The lawsuits Matthew and Marcia Seebachan recently dismissed against State Farm for its alleged role in influencing an auto repair not up to OEM specifications may be resurrected at a later date. The case was dismissed because it would postpone the plaintiffs’ trial against John Eagle Collision Center.

When you consider a new statistic that shows that search engines report 14.6 percent close rate, while outbound leads (such as cold-calling and direct mail) have a 1.7 percent close rate, there’s no denying that shops need to really concentrate on how their SEO functions. Here are some important basics for businesses to understand.

This release contains 29 maintenance fixes and enhancements, chief among them are fixes to the rich Text widget and the introduction of the Custom HTML widget. The most important updates for small business owners using WordPress to consider are the improved media widgets for images, audio, video and rich text, improved links and a news section.

In the period between Jan. 1 and Aug. 17, just nine suits were filed in 2012 in a South Florida's tri-county region by companies with the words “glass” or “windshield” in their names, according to a state database of lawsuits against insurers. By comparison, 978 were filed during the same period in 2016, and 1,067 were filed during the same period this year.

The lawsuit alleged that State Farm forced John Eagle Collision Center, "to use glue instead of welds and the shoddy and substandard repair work turned Matthew and Marcia Seebachan's Honda into a bonfire." The lawsuits, which were filed separately, were dismissed only 13 days after they were filed.

The station’s all-new cabinet is taller and slimmer, with improved equipment accessibility and five drawers to neatly store contamination-sensitive tools. It also comes with the new Chief M30 ProAlu Stud Gun Welder and new temperature crayons that enable techs to better determine when metal has been heated to the optimal temperature for pulling out dents.

Most businesses said they are increasing their investments in mobile (92 percent) or social media (89 percent) advertising this year, while simultaneously indicating they experience challenges in executing or successfully tracking ROI on these efforts.

The announcement comes as Service King completed a deal to partner with Abernethy’s Auto Body located in Avondale, just 40 miles southwest of Philadelphia. Service King first expanded to the state in 2014, and today operates 330 collision repair centers in 24 states across the U.S.