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Gene Marks: Trump puts an actual small-business owner in charge of the Small Business Administration
— December 13, 2016

Editor’s note: Repairer Driven News regularly features pieces by prolific national columnist Gene Marks. While despite not being directly related to collision repair, they should still prove valuable…
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ETI: Pros, cons of diagnostic options for collision repair as industry wakes up to scans
— November 25, 2016

Editor’s note: The Equipment & Tool Institute, which represents both high-tech and low-tech automotive tool manufacturers, is a good resource for collision repairers and insurers…
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Gene Marks: Facebook introduces recruiting tools, and other recent small-biz tech news
— November 16, 2016

Editor’s note: Repairer Driven News regularly features pieces by prolific national columnist Gene Marks. While despite not being directly related to collision repair, they should still prove valuable…
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Top insurers respond to inquiry about notice of aftermarket part recalls, decertification
— October 28, 2016

For practical purposes, we’d argue that auto insurers are largely the ones driving aftermarket auto body parts. Collision repairers prefer OEM for a variety of reasons….
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Collision Repair Magazine: CalAmp instant crash detection, analysis based on airbag modeling
— October 21, 2016

Editor’s note: Electronic first notice of loss is likely to redefine collision repair referral and scheduling in the very near future, with technology in an…
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The EMS-to-BMS switch and you: Excerpts from CCC Secure Share FAQs for repairers, insurers, third-party developers
— September 29, 2016

Editor’s note: The CCC Secure Share announcement Thursday, which lays out a plan for replacing the Estimate Management Standard with the Business Message Suite by 2018, is…
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I-CAR guest column: Production management program now accounts for shops decentralizing that collision repair role
— September 21, 2016

Editor’s note: In the latest in an I-CAR column series, director of curriculum and product development Josh McFarlin explains how the educational organization has expanded and refined its “degree” in…
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Gene Marks: If your website’s not secure, Google’s soon going to let your visitors know
— September 19, 2016

Editor’s note: Repairer Driven News regularly features pieces by prolific national columnist Gene Marks. While despite not being directly related to collision repair, they should still prove valuable…
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Guest column: Common collision repair risk exposures to contemplate, create means to handle
— September 16, 2016

Editor’s note: Some of the most commonplace collision repair interactions with other businesses pose liability considerations a collision repairer might not have even considered. Find…
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Gene Marks: Basic biz math collision repairers, other company owners should know (or hire to get)
— September 12, 2016

Editor’s note: Repairer Driven News regularly features pieces by prolific national columnist Gene Marks. While despite not being directly related to collision repair, they should still prove valuable…
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