Out of Body Experience Podcast Archives
The Out of Body Experiences podcast is co-hosted by Thomas Greco, President of Greco Publishing, Eddie Day, owner of Collision Restoration and Alicia Figurelli, Vice President of Greco Publishing.
The Out of Body Experiences podcast will bring you an entertaining and informative look at the collision repair industry with entertaining being the key word. Our goal is to talk about the issues affecting collision repairers but in a less than traditional way. We want you to learn a little bit and laugh a lot. So hopefully we will bring a smile to your face and maybe improve your bottom line at the same time too.
Out of Body Experiences – Episode 14
Listen - AND WATCH! - the November 2023 episode of the Out of Body Experiences podcast, with your host Greco Publishing's Alicia Figurelli and featuring Eddie Day of Collision Restoration and Tom Greco. Join the trio as they discuss the results of the 2023 New Jersey Automotive Survey. The survey was completed by collision and mechanical shops throughout New Jersey and covers such topics as DRP, what your Labor Rate should be, Vo Techs, the most [...]
Out of Body Experiences – Episode 13
Listen - AND WATCH! - the October 2023 episode of the Out of Body Experiences podcast, with your host Greco Publishing's Alicia Figurelli and featuring Eddie Day of Collision Restoration and Tom Greco. Join the trio as they discuss: Geico Insurance's recent layoffs, "20" Groups; body shop environment; adapting to social and demographic changes in the shop; hiring "yes" men and much, much more! ***This episode is sponsored by Fairfield Auto [...]
Out of Body Experiences – Episode 12
Listen - AND WATCH! - the September 2023 episode of the Out of Body Experiences podcast, with your host Greco Publishing's Alicia Figurelli and featuring Eddie Day of Collision Restoration and Tom Greco. Join the trio as they discuss employees doing things they shouldn't; shop privacy; body shop "ego"; Artificial Intelligence; work/life balance as a collision repair shop owner and much, much more! ***This episode is sponsored by Matthew's Auto Supplies, [...]
Out of Body Experiences – Episode 11
Listen - AND WATCH! - the August 2023 episode of the Out of Body Experiences podcast, with your host Greco Publishing's Alicia Figurelli and featuring Eddie Day of Collision Restoration and Tom Greco. Join the trio as they discuss caring too much about your business, the legal cannabis problem and the current wave of shops selling to MSOs and/or retiring. All that plus Eddie's "family" ties, his thoughts on golf and much more! [...]
Out of Body Experiences – Episode 10
Listen - AND WATCH! - the latest episode of the Out of Body Experiences podcast, with your host Greco Publishing's Alicia Figurelli and featuring Eddie Day of Collision Restoration and Tom Greco. Join the trio as they discuss the pros and cons of electric vehicles (EVs), the quarter-million dollar State Farm settlement in Texas and OSHA's $44,000 fine of a New Jersey shop. All this plus Alicia's water tower... ***This episode is sponsored [...]
Out of Body Experiences – Episode 9
Listen - AND WATCH! - the June 2023 episode of the Out of Body Experiences podcast, with your host Greco Publishing's Alicia Figurelli and featuring Eddie Day of Collision Restoration and Tom Greco. Join the trio as they discuss shop-insurer negotiations (or lack thereof), a woman's role in a male-dominated industry, photo estimating, henweighs and more! ***This episode is sponsored by Spanesi, an industry-leading provider of collision repair equipment. Spanesi designs, develops and manufactures a wide range [...]