Im doing my freinds car today and all I asked of him was to rate my FB page and tell his friends, he said he wants to pay me something, I highly recommend this method your teaching man!
When i worked at a used car dealer we would have guys come through introduce themselves as a new detail business. We would ask about pricing and to see examples of their work. Sometime would have them detail a car so we knew the before and after. If we had work for them we would send it
I’m definitely going to start a detailing business next summer and I will save this video and take all of these advices and put them to work, thanks my guy
Man I love your channel, I'm starting my mobile detail business here in dallas and your channel is really really helpful. I wish we can get in touch through phone.
No joke This is mad crazy "TRUE" advice Thx bro I don't normally do this... but... here ❤️ Because I've paid for stupid non effective shyt before lmao 😂😂😂, but this is great 👍🏾
Ive started with mainly family cars. And also passed out cards. And i think cards still work. Older ppl or whatever there are still people that take cards, flyers, pens, whatever into consideration. When im givin out cards flyers etc I feel like theyre lookin at me being a young black female like ok i see u out here doin your thing. That's not something you see often. But i feel like passing the cards specifically to ppl is more personal they see who's doin the work. And i guess it could also work with u havin ur face or showin u do the work on social media perhaps but u could also possibly get closer to closing a deal right then too. But yea I'm taking it all in. Thx
Hi Oscar! This is a simple yet great advice. I am also planning to start my business and as start I need, most probably, do few friendly detail while I'm discussing with them how do they find how I clean their car? are they aware that their car can be cleaned like this, are they willing to pay me such money for this kind of service. Then there goes the recommendation and their support for you. Looking forward for more practical tips. :)
Oscar, I have a friend that is wanting me to detail trucks that he has for a hot shot business. He has seen my work I've done on my car and he is always impressed but I've only done basic stuff. He has a friend that has a very small car lot and they contacted me about doing them. Think I'd be biting off more than I can chew? I have a full time job and a family.
If that's the case, then simply start doing it on the weekend. By no means should you leave your day job for this. Talk it out with them and see if they want all their cars with a basic car wash, maybe the cars that can make more money should be detailed, maybe you can come in on a few days throughout the week, maybe you can just come in on the weekends, etc... I would go for it, especially if it's basic work. But do this as a side business for extra income, do not leave your day job
Thanks! I eventually want to do it full time. I just enjoy doing it lol I just didn't know if I might be over my head since I'm literally just starting. Thank you for the advice and I love your channel. I subscribed and will definitely be watching YOUR videos for advice.
Hey there, my name is Adrian, company is Revive Details based out of Cape Coral, FL. Ive been detailing for a while now, worked for a guy that was a national trainer, so I learned a lot. Now Ive had my own been business for about seven months. Started knocking on doors got my first few customers that way. Now I’ve slowed down, and honestly getting worried. I try fb ads all the time, small return of calls that usually don’t lead to jobs. So my question is, what is my next best option?
Hello, So I am just starting out my business and after I get off my feet I was thinking about going to go door to door to houses with preferably dirty cars and ask them if I could detail their cars and give them flyers and business cards. Have any of you guys tried this out or do you think it would be worth the time? Thanks, Cody
Just because a car is dirty does not mean they want/need/care for getting their car detailed. If you walk out in any parking lot, 80% of the cars will need a headlight restoration. How many of those people are willing to pay money to get them done properly? Maybe 10%. In my opinion, door to door doesn't work because most people aren't going to open the door, talk to a complete stranger, and then pay that complete stranger $X to get their car detailed. That's just my personal take
Detail Groove yeah, that's a good point, I appreciate you talking to the time to reply. Keep doing what you're doing man love the content, your channel will grow.
Hey, i am just starting my part time car valeting-detailing. I havw a full time job and a part time delivery job. I will use my delivery job to advertise my valeting business, any ideea how to aproach and offer my services ? Thank you
Thanks , great advice. Just one problem for me. I have no friends or family where I live. I move from VA to NC at NC no family or friends. Should I ever do rree washing and they my neighbors in return can go make a comment on fb page?
That’s actually my starting price-15 dollars until I get all my equipment and my own water and tank then I’ll charge my set price. I’ll do it for free and tell them to do that
Ok but how do you start out without thousands of dollars for a van/truck or a big water or pressure washer? Like what if you only have Max 1500$ to spend. I've been detailing for 8 years but never had the money to buy the things I need to go on my own
Uhhhh, I've never had a problem. Always add common sense and respect before posting, of course. I've mobile, so I don't want to take a photo of their house or their license plate.. not strict rules but something to keep in mind
Detail Groove asking alot of people but to be honest i wanted it to be at least minimum 3 car a day every day asking people and talking about deatailing engines is hard work i dont mind now and then but i want consistency everyday thing earn money
I would say of you have a 9-5 job, all your current or even past coworkers, bosses. Clean your car, wife's/gf's car, wife's/gf friends and coworkers..... Don't look for reasons to not succeed. Find anyone and get the experience so you can be confident in your work!!!
