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world oil demand growth

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

why headlight renewal

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

You’re a Paintless Dent Repair tech, a detailer, a Painter, a Wheel Repair Tech, Mobile Autobody tech, etc etc..you get where Im going here…but you are always looking for another edge..a few more ways to generate extra profits. IN any of the above processes, there are extra ways to develop out more niches and services, and any way to expand the service menu is a way to garner more money. More money can
be used to grow your business..so extra profits are always a good thing!

So what is this extra process or idea that can pump up your invoices (and bank account) ?

Headlite Renewal.

What is it? When headlights discolor and yellow, they make the front fascia of a car look old and rundown. Headlite Renewal is a method to renew the headlights, making them clear and shiny, and thereby making the front of a vehicle appear new again. This is incredibly simple and incredibly easy to do, and costs pennies to do, yet has huge profit margins.

Example- a typical retail customer will pay $40-$60 to have a single headlight renewed (meaning the average retail price is double that!) and usually takes 5-10 minutes to do in total time, with average repair supply costs around .50-$1.50 Not bad, eh?

So who else wants cars with ugly headlights repaired?

Um, people who want their cars to look new, of course!

That group includes dealers, auctions, retail customers, and a whole slew of other automotive segments.

And with the above pricing, there is obviously some nice money to make with Headlite Renewal!

Check it out today, at nodents.com

Happy Pushing!

when hail commeth

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

Spring 2007, and PDR Hail Gypsies are gassin’ up the diesels.

Why? Cause hail has hit, and its out there in good plentitude.

Dallas, throughout other Texan suburbs, the southeast, Midwest, and a few honey holes in Europe (don’t email cause I wont tell you…the Europe hail is averaging $3100 a car for 5 hours work)..

Enough chatter and down to business: Im going to spill (to the general public even..not even our private Superior client section) about how to obtain and sell/secure Hail clients.

Dent Wizard is the king in this market segment, with a very nice hail operation based out of Denver. They have Tom Nations, as well as a slew of other management that are focused on tying up insurance powerhouses such as State Farm, Farmers, etc etc, as well as retaining ongoing relations with factory clients such as Nissan, GM et al.
Rental clients are also targets such as Budget, National etc, and provide a good deal of work for DW.

Selling against DW

The Wiz has some weaknesses, and if you are going to slay the beast, you must know them.

Subs. Short for subcontractors. DW markets as if they have paid, full time hail techs on their team. Years ago, prior to the beginning of the end of salaried and High % techs, there were a good number of dedicated DW techs, and many of them were very good.

Today, its different. DW, and other PDR Hail brokers use the Paintless Dent Repair Tech gun-for-hires, and whomever has the clients, and pays the best, gets the gunslingers. But the clients of DW don’t know that most of the DW Techs are NOT their own. IF they did, they would have a different opinion about DW and service warranty and reliability etc.
So that being said, publicize this info.
Pricing. Dent Wizard is HUGE, and they pay Tom and the other bunch a pretty penny. That’s managers, regionals, districts, writers et al. That means one thing- they cannot whore prices. They sell against other Hail Techs as being “gypsies” and hacks and how they drill and cause problems and wont be around when the car rusts etc. They run commercials about this in hail damaged cities and can create quite a negative stir around other techs. The funny thing is, that some of that is true. However, there are A LOT of reputable PDR hail techs outside of DW, since the very same techs are often pushing for other companies when not pushing for DW. Ironic, since they are challenging their own system in a sense. So, subcontracting labor, and pricing are two ways at securing work away from DW.
Locals. If you are one of the fortunate ones who are local to the storm damage location, your reputation will or should precede DW or any other company since you will be there when the chasers roll up tents and head out of dodge. So sell that accountability and relationship in your city , when you can. When you cant, go sidle up with another PDR local and use THEIR reputation to market through. Sure you might not get all the marbles, but some of the marbles are better than NONE of the marbles.

Now that should be enough details to help slay the behemoth. Later I will discuss more details on how to solicit clients with hail damage…

Until then, Happy Pushing!

wheel repair with insurance

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

weekly jobless claims drop

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

Weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000

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Weekly jobless claims drop below 500,000

By Superior Auto Institute
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Now that the recession appears to be ending many American’s are still waiting for a huge sign that proves we are not all just preparing for a double-dip recession and so far, no hardcore evidence has shown proof enough which means we could all be doomed for another recession. This one however could prove to be much worse than the last leaving us all in a devastation crisis worse than the one that crippled America seventy years ago.

