3 Reasons You’re *Still* Lost in Your Business

(And how to escape it ASAP)

#1: You’re trying to apply cookie-cutter strategies to a one-of-a-kind shop 

You’ve tried all the strategies you’ve heard work to up the sales in your shop. 

You’ve taken the advice of those coaches and old shop owners that everyone recommends. 

And have taken days off to attend those in-person conferences where industry leaders teach and you can ask questions. 

No matter how many questions you ask, though, there’s not enough time to really get to the root of the problem in YOUR shop. 

Despite the money, time, and energy spent working to implement these trainings, nothing is changing. In fact, it’s getting worse. 

It’s money down the drain. 

Not because the information is bad, it really works for others! 

But because it’s just items on a list to check off, not the clear, actionable strategies that give you the party-level numbers you’ve been working so hard to reach in your shop.  

What you need: 

Actionable strategies tailored to your specific needs and processes, allowing you to finally track your profit as it climbs, and giving you the time to fully step back and work on your business rather than churning the wheel inside your business. 

#3: You’re Focused On Doing It Yourself  

Relying on your own knowledge and strength has gotten you this far. 

It’s helped you open a shop, grow it to where it is today, and employ several team members. 

But you’re tapped out.

You don’t have time to learn all you need to know PLUS do the day-to-day responsibilities that fall on you to complete as the owner. Not only that, but you don’t even know what you don’t know. 

If not for anything else, you just want to know that others have been where you’re at and gotten out. That you’re not alone in this struggle.  

What you need:

A place where you could bring your problems, and see that there are people who have been in the industry longer who are experiencing the same problems—leading to a group effort in raising not just your business, but those around you as well. 

PILLAR #3

The Shop Family You’ve Been Waiting For

Owning a shop is a lonely journey. 

And while you may be doing fine solo, you’d be amazed with how much you can grow and improve with a community of other shop owners supporting you. 

You’ll gain access to shop owners all over the United States and Canada who are experiencing the same heartache, struggles, and frustrations you are. You’ll have the opportunity to see that maybe you're a step ahead, or maybe you're a step behind. Either way, you’ll have the motivation and support to continue and improve.

You’ll become a part of a community of no more than 100 other shop owners (I keep it small to make sure I can work with every shop owner individually) like you who have been where you’re at and have personally experienced the wins this program has helped them achieve.

Here’s how we’ll do that:

• Exclusive Rick’s Inner Circle Community where you can ask questions, celebrate wins, and help out your community. 
• Live Group Events where you’ll rub shoulders with shop owners from every Inner Circle group at live events each year.  Including live group coaching, actual shop visits, management training classes, industry panel discussions, and lots and lots of networking.

You’ll Also Gain Access To These Exclusive Bonuses:

Exclusive Millionaire’s Group Access 

Does your shop (or shops!) turn over more than a million dollars annually? There is a group just for what we call the Platinum Members offering access to an exclusive group of shop owners who, like you, want to continue to grow their business 7-figures and beyond.

In addition to your Rick’s Inner Circle Membership, we meet once a month for an hour or so to go over what’s working and what’s not, in both life and business.

Own multiple shops? Watch this space. We’re launching a group just for you in the new year. 

Rick’s Inner Circle: Live and in Person

We've taken The Inner Circle on the road!

Our seminars span the entire weekend and are jam-packed with social events, networking opportunities, and educational seminars with both Rick and other industry professionals, like Bob Burg.

Most times we also include a member shop visit.  Help your fellow shop owner friends improve their shops while you take some of those things they are "rocking" back into your shop to improve your own bottom line.

The RIC Book Club

Love to read and always looking for that next great business book and a group of like-minded readers hungry to learn and implement the newest techniques, processes and thought leadership principles?

 This group meets twice per month and we don't mess around!  We read, discuss, schedule additional times to meet if we want to delve deeper into a topic that excites us, and we implement! We try to pick titles offering both both physical copies, e-copies and audio copies to accommodate everyone's learning styles.

And did I mention we have a BLAST?

One-on-One Coaching Appointments with Me

Every now and then you will want or need some additional help with a particular challenge or opportunity.  I'm here for you! You will have access to my calendar to schedule one or more sessions with me to get you the help you need when you need it.

