Dan Messina, Author at Tow Professional https://towprofessional.com/author/danmessina/ Your Resource for Towing & Recovery Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:01:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://towprofessional.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-BLP_Logo2016_multi-ring-whitebg-32x32.jpg Dan Messina, Author at Tow Professional https://towprofessional.com/author/danmessina/ 32 32 Looking at Insurance Expenses 2024 https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/looking-at-insurance-expenses-2024/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 01:01:16 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=11369 Several months ago, a young gentleman came to ask for my help.  He wanted to get started in the towing business.  At the time, Terrance knew nothing about towing or how it worked. He was educated and had a master’s degree in business.  I pointed him in the right direction to get started and was […]

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]]> 11369 No Insurance https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/no-insurance/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:10:47 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=11272 Last month, I wrote about gas prices and how they affect everyone’s business, and I told you some things you might do to save money.  I hate to be the barer of bad news, but I am going to tell you about how difficult it could be to get insurance in the future.  My wife […]

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]]> 11272 Out of Gas https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/out-of-gas/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:21:36 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=11224 My wife and I were riding down the road the other day. As we passed no less than ten gas stations, we could not help but notice the price differences between the gas stations, ranging anywhere from $3.09 to $3.89 per gallon. We also noticed that three days later they had changed again. Three years […]

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]]> 11224 The Structure of the Towing Industry https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/the-structure-of-the-towing-industry/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:39:08 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=11015 In my last article, I wrote about things that happened to me as I learned about towing.  In this article,  I want to discuss the structure of the towing industry.  Keep in mind that this is my opinion based on things that happened to me and how I look at the towing industry.  The industry […]

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]]> 11015 The Beginning of the End https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/the-beginning-of-the-end/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:00:18 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=10853 Several months ago, I wrote an article about selling your business and how to prepare for retirement.  In the past two months, I had three different companies show an interest in buying my company.  It’s time for me to prepare for my future, but before we do that, I am going to spend the next […]

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]]> 10853 Information is Everything https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/information-is-everything/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:30:15 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=10726 I wrote an article a while back where I talked about having the right information that will help you to make decisions. I will talk about my company first, and then give you a few tips on how to use the information you have to grow your business. We decided that we want to increase […]

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]]> 10726 DRIVERS are the down fall https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/drivers-are-the-down-fall/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 02:55:42 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=10539 I have been talking to tow companies all over the country, and we are all in agreement that our industry is in trouble. We talked about some of the many problems we face and here are a few: 1. We know the price of gas is high 2. We know it’s hard to find a […]

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]]> 10539 The Owner is the Company https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/the-owner-is-the-company/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:10:49 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=10475 The last few articles I talked about how the industry is changing. The industry can change but one thing remains the same. YOU. When I started my company I knew nothing about the industry, but I knew who I was and how I would operate. Growing up I played a lot of team sports. I […]

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]]> 10475 Tow Shows 2021 https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/tow-shows-2021/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:26:34 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=10430 It’s getting to be that time of year where the industry looks like it starting to bounce back and vendors are registering their booth at tow shows. We say the industry is coming back but is it really. I went to Minnesota a few weeks ago on business and I had the opportunity to talk […]

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]]> 10430 The Owner Must Change https://towprofessional.com/features/insightful-talk/the-owner-must-change/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:01:29 +0000 https://towprofessional.com/?p=10379 As I look back on the last year and a half of towing, our industry has gone through a lot.  We were forced to change the way we do business because of things like: The virus – This made your people work differently. Customer needs – The consumers were traveling less which means they were […]

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