The number of newly laid-off workers who filed claims for unemployment benefits fell below 500,000 last week which is a first since January of this year. Consumer spending however turned up in October and the number of American’s filing first-time unemployment benefits fell by 35,000 to 466,000. The Labor Department claimed that this was a first since the week of September 13, 2008.

Though this number is slightly encouraging it is not enough for proof that the economy is recovering enough to sustain itself and analysts believe that unemployment claims have to fall to 400,000 and stay there for a few weeks before any evidence is seen toward the economy’s re-growth. Though this is all wishful thinking, much of it just will not happen. Economists expects that more than 145,000 jobs will be cut just this month alone which is down from the 190,000 lost last month but still nothing to get excited about.

For our economy to start growing again, more than 125,000 jobs a month must be added to our economy and with jobs still be lost nothing is left to help it expand. During October, the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent which is an all time high since 1983 and analysts do not expect improvement, in fact they expect it will hit 10.5 percent by the summer of 2010.

The internet company AOL is expected to cut 2,500 jobs which turns out to be a third of its employers and Hartford, a health insurance agency plans to cut nearly 625 jobs and then will have to cut even more jobs during 2010’s first quarter.

With jobs being lost every day and even more scheduled to be lost next year many people are left wondering if their job is secure or not. Stop wondering and go into business for yourself. Try a new trade in a career that could be something you’ve always wanted to do.

Try Paintless Dent Repair. Paintless Dent Repair is the pulling of dents and dings from vehicles as long as the paint has not been penetrated. Sometimes even if the paint has been disturbed it can still be fixed through glue-pulling depending on how extensive the damage is. A professional painter can touch-up what has been disturbed.

When it comes to today’s economy, no one really has the extra morning to commit themselves to a new course toward their future. Thankfully however, Superior Auto Institute trains their students under a financial aid program which means becoming a Paintless Dent Repair Technician is easier than you thought.

Don’t wait any longer, sign up today.

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us economy stabilized but

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

U.S. economy stabilized but risks remain

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U.S. economy stabilized but risks remain

Story by Superior Auto Institute / www.nodents.com

The economy has found some slack through this recession and used
that slack to unbury itself, but not all by itself; the government has been
a huge factor in helping the economy to pull out of this recession. But when
this recession does clear and the government stops lending money, will it be
able to develop as it is supposed to?
Some do not believe so. According to a one-hour question and answer session
with the Economic Club of Chicago's Geithner the economy will not survive on
it's on without assistance from the government and it basically needs to
find a new backbone to help support it.
"The economy is stabilized. You can see signs of growth here and around the
world. It's going to be very hard going forward still. The important things
that we're going to have to do are to recognize that recovery's going to
have to be led by the private sector and it's going to have to be driven by
private companies, private businesses." Geithner was reported saying.
He's certainly right; we are not going to be able to rely on the government
forever. Eventually the economy will have to lift off the ground and when it
does, its shaky atrophied legs are going to be cowering beneath it. Once the
government has officially pulled out, the economy will be on its own to
maintain status.
Geinther was also reported saying, "It's going to have to be investment-led
and led by exports to a greater extent than in the past because we're not
going to be able to borrow-and-spend our way out of this,"
When it comes down to our economy, the government believes if they get it
off the ground it will spin itself into a full recovery. However, without
the help of the government and unemployment still wreaking havoc among
American's leaving them penniless; how does the government expect the
economy to recover once the stimulus package is gone?
Granted at this point, half of the $787 billion designated for economic
recovery is still available which could come into play and help American's
find jobs but then again it could just be used to bail out the next major
failing business.
With uncertainty in the air, American's are questioning their future while
the government bails out an economy that will never run on its own without
consumer spending. Consumer spending however will not be success if there
are no jobs, so at the end of day it is all about unemployment. Without it,
our economy will cease to turn developing a whole new recession.
With that thought in mind American's should turn to something they could do
on their own to help their situation such as a change in employment choices
and for that matter a change on their unemployment status. American's should
be developing a career in something that they love; "working for the man" is
in the past.
Working for yourself is a futuristic goal; Paintless Dent Repair could help
you do that. You could train for the career in two weeks time and be earning
money within just a week of that. You future should never be questionable
when you can change it today.

