Body Bangin'

Thank you to our wonderful sponsor, Lombard Equipment, who sells new and refurbished equipment AND provides training on that equipment in your shop! Reach out to them and get the help you need... Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ I'm excited to bring to you today Mister Blake Farley,...

Thank you to our wonderful sponsor, Lombard Equipment, who sells new and refurbished equipment AND provides training on that equipment in your shop! Reach out to them and get the help you need... Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ Next in our lineup from the Southeast Collision Conference...

Thank you to our wonderful sponsor, Lombard Equipment, who sells new and refurbished equipment AND provides training on that equipment in your shop! Reach out to them and get the help you need... Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ Today we chat with Taylor Moss of OEC (OE Connection). Tayl...

Thank you to Lombard Equipment, our wonderful sponsor, whose goal is to help improve the quality of people's lives. Reach out to them and get the help you need... Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ Next in line at the SE Collision Conference we are taking with StrongLead's CEO, B...

Lombard Equipment, our fantastic sponsor has 5 star online reviews, they do all of their own service and warranty work! Amazing! :) Reach out to them today... Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ Kyle Motzkus, GM of Hunter Autobody,  and Danny Gredinberg of the DEG (Database Enhancement Gate...

Lombard Equipment, our fantastic sponsor, has been in business for over 30 years providing equipment, service, training, AND support! Reach out to them today! Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ Today we are chatting with Greg Peeters of Car ADAS Solutions. Greg's session was titled &q...

Thank you to Lombard Equipment - our sponsor of this series! Lombard Equipment not only sells new and used equipment but they have real LIVE people answer their phone! Reach out to them and get the help you need... Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ Next in line at the SE Collisiion Confer...

Shoutout first and foremost to Lombard Equipment - our sponsor of this series and your #1 choice when looking to purchase new and refurbished equipment from Maine to Miami! Reach out to them today! Massachussets Office: (800) 422-PULL Florida Office: 888-440-WELD Virginia Office: 833-MIG-WELD Visit them online: https://lombardequipment.com/ We are kicking off the series from the SE Collision Confe...

Winner of the 2024 Vehicle Care Rockstar Award given out by BodyShop Business went out to Clay Hoberecht - owner of Best Body Shop in Wichita! Clay talks about what he does differently, why he does it and what separates him from other shops. Reach out to Clay directly: Clay's Email: bestbodyshopinwichita@yahoo.com Episode #55 with Clay: Get Paid for What You Do and Change Your Mindset with Cl...

Jordan Hendler & Josh Kent join me today to talk about the SE Collision Conference that will be happening very soon! From May 16-18th the festivities will be going down! On Friday, May 16th there is an award ceremony with cocktails, games and a whole lot of fun. This event is by invite only or if you purchased a ticket to the attend the amazing classes. Starting Saturday, May 17th at 8:30am ES...

Rick Selover has been in the business for a long time and has been helping shops grow for just as long! Rick understands the power of perspective and of self awareness. After putting things into action in his own life and seeing the power of it all, he started helping others in our industry. We talk today about some basic things you can switch up in your every day life that will impact your person...

The NE Collision Conference just wrapped up and I only heard amazing things about it! Today we talk with Ken Miller, President of the AASP New Jersey and Co-Owner of 821 Collision in North Haledon, NJ. He shares with us some of his top takeaways and most popular highlights of the show.  If you have never been to the NE Collision Conference it is the weekend of St. Patty's Day in March every y...

Today, my friend Kyle Motzkus, who's the general manager over at Hunter Auto Body in St. Louis, Missouri, and I are having a chat about the common challenges collision shops face. Kyle's got some great insights to share! We'll cover everything from the importance of getting the intake process right with clients to ensuring they're the right fit for your shop, setting clear expe...

Louie Sharp, owner of Sharp Auto Body talks to us today about the keys to his success. As a former marine his mindset shift completely changed his life and his business. Louie drops so many amazing gems in this episode. Check this out: Life is either easy or hard and you get to choose how you play the game. Be the point of the spear. Lead the charge for what is right, for what's just and what...

Did you know that in our collision world today that only 44% of body shops are independent? Take advantage of that! John Shoemaker joins us today and we dive a little bit into his session at SEMA with the SCRS classes where he spoke on “Being Elite in a Consoldator’s Market”. John is a legend in our industry. He’s a long time veteran who now is a BDM for BASF where he is able to help out shops plu...

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Steve Baker, manager of Windermere Collision Center in Winter Garden, Florida. At Windermere their team has decided to really get niche in the EV repair segment. We discuss the importance of their processes and how that has been a big needle mover for them. We also discuss some of the difficulties they have had repairing the EVs and how they are overcoming th...

Today we are talking with Laura Tierney from ShopLoaner.com and discussing something that is gaining a lot of momentum in our industry – vehicle loaners in your shop. This doesn’t mean that you have to give out free loaners to people. This means another revenue stream for you. It means that you could provide a value to your guests by having a vehicle on site or even providing a vehicle for less mo...

Collision repair centers may hear of cyber crimes but think it won't happen to them. Yet, it could and it does! We talk to Mark Riddell who spoke at a collision conference "across the pond" and shares with us some key takeaways from that conference. Cyber crimes are not typically a hack into your system. Most crimes are tricks a human to pay money out via email...listen in to hear t...

Kevin Wolfe is the owner of Leaders Way which just celebrated its 25th birthday! As a former mechanical shop owner who was doing great financially yet saw that his staff was not cohesive which started his journey into leadership. Within 3 years he had become the employer of choice as he had worked hard on developing and exploring his leadership skills. Kevin is now highly sought after as a leaders...

Josh Piccione is a go-getter as the GM of Tom Wood Collision. They are a dealership owned shop in Indianapolis that is VERY BUSY! As a very active member in the Collision Cocktail Hour, Josh has worked very hard to make sure their vehicles are repaired according to the manufacturer repair procedures and has had a hard time battling the insurance companies to figure out how that was going to work i...

Robert Snook with Business Success Global is talking with us today and he knocks my socks off! Robert is a very popular key note speaker and works with shops around the globe and helps them grow their business and differentiate themselves. How do you increase your revenue using the business revenue stream knowing that money follows energy. We are talking about the "Stars" versus the &quo...

Our last guest of the Texas Auto Body Trade Show is the one and only Mike Anderson!!!! This year Mike’s theme is “Be ExtraOrdinary” and, as always, he brought the house down! Since we last talked, Mike had the opportunity to read the book by Kevin Brown called “The Hero Effect”. He stated in this book “NOBODY NOTICES NORMAL” which means we have to be extra ordinary. Mike then shares his latest jau...

Burl was part of a panel at the Texas Auto Body Trade Show talking about legislation in our industry. Burl Richards is the owner of Burl's Collision Center in Henderson, Texas and he is fighting for consumer's rights and safety...and I LOVE IT! Listen in as we talk about how he fights for consumer safety. The fight Burl recently won was based off: Do you believe a repair plan is necessar...

We are BACK and coming to you again from the Texas Auto Body Trade Show this week with a mini-episode! For today and the next 2 episodes you will get to hear from some of the amazing speakers that were there and even an attendee that has some great stuff to share. :) Shops are saying there's no talent and the students are saying there are no jobs...what's the deal? Today we are talking w...

We are coming to you from the Texas Auto Body Trade Show this week with a mini-episode! For the next few episodes you will get to hear from some of the amazing speakers that were there and even an attendee that has some great stuff to share. :) Today we are talking with Logan Payne of Payne and Sons Paint and Body Shop in Dallas & Bedford, Texas. Logan and Danny Gredinberg talked at the trade...