The Detailing Business Class Podcast

The Detailing Business Class Podcast

How do I start an auto detailing business? What am I supposed to charge for my services? How do I get customers? Oscar shares the proven strategies and tactics he's learned over the last 9 years to turn your detailing skills and passion into a profitable business. In this podcast, you won't learn how to detail, but you'll learn everything about the detailing business side of it.

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July 10, 2025 โ€ข 19 mins

โœ๏ธ Join Detailers Growth Academy: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-academy/

Many of us are going to start a business while having a full-time job. As much as we'd all want to quit and go "full-time" into the business, it's simply not realistic or practical.

In this episode, we go over an example of what a high school teacher can do to start their business on the side with limited time and money.

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โœ๏ธ Join Detailers Growth Academy: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-academy/

If you want to get more customers and make more money, you can just offer more services to your customers. The thinking behind this is if you offer more services, then you cast a wider net for people to contact you.ย 

It sounds good in theory, but once you apply it to your business, there's a lot more mistakes or things that can happen that can sl...

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In this episode, I share my process in how we offer new services like window tint, PPF, and vinyl wrapping. Regardless of what new services you want to add, you can take some of these tips and apply it to your business.ย 

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โšก๏ธSoftware we use to run our detailing business (free 14-day trial plus get a special discount): https://go.getjobber....

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Hiring is a great next step to grow your business, but you can't just hire and expect to grow. There's a lot of nuance things to learn and understand to grow a profitable business.ย 

In this episode, I answer two questions from two detailers about hiring a team.

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โšก๏ธSoftware we use to run our detailing business (free 14-d...

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What do you need to do to go from $1,700/month to $9,000/month in your detailing business? The easy answer is to always say get more leads, and it's true, but there's other things you can do now.ย 

In this episode, I go over a few key things you can do to increase your conversions and output without increasing the input of more traffic or lea...

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If you have the oppurtunity to move into a shop, should you take it? Well, at face value, it looks like a great idea, but once you actually look at the situation, it might not be the best decision.

In this episode, I answer a question about whether or not it's too early to move into a shop space and what else they can do to dramatically grow thei...

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โšก๏ธSoftware we use to run our detailing business (free 14-day trial plus get a special discount): https://go.getjobber.com/detailgroove

โœ๏ธ Join Detailers Growth Academy: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-academy/

No-shows, last minute cancellations, or ghosting is always annoying. You think you have X amount of revenue scheduled for the day but then the customer doesn't show up or they send you a text message saying "...

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If you want to make more money in your detailing business, the easiest (and quickest) way to make that happen is by simply solving more problems for your customers.ย 

Some people don't like this word, but upselling your services is a fantastic way to help your customers solve more problems while also increasing your average tic...

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June 20, 2025 โ€ข 26 mins

โœ๏ธ Join Detailers Growth Academy: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-academy/

It's fun and great for social media to talk about how much we charged for a detail or how much revenue we generated in a single month. But none of those numbers mean anything if you don't have profit baked into them.ย 

In this episode, I talk about why revenue is a number used for social media but profit is what actually g...

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So many detailers think growing their business comes down to one thing. If they just got better tools, if they just got a shop, if they just run ads, etc..

The reality is, there's no one thing that grows your business. And this is especially true when it comes down to marketing your business and generating leads.

In this episode, I ...

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You should not use discounting your services as a primary method of getting customers. However, when done right, based on knowing your numbers, you can use it to your advantage to win more jobs.

In this episode, I breakdown why most detailers shouldn't use discounts, how to use them by knowing your numbers, and ...

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Every detailer wants to generate more leads in their business so they can book more customers. But the thing is, as important as generating leads is, it's still not the most important part of it.ย 

You can generate 300 leads in a month and still have an empty schedule. In this episode, I breakdown why it's crucial to track your...

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What's the most profitable service you can offer in your detailing business? Some thing it's paint protection film while others think it's paint correction and ceramic coatings.ย 

In this episode, I breakdown how to choose the most profitable...

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If you have another van running for your business, then you can book in more customers and make more money.ย 

At least that's the common thought when it comes to growing your business. Adding a second or third mobile unit can grow your business, but it can also silently hurt your business if you're not ...

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โšก๏ธSoftware we use to run our detailing business (free 14-day trial plus get a special discount): https://go.getjobber.com/detailgroove

If I gave you $100,000 to start your detailing business, what would you do? You'd probably have a lot of ideas you'd want to implement.ย 

But the problem is, when you think you have more than enough money to do what you want, you start to make a lot of purchases that you simply don't nee...

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๐Ÿ“ฒ Want me to market your business? Book a call here: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-service/

๐Ÿ’ป Learn how to rank your website on the first page of Google: https://detailgroove.co/enroll-sfd/

There's a lot of things you need to do to grow your business. You need to have the skills, tools, products, and of course, customers. But does that mean you need to spend $35,000 on a mobile rig setup to be successful?ย 

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๐Ÿ“ฒ Want me to market your business? Book a call here: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-service/

๐Ÿ’ป Learn how to rank your website on the first page of Google: https://detailgroove.co/enroll-sfd/

We all want to go out in the field and detail as many cars as we can. It makes us feel productive and gets us closer to hitting our goals.

However, do you really know what your true goals are? Do you know how many h...

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๐Ÿ“ฒ Want me to market your business? Book a call here: https://detailgroove.co/detailers-growth-service/

๐Ÿ’ป Learn how to rank your website on the first page of Google: https://detailgroove.co/enroll-sfd/

We all want to grow as fast as we can because we want to leave our day job or simple grow our business to the next level. But when we focus so much on growth, we lose sight of everything else that's going on in our busi...

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When's the right time to hire someone in your business or raise your prices? It has nothing to do with how many cars you have booked on your schedule yet many detailers use this as a metric to hire someone. Unfortunately, it's a very ineffective method that can really impact your business.ย 

In this episod...

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Every detailer wants to grow their business to make more money, but how do you do it in a sustainable way for the next three to seven to ten years?ย 

In this episode, I share what I did to grow my business for the last ten years and what I'm doing now to set myself up for success for the next ten years.ย 

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