How do you approach dealerships and individual customers to details there cars
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Gurge
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- Aug 26, 2010
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Full time job, part time detailer, strictly mobile, and booked for several weeks in advance. Primarily through word of mouth or people finding me through google.
I don't do any dealer work or approach random people. The randoms that I deal with all find me through the website.
Keep at it and continue to build your skills and repuation. it'll come. But speaking from experience, having a full time job does kinda inhibit your growth. There is only so much you can do in 2 days per week (while maintaining whatever else you have going on in your life and maybe taking a breath to rest).
I don't do any dealer work or approach random people. The randoms that I deal with all find me through the website.
Keep at it and continue to build your skills and repuation. it'll come. But speaking from experience, having a full time job does kinda inhibit your growth. There is only so much you can do in 2 days per week (while maintaining whatever else you have going on in your life and maybe taking a breath to rest).
Buggy Bath
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When I started I just started asking my friends if they wanted their vehicles cleaned and I gave them a super deal. Then friends of my friends saw their vehicles and were amazed. Then they called me.
You have to have a vision, something you see in advance and are accountable to. You may have to give super deals until you build up a client book.
What I did in the Spring is advertise (small newspaper) a free scotchgard with every detail. A $50 value. Or whatever you feel is a fair price. Scotchgard costs less than $10 and only takes minutes to apply. It is a good way to offer a discount without sacrificing your wage.
Drive your mobile vehicle around nicer neighborhoods and just tell people that you will clean their car for %25 off. Once you get a few people in the neighborhood you will hopefully have created some web traffic (assuming you have website- or Facebook) and should hopefully get some calls.
If you live in a big city you can offer to clean a taxi in exchange for putting brochures in his/her cab.
If you know people with a lot of friends and you think those people have money to spend on a luxury item such as a detail. Give them a great deal and hopefully it will generate business.
You have to have a vision, something you see in advance and are accountable to. You may have to give super deals until you build up a client book.
What I did in the Spring is advertise (small newspaper) a free scotchgard with every detail. A $50 value. Or whatever you feel is a fair price. Scotchgard costs less than $10 and only takes minutes to apply. It is a good way to offer a discount without sacrificing your wage.
Drive your mobile vehicle around nicer neighborhoods and just tell people that you will clean their car for %25 off. Once you get a few people in the neighborhood you will hopefully have created some web traffic (assuming you have website- or Facebook) and should hopefully get some calls.
If you live in a big city you can offer to clean a taxi in exchange for putting brochures in his/her cab.
If you know people with a lot of friends and you think those people have money to spend on a luxury item such as a detail. Give them a great deal and hopefully it will generate business.
rustytruck
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- Feb 20, 2012
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I Agree with what these guy's are saying. For me it's also a business
I own on the side. Seems like one detail leads to 2 more. I'm pretty active with my Facebook page. I have a website. I'm listed on the web at a couple of local sites. Also I have a big people network work church community etc. I don't need to find customer's they find me. Do a good job on every car and your business will grow maybe slowly but surely it will grow.
I own on the side. Seems like one detail leads to 2 more. I'm pretty active with my Facebook page. I have a website. I'm listed on the web at a couple of local sites. Also I have a big people network work church community etc. I don't need to find customer's they find me. Do a good job on every car and your business will grow maybe slowly but surely it will grow.