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Why You Need a Website for Your Garage
Why You Need a Website for Your Garage

You are probably asking yourself a few questions: Do I really need a website? I have enough customers, should I invest in a website? How much does a website cost? Is a website complicated to manage and update?

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Looking for Employees? Facebook Groups to the Rescue!
Looking for Employees? Facebook Groups to the Rescue!

Since the disappearance of the Employment tab on business Facebook pages at the beginning of 2023, many have been looking for places to post your available jobs positions.

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How To Create Engaging Content and Benefit From It
How To Create Engaging Content and Benefit From It

Do you sometimes run out of ideas for creating social media posts for your auto centre, garage or auto parts store?

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Support Your Industry and Region on Social Media
Support Your Industry and Region on Social Media

Did you know a good way to support and promote the initiatives of businesses and organizations in your sector of activity or in your region is to take an interest in the content on their social networks?

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Add a Touch of Humour to Your Content!
Add a Touch of Humour to Your Content!

Humour is a great communication tool on social networks. This article looks at how Alexandre Cyr, Content Creator at Mechanic Web Services, goes about creating successful humorous material.

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Is Your Business Profile on Google Credible?
Is Your Business Profile on Google Credible?

A Google Business Profile is a free showcase on the Web for your auto centre or store and makes your business visible on Google Maps.

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Give Your Customers the Right Tools: Informative Web Content
Give Your Customers the Right Tools: Informative Web Content

Don’t hesitate to be generous with your customers by informing and educating them about your area of expertise, whether it is the maintenance or repair of vehicles.

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They Say Get Involved!
They Say Get Involved!

It is widely known that authentic and human content is a safe bet on social networks. It generates interest and leads to likes, comments, shares and new subscribers.

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A Committed Client: Alain Côté Auto Parts
A Committed Client: Alain Côté Auto Parts

Alain Côté Auto Parts has been a Mechanic Web Services client for several years. Over time, the managers and employees of this company have developed the reflex of seizing opportunities for ‘field’ and ‘human’ content.

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7 Types of Posts Likely to Generate Interactions
7 Types of Posts Likely to Generate Interactions

With the many social media to choose from – Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, to name a few – the attention of Facebook Page followers is more divided than ever. That is why it is important to offer your subscribers content that is varied and original, so they continue to interact with your posts.

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Sole Administrator of Your Facebook Business Page? Don’t Do It!
Sole Administrator of Your Facebook Business Page? Don’t Do It!

Our company is well established and specialized, among other things, in the management of social networks for garages and auto centres, and the members of our team have handled many of these types of cases over the years.

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Garages and Auto Centres, Make Sure to Optimize Your Facebook Page in 2022
Garages and Auto Centres, Make Sure to Optimize Your Facebook Page in 2022

The main benefits of having an optimized Facebook page are: improved brand image, better SEO on the web, increased visibility for a maximum of potential customers.

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Bill 64. Supporting small businesses is key to success
Bill 64. Supporting small businesses is key to success

In June 2020, the Legault government tabled a Bill that aims at modernizing the way the protection of personal data is regulated in Quebec.

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Connected cars : who controls the data ?
Connected cars : who controls the data ?

Your car collects a lot of data that escapes your control. The Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA) is currently leading a campaign to give consumers the right to exercise control over its use.

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Should you do business with a company from Ireland? For beer yes, for managing your Google My Business profile, no.
Should you do business with a company from Ireland? For beer yes, for managing your Google My Business profile, no.

Did you recently receive a phone call from a kind but pushy representative from Mapidea of Ireland? If so, beware! 

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Communications Before and After the Internet
Communications Before and After the Internet

Do you manage the advertising and communications yourself like many mechanic Auto Centre owners and managers? These specialized activities are added to the many daily tasks and other essential work you do.

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Support, Encourage and Recommend During COVID-19
Support, Encourage and Recommend During COVID-19

For me, support above all evokes the actions associated with encouragement and recommending.

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Promote Solidarity in Times of Crisis
Promote Solidarity in Times of Crisis

Acting by initiating a gesture of solidarity or sharing the helping actions of our colleagues, our family, our customers or even strangers, provokes positive reactions, like sympathy for example.

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Agility, a Communication Ally During COVID-19
Agility, a Communication Ally During COVID-19

After writing the blog post Content to Publish During COVID-19 on May 5, 2020, I wanted to further discuss the three main subjects I touched on in the article: agility, solidarity and support. I will start with agility, an essential quality during this pandemic.

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Content to Publish During COVID-19
Content to Publish During COVID-19

Mechanic Web Services Web works with several large companies that are facing the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The messages published by these companies all have content related to safety, health and procedures to follow. As the owner of an Auto Centre or Auto Parts Store, you should apply exactly the same approach to diversify and maintain your communications platforms, even if you don’t have the same resources that large companies do. 

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