Depends on your experience, from my point of you, if you've never worked at a detail shop go with his route but if u do have experience , time yourself and try to aim for 40hr than go from their
Attack from multiple angles. Swallow your pride & go knock some doors & businesses. Results matter, show your work on a large tablet. Or have a hands on example. 😉
Being a car washer isn't Brian science sure. But when you get into coatings and protective films and paint correction if your not smart it can go extremely south. You must be yet another car washer!
Im doing my freinds car today and all I asked of him was to rate my FB page and tell his friends, he said he wants to pay me something, I highly recommend this method your teaching man!
GREAT TO HEAR! When you're starting off, you want to go with your friends and family members because they'll help give you that momentum!
thank you for the free advice you give it's highly valuable for anyone who follows it...you will see he is giving out real advice for what works
Thanks so much! I'm on a mission to help as many detailers as I can :)
When i worked at a used car dealer we would have guys come through introduce themselves as a new detail business. We would ask about pricing and to see examples of their work. Sometime would have them detail a car so we knew the before and after. If we had work for them we would send it
Not a bad gig!
I feel we should be paying for this advice..... 👍
Haha the more important thing is to TAKE ACTION with this advice!
Pay up sucka
Shhhhhhh
I’m glad I just saw this video it confirmed what I was planning on doing. Thank you
I’m definitely going to start a detailing business next summer and I will save this video and take all of these advices and put them to work, thanks my guy
how is it going bro
I chose to use business cards that way I have something to give someone right on the spot which is a way a lot of my business has been generated.
Man I love your channel, I'm starting my mobile detail business here in dallas and your channel is really really helpful. I wish we can get in touch through phone.
Thanks for the kind words! You can shoot me an email to oscar(at)detailgroove(dot)co
No joke
This is mad crazy "TRUE" advice
Thx bro
I don't normally do this... but... here ❤️
Because I've paid for stupid non effective shyt before lmao 😂😂😂, but this is great 👍🏾
Thanks a lot!
Great stuff Bro! I will start this for show.
Let me know how it goes!
Ive started with mainly family cars. And also passed out cards. And i think cards still work. Older ppl or whatever there are still people that take cards, flyers, pens, whatever into consideration. When im givin out cards flyers etc I feel like theyre lookin at me being a young black female like ok i see u out here doin your thing. That's not something you see often. But i feel like passing the cards specifically to ppl is more personal they see who's doin the work. And i guess it could also work with u havin ur face or showin u do the work on social media perhaps but u could also possibly get closer to closing a deal right then too. But yea I'm taking it all in. Thx
Great advice. I was doing the business card thing. But your advice is definitely worth trying.
Definitely get after it!
Great advice but none talk about permits and llc’s are they necessary? Can you be fined? Please a segment on that👍👍👍👍👍
I'm blessed my uncle has his own online marketing agency which makes my job much easier
I handed out 100 business cards and have been doing it for about 4 days and have got 3 customers and have made about 20 pound
Putting in RED colored font “20% OFF” on your flyers will help !
Very good video!
Thank you for sharing.
Of course- thanks for watching!
Great advice thank you.
You're welcome!
Hi Oscar! This is a simple yet great advice. I am also planning to start my business and as start I need, most probably, do few friendly detail while I'm discussing with them how do they find how I clean their car? are they aware that their car can be cleaned like this, are they willing to pay me such money for this kind of service. Then there goes the recommendation and their support for you. Looking forward for more practical tips. :)
Thanks a lot for the kind words!
Oscar, I have a friend that is wanting me to detail trucks that he has for a hot shot business. He has seen my work I've done on my car and he is always impressed but I've only done basic stuff. He has a friend that has a very small car lot and they contacted me about doing them. Think I'd be biting off more than I can chew? I have a full time job and a family.
If that's the case, then simply start doing it on the weekend. By no means should you leave your day job for this. Talk it out with them and see if they want all their cars with a basic car wash, maybe the cars that can make more money should be detailed, maybe you can come in on a few days throughout the week, maybe you can just come in on the weekends, etc... I would go for it, especially if it's basic work. But do this as a side business for extra income, do not leave your day job
Thanks! I eventually want to do it full time. I just enjoy doing it lol I just didn't know if I might be over my head since I'm literally just starting. Thank you for the advice and I love your channel. I subscribed and will definitely be watching YOUR videos for advice.
Haha awesome- thanks a lot! If you ever have another other questions, feel free to shoot me an email to oscar (at) detailgroove (dot) co
Your videos are great
Thanks Robert!
