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What is it? All the paint and all the formulas you need to mix a small amount of paint and touch up chips and scratches on any car made in the past 30 years. What's it come with? See photo: · Standox Paint Set (Complete) · Paper cups · Stir Sticks · Scale ·...

<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85);">If you can afford it, spend a minimum of $1000 on a website for your detailing, PDR, or other automotive appearance business.  Choose someone local with a reputation that you’ve verified. <p...

2013 was a good year for the majority of auto detailers, PDR techs, and other automotive appearance professionals who completed our survey.     Highlights:     <ul>60% reported better income than 2012. [/list] <ul>70% reported that retail customers spent more in 2013 than 2012. [/list]  ...

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'HelveticaNeue-Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:12px;">How long have you been in business? What services do you offer? What is the most rewarding and demanding part of the job? <p...

<p style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85);">We surveyed 80 American car owners and discovered that they’re more willing to pay a pro than we expected if: <span style="margin:0px;background-color:transparent;">The price is right. They believe they can’t do the...

Understand your customers better, with SurveyMonkey <div style="margin:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> <div style="margin:0px;background-color:transparent;"> <div style="margin:0px;background-color:transparent;">“If you work just for money, you’ll NEVER make it. But if you love...

You put in a lot of work to fill your calendar with new detailing appointments. But have you put much effort into making as much as possible with each appointment? If you could improve profits 10 – 20%, and in many cases not spend extra money, would you be willing to shuffle your service...

Mark Barger’s Southern Illinois detail service, VisualPro Detailing, gets attention. The bright graphics on his truck and trailer, and the design of his beautiful website say: ”You can trust your car image to me.” When we talked to Mark he was very candid about his experience jumping into...

Complete this 15 question survey in 5 minutes and Learn about your colleagues. On Feb. 25 we’ll email you what we discovered about pro detailers like yourself: what they earn, and what they like least and most about their job.

Ted "The Iceman Jackson"

Car detailers, PDR techs, and interior repair techs like yourself have a massive opportunity to make more money with a website because: Your business is visual, and so is the web. What better way to win people over than with photos? Your customers are affluent, and therefore more likely...

Meet car guys who will pay you well for your car polishing skills at car shows, car clubs, and the race track. There’s car events year-round (many more in the summer) all around you full of deep pocket guys who need clean shiny cars: Car shows. Your local newspaper will announce...

Source 1: Car dealers. Focus on independent, luxury dealers. I see a lot of techs make this marketing mistake: they run in groups to the largest dealers in town, eventually undercutting until there’s virtually no profit to be had. They’re attracted by the volume that a large dealer that...

Do you find that a small percentage of people refer you the majority of your work? Instead of trying to build a wide network of people who could possibly send you work, focus on these 3 automotive professionals who will certainlysend you thousands and thousands of dollars of work...once you earn...

My most recent blog post: __ Are you constantly being told how important Facebook is to small businesses (like yours), but have NO IDEA what to do about it? Meet Richard Lin of ShowCar Detailing of Orange, County CA. His Facebook page has one of the largest, most loyal followers among...

Would you like to get more done with less effort, eliminate wasteful activities, and sell more to your best customers? The 80/20 rule states that 80% of your production is the result of just 20% of your efforts. Put another way, 80% of your sales are derived from just 20% of your daily activity...

I've had customers tell me they chose my recon business solely because of the before and after photos on our website. Our competitors talked for days about how great they were. We SHOWED them. And they called us. Uses for your photos. 1. Website. Have a "gallery" page where you...

Customer emailed me this photo. I can't identify everything, but I do see a Honda EU generator, a sliding base, a couple of hose reels. And a tidy little van (Transit?).

I don't mean matching your socks to your jock strap. I mean: are your detailing supplies organized by color? It's an important part of working efficiently. And there's another benefit: you greatly decrease the chance of damaging your customer's car. I'll explain. Grab the right chemical for...

Is your pricing competitive? This might be the toughest decision an auto detailer makes. Price yourself low and you’ll be busy…but will you make money? Set your prices high, and you’ll make a healthy profit on each car, but just how many cars will you service? We emailed 47 detailers for...