Discover the
Power of ShopController Shop Management Software....
The Secretto having a smooth running business is to
reduce your workload by 8-20 hours per week and
enjoy more free time.
From:
Marshall Kelly
Dear Fellow Shop Owner
From a Shop Owners
perspective I can predict why your income today
is less than it could be…
(Hint: You’re working in
your business, not on it!!)
Not too long ago, I completed my annual survey of my customers and
subscribers… (I highly recommend that you do
this once a year too!)
And as part of this survey, I asked the important question,
“What is the biggest challenge you’re facing
with your automotive repair business?)
The answer I got loud and clear, after reviewing thousands
of replies, was “Management”
A whopping 76% of the people I surveyed told me theseFour Management
chores are wasting anywhere from 10 to 25+ hours of their time ever week (OR not getting done at all because
they’re “too hard “):
Chore # 1: Handling Office Management Paper work!
Over 25% of people surveyed told me that preparing
invoices and estimates was their
biggest challenge — they didn’t know where
to start!
Chore # 2: Tracking Customers, Vehicles and their history!
Over 23% told me that looking up past invoices to find out
what work had been done in the past
was a huge time issue. -- Their biggest
daily chore.
Chore # 3: Scheduling customers and vehicles in a timely manner!
15% told me that the task to manage and track the customers and
their vehicles + the “Phone”
time was eating up many more hours each day.
Chore # 4 Using the available Information to handle customer
service issues smoothly and efficiently!
11% told me that making sure the “Numbers “ were correct
with good reports was
frustrating and difficult to manage.
Clearly, there is a problem here:
While 70-80% of people now view automotive software as a cost
effective and more profitable way to automate
their businesses (choosing not to Automate
is cheaper, or is it...
…and while most shop owners no longer
fear technology like they did a few years
ago—because most people now understand the
concept of “Shop Automation” It is time to
come into the computer age.
…Very few people are really profiting
from the business tools that are there for them
to really optimize their bottom line.
Like my survey showed, most people get caught in the vicious
cycle of doing the same repetitive
management chores, over and over again.
I Have Walked In Your Shoes.
When we opened our shop in 1983, we went through
all of the same problems you’re going through
today. If we had more than one customer at the
counter we were swamped because of all the
paperwork and confusion with looking up history
etc. My wife almost quit several times because
of the stress. I can understand your
frustration, and that is what led us to start
ShopController and to help other shop owners.
You can't imagine the positive response from my
wife, (she was the bookkeeper) when we automated
our shop with ShopController. Our goal is to
keep you from having our early startup
frustrations. When we started our business and
doing everything by hand, we really struggled
with everyone not being on the same page. We
knew there was a better way.
We can help you make a difference.
If you’re someone who can appreciate the value of an awesome return
on the time and money you invest –and you’re
excited by the prospect of saving seven to
twenty hours per week, which is revenue that can
be put into your business…
Comments From our customers:
"Shop
Controllerdoes an excellent job of tracking my
customers and my inventory. The software helps
me keep my inventory like I want it, and it is
very user friendly." (11 Years)
"I
have recommended Shop Controller to several
shops in my area. Shop Controller keeps great
records of my customers, vehicles and my
inventory. The support that we get from Alliance
Automotive Software has been outstanding and the
software is also very easy to use." (10 years)
Mark Nickl Nickl Automotive
Repair
Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
ShopController
meets our needs and they have worked with us to
add a custom fleet reporting tool which greatly
enhanced ShopController. They also recently
added the tire tread tracking to the program. We
really appreciate them, ( 9 Years)
ShopController
does what we need very well. We are very
comfortable with the functionality of the
software as we have been using ShopController
for 11 years
Ralph
Ackerman
Auto Tech of
Tysons Inc.
McLean VA.
Just imagine what it will cost you if you don't make the effort to really change the
way you do business by automating the process.
Imagine having the time and freedom to do what
you want to do instead of what you have to do.
Take your business to a new level and let
ShopController help you get there.
IMAGINE this.... its six months from now and YOU have banked 260 hours that you
used to use doing administrative stuff and your
booking a holiday with your family instead! Your
customers are BRAGGING about how much smoother
and more efficient your shop is running, your
scheduling and everyday functions and the
administration of your business is nearly on
autopilot - your making it work and YOU are
feeling awesome....
…Then I invite you to keep reading!
Because on the following page, I’m going to lead you through a
process of business automation strategies that
will allow you to WORK LESS
(save anywhere from 8 to 20 hours per week)…
…And Make MORE
MONEY this year (from $5,000 to $100,000) or
more depending on your particular business and
situation) than ever before.
I’m not only going to show you…
How our customers far exceeded their expectations in
automating their Automotive Repair business
using these strategies and tools….
