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Hi guys,
so I've been lurking this forum for a while now, yet I haven't made a post.
I'm currently in my 5th month of running my own business. It's Slowlane at the moment, more a job I created for myself rather than a business.
I'm a mobile detailer, so I go to people's houses or offices, or sometimes they come to me, and I detail their cars for them. I do everything, from basic hand wash and wax, full paint restoration (swirl mark removal, oxidation etc.), interior detailing and carpet extraction.
http://www.autostyledetailing.com.au
http://www.facebook.com/autostylegeelong
My first 5 months have gone well, better than I had hoped. My goal was to have at least 1 customer per month in my first year of business, based of research and needs analysis. So far I have had 17 clients, 3 of which brought me more than one job, in 5 months.
It is my aim that once the business is profitable enough I will take on an employee or two, and mostly deal with the marketing/booking side of things while they do most of the hard labour. I would still like to do some detailing though when I can, as I enjoy the work.
I currently have hit a minor slow point, as its the middle of winter here in Australia, and the need for detailing is slowed. At the moment most of my jobs are pre-sales or post-purchase. It's still good but I'm going on a 6 week backpacking adventure through Burma (Myanmar) in November so need to rack up more cash.
Does anyone have any awesome marketing ideas? Currently I:
- Am listed on most online small business listings for my area, as well as Yelp!, Google+ etc.
- Market mostly through FaceBook groups
- Have $75 worth of AdWords and $50 worth of FaceBook ads coupons
- Have ~200 business cards
I'm contemplating having stickers made for my personal car, but at the moment I'm struggling for marketing ideas. Any help would be great.
Thanks for reading,
James
so I've been lurking this forum for a while now, yet I haven't made a post.
I'm currently in my 5th month of running my own business. It's Slowlane at the moment, more a job I created for myself rather than a business.
I'm a mobile detailer, so I go to people's houses or offices, or sometimes they come to me, and I detail their cars for them. I do everything, from basic hand wash and wax, full paint restoration (swirl mark removal, oxidation etc.), interior detailing and carpet extraction.
http://www.autostyledetailing.com.au
http://www.facebook.com/autostylegeelong
My first 5 months have gone well, better than I had hoped. My goal was to have at least 1 customer per month in my first year of business, based of research and needs analysis. So far I have had 17 clients, 3 of which brought me more than one job, in 5 months.
It is my aim that once the business is profitable enough I will take on an employee or two, and mostly deal with the marketing/booking side of things while they do most of the hard labour. I would still like to do some detailing though when I can, as I enjoy the work.
I currently have hit a minor slow point, as its the middle of winter here in Australia, and the need for detailing is slowed. At the moment most of my jobs are pre-sales or post-purchase. It's still good but I'm going on a 6 week backpacking adventure through Burma (Myanmar) in November so need to rack up more cash.
Does anyone have any awesome marketing ideas? Currently I:
- Am listed on most online small business listings for my area, as well as Yelp!, Google+ etc.
- Market mostly through FaceBook groups
- Have $75 worth of AdWords and $50 worth of FaceBook ads coupons
- Have ~200 business cards
I'm contemplating having stickers made for my personal car, but at the moment I'm struggling for marketing ideas. Any help would be great.
Thanks for reading,
James
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