Body Shops

Tip 3. Easy way to increase bodyshop revenue. Offer pre-sale car repair services. Everyday people around us decide to sell their car, and statistics says that for every Euro (Dollar, Pound, Ruble etc) spent on minor car repair, one will get 3 Euro (Dollar, Pound, Ruble etc) more in sales price! Good-looking, shiny, clean vehicle …

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Improving Shop Layouts – FenderBender – January 2012 – United States.

When economic conditions are tough as they are now, the uncertainty of the future puts customers and business owners into savings mode. People quickly begin foregoing little luxuries and businesses start to trim unnecessary expenditures from their budgets. For many auto refinishers, one of the first things to be cut is often advertising. Unfortunately, this …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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