…and case studies
of REAL PEOPLE who made an awesome difference
both in Dollars, Time and reduced
frustration using these techniques…
You might be amazed to learn that – right now — I have customers
all around the
World that are using these tools to “Enable”
their business to grow while being educated and
trained with very little effort.
But first, before we get into all that, let’s talk about why your
income, today, is a fraction of what it could
be…
Are you getting the results you really want?
There is an old saying:
If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you
will get what you always got. If
you’re like most Automotive shop owners I speak
with, you may already be caught up in this
income-killing cycle.
Here’s how the story usually goes:
You start a business with good intentions, preparing to put
in a little “elbow grease” in the early days so
you can bank more profits.
You handle every invoice yourself, to guarantee that Hands on
touch, manually calculating every figure,
making sure you charge the right price, and
more…
But then (unexpectedly) your success begins
to snowball faster than you planned – and
you find yourself working 2...4...6 hours a day,
just doing invoices, estimates and scheduling
the work in the door.
It all happens so quickly, your plans to automate are set aside
(how will you find time? And your ideas for
other things like marketing aren’t getting done
either.
What’s
happened???
Despite good intentions, you’ve found yourself in the very common
trap of “Doing Business”, unable to focus on
running and growing it.
Your income and profits begin to level off (maybe your income
even DROPS a bit) and you’re disappointed to
find this repair business – which was
supposed to give you more free time –- has
turned into a frustrating experience.
How our
customers beat this problem to make thousand’s
of Dollars with Automotive Management
Strategies…
…And
how 100s of regular business owners have
followed my lead to increase their bottom line
by $5000.00… to $10,000…
per year or more:
Clearly,the best way to avoid
limiting your income and growth is to
automate your shop management early in
the development of your business.
Last year, our customers were
able to increase their bottom line by 10 to
50% with shop management because they used a
powerful tool called “Shop Controller Management
Software” to automate many of these
time-consuming chores.
And I can show you tons of
examples of “regular
business owners” who are now making an
awesome difference in their annual revenue right
now using Shop management strategies because
they were smart and automated their management
chores using ShopController early in their
businesses, too!
The 5 Key Automation
Strategies You Need to Catapult Your Income
To an $$ Awesome $$ Level!!*
Of Course, “Automation”
is a scary word for most people.
What, exactly,
does it mean to automate? Will you need to hire
consultants? What aspects of your business need
to be automated first? Will it be expensive?
If you’ve never done it
before, automating your business can seem
an overwhelming job. Heck, if you search
“business automation” in Google, you get over
135 million results – when you know where to
start, that is!
Fortunately, automating your
management chores is Easier than most people
realize –when you know where to start, that is!
Over the last 14 years, my
experience with automotive businesses has proven
there are really just five key management
automation strategies that you need to focus
on.
Yes, just
FIVE! Here’s
what they are…
Automation Strategy # 1
“Computerize
your business with the best computers that you
can afford… …You will not be sorry you did!”
Did you know that the biggest
challenge that management software technical
support have is “challenged computers”
with not enough memory and hard drive space.
Also make sure it has plenty of USB ports for a
flash drive for backups.
Automation Strategy # 2
“Spend
the time and effort to put all of your customers
and their vehicles in the software before you
get started…
…and
don’t forget to read the documentation!”
Remember, “Organizing is what you do
before you do something, so that when you do it,
it is not all mixed up.”Planning the
labor tables and inventory is going to make your
Invoicing, estimating and scheduling a real
pleasure.
Automation Strategy # 3
Send a professionally
designed newsletter to your customers each
month......also send out reminders
for service work needed for maximum profits!
With ShopController, sending
out newsletters and Service needed reminders by
printing labels and tracking services suddenly
becomes MUCH easier.
You won’t DREAD sending out
newsletters or reminders any more or put it off
because there’s no struggling to prepare
your mailing list...no manually adding new
customers or removing deleted entries.
ShopController does all the “heavy lifting” for
you. So when you want to send a special
promotion or newsletter it can be done in 3
easy steps:
#1 Choose the
list of customers you’d like to mail to (Regular
or Fleet)
#2 Go to help
menu to find the Number for the labels (Avery
5160)
#3 Print and
insert the labels on the Newsletter or reminder
letter.
...and that’s
it!
ShopController's user
friendly help guide
will help you take the guesswork out of each
mailing sent out.
Plus you have the advantage
of sending out professional mailings to promote
your business to a new level of
profitability.
Handpick your
best customers to receive special offers...
... This is an
EXTREMELY powerful
-- yet very easy -- way toincrease your sales.As much as 40% or more!
Automation Strategy #4
Use
the new “Live Meeting” to experience a new level
of Customer support!
...Avoid the frustration
of support not understanding your problems.
There is help available that is really Hands
On! We just say "SHOW ME".
ShopController support has
taken the customer service experience to a
new level with a customer interface that
lets us connect with a one on one connection.
...There is nothing like
working with someone when they can show you just
exactly what they are experiencing. The word
“Communication” takes on a whole new meaning.
Just
imagine the past and
what it was like to have someone support you
with no visual look into
your world!
Automation Strategy #5
Make
sure your bookkeeping optimizes your business
with an awesome accounting solution!
ShopController has the latest
QuickBooks interface that works with
version 2008. It
still contains the tools to work with versions
older than 2005 but the newer updates are a good
choice. At this time QuickBooks is having an
issue with Vista, we
recommend using XP Professional when using
QuickBooks.
A good percentage of our
customers use the reports produced in our
software for their bookkeeping needs, and then
give the reports to their accountant. The most
important rule for good numbers tracking is to
put all of the data into the software every
day and follow good daily backup habits!
***
Bonus Strategy # 6 ***
If there is a strategy
that is considered the biggest it would be the
called “Saving Your Tush Strategy”
(Backing Up Your Data)
It still amazes me how many
software users do not make the
act of backing up a
number one priority. With the newer
technology of USB and the flash drives of today
it is so easy to not only backup your data but to take it
home with you.
I can’t emphasize enough the
need to first, put the
application and the daily backup on the same
flash drive.If something drastic happens at your business
you can always get another computer, install the
application-add the data file and you are back
in business.How awesome would that be if you
needed it.
We pay hundreds of dollars in
insurance for our business but do not think of
one of the most
important effects that having no current backup
would mean!!
We had a customer recently
that was a month behind in their backups when
the system crashed, I was afraid to ask how much
it cost them to re-enter all of the
invoices for a complete month. Please Backup Daily!!
QUICK TIP…
The Secret to saving more time while
creating more revenue is the art of
using The Service Utility.
(Formerly called Canned Jobs)
ShopController has a
utility that has a Smoothing out
effect on your business. After the
labor tables and inventory parts have
been put in the software,
this utility
puts the service writer on over drive…
Create a name for any
service then add parts and labor to the
service you created, The Service
show up in the invoice entry screen as a
dropdown list. You then select the
Service that you need and
with one click
you have brought all of the parts and
labor into the invoice.
That
was so easy, maybe three seconds!!
Can you
Imagine creating an invoice for an oil
change including parts in three seconds,
ok maybe five…
Quick
Tip # 2
Another Secret
to saving more money is the management of your
Merchant Services Account (Credit Cards)
Let me tell you a
story of something that happened in my business,
A few months ago a sales person came to my
office and offered to compare prices for my
merchant service account.
He told me that he needed to
look at my statements. We compared the prices
that we were being charged and found out that we
could save a substantial amount on our monthly
cost.
When we looked up the history
on our merchant services, Surprise, Surprise
Surprise!! It had been eleven years
since we had looked at, and compared cost for
our merchant services.
I didnot want to
know how much I had overpaid
over the years.
Where are you in this scenario...?
ACS is in the
process of Integrating Merchant Services into
our software. We also have available now stand
alone processing & equipment for both credit
cards and Check services.
What is Shop Controller?
It's an integrated automotive service management
program, with all of the latest features and
benefits to save you time and money. Whether
it's helping you to locate a vehicle's history
or printing out impressive, professional-looking
invoices, Shop Controller will streamline your
business' operations and maximize your shop's
productivity.
Check out some of Shop Controller's money-saving
features:
Setup and
Installation
Simple and easy
installation—you're up and
running in less than 10 minutes!
Fast and easy networking between
multiple PC's.
Functional, affordable software
with a short learning curve.
Organize
Track and compile service
information about client
vehicles.
Quickly find invoices, clients,
parts, labor and service
information.
Easily view open invoices and
payments.
Create and compile standard
"canned jobs" that require parts
and labor.
Add parts to inventory or
invoices.
Flexible, easily customized
schedules and maintenance
reporting.
Track fleet customers with
individual computational menu
which includes vehicle
information.
Save time—and that means saving
money!
Compatibility
Compatible with Windows XP Pro,
XP Home, XP Media Edition,
Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server,
and Vista. (At this time we
recommend using XP Professional
when using QuickBooks until the
Service pack becomes available
from Microsoft for Vista,
scheduled for august 2008).
Accounting
Interface with QuickBooks
accounting software.
Track receivables.
Print customer statements for
outstanding balances.
Invoice customers from a single
screen.
Achieve a whole new perspective
on your business with detailed
analysis and reports.
Track labor rates for
technicians and special labor
charges.
Security
Keep records and payments safe
from prying eyes!
Administrator-controlled
passwords.
Multi-tiered user
administration.
Print
Print professional looking
invoices.
Print functional work orders for
technicians.
Custom preprinted invoices are
available.
Customized invoices are
available.
Print work orders, invoices and
estimates with single or
multiple copies using the menu
or a simple hot key.
Marketing
Increase repeat business.
Marketing module for automatic
service reminders.
Target customers in specific ZIP
codes or owners of specific
vehicle makes, models, and
years.
ShopController works in most service type
business's including:
These are just a few of
the "Types" of business's that use
ShopController Software
Alignment Shops
ATV Sales & Service
Auto Dealer Repair Shop
Automotive Parts &
Accessories
Automotive Repair Shop
Brake Shop
Fleet Maintenance & Repair
Heavy Duty Truck Shop
Vehicle & Equipment Shops
Marine Repair Shops
Motorcycle Repair Shops
Tire Store-Repair
Transmission Shops
Truck Repair
Vehicle-Equipment Repair
These are just a few of the
"Types" of ShopController users
Third Party
Software-Compatibility
Wrenchead Nexpart /
Nexcat eCommerce -
***
NEW FEATURE ***
Order Directly from your
Shop Management System
Nexpart
eCommerce is
directly integrated into
ShopController shop
management software.
We will also be
integrating a
comprehensive Labor
Guide in the very near
future.
With
Nexpart eCommerce
integrated, you can
start an estimate or
repair order, instantly
look up your
distributor's parts
availability and
pricing, order parts and
have the part numbers,
descriptions and pricing
passed back to your
estimate or repair order
instantly. This
dramatically reduces
re-keying of vehicle and
part information,
ensures order accuracy,
and increases customer
satisfaction.
QuickBooks
Alliance Automotive
Software, in Version 8.0
has integrated the
newest updated
development upgrades
from QuickBooks.
ShopController works
with all versions
through 2007 and will do
patches and upgrades as
needed.
(See notes above
regarding Vista/QuickBooks
compatibility).
Carfax
Carfax keeps us up to
date with the latest
vehicle information from
the Manufacturers for
the Carfax Vin-Decoder.
This awesome tool when
used in ShopController
will make sure you get
the correct information
for accurate record
keeping in the parts
ordering process. More
vehicle information is
provided in the vehicle
notes form in
ShopController.
Discount Payment
Services
Alliance has
developed a special
relationship with
DPS because we saw a
need to provide a
service with someone
that could help us
integrate merchant
services into
ShopController.
Our goal is
to have (as an
option) a pc based
merchant services
interface.
We are in the process of
integrating PC Charge into
ShopController. It
can also be used as a
standalone product. We are
also looking at Check
Software that will be pc
based also. These products
will be flexible as to being
pc based or standalone. DPS
has an excellent reputation
and works hard to keep it.
No Cost Setup
How much does it cost? It's
FREE. (Except the PC
Charge Software and
equipment if needed)
There is no cost to
establish a new
Discount Payment Services
merchant account.
And, there is no cost to
reprogram your existing
point-of-sale (POS) system.
They will setup your account
at no cost and then you'll
get a call from one of their
conversion/training
specialists. They'll help
you program your terminals
and train you on how to use
them in one call. They are
very competitive on software
and equipment
Custom Forms & Reports
Because Shop Controller uses the
industry-standard Microsoft Access database
and Crystal Reports querying tools, we can
offer unmatched flexibility and power for
customizing the way you manage your shop's
information and printed forms.
Do you need your forms to comply with
special state, local, or provincial
regulations? Do you want your company's logo
to appear in a particular document's
heading? Would you like to rearrange some of
the elements on your forms? All of these
things are possible with our custom
reporting features.
Let Alliance Automotive Software
help you to design powerful custom reports
that can track the data that is critical to
your business' success.
Contact an Alliance
representative at (800) 898-2038
to discuss how you can maximize your
investment in Shop Controller with powerful
custom forms and reports!
With all of these benefits, you get to
experience the results of our labors as we
have focused on listening to our customers
and using the software in our own Shop
environment. ShopController has evolved from
a small DOS program in 1992 to a software
application in 2008 that will help you get
the results you deserve.
Pick and Chose
the configuration that best suites your
particular business.
Pick and Chose
the configuration that best suites your
particular budget.
ShopController is available in the
following Levels:
ShopController Version 8.0 "Lite"
ShopController Version 8.0
"Standard"
ShopController Version 8.0
"Professional"
ShopController Version 8.0
"Platinum"
When you
Download the
Evaluation It will have the "Standard"
version active. Just call us Today
at 800.898.2038 and we will help you
decide which level is right for you!
ShopController “Lite” $495.00
USD
Today’s Special Price
Only
This Low price
will be ending soon, So hurry
and take advantage of this special offer!
Please call us at 800.898.2038 Today
P.S. Remember our
Quality Guarantee. If there is anything in
ShopController that does not do what we say it
will do, we will fix it for no cost to our
customer.
P.P.S. ACS Automotive Software
has been in business for fifteen years and our
customers and their suggestions have made our
software an awesome quality product. Let us
show you what ShopController Can do for you.
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