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When someone is labeled as an expert, they’ll typically have a degree, many years of experience and are an authoritative voice in their industry. I see that happen a lot when people want to start their own auto detailing business. They want something or someone to “validate” or “credit” them...

I have committed myself to reach a 7-figure auto detailing business. Pretty big goal, right? Yup. A lot of problems? Yup. 60+ hours per week? Yup. Lots of mistakes going to be made? Yup. This article is going to be pretty detailed, so set aside a few minutes :-) So, the way I think and the...

So you’ve finally bought all the products and tools to clean any car that comes your way. Your polo shirts are looking great with your logo on them. And lastly, you’ve made your business cards, social media pages and nice looking website. FANTASTIC. But guess what? You’re still not a...

When someone makes a website, one of their first thoughts are, "I have to SEO my website. I need to be the number one spot on Google for [insert city] mobile auto detailing!" What is SEO? It stands for search engine optimization. It's the process of affecting the visibility of a website in a...

What’s the number one reason you have a website? Think about it for a second and answer it out loud . . . . . I’m going to assume some of your answers were: [+] So I can look professional for potential customers [+] People can get more information and look at my prices [+] To show people my...

Let's say you you need to take you car to the shop for an alignment. You search on Google for "Houston alignment specialist" You click on the first 2 websites that show in Google: A) peterpanmechanic.com B) ironmanmechanic.com Both locations are the same driving distance, both are in the...

I know the big thing around here is word of mouth and referrals But if you really want to grow your business, you'll want to spend some mula on marketing / advertising. I'm not talking about "I sponsored a schools yearbook. If at least 3 people make an appointment I'll break even" That's not...

Have you ran an Adwords campaign with poor results? It's actually fairly common for the first round of testing to have poor results. The big difference is consistently improving your campaign. This can be achieved by: [+] A/B testing ads [+] Tracking metrics [+] Refining targeted keywords...

So the question is always asked: "How do my prices look?" "Are they to high?" "To low?" "What are you guys charging?" And the responses are: "What are local detailers charging?" "Start off low and work yourself up" "Those are low, you should raise em up a bit" "That's kind of high, you...

So there's some really odd thing on my blog. I can't figure it out and it's really bugging me. I've tried knocking it down. Can anyone guess what it is? Car Detailing Business Blog - DetailSummit Let me know what you find! PS. Happy Halloween! :xyxthumbs:

Are you sure what you're doing with your time is helping you grow your business? I know there are a lot of things we can buy and spend our time on, but you need to make sure they are aligned with your main goals as a business. For instance: If you wanted to get more customers for paint...

Hey Geeks, When you're starting your business, you want to be very effective with your time and effort. It's a very basic reason: If you spend your time/effort without getting results, it's going to be difficult for you to build momentum and traction to keep pushing forward. Let me tell you...

Heyyy Geeks, When you're starting your car detailing business, you always want to know where you're going. Just like it goes, "If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” I talk about the WOW formula and how effective it is when you get specific This is a rather...

Heeeyyy Geeks, I know using words like paint correction, ph neutral, and polymers sounds cool for us detailers. Especially since it's used in almost every website that is posted here But in reality, it's hurting you with potential customers. It's unnecessary friction added to the...

Heeeyyyy! Check out the new blog theme I set up! It still needs a lot of work... especially the mobile version let me know what you guys think! Car Detailing Business Blog - Market your business to success

Hey guys, I created a simple post about keeping track of your customers information There's even a simple download for it :xyxthumbs: let me know what you guys think! [DOWNLOAD] Keep Track Of All Your Customers Info - DetailSummit | Start Your Car Detailing BusinessDetailSummit | Start...

Heeyyyy guys, I just wanted to share with you a quick little post on how to choose a business name. Hopefully you won't spend so much time thinking of a name after reading the post :) Choose Your Car Detailing Business Name –

Heeeyyy Geeks, I know we all love to make paint shine and remove every spec of dirt in the interior But are you making sure the customers are satisfied with your experience? This is a major help, especially if you're just starting off :dblthumb2: ALWAYS ASK FOR CUSTOMER FEEDBACK –

Hello Geeks! One thing I see wrong when people are starting their business is buying tools/products at the wrong time. Not only from a financial stand-point, but from the effectiveness of the detail process. Check it out! It’s better to have a system than a lot of tools – p.s. Sign up for...

I think it'll help a lot of people out if we have one big ol thread to post common problems about starting/running business and solution to those problems I'll start; problem: getting my first few customers solution: signing up/posting on facebook, instagram, craigslist, yelp, and forums...