Glue Pulling might not be taking over the world but it's definitely changing the game and as shop owners, managers, techs, etc - we owe it to ourselves to be informed about the incredible things on the market that can help us do a safer, better repair! Danny Hacker is on the show today and as a veteran of the industry and shop owner as well as working for KECO, Danny is so knowledgeable about glue pulling and shares some key pieces of info that shops really need to listen to.

We talk about the misconceptions of glue pulling. PDR is NOT GPR! What can you do? What can't you do? How do you get paid for what you do? Why do EV manufacturers prefer glue pulling? If you don't prep your panels properly you won't get correct or consistent results!

Here are a few videos of Danny on glue pulling...

Collision GPR is NOT paintless dent repair:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=499950437944641

Danny Hacker of Keco Body Repair Products demonstrates how the company's Glue Pull Repair System can pull out dents on aluminum and steel without affecting the paint or sheet metal.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=512477337063062

Danny Hacker explains the KECO Collision Glue Pull Repair System at SEMA 2021
https://youtube.com/watch?v=T8q7pAaBtJk&feature=shares

Reach out to Danny Hacker directly:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 615-414-4760  

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Jerald Stiele is an owner of 3 body shops in Minnesota - two Collision Center 1 shops & Hopkins Auto Body 1. They have 8 OEM Certifications/Recommendations and are a DRP for a couple of insurance companies AND he says it's possible to do so WHILE repairing the vehicle properly (according to OE recommendations).

He is frustrated by the generalization that shops can't be a DRP shop AND fix cars properly. How is that possible? Listen in as he shares how they handle their DRP relationships.

Jerald is a huge proponent for getting involved in your local trade schools and interning students of these schools to aid in bringing people to the collision industry in general and also to his shop! 
The first step he recommends is to reach out to your local trade school and ask how you can help them. It's NOT that hard people! We all need to work together to start making our industry more appealing!

Listen to the podcast interview with a high school tech student that interned at Caliber Collision and see what he thought of all of it so you can do something similar in your shop:  
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-25-a-students-perspective-with-kenneth-stuart-abe-sells/id1558234037?i=1000540383831

Reach out to Jerald Stiele directly:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://collisioncenter1.com/
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If you've never seen Billy Walkowiak's posts on social media then you are missing out! Billy is a major advocate of the consumers and I like to think of people like him as the super-heroes in our industry. You should see the wins he is able to get for our consumers!
As a veteran of the collision industry, he owns Collision Safety Consultants where he specializes in appraisal clause, total loss, diminished value and post-repair inspections.

Tune in for some INCREDIBLE information that most of us do NOT know:

• The body shop can not invoke the appraisal clause
• The customer can only invoke the appraisal clause on their own policy. Even if they are hit by someone else - file a claim with their own insurance company.
• Know the power between a 1st party and 3rd party claim.
• Do you know the total loss law & threshold in your state? Most don't!
• Under a 1st party claim the insurance company can total a vehicle at will
• Some shops have 3-4 customers using Billy PER WEEK to keep their customers from having to pay out of pocket for the difference

Get help for your customers!
Find a location near to you: https://collisionsafetyconsultants.us/locations

Follow Billy on Social Media & see his incredible wins for our consumers!
Instagram: @billy.collisionsafety
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-walkowiak-%F0%9F%94%8D-88262276/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003747193561

Reach out to Billy Walkowiak directly:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://collisionsafetyconsultants.us/

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Gold Coast Auto Body in Chicago, Illinois decided years back that the insurance company DRP model was not in line with what they wanted for their shop or their customers. After dropping all of their DRPs they worked for years on developing and honing their repair process to best help their customers and make things as seamless as possible within the shop. Listen in as Drew Plischke, the Director of Client Insurance Reconciliation at Gold Coast Auto Body, shares with us the pitfalls they found when dropping those relationships with insurance companies and how they've turned things around to make their shop busier and healthier than ever before!

If you have questions about how you can apply any of Gold Coast's processes in your shop or ask questions, Drew would be happy to help!

Reach out to Drew Plischke directly:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://goldcoastautobody.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goldcoastautobody
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-plischke-05a260131/

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As shop owners we think we are providing 5-star customer experience yet data shows that only a small percentage of our customers think the same thing! Where's the disconnect?
As one of the most popular keynote speakers for her talks on 5-star customer experience and, more specifically, the female experience - Katie Mares talks with us about how men and women are wired and how we can grow our culture and the quality of customer experience.

Katie has a Masters in Adult Training and Development and is the author of "CustomHer Experience"  which is set to release in February 2023.
PRE-ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW! "CustomHer Experience" https://amzn.to/3sdLSqt

Many businesses get it wrong when trying to market to women and it's imperative that we understand how the female and the male brains are wired to get it RIGHT!

Katie also talks about how to deal with your female employees to get the most out of them and how to attract them.

CustomHer Experience provides businesses with the insight, guidance, and tools to

• better understand the female consumer, 
• transform the transactional service a woman currently receives into the alluring, interactional experience she craves, 
• adjust their approach when interacting with customers, and 
• ignite a spark in their teams and companies.

