Opening a repair business, how to obtain customers

Go sit at the scales when they are open that should get you some work quickly here is a good slogan for you."We cheated the last guy to pass the savings on to you"

 

I don't have any specific tips as the guy I use was a referral, and I am not sure how he first got work with the other owner.

I have seen it that many mechanics that go out on their own worked in a dealership and the owners came to know and like the work they did and were able to get them to use them when they went out on their own.

I would target the 3-10 company truck operation with slightly used equipment. A company this size likely won't have their own shop and their equipment is likley not under warranty so they don't have to go to the dealship. Are you looking to do just engine repairs or do all general repairs as well. The guy I use does a lot of repairs to gravel trucks. The tarp mechanisms break quite a bit.

 

website. Make sure you look at the metatags that you add into it's design. You may want to go talk to a local technical college and see if you can work with a marketing class and get them to help you out. Be amazed at what some of these students are capable of. Right down to designing a website for your business.