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    Lobsiger: The Path to Shop Ownership

    Greg Lobsiger
    Feb. 13, 2025
    Are you building your dreams or someone else’s?
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    Rolling into the New Year

    Jay Sicht
    Jan. 16, 2025
    As we roll into another new year, along with the typical personal resolutions, you likely want to see how you can improve your business to make it more resilient during sales ...
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    Lobsiger: Fighting Labor Rate Suppression

    Greg Lobsiger
    Jan. 10, 2025
    Why do insurers push back so hard on just a $2-per-hour increase?
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    Menefee: Reflecting, Resetting, and Improving 

    Tiffany Menefee
    Jan. 8, 2025
    Now is the time to review your operations and identify areas that need attention or improvement.
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    Asking Why
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    Batenhorst: Has Curiosity Died?

    Andrew Batenhorst
    Jan. 3, 2025
    Teaching your team the healthy way to ask “why” will start to set the foundation of a colossal shift in thinking for operations and repair-planning.
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    Croel: From Awareness to Advocacy: How Educating Your Customers Can Drive Trust, Loyalty, and Referrals

    Cassaundra Croel
    Jan. 2, 2025
    Earning a customer’s trust goes far beyond getting them to walk through your doors.
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    YesterWreck – The Column #4: The Collision Repair Industry in the 1920s

    Gary Ledoux
    Dec. 23, 2024
    The auto industry was expanding – and cars weren’t just black anymore.
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