Saturday, August 14, 2010

Don't Forget to Thank Your Auto Mechanic

My mechanic is awesome. I’ve never said that about a mechanic before. Its hard to tell before you start writing checks how well the repairs are done. But he really helped me out when my engine blew up a couple of months ago. I got a great price for getting a new engine installed, and my truck is running like new. Add to that, he got my air conditioning going again, and some new tires, all at the best price I could have asked for.
Now my brother is looking at replacing his catalytic converter. I told him about my mechanic, who gave him a price WAY below that from the dealer. But just giving a price isn’t everything. He filled my head with all kinds of factoids and horror stories about shops that put in the wrong equipment, charge dearly for it, and leave the owner swinging in the wind when they go for a smog check and get rejected! I’m pretty sure my brother is going to like paying less, and getting better service.
Thanks Garnet! Have a beer on me.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Networking with my Lawyer - Yikes!

I met with one of the attorneys from my networking group this morning for coffee. We mostly talked about the effectiveness of our marketing methods.
Erin Dixon is a Family Law Attorney in Santa Clarita. I was surprised to learn that she is getting a lot of business from the internet. Surprised, because I get almost NO business from the internet. (Actually, make that NO BUSINESS AT ALL from the cursed internet.)
I must be doing something wrong.
Am I not saying "Executive Painting and Texture", and "Santa Clarita" and "Interior Painting, Exterior Painting, Faux Finish, Paint-at-night-so-you-can-keep-your-business-open-during-the-day" and so on and so on in everything I do on the internet????? Maybe not as much as I think. (Maybe I use too many hyphens?)
Apparently I'm going to have to do more than my Google website and an ad in the yellow pages and ads in the Santa Clarita Free Classifieds to conquer the painting business in Santa Clarita. (That makes 4 times I mentioned Santa Clarita in this post - no, that's 5 times.) (Have I mentioned Painting enough?)
Need Painting in Santa Clarita and surrounding areas? Call Executive Painting and Texture. We're in the Yellow Page, facebook, google, and soon to be on Bing, Yahoo, and everywhere else. Or email us at executivepainting@gmail.com.
Holy Smokes - I didn't say I'm a Handyman, too. I'm handyman in Santa Clarita. But that's for another blog...