Do I need to take photos and videos myself?

It helps if you snap a quick phone photo now and then, but it's not required. We can work with what you send us or create content from your existing service info. A ten-second photo of a finished job goes a long way though.

Which platforms matter for an auto repair shop in Van?

Facebook is the big one out here. Almost everyone in Van Zandt County is on it, and local groups are where people ask for recommendations. Instagram is good for before-and-after repair photos. We'd focus there first and only add other platforms if it makes sense.

How long before I'd notice results?

Social media builds over time. You'll probably see more engagement in the first few weeks — likes, comments, messages. Actual phone calls and bookings from social usually pick up after a month or two of consistent posting. It's a slow burn, not a switch you flip.

Can you show my service menu and pricing on social media?

Yeah, and you should. Posts that break down what you charge for an oil change or brake inspection do really well because people are comparing shops. Transparency builds trust fast, and it filters out the tire-kickers before they call.

What if I already have a Facebook page but haven't posted in a year?

That's fine. We'd clean it up, update your info, and start fresh with new content. A dormant page is better than no page — it already exists and people may have already liked it. We just wake it back up.

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Social media for your auto repair shop in Van

You tried posting on Facebook for a while. Maybe some photos of cars in the bay, a shared meme about Mondays, a holiday graphic you found somewhere. Got a couple likes from people you're related to and then you stopped. That's how it goes for most shops.

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You already know you should be posting. That's not the problem.

The problem is you're under a car six days a week and nobody's thinking about what to put on Instagram at 7 AM. You tried it yourself for a month or two. Maybe you even paid somebody on Fiverr to schedule some posts. Generic stuff with stock-looking graphics and captions that could've been written for a dentist in Portland.

And nothing happened. No new calls. No messages. No appointments. Just a feed full of posts that look like everybody else's posts. So you quit. Honestly, fair.

But social media does work for shops like yours in Van. People in Van Zandt County are on Facebook constantly. They're in local groups asking who does good brake work, who's honest, who won't charge them $900 for something that should cost $400. If your shop isn't showing up in those conversations — or at least in people's feeds often enough that they remember your name — you're invisible. And some other shop isn't.

What we'd actually do with your accounts

1. **Post real work from your shop.** Before-and-after photos of repairs, quick videos of your techs explaining what they're doing, shots of the bay. People eat this stuff up because it's real. Nobody wants to see a stock photo of a wrench. They want to see the actual rotors you just replaced on a 2019 Silverado.

2. **Write captions that sound like you.** Not corporate. Not "We're proud to serve the Van community with excellence." More like "This Camry came in with a noise that turned out to be a heat shield rattling loose. Took us twenty minutes. Don't let another shop charge you for a full exhaust job." That kind of post gets shared. That kind of post gets comments.

3. **Target it locally.** We run your content so it shows up for people in Van, Canton, Grand Saline, Ben Wheeler — the folks who'd actually drive to your shop. Not random followers from who-knows-where. Paid posts starting at $750/mo that put your shop in front of real potential customers, not just a number on a screen.

4. **Tie it to appointments.** Every post has a reason to exist. Book a service, call for a quote, check your hours. We're not posting just to post. If it's not moving someone closer to your lift, we're not doing it.

Your shop does good work. People should see it.

Most auto repair shops in small towns run on reputation. Someone tells their neighbor, their neighbor comes in, and that's how it works. Social media is just that same thing happening faster and to more people at once. A post showing a clean repair job does the same thing as a word-of-mouth recommendation — it builds trust before someone ever walks through your door.

You don't need a massive following. You need the right 500 people in the Van area seeing your posts regularly. That's it. When their check engine light comes on, your name's already in their head.

We handle the posting, the photos, the paid reach, the replies. You do what you do — fix cars. If you want to send us a quick phone photo of a job you're proud of, great. If not, we'll work with what we've got. Either way, your shop stays visible without you having to think about it.