Author: John
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New Voting Poll for Members Concerning Member Certificates
There is a new poll to cast your vote on. We are asking all members to participate. It’s in regard to having an AutoTechnician.org Membership Certificate with your name and made printable from the website. Cast your vote here. This request question has come up quite a few times now so we want to know…
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Increase Earnings: An Auto Technician’s Reputation and Online Presence
A professional auto technician is an individual business model. You may work for someone else, but you are their business. You represent yourself and built a reputation even if you no longer work there. So how’s your reputation today? How can it help you earn more?
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Google, Bing and Yahoo Favoring AutoTechnician.org
One of the most significant benefits we have to offer our members is beginning to come to fruition. That benefit is your professional member exposure to the public. AutoTechnician.org’s website has been created with search engines in mind – also called SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. AutoTechnician.org, in less than 3 months, has achieved the…
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Auto Mechanic Caught Screwing Up on Video
I just received this special little gem of a video from a good friend. He’s a parts driver for a national parts chain in my area and often tells me nightmarish and humorous stories about the stuff he sees going on in a couple of the shops he delivers to. Now obviously not every shop…
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Automotive Technician Public Awareness Campaign
AutoTechnician.org is growing much faster than expected considering it’s only been about 2 months so far. With that in mind, it’s time to begin the first phase of public promotion for our current and future members. To help accomplish this task, we’re looking for voluntary testimonials from our current directory members. What I intend to…
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FREE Online Training Classes for Technicians Beginning Feb 24th
Yesterday I received an email request from Craig Truglia over at TST – Technicians Service Training. Craig requested being added to our Training Resources page and I didn’t hesitate to do so. They offer high quality technical training and have many of the same goals as AutoTechnician.org. We are proud to promote them. TST is…
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Auto Technician Membership is Growing Fast!
Since my last post on December 27th where there were only 26 testers. The average score was just over 80% – barely passing. Now it’s been one solid month with a whole bunch of new activity on the site. Special thanks goes out to Peter Meier and the team over at Motor Age for promoting…
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Starter Voltage Drop Test Explained in Plain English
As an instructor, I would see some techs in class cringe when they heard the words “voltage drop test” for testing poor starter circuit symptoms. It’s like I was shoving toothpicks up their fingernails! Funny thing is, once it’s understood, it’s used by every smart tech. It saves countless hours of trial and error and…
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AutoTechnician.org Newest Contributor – John Gillespie
It is with great pride as we announce John Gillespie as our newest honorary contributor to AutoTechnician.org this week.
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Auto Tech Membership is Growing Steady
Since early December 2010, the qualification test has been taken 26 times (some twice by the same people) with an average passing grade of 80.69%. The minimum passing grade is 80%.