New "Live" Online Training Course Shows How to Fix a Struggling Business

Bedford, Texas, Sept. 22, 2009 —The Automotive Management Institute (AMI) and R. L. O’Connor & Associates, Inc. have teamed up to offer a new live online training course that shows how to turn a struggling automotive service business into a business that meets or exceeds earnings and profit goals. “Business Struggling? Fix it Now … Guaranteed!” is designed specifically for shop owners and managers and will be offered Oct. 7-8, Nov. 11-12 and Dec. 2-3, 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT.

The course will be led by AMI instructor Robert “Bob” O’Connor, R. L. O’Connor & Associates, Inc. It will demonstrate proven methods to increase earnings, improve finances, maximize production from advisors and technicians, and establish and achieve benchmarking goals. The course will allow live interaction with the instructor and other participants, and will consist of two sessions of two hours each for a total of four hours of business improvement training. Participants working toward the Institute’s Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation will earn eight credits for this course.

“We know that many shop owners struggle to earn little more than wages, especially in this current economy,” said AMI Executive Director Toni Slaton, AAM. “This course will help them build a roadmap in order to earn a salary and profits suitable for their investment of time and money.” The course is being offered at a special price of $99 with a limit of 25 participants. Tuition includes instruction, workbooks, handout materials, one Internet and one teleconference connection. To register, call (800) 272-7467, ext. 241, e-mail Linda Ferguson, AMI program administrator, at: lferguson@amionline.org, or register on the AMI web site, www.amionline.org.

AMI was established to answer the demand for continuing education tailored specifically for the business needs of the automotive service industry. The Institute offers the Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation, the first business management accreditation exclusively for the automotive service professional. To date, AMI programs have attracted more than 177,000 enrollments throughout North America. AMI is a not-for-profit educational foundation to which tax-deductible contributions can be made. For more information about the Institute, its curriculum, or EXCEL, please contact AMI at (800) 272-7467, ext. 239, or visit the AMI Web site at www.amionline.org.