ASA Launches New Legislative Website

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has provided independent repairers access to a web-based advocacy program at the federal and state levels for a number of years. After researching various online advocacy programs, ASA has been working to remodel its legislative and regulatory website. The new website is more user-friendly and designed to move information quickly to members and to policymakers. ASA members are encouraged to visit the newly designed site and sign up for free legislative alerts.

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has provided independent repairers access to a web-based advocacy program at the federal and state levels for a number of years. After researching various online advocacy programs, ASA has been working to remodel its legislative and regulatory website, www.TakingTheHill.com. The new website is more user-friendly and designed to move information quickly to members and to policymakers. ASA members are encouraged to visit the newly designed site and sign up for free legislative alerts. 

“With our Washington, D.C., office on Capitol Hill looking out for repairers, the industry looks to ASA for grassroots advocacy and information. Redesigning this site is one more step in the association’s commitment to provide members with the tools they need to stay informed and be heard on Capitol Hill,” said Angie Wilson, ASA’s vice president of marketing and communications. 

The TakingTheHill.com website redesign was donated by Autoshop Solutions, the website design and Internet marketing agency that recently redesigned ASA’s main website, www.ASAshop.org. “It was great working with the ASA team again, this time to launch the legislative website,” said Margaret Klemmer, vice president of operations at Autoshop Solutions. “We spent time collaborating with the ASA team in Washington to develop a site that provides a clean navigation and design with featured posts on the home page. We also brought the toolbox components front and center, making it easy for ASA members to take action on the site.” 

When Your Shop Is Worth Much More Than You Thought

Although every sale of a shop in which I am involved has its own unique set of circumstances, which makes my job both very interesting and very challenging, Cowden Automotive stands out as particularly memorable because I was able to demonstrate to the long-time owner, Paul Cowden, that his business was worth about three times what he had initially thought.

Case Study: Owner of San Francisco-based Import Service Shop Delighted to Discover Just How Valuable His Business is to Qualified Buyers
I sometimes share case studies of the clients I have been able to assist in my role as an aftermarket business broker and provider of intermediary and advisory services. I do that when I think the story will provide a reader in similar circumstances with new insights or helpful information.
In the case of Cowden Automotive, Inc., I acted in a consulting capacity assisting the owner and his broker in valuing the business, creating a marketing plan, finding a qualified buyer, and arranging financing for the sale.
Although every sale of a shop in which I am involved has its own unique set of circumstances, which makes my job both very interesting and very challenging, Cowden Automotive stands out as particularly memorable because I was able to demonstrate to the long-time owner, Paul Cowden, that his business was worth about three times what he had initially thought.
Needless to say, delivering that kind of good news to a shop owner is a rewarding experience. Discovering that the sale of his business would result in his retirement nest-egg being substantially larger than he had ever thought was a fitting tribute to someone who had spent his entire working career as a busy automotive service shop owner.

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