how do u guys feel about where you are and where your headed?

I got paid to learn how to run a business when I was a Jack in the Box then Denny's manager. Having that knowledge really made a difference. I also took a couple marketing classes in both high school and college, plus I did some marketing for the JITB I was running.
 
Thanks for all your comments i truly appreciate them. Ajbarnes I know the plastic bag idea is great,and also dont forget to check uline products for great pricing and door handle bags for those condo complexes!!



I really like that i have a view of different ideas and opinions on the thread i started, and in no way am i giving up detailing at all cause this is my passion. Not only does it feel great getting paid to do what i like, i feel much better knowing im doing it on my own, my own boss!! I dont mind working hard and put in much longer than a 8 hour day, but at the end it feels so great. Thanks to all Autopian memebers!!
 
Scottwax said:
:werd: I do think you have to really enjoy detailing (aka, have a passion for it) to be a really good detailer but you also need a good head for business and marketing. You have to be able to anticipate and excede your customer's needs and expectations.



I think Frank's point was more that to excel at the detailing part of the business you have to be passionate about detailing. I know once I got burned out on restaurant management, my work suffered for it. I stopped caring and after a while, it began to show.
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I definitely couldn't agree more, Scott. Case in point, my partner and I are both going to Gary's (turbomangt) so we can improve our techniques and learn some new ones.



Even now, I am doing some planning so that we can budget for things like a storefront (hopefully one large enough to detail a Freightliner Century Class) and vans for mobile detailing.
 
Scottwax said:
I got paid to learn how to run a business when I was a Jack in the Box then Denny's manager. Having that knowledge really made a difference. I also took a couple marketing classes in both high school and college, plus I did some marketing for the JITB I was running.
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Like scottwax, I also have a CS background (Help Desk) as does my partner (retail). Those skills are very important in garnering and/or retaining business.
 
lol i quit my job at Delta Sonic because I felt bad about having to do a ****** job :(



I'll be working for Mike this year. :) Oh real detailing...the wonder.
 
ShineShop said:
Furthermore, whether anyone decides to become a mobile or fixed location is completely up to the individual. I have also stated that there are very successful and professional mobile operators out there but they are outnumbered 100 to 1 with some idiot working out of the trunk of his cavalier (or whatever).
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I will have you know, good sir, that my Cavalier has a lot more storage room than you might think. And it's good on gas to boot! :ca :dance

It has room for: mid size extractor, fein mini turbo vac, pc polisher, fluids, pressure washer (I can buckle it in to the front seat as a passenger and use the carpool lane), mf towels, clay, mitts, tire/detailing brushes, the works!
 
Reflections said:
I will have you know, good sir, that my Cavalier has a lot more storage room than you might think. And it's good on gas to boot! :ca :dance

It has room for: mid size extractor, fein mini turbo vac, pc polisher, fluids, pressure washer (I can buckle it in to the front seat as a passenger and use the carpool lane), mf towels, clay, mitts, tire/detailing brushes, the works!
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Sounds like you have a passion for operating your own business.
 
[quote name='quamen'] I really want to do detailing as my life long job, but what my plans would be is to have a car wash attached to a detailing bay where details could be done as well. On the weekends like once a month be able to have a training seminar with my own product line to certify people to start their own business. This kind of setup if you really work at it and play it right, the sky will be the limit. Your not taking 100 grand anymore, your talking a few hundred grand and I know of companies that just do this. While there isnt a load of these companies out there, I really believe that detailing unless you had units all around the state, or what not can not bring a great living. I hate to sound negative, and im NOT PUTTING ANYONE DOWN CAUSE IM IN THE SAME POSITION, BUT IM LOOKING FOR ADVICE. Im taking criminal justice in college and im almost to the point of finishing my BA degree which im happy with, but my dream changed into really havingmy own product line with a training facility with a car wash.
Remember only 8% of the population in U.S.A make over $100K. Detailers can make as much money as they want. Young people starting out seem to want everything right now. Apposing popular belief, young people out of school don’t make 100K+. If anyone ever starts to tell me how much money they make, I simply ask them to show me last years filed tax returns. A lot of people have told me how “much� money they make and you know how many tax returns I’ve seen, NONE. People lie about there income, if they don’t mind telling, then they don’t mind sharing. Sales is a something that young people can make relatively fast cash in short time.
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