Wow!  The beginning of a new year already?  The nation, our industry, and each of you have survived a trying and turbulent 2009, and with the turning of the calendar, we all reflect on the year and its results.  I too look back in appreciation on each of you who either chose TCS as their partner this year, or continued with us as your technology partner in 2009.   I personally thank you for entrusting TCS to help assist you in running your business with its suite of solutions.   

As we look ahead to 2010, I am excited because TCS not only weathered the storm of 2009, but we had huge growth in the industry with the addition of many new customers, added another office which greatly expands our employee base, developed a multitude of new products becoming your total technology provider, and developed significant relationships with 3^rd party products and industry groups to better serve you.  Because we spent 2009 moving, growing and DOING, it means each one of ...[more]

Now that the New Year is here you may be have your 2010 marketing plan on your mind.  We hope that internet marketing is part of that plan and social media is on the top of that list.  Social media will have many positive effects on your marketing strategy from improved customer service to getting your website showing up higher on Google search results.

If you have not setup any social media accounts and the word Facebook makes your head spin, do not worry, in the next few weeks we will be releasing our Social Media resource center that will help you get accounts such as Twitter setup.

For those that are tweeting or want to learn more about tweeting; here are a few of our Twitter Dos and Don’ts for the tire and automotive industry.

1. Do post tweets often a few times a day is good and remember to space them through out the day.  Nobody likes a twitter pucker (someone that tweets 5 times back to back).  You can use applications such as Tweet Deck or Hoot ...[more]

Now that the New Year is here you may be have your 2010 marketing plan on your mind.  We hope that internet marketing is part of that plan and social media is on the top of that list.  Social media will have many positive effects on your marketing strategy from improved customer service to getting your website showing up higher on Google search results.

If you have not setup any social media accounts and the word Facebook makes your head spin, do not worry, in the next few weeks we will be releasing our Social Media resource center that will help you get accounts such as Twitter setup.

For those that are tweeting or want to learn more about tweeting; here are a few of our Twitter Dos and Don’ts for the tire and automotive industry.

1. Do post tweets often a few times a day is good and remember to space them through out the day.  Nobody likes a twitter pucker (someone that tweets 5 times back to back).  You can use applications such as Tweet Deck or Hoot ...[more]

Now that the New Year is here you may be have your 2010 marketing plan on your mind.  We hope that internet marketing is part of that plan and social media is on the top of that list.  Social media will have many positive effects on your marketing strategy from improved customer service to getting your website showing up higher on Google search results.

If you have not setup any social media accounts and the word Facebook makes your head spin, do not worry, in the next few weeks we will be releasing our Social Media resource center that will help you get accounts such as Twitter setup.

For those that are tweeting or want to learn more about tweeting; here are a few of our Twitter Dos and Don’ts for the tire and automotive industry.

1. Do post tweets often a few times a day is good and remember to space them through out the day.  Nobody likes a twitter pucker (someone that tweets 5 times back to back).  You can use applications such as Tweet Deck or Hoot ...[more]

Now that the New Year is here you may be have your 2010 marketing plan on your mind.  We hope that internet marketing is part of that plan and social media is on the top of that list.  Social media will have many positive effects on your marketing strategy from improved customer service to getting your website showing up higher on Google search results.

If you have not setup any social media accounts and the word Facebook makes your head spin, do not worry, in the next few weeks we will be releasing our Social Media resource center that will help you get accounts such as Twitter setup.

For those that are tweeting or want to learn more about tweeting; here are a few of our Twitter Dos and Don’ts for the tire and automotive industry.

1. Do post tweets often a few times a day is good and remember to space them through out the day.  Nobody likes a twitter pucker (someone that tweets 5 times back to back).  You can use applications such as Tweet Deck or Hoot ...[more]

We have added many new features in ePower to give our customers even more flexibility and encourage their customers to buy from them over their competition.

• Sell Rate/Markups – Users of your website can now create a markup off of their cost.
• Add-Ons – Allows user to save predefined add-ons that will display on the customer printout.
• Part Inventory Display Settings – Allows you the control of default settings to your website.
• Specials Page – Now you can dynamically add a Specials Page to your site.
• Activity Logs – You can see who is logging into your site and when, what they are searching for and what they are doing.

With ePower the wholesale tire dealer has an eCommerce website designed for the industry. For a demo of all of the new features please call 888-449-8473.

We have added many new features in ePower to give our customers even more flexibility and encourage their customers to buy from them over their competition.

• Sell Rate/Markups – Users of your website can now create a markup off of their cost.
• Add-Ons – Allows user to save predefined add-ons that will display on the customer printout.
• Part Inventory Display Settings – Allows you the control of default settings to your website.
• Specials Page – Now you can dynamically add a Specials Page to your site.
• Activity Logs – You can see who is logging into your site and when, what they are searching for and what they are doing.

With ePower the wholesale tire dealer has an eCommerce website designed for the industry. For a demo of all of the new features please call 888-449-8473.

We have added many new features in ePower to give our customers even more flexibility and encourage their customers to buy from them over their competition.

• Sell Rate/Markups – Users of your website can now create a markup off of their cost.
• Add-Ons – Allows user to save predefined add-ons that will display on the customer printout.
• Part Inventory Display Settings – Allows you the control of default settings to your website.
• Specials Page – Now you can dynamically add a Specials Page to your site.
• Activity Logs – You can see who is logging into your site and when, what they are searching for and what they are doing.

With ePower the wholesale tire dealer has an eCommerce website designed for the industry. For a demo of all of the new features please call 888-449-8473.

We have added many new features in ePower to give our customers even more flexibility and encourage their customers to buy from them over their competition.

• Sell Rate/Markups – Users of your website can now create a markup off of their cost.
• Add-Ons – Allows user to save predefined add-ons that will display on the customer printout.
• Part Inventory Display Settings – Allows you the control of default settings to your website.
• Specials Page – Now you can dynamically add a Specials Page to your site.
• Activity Logs – You can see who is logging into your site and when, what they are searching for and what they are doing.

With ePower the wholesale tire dealer has an eCommerce website designed for the industry. For a demo of all of the new features please call 888-449-8473.

One of the things we at Tire Company Solutions really want for our customers is for them to get the full experience, or ‘power’ if you will, from their Tire Power software.  As I mentioned in my last blog, it can be fun discovering and using some of the lesser known features in the software.  With that in mind, here is an overlooked feature, this time for you accounting people.

A widely used and very powerful feature in Tire Power is the ‘Query’ option available on all history windows.  This feature is especially useful in the accounting areas of Tire Power.  It is inside one of these account history windows where you will find this hidden gem of a feature which really is a complement to the query feature.  In Office Manager, go to the View | Accounts section where you would normally find your GL accounts.  Pick an account, and go to its history.

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