Recently, I was invited as a guest for the Virtual U.S. Financial Advisors podcast. The goal of this podcast is to help consumers have a better grasp of what financial advisors are for and understand the importance of having a trusted person to help them

Threats come in many forms when you're a collision shop owner. There's the threat of competition, the threat of a struggling economy, and the ever-present threat of natural disasters.But one of the most important threats to businesses is the possibility

The collision industry is facing a tech shortage. There are more retirements than new technicians entering the field. So what must collision shops do to attract new talents, stay in business, and remain competitive? In today’s world, the shops that can ge

Sink or swim? These are the choices that most collision shop owners face as they deal with the changes that are happening in the industry today.  Its either they learn how to swim with the tides to survive or they get frustrated, burned out, and dec

Most people say theres so much in the collision repair industry thats broken. Theres the issue of insurance companies demanding to use after-market parts to reduce repair costs without considering how it would affect the consumers safety.  There

Many business owners have no idea what the value of their business is.  And when the time comes to sell their business, they base its price on how much they need to fund the next phase of their lives and not on what it's worth. Having your business e

When collision shops get bigger, they tend to focus more on the quantity of repair jobs. This causes the service they provide customers to suffer. As profits become the priority, everything becomes transactional and sometimes customers aren’t treated as i

Automotive repair is a highly competitive industry.  And with car technology advancing at an exponential rate, shop owners must be able to keep up in order to maintain a profitable business.    And one way to keep up is to make body shops g

For a lot of business owners, especially in the collision industry, “marketing” is a dirty word. It’s an added expense that most small shop owners consider a luxury.  Yet nowadays, having a marketing strategy has become a necessity and is considered

Disputes between insurance companies and collision repair shops are not uncommon. From errors with estimates, repairing parts vs. replacing parts, to choosing the right type of replacement parts to be used. Unfortunately, a lot of shop owners think that t