All of my clients get my personal cell phone number.  When I say I have your back - I mean it.

What Others Have Asked Before Joining Rick’s Inner Circle: 

I’m currently not even paying myself a paycheck. How can I afford the $1500 / month for this program? 

 This program is an investment for your business-plain and simple. And at first, it’ll be pretty hard to lay down the money.

(Especially if you’ve been burned with investments before)

So here’s the thing. 

I am going to do everything I can on my end to make it easier for you to pay it by the 90 day mark. Cause you’re not locked into a contract. 

The first thing we’ll do is talk about the gross profit model. The second thing we’re going to talk about is the net profit model. And I’m going to do that because my goal is to help you improve the gross profit perspective of your business within 90 days so that the coaching investment you’re going to make is more than covered by it. 

Because you don’t need any more expenses.

I want you to get results like Erick who said,  “Rick, it’s been a year. This is our one year anniversary. And my sales have increased $443,000 since I began working with you one year ago.”

My goal is to help you turn this $1500 / month investment into paying yourself a paycheck by 90 days.

And I’ve helped many do it before you.

I already work too much as it is- how much time will this take each week? 

You can expect to spend about 4 hours per week on this program  — that includes video calls and actionable items.

All of our calls are after hours so you don’t have to worry about putting out fires in your peripheral. 

The rest of the time you spend during the week will be implementing the actionable advice you get during our calls. Much of it will overlap the work you are currently doing - we’ll just give you a better process. 

You’ll soon have more than enough time to implement the advice, since the processes we teach you allow you to do less of the busywork you’re used to doing, and pull the levers that move the big things along.

Do I have to reach a certain milestone before I can get the most benefit from this program?

Wherever you’re at works great. 

While you should be the owner of a current auto repair shop and have worked with customers and vehicles before—there’s no threshold that you need to reach before you join. 

You may have been told that you shouldn’t be running a shop if you don’t know everything about running a shop. 

I call BS on that. 

You started this business because you know cars and trucks. You have a dream and the determination to make it happen. And the fact that you don’t know everything is actually a really great place to be.

It allows you to learn things the right way in Rick’s Inner Circle. 

And if you do have a lot of experience running a shop and have a pretty good handle on what you’re doing, that’s great, too!

Upon entry to Rick’s Inner Circle, everyone will go through a program that will ensure everyone is up to speed on the basics. At the same time - you will be introduced seemlessly into a group of shop owners close to your size with similar goals and objectives.

We do this because we have shop owners of varying experience levels in The Inner Circle, and we want it to be valuable to every shop member. The entire group is committed to your success - always. It's an amazing community which is why I want to make sure this is a great fit for all of us.

I’ve looked into several different coaching programs before. How is Rick’s Inner Circle different? 

We’ve looked into them, too! And have nothing against them.

Many of the programs out there promise to help you raise your profit. 

A few mention the time you’ll save with the processes they have planned. 

But none have my relationship-centric approach that helps you get more sales with none of the sleeze. 

I’m not going to tell you to go out and fire all of your employees and work nights and weekends. 

We have your goal in mind: to be able to enjoy life with the ones you love and have a profitable shop that your customers trust.

I’m not sure I’m cut out to be a shop owner. Are you sure I can learn this?

Yes. 

Sales and leadership skills are LEARNABLE. And contrary to popular belief—you don’t have to know everything from the get-go. 

In fact, the skills you have built up to this point may or may not help you step into your role as the shop owner you want to be. 

But here’s the kicker:

No matter how inadequate or overwhelmed you are at the idea of learning all the things you need to know to be a successful owner, remember that you opened your shop for a reason. 

And Rick’s Inner Circle was designed to motivate, educate, support, and inspire shop owners like you to get the shop you’ve been trying to build for years. 

I work with my spouse. Would we both have access to Rick’s Inner Circle?

We coach a lot of couples! 

If you work with your spouse, your spouse can also get access to the Inner Circle Resources.  We also add spouses to all of our notification lists so they never miss a meeting either!

Can you remind me of what I’m getting when I enroll today?

When you sign-up today and join Rick's Inner Circle, you'll have access to...

