Chris Cotton

Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz

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Weekly inspiration from automotive service business coach Chris Cotton from AutoFix - Auto Shop Coaching. www.autoshopcoaching.com Run Your Shop. Don't Let It Run You.

Author

Chris Cotton

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Business

Podcast website

autoshopcoaching.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Rocket Fuel Chapters 4 - 7 Five Rules [E045] 31.01.2022

Rocket Fuel Chapters 4 - 7 Five Rules AutoLeap: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M Rocket Fuel Assessment: https://bit.ly/32lNxRr Rocket Fuel University: https://bit.ly/3GSEt5w Free Copy of Ultimate Guide to Auto Repair Shop Marketing: https://bit.ly/3g9eHhV A collection of episodes on the Entrepreneur Operating System (EOS); the overall components of Rocket Fuel. From the Remarkable Results Radio Podcast. ht...

Repairing Your Repair Shop - Phase 2 [E044] 24.01.2022

As you get into today’s episode, Phase 2- Repairing YOUR Auto Repair Shop, you may know someone in your network who can benefit from what I’m talking about today, please take time to share personally or through your social network.” AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M 1. Growth Mode–Productivity tracking, What’s your shop capable of doing? 2. Employee Handbook–a mechanism to enforce the rules ov...

Challenge - Give Great Phone [E043] 17.01.2022

Does everyone remember the receptionist on ghostbusters? AutoLeap Link: https://bit.ly/3n5qW2M When I started thinking about this episode I went back to an old slide deck that I put together and I want to share some random bullet points from it: 1. What I see most often in small businesses is that we rush to hire and then fail to follow up with employee training. 2. We put new hires on the phone n...

Rocket Fuel Chapters 1 - 3 - Visionary and Integrator [E042] 10.01.2022

Chapter 1-The Visionary If you are a visionary you are entrepreneurial, a creator, and most likely you founded your company. You are an Idea generator, You have lots of ideas. As an idea generator, you probably have 10 new ideas per week and sometimes maybe 10 per day. Many of them might not be good and or not fit with the company’s focus, some might even be dangerous but in the end, some are abso...

Phase 1 - Repairing Your Auto Repair Shop - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E041] 03.01.2022

Repairing Your Auto Repair Shop - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 041 You've realized it's time to make a change and now it's time to put in the work/rise and grind! you didn’t get here overnight! 1. Start at the beginning: Income Statement-This is how we check the margins, true scorecard for success! Has to be organized in a way that is readable, 5 areas of Income: Labor, Parts, Tires, Sublet, Shop Sup...

Looking Back on 2021 - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E040] 27.12.2021

Looking Back on 2021 - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 040 1. Growth of Business and industry 2. Chris' Personal growth as a coach–almost 10 years as a coach, 19000 hours, Kimberly and I have traveled over 25,000 miles this year. 3. ServiceUp 4. Tire Profit Gateway 5. Peer Groups-Open to others in the automotive industry 6. What you allow is what will continue. 2021 7. Don’t put a wishbone where your ba...

Four Phases Series - The Overview - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E039] 20.12.2021

Our Sponsor: https://autoleap.com/?utm_source=chris-cotton&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=chris-cotton-website Show Notes: One quick note before we get started. Every shop is unique in its situation and what takes one shop 6 months to complete may take another 3 months and or 16 months. That's why we believe as a company there is no cookie-cutter plan and progression to get you from w...

It is OK to say NO! - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E038] 13.12.2021

It is OK to say NO! 1. Establish your proper boundaries and policies -- early and well 2. Just say “no" 3. Offer an alternative. 4. Be assertive, but remain courteous. 5. Don’t respond immediately 6. Know your value. 7. Practice your response. 8. Be more selfish. 9. Use the ‘Broken Record’ technique. Coach Chris Cotton AutoFix-Auto Shop Coaching Visit Auto Shop Coaching website HERE . 580-491-3519...

Do You Have a Yellow and Red Envelope? - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E037] 06.12.2021

Do You Have a Yellow and Red Envelope? - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 037. Chris talks about the Importance of planning the continuation of your business in case of a short-term or life-changing moment.

Slow Down to Go Faster - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E036] 30.11.2021

Slow Down to Go Faster - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 036

Gratefulness - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E035] 22.11.2021

Gratefulness - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz035

Behaviors That Limit Success - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E034] 15.11.2021

Behaviors That Limit Success - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 034 Six behaviors that prevent us from achieving the success we desire. Behaviors that are limiting our success in life. Jealousy  Self-Limiting Beleifs  Living in the Past. Living Life in the Rear View. Gossip Giving Up Too Soon. Throwing in the Towel. Negative Thinking    

Hitting Your Five Iron - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E033] 08.11.2021

Hitting Your Five Iron - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz - 033 Gaining your Confidence When you know you can

Dealer Parts - Forget List Price - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E032] 01.11.2021

Dealer Parts - Forget List Price - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 03 Chris crashes the list price paradigm on dealer parts and for that matter on list price in general He's discovered that there are some great dealer service advisors ready for hire

Let's Talk Employees - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E031] 25.10.2021

Let's Talk Employees - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 031 Chris explains his 20-60-20 Rule as it relates to your team.

Fix the Stops and Starts and Become More Productive - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E030] 18.10.2021

Fix the Stops and Starts and Become More Productive - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 030

Alignments as a Profit Center - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E029] 11.10.2021

Alignments as a Profit Center - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 029

Health and Wellness - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E028] 04.10.2021

Health and Wellness - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 028. Chris talks about mental health and keeping fit. He shares his personal goals and challenges all shop owners

Making and Keeping Appointments with Yourself - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E027] 30.09.2021

Making and Keeping Appointments with Yourself - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 027

The Notebook Technique - Eating the Elephant - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E026] 13.07.2021

The Notebook Technique - Eating the Elephant - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 026

Four Phases of an Auto Repair Business -Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E025] 06.07.2021

Four Phases of an Auto Repair Business -Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 025

Repair Orders as Legal Documents - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz [E024] 29.06.2021

Repair Orders as Legal Documents - Chris Cotton Weekly Blitz 024

Collaboration - Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton [E023] 15.06.2021

Collaboration - Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton 023

Relationship Building - Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton [E022] 08.06.2021

Relationship Building - Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton 022

Heads Up and Eyes Open -Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton [E021] 01.06.2021

Heads Up and Eyes Open -Weekly Blitz with Chris Cotton 021

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