You Are Still A PDR Newbie - No Matter What

Everyone is Still a PDR Newbie

To succeed in this paintless dent repair business, you only need to learn one thing: how to keep learning. That means each of us is going to find ourselves as a newbie, at some times and at some things. In a market that is ever changing and in which these changes seem to be happening ever faster, we are all going to wear the newbie hat -- often.

I see too often a lot of veteran paintless dent removal / hail repair techs put down the pdr newbies. Unfortunately these so called "know it all's", forget that they were once newbies as well and still are. I also see pdr techs who have been in the business for just a short time, performing more complex dent repairs than a 10 year veteran pdr tech. Why? Simple: because high-level professionals who are paying attention never stop learning. And that means it don't matter how long you have been doing pdr. What you put into learning paintless dent removal is what you will get back 10 times fold. During my career, I have seen a lot of the first generation pdr companies fold and the only reason for this is because they stopped learning.

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Networking with PDR Star in St. Louis, Missouri / Hail Damage Paintless Dent Repair / Removal

I recently been talking to Eric Hummel from PDR Star and am proudly taking on a project to help his company grow on the web community. Not only is it good for his web presence but a way to network with other paintless dent repair / removal - hail damage repair companies.

Networking is the future with paintless dent repair companies and always has been for any other type of business. Unfortunately most pdr companies are afraid to network with other companies because of multiple reasons. One of the strongest reasons I believe pdr techs don't network is because of an insecurity reason. Another common one is that they have an ego thinking they are too good to be associated with other pdr companies and they will never need them. Truth is, the bigger the paintless industry gets, the more you know, the more you grow. So if you find yourself locked in a cave and think you know it all.. that's when you get passed right up.

Ever wonder how such young experienced pdr techs are getting so much better so much faster? One big reason is because of all the information on the web. Oh and they are more likely to ask questions, try new things and network. These are very strong characteristics of any person in any business that wants to continue to grow and become better. That's why I credit my own success because I am always willing to learn from others no matter what their experience or background is.

PDR Star is a veteran hail repair company who not only wants to build a bigger web presence but associate themselves with as many credible pdr techs as possible. A simple example would be if you were in a dealership and all of a sudden your dealer gets hit with hail. What do you do? Who do you know? You don't just want some hacker hail company or broker coming in town and taking over most of your work because you don't any additional help or a back up plan? This is called the power of networking. It works both ways and one day, you'll need to use that ace you have in the back of your pocket.


So my long point is.. Don't let your ego or fear get in the way of growing your company. As long as you are willing to try new things and learn.. you'll come across new opportunities that benefit you far beyond what you thought possible.

I will post some of the progress I will be doing as well so stay tuned for updates with PDR Star. You can also visit their website at PDRStar.com or contact Eric direct at 1-888-85-DENTS