Setting your sites on better business goals
As we’re heading into the new year, I wanted to talk to you about something I’ve been working on quite a bit since May of 2023. And that’s my overall health. So my weight had gotten out [...]
As we’re heading into the new year, I wanted to talk to you about something I’ve been working on quite a bit since May of 2023. And that’s my overall health. So my weight had gotten out [...]
So, I’m a solutions guy. If you show me a problem, I’ll quickly ascertain the reason it happened and then find a solution so that it doesn’t happen again. I am not a hand-wringer. I loathe listening to [...]
So, I regularly get questions from the uninitiated who want to start a towing business. Questions like… What percentage of my business should be devoted to each customer type? Motor clubs, police towing, repos, PPI, and cash [...]
I came across an article discussing a new report put out by the American Transport Research Institute ATRI. The report is titled “Causes and Countermeasures of Predatory Towing.” The goal of the report is to “Improve the [...]
Today, I’ve got a story of how recency and consistency are two of the most effective tools you can use to grow your business. But before we delve into that, let’s define recency. Most companies who sell [...]
Ok, so a small sliver of what we do includes monitoring contact form submissions on our clients’ websites. So, if a motorist chooses to communicate via email, we’re also notified and can alert the client in [...]
People email me regularly asking for help starting a towing business. And I’m glad to help...but sometimes they don’t like what they hear when I respond. I got this one today. “I am trying to start a towing [...]
This morning, I was running, and I noticed a Bass Pro Shop hat sitting on the dashboard of some guy’s van. And I immediately started thinking about going to the Bass Pro store some 30 miles [...]
When choosing who would play the lead role in the Blair Witch Project, the auditioners were told to pretend they’d been in prison for 20 years. They were then instructed to act as if the producers [...]
Miss Cleo-like, I can pretty much predict who’s gonna make it in this business. For the most part, it ain’t those who believe they already know everything… I know you know people like that. Ego is a killer. On [...]