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15 Business Benefits of Online Chat Platforms for the Automotive Service Industry
Automotive service businesses must adapt new online technologies such as online chat platforms, to help increase consumer acquisition and to grow revenue. From today forward, the way consumers will search for and select automotive services has changed. It’s a ‘digital first’ approach matching the always-on and always online lifestyle of the modern day consumer. These […]
Why the Automotive Repair and Service Industry Needs to Deploy Online Chat Platforms Now
What is online chat? What is a chatbot? And why would any automotive service business need either for their website now? Newsflash – commerce has changed. Maybe forever. The way consumers research, select and purchase goods and services has changed sharply in recent weeks. We are witnessing a major paradigm shift in consumer shopping behavior […]
How Virtual Service Advisor Otis Helps Award-Winning Turbo Tim’s Anything Automotive Go Above and Beyond for Customers
Turbo Tim’s service appointments achieved a compounded monthly growth rate of 31% (CMGR) over a 6-month period using the Virtual Service Advisor Otis by Openbay Award-winning Turbo Tim’s Anything Automotive is not your average automotive shop. Turbo Tim Suggs opened Turbo Tim’s Anything Automotive in 2006 with the goal to not only fix cars, but […]
How G.L. Moore Tire Pros & Automotive Service Turns Online Customers Into Family, 24/7
When you are a third-generation business owner you know first-hand how to connect across generations. Whitney Moore, Office Manager of G.L. Moore Tire Pros & Automotive in Springfield, MO, has worked in the family business alongside her father Mark for 17 years and counting. G.L. Moore Tire Pros & Automotive, Inc. was established in 1971 […]
Top 8 Automotive Services Requested in December 2019
Most popular automotive services requested by Openbay vehicle owners during another top travel month The month of December 2019 will break all records for the total number of travelers this holiday season; more than 115 million of us will be traveling. This represents a 3.9% increase over the prior year. More than 104 million of […]
Tuffy Tire & Auto Uses AI-powered Conversations to Build Quality Connections from the Start
How Tuffy Tire and Auto Uses Openbay Otis to Deliver a More Personalized Customer Experience In 1970, the first Tuffy Muffler shop opened in Detroit, MI. To keep up with the changing times, they’ve continued to change and evolve, expanding from just a muffler shop to a national full-service tire and auto center. What hasn’t […]
Openbay Otis: AI-Powered Virtual Service Advisor Announced for ASA Automotive Systems
This is an excerpt of an article written by https://www.ratchetandwrench.com Nov. 14, 2019—On Nov. 13, ASA Automotive and Openbay announced a strategic partnership. Through the partnership, ASA customers using TireMaster services will now have access to the industry’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual service advisor—Openbay’s AI-based messaging platform called Openbay Otis. Visitors to ASA customer websites […]
ASA Automotive Announces Strategic Partnership with Openbay
Partnership to provide Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Powered Customer Engagement Tools in TireMaster family of products Meridian, Idaho (November 13, 2019) — ASA Automotive Systems, the industry leader in software for independent tire and auto service dealers, adds new technology to their suite of digital products with the announcement today of a partnership with Openbay, a company that […]
Salute the Troops: Veteran Owned Auto Service Businesses
This Veterans Day, we want to recognize the brave men and women who served in the armed forces, and afterward, went on to start their own successful businesses in the automotive service industry. We’re honored to be able to share their stories with you. Getting Drafted Was “The Best Thing That Could Have Happened” for […]
Openbay in the News: ASA Automotive Announces New Digital Division at 2019 SEMA Show
The following excerpt comes from an article published on tirereview.com ASA Automotive Systems announced the launch of its new digital division Thursday at the 2019 SEMA Show. Staffed by industry experts, the division includes a new suite of services and software targeted at customer attraction and retention for tire dealerships. The new digital division will […]
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