IP Relay Scam Calls Still Circulating Throughout Industry

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.

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Okay, you have a website. Now what?

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: Read the rest of this entry »

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The Giving of Thanks

November 24th, 2009

At CollisionBuilder.com, we have a lot to be thankful for. Business is getting better every month and we get to serve some of the best people in world. The men and women in the collision repair industry are hard-working, talented, independent people and truly the salt of the earth. We are thankful for your patronage.

I, personally, am thankful for my wonderful family, my talented and hard-working co-workers, and my faithful clients. God bless each one of you.

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Hartford Ordered to Pay Collision Repairers $15 Million

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.

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Cleaning up with Guerilla Marketing Tactics

November 14th, 2009

washCarFREE Car wash! Aah, the age-old promise of something for nothing. Well… I talked to a shop owner last week that has a new spin on the ole Free Car Wash pitch. This is not to be confused with the “Free Car Wash for life” that I blogged about a month ago.

This guerrilla marketing tactic goes something like this – Read the rest of this entry »

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