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us consumer spending rises

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

toyota to replace 4m

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

the best vehicle

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

Begs to be answered, when youre starting a Paintless Dent Repair Business or Auto Detail business, or Bumper Repair business.

Each business has its own requirements for equipment, and as such will dictate which vehicle type is best for you and your business. With that, lets get to it-

Paintless Dent Removal
This is the easiest business to transport equipment with, since the tools are relatively simple to move around. I have a long time friend who pushes dents for Mercedes VPC here in California and he drives a Honda civic HB , …that’s right, a HATCHBACK. He keeps a few long tools along the center of the vehicle, but the remainder of his tools are in the back trunk area. It works for him. And he doesn’t need advertising, so he’s good to go. Now if you are looking to get advertising, I would suggest a Van,…the Dodge Sprinter for example is a rolling
billboard, and you can get multiple calls per week, building your retail business should that be a goal for you. And yes, the traditional truck works too, but keep in mind that it is not necessary! You can letter up the tailgate and sides, and yes you will get calls, but gas isn’t cheap, and driving a truck isn’t necessary.
It is good for an image when arriving at a clients location, whether it be a retail client or dealer, but as
I said, the work van is probably best all around.
Auto Detailing
With all of the chemicals, cleaners etc, there are a lot of fumes that you do NOT want to breathe when on the road. So that narrows things down a bit. NO Van. And no car either. You need room for your supplies and equipment, so trucks are usually best, or get a trailer and tow behind your van or truck.
Bumper Repair
With the chemicals and paints etc, once again, there are fumes and things you just don’t want to breath (That’s why painters wear masks). So, truck once again is a good option, and van is out. So, truck, or trailer. That’s it.
So now that you have the vehicle options, get busy with the rest of your business so you can start making MONEY!

Check us out today, at nodents.com

Happy Pushing!

taxpayers risked trillions at

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

d> Taxpayers risked trillions at height of crisis

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Taxpayers risked trillions at height of crisis

Story by Superior Auto Institute / www.nodents.com

During the most aggressive longest recession since the Great Depression seventy years ago many American’s have thought only about when it would end. In hopes that tomorrow would be better we all lied our heads down to sleep at night praying for the best. In September, many people got their prayers, the recession started to end leaving behind a wrecked economy. Now that the recession has moved away, many are wondering just how far it moved away and if it is possible that it could come back before a blink of eye.
While American’s sit in the middle of a crisis that shaped a new world for many people, government officials put trillions of taxpayers’ dollars in danger to assure perilous bank assets. Taxpayer money, as much as 4.3 trillion was used to help banks with their own crisis through-out this recession.
This government issued program helped to stabilized financial markets and provide indemnity against losses but also ended up putting more taxpayer’s money at jeopardy than the congress had initially intended on.
Although this program has expired, guarantees are still being provided to government subsidiaries and strong banks. A report which was sent out on Friday claimed that these guarantees were the solitary principal component of the government’s difficult task to calm the markets down.
The Treasury Department dominated a restricted amount of aid money to assure assets worth many amounts more. That allowed officials to risk more of taxpayer’s money then they had originally planned on.
Even as the Obama Administration pulled from this program in order to repay back some of this money, banks are still in need of government help. This means that even though the recession has ended, many companies, industries and average daily American’s are in still need of some dire help financially.
With this in mind, why not help who you can? Yourself. Paintless Dent Repair can help you get out of your debt and claim the financial freedom you have been looking for. Paintless Dent Repair can become your own successful business or you could work for a dealership fixing cars.
Paintless Dent Repair deals in the pulling out of dents and dings through the art of glue-pulling. Although there are many vehicles cluttering the road during today’s age, there are not enough technicians to fix them. So that is why you are needed. How do you know it is something you would not be good at? You have to at least try.
With Superior Auto Institute you could use their financial aid program to help pay for the course. The course takes just two weeks to complete which means you will be out earning money needed to help support your family and yourself in today’s dire need of it. Paintless Dent Repair doesn’t have to be just another average job; it can be your whole career. You can own your own successful business where you choose the hours, you choose how many cars you repair and ultimately you choose how much money comes into your business.

