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Subject: Re: starting a car wash and detail shop

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Dennis S. Vogel

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Date Posted: 22:57:48 06/02/03 Mon
In reply to: Fred Nicholson 's message, "starting a car wash and detail shop" on 04:48:54 05/31/03 Sat

Hi Fred,

Do you know the owner of an auto body shop who is too busy to clean & detail customers' cars?

Are there any major employers near you who pay employees enough to afford to have their cars taken are of?
Or maybe employers would reward employees with a car cleaning & detailing.

Do you have $50 or a bit more to have some (copy resistant) gift certificates made? Print shop owners ought to know how to print them. Maybe you can barter service for printing service.

Do what you can to make your business & service different from any direct or indirect competitors offer. If what you offer is just like what anybody else offers, why would prospects choose you? If it's hard for you to answer this question, how hard do you think it'll be for prospective customers?

After you determine how much you can invest in marketing, you can find out which methods you can use to get people's attention. Then figure out what you can afford to offer to get people to use your service at least once.

If you can set up long-term service agreements, you can have a good revenue stream. After people are satisfied with their first experience with your service, they may be open to more service on a regular basis.

Dennis S. Vogel
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Subject	Author	Date
Re: starting a car wash and detail shop	Alfred Torregano	20:12:20 06/12/03 Thu

Re: starting a car wash and detail shop	Dennis S. Vogel	23:42:25 06/13/03 Fri