Numerous articles have been written about the gentle art of saying no. Perhaps it is about time to say a few words and provide some tips applied to the day-to-day operation of a car paint shop. Below you can find six situations when, as far as I’m concerned, a car painter should be firm and […]
The art of saying NO applied to car body repair business. Read More »
written by Alexandros Aslamazis In most of the countries in the Northern Hemisphere, summer is in the middle and temperatures reached the peak. Unfortunately, not all of us are on holidays, so business in body shops continues, despite the “beach mood”. Below you will find seven short tips, which may help you to deal with
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I really love to make assumptions of different kind. What if … I was invisible, what if I was a millionaire, what if you had limitless resources for your paint shop or bodyshop? The last one actually was a title for my blog post sometime ago. Here is another one: “What if I had just
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Since many of our readers are actually suppliers of bodyshops, trading partners, I would like to share some thoughts about how different could one product be in the eyes of a bodyshop manager or an owner, depending on their business, size and condition. Perhaps you already have heard about a theory that all products
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Tip 2. How to earn extra money with plastic repairs for cars and motorcycles? A short walk in almost every car bodyshop, and you will find old and dusty, cracked bumpers in some dark corner. Scrap, rubbish one could say… Lost opportunity the other could say… And I would agree with the letter. Slightly
Tip 2. Easy way to increase bodyshop revenue. Bumper repairs. Read More »
Why do I like Linkedin? Merely because it is the only place on the web you could communicate with fellow colleagues from any industry in the world without any geographical boundaries. As business owner, I am wondering what will be the next big thing in automotive refinishing industry? So, why not to get opinions of
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As I am going through my contact leads from Automechanika, which closed its doors a few weeks ago, I recall how many people mentioned the economic downturn in their countries. Being in Greece, I can also confirm, our industry is not a safe oasis, and business is negatively affected. On the other hand, I strongly
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As I was wondering around internet, I found two very interesting statistics. If you have your hands without gloves for just 5 minutes in some sort of thinner or solvent, it actually means for your liver the same with one drink on Saturday night! I wonder how many drinks many of our painters have each
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The meaning of “corporate identity” is usually associated with the big businesses, sophisticated Wall Street offices or banks; however every company, big or small, must have its own distinctive and unique identity. As a collision repair shop owner or manager, you should ask yourself a question: What do we do to differentiate our business from
Does your bodyshop have an identity? Read More »
Without a doubt there have been said or written a lot about the HVLP or Compliant spray guns and their benefits. However, switching simply to new (not so new, you can say) technology is not enough. A sprayer must also alter his spraying techniques. Definition of HVLP and Compliant technology and its benefits. Let me
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