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Paintless Mentor Podcast | Paintless Dent Repair Training | Automotive Repair Marketing | Mobile Marketing - Podcast

Paintless Mentor Podcast | Paintless Dent Repair Training | Automotive Repair Marketing | Mobile Marketing

 Tim Olson

Learning Paintless Dent Repair and getting business was hard. It doesn’t need to be, especially when you discover interesting things from other fields. Things which at first do not appear related at all. This Podcast will make these connections to marketing and selling your service, and yes, to pushing dents.

Marketing Sales Business Education Training Management & Marketing
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
36 minutes
Episodes
99
Years Active
2016 - 2022
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PM102 - We Got a 1-Star Review and Its Your Fault!

PM102 - We Got a 1-Star Review and Its Your Fault!

Paintless repair always gets good reviews. Touch up does not. Is there something we are doing to cause problems for our customers? What can you do to protect your business?

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00:25:17  |   Mon 25 Apr 2022
PM101- Sullivan PDR Estimator owner Jim Sullivan

PM101- Sullivan PDR Estimator owner Jim Sullivan

By the time the storm was over and they fixed all the cars, Jim and his partner lost $25,000. Each.    The worst part? It didn't have to happen.    Jim even saw it coming.    At one point…
01:17:05  |   Sat 06 Jan 2018
PM100: Hire a Robot to Run Your PDR Office?

PM100: Hire a Robot to Run Your PDR Office?

Customers are the lifeblood of your paintless business. Would you trust your interactions with them to artificial intelligence? Only if you were certain it would result in a better experience for the…

00:24:09  |   Sun 24 Dec 2017
PM99-Make Your PDR Business Timeless

PM99-Make Your PDR Business Timeless

Your dad liked them. You liked them. Now your kids like them and they are telling all their friends.  Something which appeals to three generations or more, this is what we call timeless.  Baseball? Y…
00:39:54  |   Tue 12 Dec 2017
PM98 Your Google Listing Might (Really) Be In Danger

PM98 Your Google Listing Might (Really) Be In Danger

Robo calls. Always an interruption when you’re in the middle of a dent repair. Every call starts with a lie, too.  “You’re listing is not correct…” or some such nonsense.  But there really is a way f…
00:34:13  |   Mon 04 Dec 2017
PM97-What Your PDR Customer Really Wants

PM97-What Your PDR Customer Really Wants

You sell dent repair services. This customer has a dent. Naturally, you start selling your dent repair service.  Oops you missed it.  Fixing the dent is only one of the things they want (and its the …
00:27:24  |   Mon 27 Nov 2017
PM96- Apps and Office Tech for PDR Companies

PM96- Apps and Office Tech for PDR Companies

If you’re like every PDR tech who ever pushed a dent, you love new tools. We love seeing the new stuff too, even when its just for using around the office.  Over the years, we’ve found some apps or s…
00:38:50  |   Tue 21 Nov 2017
PM95- The History of PDR

PM95- The History of PDR

They say every idea worth spreading starts on the West Coast of the USA. Not this time. PDR started two different places at the same time. Neither of them have a zip code starting with 9. Listen to h…

00:33:24  |   Tue 14 Nov 2017
PM94-Do You Hate the PDR Industry?

PM94-Do You Hate the PDR Industry?

Ninety days from starting. All the time needed for you to realize running a PDR business is not as great as you thought it might be.

  • You get more deductions, but also find you pay higher personal ta…
00:24:58  |   Mon 06 Nov 2017
PM93-Hail Fraud - How and Why to Educate PDR Customers

PM93-Hail Fraud - How and Why to Educate PDR Customers

Imagine coughing up money for a new car only to find it has hail damage on it. The underhanded way the dealer treated this customer would make Bernie Madoff blush.    Herein lies the reason for becom…
00:15:14  |   Tue 31 Oct 2017
PM92-Proof: Cheap Prices Scare Customers

PM92-Proof: Cheap Prices Scare Customers

Want to make more money in your PDR business? Raise your prices.  Easy for you to say, friend. We are first to admit, charging more is scary. At first.  When you hear what happened to us in this epis…
00:15:42  |   Tue 24 Oct 2017
PM91-How to Get Local Links to Your PDR Website

PM91-How to Get Local Links to Your PDR Website

The best thing you can do for your PDR business website is make it google, or search engine friendly.

Once your site is fixed up, the next best thing is to build links coming in to it. Google counts …

00:35:30  |   Fri 13 Oct 2017
PM90-Influencing PDR Customers - Part II

PM90-Influencing PDR Customers - Part II

Your customers are smart, that’s how they wound up in your shop or on the phone with you.  From you they need guidance, but what’s the best way to give it? Come right out and tell them what to do? Mi…
00:30:56  |   Mon 09 Oct 2017
PM89- The Case Against PDR Patents

PM89- The Case Against PDR Patents

Have an idea for a PDR Light? Great! Please share it with the world. Better yet, build it, sell it and make lots of money.  No really you should.  But tread carefully, for it appears paintless dent r…
00:31:10  |   Mon 02 Oct 2017
PM88-Train Your Brain Like a Guided Missile

PM88-Train Your Brain Like a Guided Missile

“You charge too much!” Those words ring in your mind for a long time.  Even days later, you realize what bothers you most is your reaction. What you replied in the heat of the moment.  If you ever wi…
00:25:43  |   Fri 22 Sep 2017
PM87- The Unified Theory of PDR

PM87- The Unified Theory of PDR

What ya gonna do on this dent? Push it, pull it, knock it down. Look again. How about now? Explore with us a simple approach for paintless dent repair. See why and how the best use it daily and some …
00:26:50  |   Sun 17 Sep 2017
PM86- Focus on the Right Problems

PM86- Focus on the Right Problems

Fixing a dent without painting is solving lots of tiny problems. Running a paintless shop means solving bigger problems.    An unauthorized, unskilled broker comes to town. A competitor stealing …
00:38:56  |   Fri 08 Sep 2017
PM85- There's No Business Like PDR?

PM85- There's No Business Like PDR?

Your side gig. Your hobbies. Bet you have one or both. When you study these and compare to the paintless dent business, do you notice the similarities in their behaviors? The things which make a grou…

00:38:52  |   Mon 04 Sep 2017
PM84-Fix This Car and Get the Whole Lot

PM84-Fix This Car and Get the Whole Lot

Ever price a hail damage car too low or take on one too severe to fix properly? Travis Daniels faced this very thing in his paintless business. “I’ll give you all my dent work if you fix this one car…

00:44:29  |   Mon 28 Aug 2017
PM83- Old PDR shop destroyed after we moved - just clean living?

PM83- Old PDR shop destroyed after we moved - just clean living?

On August 6 a tornado damaged many buildings near our paintless dent shop. The shop we left a few weeks before is a quarter mile away. It still stands, but is not safe to be in, much less to do busin…

00:28:41  |   Mon 21 Aug 2017
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