshooter performs all standard electrical tests for on-car and bench troubleshooting, including tachometer, dwell, volts, ohms and diode. With an audible tone, it pinpoints problem areas and determines which components need repair or replacement and includes 24 ranges for more accurate measurements. It is extra large, easy to read with digital LCD and the hold button retains display data. It includes a comprehensive user's manual and a 1-year warranty.

Features

  • Includes protective boot, detachable color-coded test leads and alligator clips
  • Automatic zero adjustment for volts and amps for accurate measurements
  • Automatic reverse polarity indication
  • Overload protection on all ranges and fold-out stand for better viewing
  • 1-year warranty
Mechanic's Roller Seat with Tool Tray
Mechanic's Roller Seat with Tool Tray
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14" tall seat has a thick vinyl padded bench for reduced back strain. Rolls effortlessly on 2" vinyl casters. Keep tools near at hand with the 14" x 14" tray attached below the seat. 1" x 1" tubular steel construction.

Features

  • Padded seat
  • 2" casters
  • Built-in tool & parts tray
  • 14" seat height
Symtech Bright Solutions Headlight Cleaner Kit
Symtech Bright Solutions Headlight Cleaner Kit
List Price: $15.79
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Bright Solutions Headlamp Cleaner Kit is an economical solution to discolored or foggy headlamps. Kit comes with all the products needed to clean headlamps on one vehicle. A value competitive package geared for the Do-It-Yourselfer, the Headlamp Cleaner Kit will save you hundreds of dollars over buying new headlamps for your vehicle. Just two simple steps are all that stands between you and improved night time driving visibility, as well as greatly improving the look of your vehicle. Your headlamps will not only shine like new, but they will also perform like new, shining up to 100 percent brighter than before the service with up to 80 percent more light on the road.

Features

  • Cleans and restores headlamp clarity for improved nighttime driving visibility
  • Saves hundreds of dollars over purchasing new headlamps
  • Easy 2 step process, application time, 20-30 minutes
  • Greatly improves the overall appearance of your vehicle
  • Cost effective solution that improves your nighttime safety and visibility
Lucas 10008 Power Steering Stop Leak 12 oz.
Lucas 10008 Power Steering Stop Leak 12 oz.
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Description

Guaranteed to stop seal leaks in power steering units or your money back. Totally corrects rack and pinion problems. 12 per case.

Features

  • Totally effective in reducing slack, squeals, and hard spots in worn rack and pinions.
  • Guaranteed to stop seal leaks
  • Stops rack and pinion problems
  • Very cost effective
Lucas 10009 Transmission Fix 24 oz.
Lucas 10009 Transmission Fix 24 oz.
List Price: $16.48
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Stops slip, hesitation and rough shifting in worn transmissions and completely eliminates most seal leaks. Use in any transmission for preventative maintenance.Use also in light duty manual transmissions to increase shifting ease and transmission life. 12 per case.

Features

  • Contains no solvents
  • Lowers operating temperatures and stops foaming
  • Can be added to existing fluid without draining any out
Master Flow MF-1050 Tsunami High Volume Portable Air Compressor
Master Flow MF-1050 Tsunami High Volume Portable Air Compressor
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Master Flow MF-1050 This compact unit is powered by a 1/3 HP oil-less motor and includes a buil-in serviceable air filter. Large, easy-to-read gauge makes precise inflation a snap. Comes with alligator clip connectors, but can be permanently mounted and wired if desired. Quick connect 16 ft. of coil hose included with easy twist screw-on brass inflator nozzle. These compact portable air compressors are designed to provide air whenever you need it from a standard 12V source. Includes: Compressor, 12V High Volume, 150 PSI with Gauge, Quick Release Air Hose, Fuseable Link, Alligator Clip Connections, Storage Bag & Accessories.

Features

  • Dual cylinder/piston for 4x4 applications
  • 12V unit with gauge
  • Alligator clip connection
  • Storage bag with accessories included
  • Max. 150 PSI
Meguiars Professional Headlight Restoration Kit - Comes with Extra 10 Ounce Bottle of Plastx Plastic Cleaner and Polish
Meguiars Professional Headlight Restoration Kit - Comes with Extra 10 Ounce Bottle of Plastx Plastic Cleaner and Polish
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Meguiar's Headlight and Clear Plastic Restoration Kit restores like-new clarity to cloudy, scratched, oxidized and yellowed, uncoated plastic surfaces. Meguiar's unique PlastX formula works in concert with our unique buffing pad and your drill to safely deliver amazing results in just minutes! No extra steps, complicated solutions or sanding with abrasives that can damage plastic and surrounding paint and trim. This Restoration Kit effectively removes fine scratches, surface contaminants, oxidation, cloudiness and yellowing, leaving plastics brilliantly clear and polished from headlights, brake lights, plastic convertible windows, motorcycle windscreens, helmet face shields, boat windows and more! Includes Meguiar's PlastX polish, easy buff pad and a Supreme Shine microfiber towel.