PRE-ORDER YOUR BOOK NOW! -> CustomHer Experience ->  https://amzn.to/3sdLSqt

Reach out to Katie Mares directly:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://katiemares.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katie.mares.16
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiemares/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-mares-ctdp-mcatd-cpsa/

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As a shop owner of Best Body Shop in Wichita, Texas, Clay Hoberecht is running his shop unlike most shops out there and having great success!
As a client of Barrett Smith (episode #53) Clay was so frustrated with the industry as a whole and was begging to have different and do different. 
The main desire for him was to be able to do a safe and proper repair and be compensated appropriately which - at that time - felt impossible.

After being slammed busy with cars wrapped around the building he checked his bank account to find that he had no money! How was that?
At first he thought the best thing would be to expose things on social media and quickly realized that this was backfiring and not truly making any change. 
When he spoke to Barrett and requested to be a client of his, Clay realized that although he thought he was repairing vehicles properly he truly wasn't! He was part of the problem and not for long!

"You can be successful in repairing cars correctly. You have to shed the mentality that is inherited in the collision repair business and has become normal business in our world."

Listen as Clay shares how he turned his business around and how you can too...

Reach out to Clay Hoberecht directly:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.bestbodyshopinwichita.com/
Best Body Shop Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BESTBODYSHOPINWICHITA
Best Body Shop Instagram Page: @best_body_shop

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Jamie McKinney is the author of "Speak Up, Sister", is a motivational speaker and leadership coach! She grew up in the collision industry starting at PPG and found that her path as a female could help both women and men, alike, step up and feel empowered.
"If you avoid the fear of striking out - that's when you get to hit the homerun".

As her first job out of college, Jamie felt frustrated as she was talked over by the folks that had been in the industry longer than she had been alive.
She leaned into her thoughts and ideas that would be different than anyone else was bringing to the table and those thoughts and ideas began to be embraced and welcomed. Through the beauty of her "naïveté" and her growth mindset, innovation exploded!

Confidence, initiative and follow-up became her secret sauce. She created a preparation routine to find the agenda and came with key points, questions, responses if asked about things on the docket, etc. She realized that she didn't have all the answers and that was ok - as long as she had initiative and follow-up she was able to set herself apart with credibility and trust.

The video of Jamie on ABC News and a testimonial from one of Jamie's clients - "Leadership Coach Hopes to Close the Gender Confidence Gap": https://www.denver7.com/news/national/leadership-coach-hopes-to-close-the-gender-confidence-gap

Topics:

• 3 ways confidence gets rattled and how to prepare for them
• How you show up - People will respond to your energy
• In order to "be it" you have to "see it" - Neuroplasticity
• Interaction Styles - helpful for you and your customers, employees, etc. 
  • 4 Main Styles: Analyticals, Drivers, Amiables, Expressives
  • Take the Quiz! https://www.jamiemckinney.com/freebies (2nd box down)
• The power of curiosity - objectively with no judgement
• Language - Direct vs Indirect
• The things that come easy to you may very well be your superpower!
• Speak Up, Sister! Get the book: https://www.jamiemckinney.com/speakupsister

Reach out to Jamie McKinney directly:
Contact Her: https://www.jamiemckinney.com/contact
Website: https://www.jamiemckinney.com/
Instagram: @jamie_empowers
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-dandar-mckinney/

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Barrett Smith of Auto Damage Exerts (ADE) is a popular contributor to BodyShop Business as he speaks very openly and, oftentimes, controversial about insurance companies. Having been born into family that owned a shop then working for insurance as an adjuster to having his own shop helped him learn and create a process to help his own shop flourish. He now brings shops on as clients and teaches them this very different way to deal with guests and these insurance companies.
His shops have LESS stress and HIGHER profits!

Join us on the Collision Cocktail Hour and participate as we talk about the hot topics in the industry.
The 3rd Wednesday of every month.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/CollisionCocktailHourInvite

Reach out to Barrett at ADE (Auto Damage Experts) directly:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.autodamageexperts.com/

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Walt has been having success getting insurance to pay for the full "estimate" or as he calls it - the "invoice" so we dive in to how he's doing it!

His 2 main takeaways are:
1 - Run your body shop like any business
2 - Get your customer involved

After hearing about some of Walt's successes with insurance payouts I asked him to come on the podcast to share what he is doing since SO many shops reach out to me and are completely exhausted by the back and forth and non-payment from the insurance companies. It really breaks my heart but there seems to be light at the end of this tunnel!

Walt Silmon is the owner/operator of Redeemed Auto Body in West Monroe, LA and has owned his shop since June 2020 but been in the industry for about 15 years.

If you'd like to reach out to Walt directly he'd be more than happy to talk with you.
Shop Number: 318.789.6675

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Did you know that about 93% of shops have NOT claimed money that is owed to them as part of the CARES Act Stimulus that was enacted to help businesses that suffered because of Covid-19? Well, I hadn't either! Ray Roth of Stout (a full service financial firm ) shares with us what it takes to qualify for this Employee Retention Credit (ERC). Shops can get up to $26,000 back PER EMPLOYEE! Yes, you read that right!

Get your free consultation from Stout to see if you may qualify: https://info.stout.com/stout-omega-erc-engagement-signup-0

Connect with Ray Roth & Stout
Work: 248.432.1337
Cell:  248.330.4883
Email : [email protected]
Website: https://info.stout.com/stout-omega-erc-engagement-signup-0
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