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BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY Partners with SiriusXM


BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY Partners with SiriusXM

BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY, a major supplier of tech solutions to automotive repair shops, recently entered into cooperation with SiriusXM, allowing repair businesses, utilizing BOLT’s digital software, to improve their services and customers support with the help of another special tool. BOLT-supported repair businesses can register in the special SiriusXM program, offering their eligible customers a free 3-month SiriusXM All Access subscription, allowing lucky subscribers access to broadcasts of a wide range of sports events, free music & entertainment programs, and more.



BOLT ON TECHNOLOGY promoted a new collaboration with SiriusXM during the AAPEX 2019


According to the head of BOLT, BOLT-supported repair businesses can benefit from the abovementioned cooperation initiative, as in addition to exceptional repair services their customers will now get access to SiriusXM’s amazing catalog of channels, thereby becoming more attractive for new potential customers and being thankful to loyal clients.


Here’s how this initiative is supposed to work in practice: repair businesses using BOLT’s software can offer its customers a SiriusXM subscription. For workshops, the program is absolutely free-of-charge, and they don’t have to bother themselves about any technical questions, as the companies will handle all the hard work. This bonus is supposed to become a nice addition to shops’ quality servicing and loyalty campaigns.


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This partnership makes it possible for BOLT ON to offer a superior level of service to their clients, at the same time allowing SiriusXM to reach more audience by means of its entertainment portfolio, and does not cause any problems for repair businesses. BOLT ON will put in significant efforts into the SiriusXM advancement by providing shops with helpful materials that will give some insights into the program benefits for car owners, and will launch a social media campaign to support the new initiative.

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