Features

  • Safely restores clarity to cloudy, oxidized, yellowed and lightly scratched headlights
  • Unique buffing pad attaches to any drill to make restoration quick and easy
  • Professional Kit: Comes with an extra 10 Ounce Bottle of Plastx Plastic Cleaner and Polish
  • Many more uses from the headlight restoration kit possible with the extra Plastx Bottle
  • Gives plastics a new lease on life in just one easy step
Honda VTX 1300 Motorcycle Covers Xll W/lock & Cable
Honda VTX 1300 Motorcycle Covers Xll W/lock & Cable
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A high quality, midweight and highly water resistant cover. The perfect travel cover whether you want to cover your bike at work or a cross country trip. This cover folds small and light yet gives big time protection against the elements. Our best selling model, we have sold tens of thousands of these around the globe and they really get the job done. Constructed of water repellant yet breatheble "Weatherguard" Polyester. Double top stitched for durability. Lower panel is heat resistant "Thermoguard". Clamshell vents prevent condensation and lofting. A chamois panel is stitched in where cover would touch windscreen and fuel tank areas to prevent scratches. Reinforced Poly grommets are at center and at front wheel area for security and a snug fit and will accept a cable lock. We are riders too and beleive this is the best lightweight cover on the market!! 2 year warranty

Features

  • Premium quality, all weather cover
  • Includes lock and 3' cable
  • No hassle 2 year warranty
  • fleece lining around windsheild and fuel tank areas
  • Fits VTX 1300 with windsheild and accessories
Magellan RoadMate 760 3.8-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
Magellan RoadMate 760 3.8-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
List Price: $899.99
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Description

All the features of the popular Roadmate 700 plus 1) Smart Detour, Automatically prompts your customer to route around stopped freeway traffic based on their defined setting. 2) Route optimization Let's your customer set up a multi-destination trip and automatically guide them on teh quickest route 3) Enhanced Magellan Directory Now almost 7 million points of interest. 4) Show destination on map, Now users can view the destination on the the map prior to routing to it

Amazon.com Review Magellan had a hit with the RoadMate 700, and with good reason: finally, thanks to the 700's big internal hard drive, travelers could simply turn on their vehicle GPS unit and go, without the hassle of loading base-maps. Plus, the 700 offered great features like turn-by-turn guidance with voice prompts and 3D rendering of upcoming turns. Plus, the unit had intuitive controls that offered fast rerouting when you missed a turn or decided to take a detour. With the successor model, the RoadMate 760, Magellan has kept everything the same, while adding a few features that make this model a compelling upgrade or a great first-time unit for folks who are just joining the vehicle GPS craze. Enter the destination address, select route method and the RoadMate 760 will calculate the best route for you. Design The overall design of the 760 differs very little from the 700, and that's a good thing. The 2.25-by-3.0-inch screen is exceptionally bright and crisp, and it's even got a brain. A small light sensor on the front of the unit allows the 760 to automatically adjust brightness and contrast depending on ambient light levels. It's a nice touch that helps you keep your eyes on the road instead of focused on fiddling with screen settings during your journey. Click to learn more about the RoadMate 760's layout. The unit's controls are logically laid out, except, perhaps, for the volume and repeat controls. The volume dial is an awkward little thing that is placed inconveniently on top of the unit. Fortunately, this is mostly rectified by the 760's automatic volume system, which turns up the sound when your vehicle cruises above 45 mph. Meanwhile, the repeat button, which resides next to the volume dial and repeats the last voice command when pressed, is quite small and easy to miss, especially when you're driving. It would be nice if such an important control were more prominent. A slot on the side of the 760 is provided for a memory card; Magellan says future expansion cards will be made available. A flip-up antenna is located on the back of the unit, but if you want maximum reception in all conditions, or if your windshield has a thermal coating, you'll want to spring for a wired external antenna. Software Simplicity is the name of the game with the 760, and in keeping with that, the unit's integration with a PC is minimal. The 760 does ship with a reasonably easy-to-use points of interest manager PC application. The software lets you add POI's to the unit's existing database and then upload them to the 760 via USB. With the 760, though, the days of planning routes on your computer and then uploading the necessary maps to your GPS's paltry memory are gone. We think this is a good thing, but we do wish the 760 shipped with an application that allowed users to upload contacts from their Outlook or PC-based address book to the unit's address book. Granted, the 760 does have an IR port for beaming contacts from a PDA or Smart Phone, but further integration with a PC in this one area would be nice. Installation Magellan bills the 760 as a complete solution right out of the box, and this couldn't be more true. The main unit easily attaches to an included cradle that doubles as a mounting plate for the vehicle suction cup mount and an input for power and USB connectivity. The suction cup mount is simple to install, and within minutes, we had the unit powered up and ready to go. Performance Out on the road, the 760 performed flawlessly. After entering a home address and quickly acquiring a satellite lock on our position, we zoomed in on the neighborhood and tapped a few points of interest on the touch-screen, including a restaurant, an ATM, and a gas station. A friendly voice guided the way, announcing upcoming turns and even pronouncing street names. Meanwhile, a 3D representation of upcoming turns made it clear what maneuvers were next. We especially liked the split-screen view, which offers a traditional map view plus the 3D display. Keep in mind, though, that the points of interest database preloaded on the 760 does not contain everything--we found that it offered just a smattering of all the restaurants and businesses in our area. Entering physical addresses on the 760 was a snap, thanks to the unit's QuickSpell technology, which anticipates the words you are trying to enter with surprising accuracy. Another great touch is the 760's ability to adapt to changes in your plans. Rerouting is as simple as hitting a few buttons on the touch-screen. The unit will also detect low speeds on the freeway and attempt to plot a detour around traffic. Very cool. Although the 760's touch-screen interface is a little rough around the edges, overall, we found it straightforward and simple. Our only notable gripe was that it was impossible to edit an address once it was entered. Instead, the entire entry had to be deleted first. Final Thoughts While the RoadMate 760 is expensive, it packs a lot of utility and power into a single device. The integrated hard drive, coupled with stunningly intelligent and adaptable routing functionality, make this a must-have for those who need the very best in vehicle navigation. Pros Excellent turn-by-turn navigation and rerouting capabilities Just turn it on and go. All the maps and points of interest are preloaded Solid and fast satellite reception Cons Minor user interface and controls problems No integration with a PC address book What's in the Box RoadMate 760, cradle, cigarette lighter adapter, AC adapter, suction-cup mounting arm, software CDs, documentation.