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stocks drop after unemployment

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

d> Stocks drop after unemployment rate tops 10 pct

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Stocks drop after unemployment rate tops 10 pct

Story by Superior Auto Institute / www.nodents.com

This recession has wreaked so much havoc across the economy that many American’s are wondering if we will ever be free from it. Jobs have been lost, homes foreclosed on, businesses shut down and stocks bounce up and down all the time.
With no way of knowing what tomorrow will bring we are forced to trust what our government does to help this situation but even than we wondering if they are doing to right thing to help out as the unemployment rate hits 10.2 percent, the highest since 1983.
With this budding information about unemployment rates, stocks are being looked to. As unemployment was rising, stocks were dropping early Friday morning. While these stocks dropped, assets such as Treasury’s were rising.
Dow Jones dropped 60 points while Standard & Poor’s 500 dropped 7 points and Nasdaq decreased by 11 points. Consumer spending counts for 70 percent of what makes up our economy, so without it we don’t have any chance of recovery and are looking toward a recession before we fully get out of the one we are currently still meddling in. With unemployment being another huge factor which consumer spending relies on, without it too we have no chance of recovery so the fact is, is that we need jobs right now. However, employers are reluctant to hire until they know they are fully in the clear from this recession.
During the recession many American’s learned a harsh truth, unemployment can hit too close to home. More than 190,000 American’s have lost jobs in October and many more are expected to lose their jobs this month. Oil prices are dropping before American’s are unemployed and consumer spending has gone far down.
It is hard to know what to do when jobs are hard to find, bills are stacking up, diapers are even hard to pay for and meals seem to be lasting 2 to 3 nights instead of the normal one night leftover routine. All American’s are in the same boat and even though we keep paddling it is as though we have been caught on an iceberg and we are slowly sinking. Many American’s have had to lower their standards of getting a high paying job to support their families by accepting any job that comes along even if it only pays $8 an hour. Several other families have lost their homes due to foreclosure because they can no longer afford mortgage which means years of memories are left to the house someone else will buy.
With all these thoughts in mind, many look toward a change in their future. Why not start by learning a new trade? You could learn Paintless Dent Repair, it is a career in pulling dents and dings from vehicles that otherwise would have to be sanded down and repainted. With Paintless Dent Repair there is no paint or sanding needed. Paintless Dent Repair uses 10 basic tools to pull dents from cars, which means American’s can come into a shop and leave fifteen minutes later.
Paintless Dent Repair is an up and coming profession. Don’t you want to be a part of that?

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stimulus watch stimulus jobs

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s

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STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s

Story by Superior Auto Institute / www.nodents.com

The recession is packing up and heading home now the economy has through the help of the government started uplifting which should mean that jobs will start coming back but it doesn't.

Unemployment is still at an all time low and it is getting much worse, by next year it will get up to as much as 10 percent. That is 10 percent of people who have no money, no way of feeding themselves or their children and no way of paying their mortgage or bills. So in all aspects of the recession going away, it doesn't matter to much to those who are still without jobs.

Now it seems that government has taken credit they don't deserve in saying that thousands of jobs were saved through the stimulus program. The White House has seen this mistake however and promises to correct it in future reports. A report went out saying that the $787 billion that was tied to the government's recovery program had helped save more than 30,000 job positions. This figure was overstated by about 5,000 jobs.

The Associated Press saw the mistake and pointed out that there were countless errors in the report noting that some were 10 times higher than the actual number of jobs that were saved. Many positions that were saved through the stimulus recovery act were counted two, three and four times creating more saved jobs than there actually were. There are no statistics to clear how off the actual saved jobs was from the claimed 30,000, there are only presumptions.

The Associated Press's review did not go into accounting for all 9,000 contacts they had but they did notice that there were countless duplicates and misconceptions.

So at the end of the day there is still more bills than there are jobs and unemployment is on the rise further more. American's have exhausted several of their resources and efforts in trying to find something simple that most people end up having to settle for an $8 an hour job just to bring any income in at all which doesn't go very far in a family with more than just one person in it, it barely pays for rent during these times.

