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Looking at some different promotional ideas, and I was curious about some of the other pro's referral programs. I'm talking specifically about paying people for booked referrals, either via in person, phone, facebook, whatever. If I book a new client job as a direct result of you telling them...

Oh, that makes sense. I'm kind of fortunate here in MT. There's no sales tax, so you don't have to mess with that. You do need a business license, which I already have, so I should be covered. I'm fully insured as well, so my business-side stuff is established.

That's a good idea Rick, and I should have said this, but I'm working out of an open trailer right now, not an enclosed. I could do a similar setup on the sides of the back of the Yukon though. This is what the back looks like of the Denali.

I also have seen a few guys that are still setting up a personal account under a business name. Don't do that, FB is clamping down a bit on that, and basically will eventually kill that page and you'll have to start over. Do a personal FB account, then ADD a business account under it as an...

There are several companies that you can resell products for/through, and all have different setups and level's of buy ins, as well as rules for becoming a dealer. Some are exclusive, some aren't. I've been a huge fan of Adam's stuff, and use their products as well as a lot of stuff I get here...

Hey guys, I'm likely going to do some reselling of products, pretty limited supply overall since good products are hard to get here, especially for the "car guys". I'd like to be able to bring some stuff to do "on the spot" sales as I'm out and about in my mobile rig, which consists of my...

Joined today. The membership director was actually pretty happy, they don't have any detailers currently in that category. She put me in a few extra categories and keywords as well, so it should work out well for me, I hope.

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It probably depends on the chamber. The one in Bozeman (the bigger city) appears to be pretty active. I've been familiar with them for a while since I've lived here. I'd think it wouldn't be that hard to get a sense of them.

I'll let you know. I live in a small town outside of a larger town about 10 miles away. They both have chambers and the smaller one is pretty terrible. The bigger town, though, appears to be pretty active, and that would be part of my bigger market. I just need to get out there and go to the...

The good thing I guess is that the only other detailer is the local Audi dealer, so no competition. I guess even at $325, it doesn't take many new clients to break even. Joining up!

I was curious about folks that have joined their local chambers, and if it's led to business? I noticed in our area, which is about 60000 people, there are no detailers on the list. The investment for the low-end membership is about $325, so not terrible, but I don't want to throw money out the...

I do full builds with it all the time. You just need to use the PAGES part of it, and you can add anything you want. Here's an example, my wife's blog, which we use as a platform for her iOS app as well. It's all wordpress, a customized Twenty Eleven template (built in.) See how it has blog...

Thanks! Good reminder that I needed to update that link since I'm official with an easier to remember url.

That makes sense to me, adding value services will probably be better, I'll go that direction. Thanks!

That's also a good idea. Here's what I'm thinking right now, which the goal is to get more exposure on facebook, get the word out. The hard thing is staying "local", but I guess getting more eyes won't hurt. Do a $25 off or a product (like a sampler kit) worth $25. With the kit, it would give...

Ditto apology on the hijack, but hopefully it's relevant info no matter what web program people are using. The image size thing is probably one of the biggest mistakes people make.

I just went to your home page for the first time, and the 300z image took way longer to download than it probably should. The original is only like 300kb, but it's 1100px wide, and you're only using it at 925px, so it's wasted download time. I did a quick process on it, and it came out to...

I was thinking about something like the 10% off, and then doing up a coupon I can use for Facebook. Or maybe a "free detail" facebook promotion, something that would involved sharing the facebook page to enter.

Yeah, I think my wife might not go for that! Plus, strippers in parkas (it's still like 25 degrees here) don't really have the same appeal, right?:xyxthumbs: