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Exclusive podcast for TIRE BUSINESS At Gain Traction Podcast, I interview tire and auto repair industry executives, shop owners, thought leaders and other industry experts. My goal is to lift the industry up with great interviews from the great people of our industry.If you or someone you know is in the tire / auto repair industry, please message me to be on the show. I enjoy meeting new people and having fun.Here is a link to some of our recent Podcasts for your convenience:https://GainTractionPodcast.comYou can also find Gain Traction on Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

I network specifically within the tire and auto repair industry to make Tread Partners better known. I look for strategic relationships where it makes sense to be partners in the industry and communicate. Sometimes these partnerships turn into incredible friendships. If you don't know me, reach out and introduce yourself, I’d love to meet you.

We increase revenue through one of 3 ways: Acquisition, Retention, or Re-engagement. We help tire & auto repair clients "Win" in their respective information space online. We are highly specialized in acquisition and re-engagement. We fix or enhance PPC, SEO & Websites to be best in class for multi-location tire & auto repair shops (typically 5+ locations). We can assess your situation and tell you if you have a problem or an opportunity. We have years of industry SPECIFIC knowledge and experience. Our strategies work because we do not guess, we know. The Multi-Location Tire and Auto Repair industry is our primary focus and it’s terribly underserved. We make PPC & SEO work with precision. The clear difference with us is industry knowledge & application of that knowledge because this is literally all we do. In addition, our principals used to own tire stores. We also have extensive technical marketing knowledge, and when combined it is extremely effective and efficient. We save multi-location tire dealers time and money. 95% of multi-location tire shops do PPC wrong. They either spend too much or not enough. They are inefficient with their spend. We focus on ROI per location. Do you have underperfroming stores per car count or AROs? We can help you. Sometimes the problem is small but it can create devastatingly bad results. It may be a simple fix, let us figure it out.We also work directly with and help tire distributors/wholesalers/manufacturers. We are niche and your operation is treated that way. Message me.

Contract Sales: connecting people, products & services. It is all about meeting the right people at the right time and creating win-win situations. Anything else is just not worth it.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Industrial Sales

Charleston, South Carolina, Us

Digital Marketing. Responsible for direct sales and partnerships. Digital marketing experts to tire dealers, tire distributors and auto repair shops. Developed the Tire Dealer Online Marketing Program for distributors that strengthened their relationships to their top tier retail tire dealers. Developed a gold standard program for tire dealers that wanted more than what the national internet marketing companies offered as their "box" solutions.Sold in-depth SEO programs to national and regional manufacturing companies seeking to grow via the Internet Sales Process. Secured all new business development for the team through strategic referral partners, associations and direct selling. Public speaker as an industry expert to tire distributors, tire retailers, and manufacturers. Upright generated a very high ROI for its clients year over year. Developed accounts ranging in annual sales of $1MM-1BB+.