• Monthly live webinar trainings on hot topics you are facing right now
• Monthly meetings with a community of like-minded individuals who will all give opinions and actions for you to try for your specific needs and problems
• A library of nearly 70 recorded webinars and trainings to get you the help you need, when you need it
• Access to a private community where you can celebrate and group think with shop owners like you who've been there
• Office Hour meetings where you can set up a call with Rick and he'll help you through personal shop problems (as well as life problems!)
• Access to our mobile app where you can access all of the recorded videos and walkthroughs
• Entry to (2) live events every year where you get to meet your community, have live training sessions, and have a blast with other shop owners who "get it"
• Individual one-on-one coaching sessions whenever you need them

Is Rick’s Inner Circle right for you?

There are hundreds of programs available to shop owners like yourself looking to raise your profits and create the shop of your dreams. They’ll take your money if you feel the tiniest bit like the program is “right for you”. 

I’m not about that.

I don’t want Rick’s Inner Circle to just be “right for you.” That’s how you get to month 3 feeling overwhelmed and even more dissatisfied with your shop than you were in the first place. 

And frankly—it’s too much money to be wasting on something you don’t really need. 

I want this to be a perfect fit for you. 

To know that, you need to know who Rick’s Inner Circle is NOT for.

Rick’s Inner Circle is NOT for you if…

• You’re already making enough profit to open 5 more shops and take month-long vacations every year
• You absolutely CANNOT carve out a few hours each week to learn and implement actionable strategies you need to increase sales from your front counter, manage your team of employees, or pay yourself a regular salary.
• You would rather be working late nights as a mechanic—barely making $48,000/year and taking days off only when you’re too sick to get out of bed

If you don’t fall into any of these categories and are ready to take the 30-day money-back-guarantee to prove that Rick’s Inner Circle will make you money, then it *might* be perfect for you.

Mark 5 of the 7 boxes below to see if YOU qualify. 

Rick’s Inner Circle is perfect for you if...

• You recently traded working in the shop to owning your own shop, and don’t know what you don’t know
• You’ve had your shop for a bit, but can’t seem to get ahead financially and are ready to figure out a profitable system once and for all
• You’re a hard worker and quick learner who is willing to take advice from trusted experts and implement it quickly
• You already spend 4+ hrs every week trying to level up your shop
• You’re excited at the idea of running a profitable shop where you can take time off knowing your customers are being treated like family by your employees
• You know that when you put in the work, the payment of this program won’t even be on your mind 90 days from now because you’ll be making more than enough extra money to cover it
• You’re ready to try out the Guarantee, knowing if it’s not the right fit within 30 days of purchase, you can get all your money back AND you’re not locked into a monthly contract, ever

Now, tally up your score—how many boxes did you check? 

Marked them all? Then come on in! You’re a perfect fit for The Inner Circle.

75+% Of Auto Repair Shop Owners Reading This Will Think It Through, Mention It To Their Spouse, And Then Say They’ll Be Ready In Six Months

Here’s how the next six months will continue for them…

1. They’ll be six months deeper putting fires out all day long

Cost: 5-figures per month

1. Instead of getting better with the confidence needed to reach their goals and the satisfaction of actually achieving them, they’ll get bitter and it’ll project onto their team, customers, and business

Cost: Multiple 6-figures per year

1. And they still won’t be ready, because they feel like they have to get to a certain point before they start the coaching.

Cost: Your shop’s profitability, sustained growth, and the time you’ll never get back with your loved ones

Take The 90-Day Return-On-Investment Challenge

Once in Rick’s Inner Circle, you’ll quickly become acquainted with the People Over Profit Method that will help you permanently quit those months without a paycheck, and instead allow you access to a world filled with hope.

One that’s:

• More profitable
• Easier to enact
• And falls completely in line with your existing skills of making sh*t happen

But.

Unlike other coaching programs, I don’t want you to wait 4-6 months before *possibly* seeing a result.

Grab your spot now, and take action on the specific strategies prescribed within the 90 days.

If you don’t have the entire program paid for on repeat each month after that, just let us know and you’ll be out with no harm—with a few more strategies to get yourself to that next level of yours.