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Mistakes that sink detailing businesses.

On paper, a detail business looks like a cash cow.  How much can it cost–beyond the elbow grease–to deep clean a car?  But if you’ve noticed the failure rate of detail businesses in your town, there’s...

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3 auto detailing trends to follow.

Regret the trends of your youth? Jean jackets…tie-dye…ass-less chaps?  As a detailer, you don’t want to be “late” to a good trend.  Three to pay attention to:I’ve never seen a shop with at least 15...

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So…what do car dealers think of detailers?

Car dealers struggle to find good detailers. Late payments, no payments, haggling, and “miracle” requests.  Sound familiar?  These are the troubles we accept from car dealers in exchange for steady,...

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How one mobile detailer uses “apps” to organize his business.

Every customer you ever serviced. In your pocket.Mike Lynch of Mike’s Car Cleaning in Australia would make a dentist proud.  He tracks his customers just as a dentist would:  with an electronic record...

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“You Missed a Spot.” 5 ways to reduce customer complaints.

You might spend 8 hours on a detail, but it’s the last 15 minutes that matter most. This is when you fine tune all those details that the customer is paying your healthy fee for. If you have a system,...

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Detailing Chemicals: Consolidation = Efficiency

When I started my detail shop, I invested in specialized tools and specialized chemicals that I rarely (if ever) used.  As the years passed, I actually found that my tool and chemical arsenal SHRUNK...

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3 tips for saving 30+ minutes per car detail.

Would you like to finish your details faster?  If you could reduce your per-car times by 30 minutes, you could detail more cars in a day.  You’d make more money.  Or, you could simply close shop and...

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Selling Car Detailing to Women: 3 Tips…from a Woman.

This guest post was contributed by Brittany Larson on behalf of Watts Automotive.  She’s a third generation “gearhead”:  her father and grandfather are both mechanics. Most detailers market to men,...

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Grow auto detailing profits with add-on services.

When I started detailing cars in 2003, profits were disappointing.  What appeared to be a low overhead business just wasn’t so after I subtracted gas, supplies and oh yea–stuff that broke.  I came up...

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Version 2.0 of my Detailing Course is Coming: What would you like to learn next?

I’ve sold over 1400 copies of “How to Start a Car Detailing Business” in 4 years.  Thanks to all of you who bought the course.  And congrats to the many of you who started thriving businesses, like Ty...

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