by Alexandros Aslamazis The last month was quite challenging for Etalon. We have just started our exports to the UK, Ireland and the United States. Not that the other countries we sell are not challenging, but in the countries I just mentioned the car refinishing industry is extremely saturated. It implies that the customers expect …
by Alexandros Aslamazis As a business owner, you may have already found yourself thinking over one dilemma. Shall I expand my business or work to improve profitability instead? Unfortunately, it is not easy to achieve both in the same time. Usually this question arises when a business, let us say a bodyshop in our case, …
It is my first blog post for Etalon Refinish Blog in 2016. I reckon that many of us use the winter holidays for making plans for the coming year, both for our personal and professional lives. As I already stated in the past, I am privileged to meet a lot of outstanding people, including many …
A question every car painter asks himself at some point of his career. Read More »
Have you ever thought why some, at first glance, ordinary bodyshops never lack customers, while some others struggle? Well, there could be too many reasons for that, you could say. Nevertheless, putting aside external factors, it is down to the owner of a place or the painter, whether he or she will succeed or not. …
11 Those of you who follow Etalon Blog probably have noticed that I’ve stressed the importance of health and safety issues in bodyshops many times. This article is no exemption. I was triggered to write this post after a short chat in one of the Facebook groups, dedicated to automotive refinishing business. Particularly, I saw …
A medical examination every car sprayer must take … yesterday Read More »
It has been some time since I have posted the last tip in this series. So, here I am with a new nonsense ideas. But before I want to say that collision repair shops in many countries pass through the rough times at the moment. Greek, Russian and Serbian painters face increasing competition, aggressive …
Tip 8. How to increase bodyshops revenue? Spray…anything. Read More »
Everyday we are bombarded by advertising of various goods and services. In most of the communicated messages there is a reference to a high “quality” of advertiser. Quality is high, incomparable, excellent, unsurpassed and unbeatable. Car repair industry is no exemption. Bodyshops claim that their service is of high, incomparable, excellent, unsurpassed and, at least, …
I have to admit that these tips series for Etalon Refinish Blog is my favorite. I am happy with idea that a bodyshop somewhere could earn extra buck by offering profitable and beneficial to customers services. The key is to identify untapped demand for additional services, other than common auto body refinishing jobs. In this …
Tip 9. How to grow Bodyshop revenues by providing vehicle undercarriage protection ? Read More »
For those of you, dear readers, who follow Etalon Refinish blog, it is probably clear that throughout the articles I try to convey a simple, but, from my point of view, very important idea. Collision repair workshop is first of all a Business, which was set up to make profits. Therefore, as every Business, regardless …
Collision repair management 101: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Fixed costs. Read More »
Variable costs In the previous part of Collision repair management 101 we discussed fixed costs in a bodyshop. Actually fixed costs, apart probably advertising expenses, are very difficult to decrease quickly. Whether your bodyshop is fully loaded with work or not, fixed costs still come in form of bills end of each months. Variable costs, …
Collision repair management 101: You can’t manage what you don’t measure. Part 2 Read More »