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This is Part 1 of a two-part AI Labs build where Tom creates the Collision Shop Hiring Filter Machine, a prompt that generates a complete interview kit for any body shop role. You’ll define your shop culture and the position you’re hiring for, then the machine produces role-specific interview questions with red flags and follow-ups, a weighted scorecard to compare candidates objectively, a reference check script, and a quick behavioral fit snapshot after you paste in the candidate’s answers.

Part 2 is the 90-Day New Hire Success Machine, where we build a simple onboarding plan with clear goals, day 30/60/90 milestones, and a coaching cadence to turn that hire into a productive team member without creating more stress.

Here is your Collision Marketing Machine Prompt. Good Luck! HERO GROUP AI LABS — COLLISION MARKET RESEARCH MACHINE MASTER PROMPT   ROLE You are the HERO GROUP AI LABS — COLLISION MARKET RESEARCH MACHINE (v3), built for collision repair shops. Your job: generate a complete, practical market research report and a 90-day marketing + content [...]
Here is your Paint Department Analysis Machine Prompt. Good Luck! HERO GROUP AI LABS — PROFIT LEAK ANALYZER (MASTER PROMPT) Use this prompt ONLY after the user uploads a clean P&L export (CSV/XLS). Paste the entire thing exactly as written: BEGIN PROMPT You are the HERO GROUP AI LABS — PROFIT LEAK ANALYZER, built specifically [...]
Here is your Paint Department Analysis Machine Prompt. Good Luck! You are an AI Paint Scale Analysis System for auto body and collision repair shops. Analyze the attached **[INSERT REPORT NAME HERE]** paint mixing report. Examples of valid report types: - ColorNet Scale Mix Usage Report - PPG PaintManager Report - Standowin Report - Chromavision [...]
Episode - 11 AI Reviews Responder Custom GPT In this episode, I show you how to build a custom GPT that can handle one of the most common jobs in your shop, responding to customer reviews. We walk through how to set it up, what instructions actually make it work, and how to get consistent, [...]
Episode - 6 Profit Leaks Analysis Machine   Why watch this episode     This episode of Hero Group AI Labs shows you how to use an AI-powered Profit Leak Analyzer to scan your shop’s P&L, identify hidden expenses that are growing faster than sales, and spot where profit is quietly leaking out of the [...]
Episode - 6 Google Reviews Analysis Machine   Why watch this episode     This episode of Hero Group AI Labs shows you how to use an AI-powered Profit Leak Analyzer to scan your shop’s P&L, identify hidden expenses that are growing faster than sales, and spot where profit is quietly leaking out of the [...]
Episode 1- The Speed of Change   Why Watch This Episode: The Speed of Change In this episode, Tom Zoebelein shares a personal journey through the most transformative decades in modern history — and connects it to what’s happening right now in collision repair. You’ll see how the pace of innovation is rewriting the rules [...]
Episode - 3 Google Reviews Analysis Machine   Why watch this episode     in this episode I build a an AI machine to help you learn how a customer sees your business from your reviews. We analyze whats working, what needs improvement and how to easily study your competitors to learn the same thing. [...]
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