There's no denying that the RoadMate 700 is one of the best in-car GPS navigation systems available. Can it get better? Magellan answers that question with a resounding "Yes!" with a new version, the RoadMate 760. With innovative features like "Smart Detour," intelligent route optimization, an enhanced points of interest database and more, the 760 adds even more brains to an already brilliant companion. Don't worry, the 760 offers all the good stuff folks love about the 700. You still get the same WAAS reception that delivers accuracy to within three meters. And the same massive 20 GB hard drive is present, fully-loaded with detailed maps, as is the intuitive, user-friendly, touchscreen interface. With the 760, gone are the days of having to fiddle with selecting map regions from a CD-ROM and then transferring the data from a PC. Plus, if you keep your addresses on a PDA with infrared connectivity, you can upload addresses from your PDA address book to the RoadMate wirelessly and then navigate to them with ease. Each of the 760's three available user profiles are allotted space for 200 addresses, making a total of 600 addresses quickly accessible. Of course, the most important address, home, is just a few finger-presses away from any menu. You can select destinations by entering an address or intersection, selecting an address from the address book, touching a point on the map, or by choosing among more than 7 million points of interest such as airports, gas stations and restaurants, nightclubs, and more. And fortunately, all of this is ready to go right out of the box and the 760 also ships with the newest device firmware. You just affix the 760 to your windshield with the included hardware, plug it in via the included cigarette-lighter adapter, turn it on, and start navigating. It's deep within the 760's software that this new model really shines. The new "Smart Detour" function automatically routes you around stopped traffic on the freeway and plots alternate routes to help you keep moving. Meanwhile, new route optimization features let you sort multiple addresses and destinations by shortest time of travel to all of them, and you can now view any destination on the map prior to routing it. New points of interest functionality lets you limit your choices to destinations that fall within a 3.5 mile corridor along your route. You can also easily route to gas stations, restaurants, ATMs and other locations along the way by touching their respective icons on the map. There's even a new SmartVolume feature that offers automatic volume control by raising the volume level when the vehicle exceeds 45 mph. And last, but certainly not least, the 760 includes maps for all of the contiguous 48 states, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, and yes, even Europe (additional unlock fee required for European maps).

Features

  • In-car GPS navigation system with user-friendly touch-screen interface
  • Turn-by-turn 3D directions with voice prompting in 11 languages
  • 3.8-inch TFT color display automatically adjusts to lighting changes
  • Built-in 20 GB hard drive with preloaded North American maps
  • Room for 300 PDA address book uploads; 6.6 by 3.3 by 1.5 inches (W x H x D)
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