2024 Best Repair
Planner/Estimator Award
FenderBender and ABRN‘s inaugural nationwide contest celebrating and rewarding repair planners and estimators!
FenderBender and ABRN will host the inaugural nationwide contest to celebrate and reward repair planners and estimators. They can nominate themselves or be nominated by shop owners and fellow planners, estimators, techs, etc.
The contest is promoted to audiences of EBM’s Vehicle Repair Group collision brands – FenderBender and ABRN. This consists of 42,500+ collision repair shop operators. Contest sponsors will also help spread the word, raising awareness among potential candidates.
The Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award positions sponsors as industry leaders – the entire focus is to celebrate a successful shop that places an unwavering emphasis on safe and quality repairs. Sponsors get the opportunity to favorably brand themselves to these safety-minded individuals and their shops via advertising, logo placement, product rewards to the winners, etc.
The contest will honor repair planners and/or estimators at collision repair shops across the US.
Target Audience:
- Over 42,500 collision repair shop operators in the United States
- 5 different channels will be used to promote the contest: print, digital, newsletters, video, and social media
Sponsors of the 2024 Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award will generate a minimum of 1 million brand impressions through print, online, email, social media, video, and event channels, including:
Print/Digital Exposure
- Featured section in September 2024 issue of FenderBender created by editorial staff spotlighting the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award winner
- Full-page advertisement in the September 2024 issue of FenderBender when the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award article is featured
- Company recognition and logo exposure in the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award feature article in print, online, and digital edition in FenderBender’s September 2024 issue
- Company recognition and logo exposure during live Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award presentation at the 2024 SEMA Show
- Logo exposure on all print, online, and email promotional materials/collateral promoting the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award
- Company recognition on social media channels when promoting the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award
Video
- Inclusion in QuickChat roundtable video with one representative from each sponsoring company of the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award
- QuickChat roundtable video to be focused on complete, quality, and safe repair processes, highlighting each sponsor’s initiatives, products, and procedures available to help fulfill this at the shop level
- Company recognition during QuickChat roundtable video
- QuickChat roundtable video to be promoted through online, email, and social media channels
- QuickChat roundtable video to be housed on the ABRN YouTube channel
| Emphasis on Safety and Quality | What procedures are followed to ensure each repair is performed per OEM repair procedures. |
| Career Development | Promotions, additional responisbilities taken on in a short time period. |
| Shop Key Performance Indicators | Supplement ratio, parts order accuracy, average repair order, touch time, cycle time, usage of pre- and post-repair scans. |
| Technical or Education Achievement | Degrees, designations (AAP, etc.), I-CAR recognition, ASE certifications earned, etc. |
| Personal Attributes | Soft “people” skills, mentoring opportunities they’ve taken on, personal integrity, leadership skills, community service involvement, etc. |
Nominations for the 2024 Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award will be judged by the FenderBender and ABRN editorial team and third party collision repair technical experts. The winner of the 2024 Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award will receive a roundtrip flight to Las Vegas plus two nights of lodging for a special award presentation during the 2024 SEMA Show.
Callout for Best Repair Planner/Estimator nominations open March 1, 2024
Final judging takes place in April – May
Winner announced September 2024
Award presentation during SEMA in November 2024
Current Sponsors
FenderBender and ABRN will host the inaugural nationwide contest to celebrate and reward repair planners and estimators. They can nominate themselves or be nominated by shop owners and fellow planners, estimators, techs, etc.
The contest is promoted to audiences of EBM’s Vehicle Repair Group collision brands – FenderBender and ABRN. This consists of 42,500+ collision repair shop operators. Contest sponsors will also help spread the word, raising awareness among potential candidates.
The Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award positions sponsors as industry leaders – the entire focus is to celebrate a successful shop that places an unwavering emphasis on safe and quality repairs. Sponsors get the opportunity to favorably brand themselves to these safety-minded individuals and their shops via advertising, logo placement, product rewards to the winners, etc.
The contest will honor repair planners and/or estimators at collision repair shops across the US.
Target Audience:
- Over 42,500 collision repair shop operators in the United States
- 5 different channels will be used to promote the contest: print, digital, newsletters, video, and social media
Sponsors of the 2024 Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award will generate a minimum of 1 million brand impressions through print, online, email, social media, video, and event channels, including:
Print/Digital Exposure
- Featured section in September 2024 issue of FenderBender created by editorial staff spotlighting the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award winner
- Full-page advertisement in the September 2024 issue of FenderBender when the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award article is featured
- Company recognition and logo exposure in the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award feature article in print, online, and digital edition in FenderBender’s September 2024 issue
- Company recognition and logo exposure during live Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award presentation at the 2024 SEMA Show
- Logo exposure on all print, online, and email promotional materials/collateral promoting the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award
- Company recognition on social media channels when promoting the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award
Video
- Inclusion in QuickChat roundtable video with one representative from each sponsoring company of the Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award
- QuickChat roundtable video to be focused on complete, quality, and safe repair processes, highlighting each sponsor’s initiatives, products, and procedures available to help fulfill this at the shop level
- Company recognition during QuickChat roundtable video
- QuickChat roundtable video to be promoted through online, email, and social media channels
- QuickChat roundtable video to be housed on the ABRN YouTube channel
| Emphasis on Safety and Quality | What procedures are followed to ensure each repair is performed per OEM repair procedures. |
| Career Development | Promotions, additional responisbilities taken on in a short time period. |
| Shop Key Performance Indicators | Supplement ratio, parts order accuracy, average repair order, touch time, cycle time, usage of pre- and post-repair scans. |
| Technical or Education Achievement | Degrees, designations (AAP, etc.), I-CAR recognition, ASE certifications earned, etc. |
| Personal Attributes | Soft “people” skills, mentoring opportunities they’ve taken on, personal integrity, leadership skills, community service involvement, etc. |
Nominations for the 2024 Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award will be judged by the FenderBender and ABRN editorial team and third party collision repair technical experts. The winner of the 2024 Best Repair Planner/Estimator Award will receive a roundtrip flight to Las Vegas plus two nights of lodging for a special award presentation during the 2024 SEMA Show.
Callout for Best Repair Planner/Estimator nominations open March 1, 2024
Final judging takes place in April – May
Winner announced September 2024
Award presentation during SEMA in November 2024
Current Sponsors
Sales Team
SALES
Group Publisher
Chris Messer
651.846.9462
cmesser@endeavorb2b.com
Associate Publisher
Andrew Johnson
651-846-9459
ajohnson@endeavorb2b.com
Associate Sales Director
Mattie Gorman
920-563-1636
mgorman@endeavorb2b.com
Director of Business Development
Cortni Jones
920-568-8391
cjones@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Sean Thornton
269-499-0257
sthornton@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Lisa Mend
949-259-5654
lmend@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Marianne Dyal
706-344-1388
mdyal@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Chad Hjellming
651-846-9463
chjellming@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Martha Severson
651-846-9452
mseverson@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Kyle Shaw
651-846-9490
kshaw@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Diane Braden
920-568-8364
dbraden@endeavorb2b.com
Account Executive
Darrell Bruggink262-623-9624dbruggink@endeavorb2b.com