Hey there, my name is Adrian, company is Revive Details based out of Cape Coral, FL. Ive been detailing for a while now, worked for a guy that was a national trainer, so I learned a lot. Now Ive had my own been business for about seven months. Started knocking on doors got my first few customers that way. Now I’ve slowed down, and honestly getting worried. I try fb ads all the time, small return of calls that usually don’t lead to jobs. So my question is, what is my next best option?
Good question
I’ve been getting a lot of business off FB market
Are you still doing detailing?
Hello,
So I am just starting out my business and after I get off my feet I was thinking about going to go door to door to houses with preferably dirty cars and ask them if I could detail their cars and give them flyers and business cards. Have any of you guys tried this out or do you think it would be worth the time?
Thanks,
Cody
Just because a car is dirty does not mean they want/need/care for getting their car detailed. If you walk out in any parking lot, 80% of the cars will need a headlight restoration. How many of those people are willing to pay money to get them done properly? Maybe 10%.
In my opinion, door to door doesn't work because most people aren't going to open the door, talk to a complete stranger, and then pay that complete stranger $X to get their car detailed.
That's just my personal take
Detail Groove yeah, that's a good point, I appreciate you talking to the time to reply. Keep doing what you're doing man love the content, your channel will grow.
Thanks for the kind words!
I did the business cards and got more than 10 calls in the first week lol but online advertising keeps it professional
where did you give these cards out?
Where did you hand the cards out and what was the process. What else did you do to get off your feet?
Hey I just started doing this but how would get people to get there cars to me and back
knowing this is the age of the internet I am also working on SEO
What do you think about hitting small businesses up
It's never worked for me when I started. It's worked for others. One of those try it kind of things
Hey, i am just starting my part time car valeting-detailing. I havw a full time job and a part time delivery job. I will use my delivery job to advertise my valeting business, any ideea how to aproach and offer my services ? Thank you
Best way is to get your website on the first page of Google (SEO)
Thanks , great advice. Just one problem for me. I have no friends or family where I live. I move from VA to NC at NC no family or friends. Should I ever do rree washing and they my neighbors in return can go make a comment on fb page?
That’s actually my starting price-15 dollars until I get all my equipment and my own water and tank then I’ll charge my set price.
I’ll do it for free and tell them to do that
How much do u make though doing this?
Not enough
Detail Groove smart answer 😉
Detail Groove Then why give out this advise ? If you’re not making enough
Ok but how do you start out without thousands of dollars for a van/truck or a big water or pressure washer? Like what if you only have Max 1500$ to spend. I've been detailing for 8 years but never had the money to buy the things I need to go on my own
Do customers ever get upset or ask you to take down or not share before/after pictures of their car?
Do you ask for permission to do so ahead of time?
Uhhhh, I've never had a problem. Always add common sense and respect before posting, of course. I've mobile, so I don't want to take a photo of their house or their license plate.. not strict rules but something to keep in mind
although I know not everyone will use it
You have something to reach you on I have some good questions rather not do it on the comments I’m starting my own business as a auto detailer as well
I done just that engine detailing i done about 30 cars show room finish nothing no recomedations no leads zero i dont understand
How did you get the 30 cars?
Detail Groove asking alot of people but to be honest i wanted it to be at least minimum 3 car a day every day asking people and talking about deatailing engines is hard work i dont mind now and then but i want consistency everyday thing earn money
I would focus on search engine optimization
What if your friends dont have cars and you dont have a good relationship with your familiy?
I would say of you have a 9-5 job, all your current or even past coworkers, bosses. Clean your car, wife's/gf's car, wife's/gf friends and coworkers..... Don't look for reasons to not succeed.
Find anyone and get the experience so you can be confident in your work!!!
@@DeanMilord i made it work and i have every weekend at least 2 customers but thx for the advice tho :)
How much do I charge just starting out?
$18/hour X how long you think you're going to take to complete the job
Awesome thank you very much Oscar 👍🏼
Depends on your experience, from my point of you, if you've never worked at a detail shop go with his route but if u do have experience , time yourself and try to aim for 40hr than go from their
Detail Groove you will go broke so fast and break your back, 3hrs of hard work for $60 ?? People will quit with that advice
Attack from multiple angles. Swallow your pride & go knock some doors & businesses. Results matter, show your work on a large tablet. Or have a hands on example. 😉
i've never done that route but if it works for you, go for it
So what do I do? I have no family and I have no friends so I guess I’m just SOL then huh.
My nigga my nigga!! 👍🏽 👍🏽
im stuggaleing with frainds and family
Detailing isn’t brain science. Charge full price. You won’t learn much other than getting faster.
as long as it works for you
Being a car washer isn't Brian science sure. But when you get into coatings and protective films and paint correction if your not smart it can go extremely south. You must be yet another car washer!
jaden teague it’s not a car wash, it’s a detail.