Why settle for $8 an hour when you could be earning $100 per vehicle? I am talking about Paintless Dent Repair. Paintless Dent Repair is becoming a highly respected business. People in today's world who do have jobs and afford to get their car worked on do not want to wait all day in a shop in order for their car to be fixed. They want it fixed and returned to the A.S.A.P., which means you are fixing many vehicles in one day and at $100 per vehicle that is a lot of money and at the end of the day when there are bills and mortgage payments stacking up, $100 per vehicle can come in handy.

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start a business

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

Start a Business

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Im ready to start a business, now what?

smart shape

Brian Jump — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:55:01 +0100

General Motors is expanding its use of "smart" materials like shape-memory alloys and polymers, and hopes to integrate the technology into its vehicles within the next three years. The materials, which can change their shape and strength when exposed to heat, stress, magnetism or electrical voltage, will first be used on movable vehicle features like movable air dams and louvers, as well as interior grab handles and latches.

"Smart materials will change the look and feel of our cars and trucks," said Larry Burns, GM vice president of research, development and strategic planning. "With these new materials, functionality can be 'programmed in' to enable innovative designs, improved efficiency, and new and improved features that will make our vehicles more exciting to own and operate than the automobiles of the past."

Actuators and sensors made from materials like NiTinol (a nickel-titanium alloy) and other shape-memory alloys and polymers have the potential to improve vehicle performance and fuel economy, and enable new comfort and convenience features. These actuators and sensors can provide benefits when they are used to replace conventional motorized or hydraulic devices by reducing vehicle mass, component size and complexity.

In an interview with ABRN Nancy Johnson, lab group manager at the vehicle development research laboratory, General Motors Research and Development, said, "We're looking at a whole class of different materials. If we can replace motors with another material that will perform the same function, we get the benefit of something being very quiet with more design flexibility and improved packaging. We started looking at shape-memory alloys because they are now at the point where we can get them in wire form, with consistent quality at a reasonable price."

NiTinol has primarily been used in healthcare applications. Stents used to keep veins and arteries open, for example, are made from the material.

GM is collaborating with HRL Laboratories and the University of Michigan in developing potential applications. To date, GM has more than 175 U.S. patents issued or pending based on research and application development for smart materials.

According to Johnson, shape-memory alloys and polymers could potentially improve vehicle performance and fuel economy by replacing conventional motorized or hydraulic devices.

Other possible future applications include thermo-magnetic motors, electrical generators that use the mechanical energy resulting from shape transformation, and SMA springs for use in engine cooling, carburetor and engine lubrication controls. One alloy, nickel titanium, is also being considered for use in car frames.

In one example, Johnson described a louver system that opens automatically based on temperature requirements. She also said the company is working on an active air dam that could be raised to avoid scraping a curb or driveway. In the latter case, shape memory alloy wires would be heated (via resistive heating) to raise or lower the air dam based on sensor inputs.

"We have an active grab handle that could be concealed, but automatically come down and present itself, and then fold back out of the way," Johnson says. "Instead of having a motor do that, we have a wire that is pulling on it."

The advantage of shape-memory alloys over other technologies in these applications is that the shape-memory springs are quieter, more durable and cheaper than a motor.

Many press reports have focused on possible future applications for shape-memory alloys, including body panels and mechanical parts that can return to their original shape after a crash simply by applying heat, something GM is investigating.

"These new smart materials follow a long list of material applications we are already using," said Alan Taub, GM executive director of research and development. "A few examples include novel aluminum forming processes that provide enhanced body panels and lightweighting, polymer nanocomposites that provide superior mechanical properties at lower cost, and magnetorheological fluids for improved chassis systems.

"The properties inherent in shape-memory alloys and polymers have the potential to be game-changers in the automotive advanced materials field, eventually leading to vehicle subsystems that can self-heal in the event of damage, or that can be designed to change color or appearance."

While GM hopes to use the technology on body panels and other parts at some point, it could be years or decades before that's possible.

"In sheet form, the material is very expensive right now," Johnson says. "We are looking at what we can do from the whole healability perspective, but it's not something that is our focus right now."

"The idea of using shape memory materials for sheet metal parts is considered fairly far fetched right now," says James Proft, president of the International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST). "It's way too expensive."

Stay tuned at nodents.com

Happy Pushing!