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You Get What You Give
12/11/2008 1:06:46 PM
You get what you give.
Every so often you hear one of these wise old sayings about life, but to me, the one above is proven to be true every day.
To me, it means that the more effort you put into life, the more you ...
It’s All About Attitude
10/30/2008
I think Doug Goethe got it right in this month’s story about his personal transition to waterborne basecoat when he said, “It’s all about attitude. Everything’s about attitude.”
It is all...
Green and Mean
9/26/2008 3:19:29 PM
Green is in today. Troubles with the Earth’s environment are being highly publicized these days, and some of the evidence is disturbing. Even if you’re skeptical about such a thing as global warming, it’...
Laying Down the Law
9/3/2008 11:42:32 AM
When Michael Trinagel’s twin daughters were born 16 years ago, he drove them home from the hospital in a Rolls-Royce. Today, the only reason his shop, Personal Touch Auto Body in the Bronx, is still in business is be...
RIP, Yellow Pages
8/5/2008
It’s official: the Yellow Pages is dead. Hopefully you didn’t hear it here first. Hopefully you heard the death knell a long time ago and decided the Internet was the way to promote your brand.
The Yellow Pag...
E-Newsletter on the Way
7/16/2008
Some exciting things have been going on here at BodyShop Business lately. For over 25 years, we’ve been dedicated to making body shop owners and managers’ lives a little easier and more profitable, and that sing...
Who's the Wolf?
6/5/2008
I’m sure many of you saw the article on our Web site in “Breaking News” about the American Insurance Association calling auto repair anti-steering legislation a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.&...
Our New Web Site Debuts!
5/1/2008
It’s official: I am now a blogger.
When we re-launched our newly designed Web site on April 14, I joined millions of others who use the Internet to convey their thoughts and feelings to the masses. It was truly a sp...
Talkin’ Shop in Cincy
4/1/2008
They sure do eat well in Cincinnati.
During my and Managing Editor Mike Peltier’s daylong visit to Elite Collision Service in Cincinnati last month, it was pecan squares the size of fuel doors for breakfast, Papa ...
Advice from up North
3/1/2008
When the press release hit my e-mail, I could hardly believe my eyes. The headline read, “Allstate Insurance Drops Parts Discount Demand; Paint Reimbursement Up.” Huh? What? Was I dreaming? Then I read further...
"What Am I to Do?"
2/1/2008
Usually, the shop owner wants a short-term solution, something he or she can do right now because time is of the essence. Unfortunately, most of the solutions out there are long-term ones. But that’s life. Overnight ...
It’s One Year Later...
1/1/2008
One year ago today in the January 2007 issue of BodyShop Business, I asked you, our readers, what you wanted to change about your business in 2007, what you wanted to accomplish and what you saw as your greatest challenge. ...
It’s Now or Never: A Proposed Code of Ethics for the Collision Repair Industry
12/1/2007
People are funny. Most of the time, if something bothers them, they just complain about it and do nothing.
We all know why, too: It’s easier to whine than actually do something to address what we’re whin...
Squeeze NACE Dry
11/1/2007
The International Autobody Congress & Exhibition (NACE) in Las Vegas will be just like that this year. Sin City moves fast as it is, so attending a trade show there, as past NACE attendees know, throws the RPMs into the str...
Another Leg to Stand On? Diminished Value
10/1/2007
I’m not sure if you paid any attention to a recent story about
an Ohio court ruling that an insurer had to pay for the “diminished value” of an insured’s car after a wreck. You probably should ...
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