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Improve Customer Satisfaction and Make More Money

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

We all agree that in order to make more money we must develop repeat customers. To develop repeat customers we must satisfy our current customers.

So, satisfied customers = more money.

Now we simply ask our customers to point out areas that we were less than perfect and then we change our systems and procedures to correct our weaknesses.

The best tool for this task is the customer satisfaction survey.

Several shops already utilize a customer satisfaction survey system. Some shops use an outside company to handle the process and other shops handle everything in house and there are a few shops that handle everything electronically through their website or email.
Regardless of how you decide to do it, here are a few tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your customer surveys.

Several shops already utilize a customer satisfaction survey system. Some shops use an outside company to handle the process and other shops handle everything in house and there are a few shops that handle everything electronically through their website or email.

Regardless of how you decide to do it, here are a few tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your customer surveys. (more…)

Give Customers a Reason to Call You

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Joe Momber at Auto Body News wrote an interesting article in this month’s (Jan) edition of Auto Body News. Joe covers a number of strategies to get more business in your shop. It’s well worth the time, so click here to check it out.

IP Relay Scam Calls Still Circulating Throughout Industry

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

According to Body Shop Business, Auto Damage Experts in Dover, Fla reported  an attempted IP scam. We’ve seen this before but it looks like it’s coming around again.

You can read the full story here.

Okay, you have a website. Now what?

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Website FrustrationSo you created a website and then braced yourself for the onslaught of customers that were waiting to beat down your door to give you money.

But wait… nothing happened.

A long of nothing happened. How can this be? Something must be wrong! Everyone said, “Get a website!”, so I got a website. But nothing happened. If fact, I’ve had a website for several months and no one even knows that I have it!

Did I get ripped off? Answer: Maybe, but most likely you didn’t.

Let’s look at how to make your website work for you.

First let’s focus on the website itself: (more…)

Hartford Ordered to Pay Collision Repairers $15 Million

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

According to BodyShop Business magazine, a Stamford Superior Court jury today awarded $15 million to a group of auto body repair firms after determining The Hartford Insurance Co. engaged in unfair business practices to suppress labor rates. The class action lawsuit, filed by the Auto Body Association of Connecticut (ABAC) and three of its members, alleged that the insurance company engaged in a pattern of unfair practices that violated Connecticut law.

You can read the full story here.