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    Opening a Paint Overspray Division..Anyone Else Gotten into this?

    After a wickedly profitable overspray weekend last month, I am creating a website marketed towards the whole US overspray removal market. Insurance companies, industrial painters...etc. Has anybody else found success in doing $5,000+ overspray removal jobs and keeping a steady flow of work...
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    What Are Your Strategies For Maximizing Revenue?

    So I've been thinking...I make almost 3x as more detailing now than I did 2 years ago without really working that much more. For me I contribute this to up-selling of fabric protection, second layer of sealants, and lastly...the grand daddy of them all...opti-coat. Utilizing all of these has...
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    Does my site need a facelift?

    Maksimum Auto Detailing- Professional Auto Detailing in Baltimore | Maksimum Auto Detailing - Professional Mobile Auto Detailing Serving the Baltimore Area I've had this site for a little over a year and a half. What are your impressions of it?
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    Make A Promotional Video in About 5 Minutes

    Hey guys. This is pretty simple. animoto - the end of slideshows You can make your own video without any experience. Here is what mine looks like. animoto - Maksimum Auto Detailing Promo 1 Here you can see how it plays on my website. Maksimum Auto Detailing- Professional Auto...
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    Wufoo.com For Your Contact Forms

    Wufoo: Online HTML Form Builder - Contact, Survey & Payment Forms I love their forms. They are very easy to make and mine only took about 5 minutes. Whenever somebody fills it out on my website, I get an E-mail and a text message. The best part...it's free for their basic service. Here is...
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    I Want To Try Out Some Serious Cutting Pads. Recommendations?

    I'm used to using the Surfbuff and Meguiar's burgundy pad on my G110. They do the job but I'd like to maybe try out some Lake Country Pads. I want to start using 4" pads exclusively for my cutting. What pads are out there that cut hard as hell (with M105) that you can recommend?
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    Outsource For Quality and Savings

    I've outsourced my SEO work on my website to India. When I posted my project on elance.com, I received 17 proposals from across the world. No wonder the US economy is in trouble. These people blow US competition out of the water! Their proposals for my $300 budget are 7 pages long in some cases...
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    Porter Cable 7428 $100 Shipped

    For sale is the rotary which doesn't get enough attention. I love my PC so this thing was only tried out once. Here is a review: Review: Porter Cable 7428 Rotary Buffer Long story short is that it's pure bang for the buck. $100 shipped and it's yours. Paypal only!
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    Christmas Giftcards for Valued Customers

    This Christmas, I plan on giving a select few of my best clients $30 gift cards to Chili's as a token of my appreciation for their loyalty. I really don't see how I can go wrong with this. Has anybody else done this and to what result? :heelclick
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    Griot's Polisher on Ebay for $.99

    Griot's Garage 6" Polisher - eBay (item 330376435648 end time Nov-18-09 11:18:41 PST) I realized that it would be a garage decoration so I'm selling it.
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    A Useful Detailing Association: Possible?

    As it stands right now, I'm not too sure that a useful detailing association exists. There are a lot of of attempts that failed. There is a little LED bulb in my head going off to start researching what would make an association successful instead of making it a cash cow...and perhaps trying to...
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    Want to Make Much Much More Than You Currently Do?

    The secret is.....READ READ READ. I guarantee you that if you start reading some good business books, you'll be a lot happier and will be making more. Here is where you start: The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris: It taught me how to tell my bad customers to kiss my ***, how to get...
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    My New Guarantee: Satisfaction or Your Detail Is Free

    Theory: Use the guarantee as an incentive for potential customers to choose my business over the competition. Risk: Wasted time, supplies, and effort. Benefit: More clients, more profit, and more long term gain from more networking. Summary: The "Your satisfaction or your detail is...
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    Ultra Rare Vehicle. (1 of 3 in Existance) Miami Vice All The Way

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    What are those pads called with the new cutting technology?

    People were talking about the pads that have like little "micro fingers" and cut with a DA just how a foam cuts with a rotary? Their blue if I remember correctly and raved about.
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    Let's Talk Advertising (Don't say anything about word of mouth)

    So last week I signed up for 4 months of YellowPages advertising. I'll be the 2nd search result in the Baltimore area on MSN, YeloowPages, and Iphone search engines. It's costing me $125 a month. The add hasn't gone live yet but I'm questioning it's return already. What lessons have you guys...
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    Range Rover, Z06, and a Jaguar XKR

    Hey guys, so here are some highlights from August. First up is this Z06. On the agenda was just a "making it look good". No 100% paint correction required here by the owner. Steps Wash using the 2 buck method Remove bug and tar with a citrus degreaser Claybar the whole vehicle and...
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    How Nice of a Living Can Be Made in Detailing?

    I'm 17 years old and own a small detailing business. I'm wondering if later in life I'll have to ditch detailing for a more profitable business. I plan on getting my MBA and starting a company or two. Maybe start a detailing chain but in Baltimore, it's a seasonal business. So my question is...
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    New Member From Baltimore, Maryland

    Hey my name is Maks and I own a detailing business in Baltimore. I frequent the Meguiar's boards a lot but have found this place to be a wealth of professional knowledge that's not "brand based". I've learned countless things from reading threads and decided to make an account and begin...
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