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Question: Car detailing business start up?

(Posted by: 23and4 on 2009-12-30 14:51:51)

What do you think about it, what do i need how do i get customers. i have 10 yrs exp, but only with family and friends

Posted by: Sue on 2009-12-30, 19:53:08

Besides advertising in your local yellow pages and placing ads in newspapers and neighborhood mailers, you can save money by writing a brief press release or letter to your local paper announcing the grand opening of your new business. If you can offer a special discount or hold an event and tie it in with your grand opening, publications will find this more newsworthy and are more likely to publish news about your storage company. Your press release can be short and simple, and you can find press release samples you can follow on the link below. Do a postcard mailing to introduce your auto detailing service to potential customers. Using low-cost online services makes this an easy marketing task. First, decide on a special offer or hold a grand opening sale. Second, design your postcards online using professional postcard templates with a discount online printing company like VistaPrint. And third, get targeted leads from a lead generation company like Resource Nation.

Posted by: sassy25 on 2009-12-30, 15:02:15

Small ad in a newspaper, notice at auto part places. Real boom to getting new customers is to hook up with a non profit. Be it the Boy Scouts, a church or the Rotary. Have one or two days where 10% of proceeds go to the nonprofit. Have the charity supply labor and they do the advertising. Do a good job and you can pick up at least 5 new clients. Make up gift coupons for sale around Father's Day, Mother's Day and such. You need to use your imagination to sell yourself I watched a young fellow trying to start up a window washing business, he visited all the Beauty Salons in the area and said he picked up 10 new clients.

Posted by: phociny85 on 2009-12-30, 21:10:23

Its a good business if you run it right. A lot of competition and recession may slow it down but still profitable. Need a lot of capital to start with and advertise it at car magazine or newspaper.