$1,200,000 From His Laptop?! (First Year)

Chad and Alex originally started their mobile car detailing business as a side hustle when they realized that the Corporate America route wasn’t going to bring fulfillment to their personal, professional, or financial goals. What they didn’t realize is that it would turn into a full-time gig that generates $96K per month in revenue.

And they both are car enthusiasts, so it made sense to dive into the world of auto detailing.

Originally though, their main focus was on car washing– which wasn’t really turning a profit in the first and second year. It wasn’t until they shifted into mobile detailing that their business really started bringing in monetary results.

In this episode, learn how to achieve good online reviews, the importance of advertising your business early on, ,and how they choose to hire and build relationships with their employees. They also provide strategies to prevent burnout as a business owner.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Start
00:53 - Overview of the business
01:55 - Choosing detailing services
02:36 - Project details
02:57 - Impact of pivoting
04:36 - Services offered and pricing details
05:36 - A unique location
06:22 - Balancing business and a 9-to-5 job
07:05 - Starting with the basics
07:55 - Advice on starting out
10:13 - Marketing
10:50 - Failed advertising
12:46 - Fan blitz
14:23 - Secrets to receiving perfect reviews
15:41 - Quality control
16:48 - Monthly overhead
18:13 - Reasons for starting paint restoration
18:55 - Importance of SOP implementation
20:39 - Advice on managing work and business
21:15 - Role of automation
22:52 - Revenue and margins
23:22 - Challenges in scaling
24:34 - Working with subcontractors
27:19 - Supplier relationships
28:20 - Navigating partnerships
28:58 - Biggest mistakes as a newbie
29:37 - Vision and long-term goals
30:29 - Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
31:23 - B2B vs B2C
33:03 - Social media strategy
34:59 - Leadership
36:04 - Avoiding common pitfalls
37:17 - Cashflow management
38:08 - Evolution of the business
40:05 - Book recommendation
41:03 - Advice to younger self
42:18 - Outro

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[jjpatton]

Brick by brick. I’ve never met anybody that works harder than Chad or Alex. They’re built different.

[fielddSoftware]

It's inspiring to see your incredible progress and success, and we're thrilled that you've chosen Fieldd as your CRM partner on this journey. Here's to reaching new heights, growing your business, and setting even bigger milestones with Fieldd! Keep up the fantastic work Alex and Chad!

[modern-mexican]

This is incredible. I ran my business out of the same warehouse rental space as them and had no idea. These guys give us hope that it'll all be worth it is you don't give up Great video!

[freshpow]

When asked about his expenses he said it’s $21K a month which includes marketing spend and product. I wish he talked about how much he pays his private contractors to do the work. They obviously have invested in a van, all the equipment, gas, and put in the time to do the work. I feel like this video is missing a big piece of the story as it doesn’t tell us what their profit margin is

[mssn]

i love this channel and the detail attention it provides

[Massivedrawer]

7:24 you can start with less than 1k for sure. 4k is overkill for a new detailing business by far.

[SaiquanCanty]

I'm a mobile detailer. I need to improve my marketing/advertising

[johndeleon]

Yea people it don't take no 4000. Thousand dollars to start a car cleaning business

[saulgoodman]

The dealership wanted to pay 50 cent a car? That's slave wage's.

[krahim]

what software stack do you use for sales and communication? who does your bookings? What marketing agency do you use? Thanks

[VictoriaNavarro]

Love your videos! But we keep getting the same hustles, what about business dominated by women like nail salons, hair salons, spas ? Would love to see someone do videos on those businesses

[cookingintheyard]

Awesome show -these guys seem to have it figured out.

[arnaudverpoucke]

You ask amazingly good questions. It is like as if you are in my head.

[NewAgentHQ]

Can you make one of these videos on the septic pumping business?

Septic trucks.

[joetv]

what's the app/ tool they use to automate the work?

[NiteOwlVibes]

Awesome video, here is some constructive criticism for a hot location: 1. Get way more b-roll on location, and move the interview portion to indoors location with AC. It is unacceptable to have your interviewee drenched in sweat. or 2. Film the interview in the cooler months.

[fat-burn-brew]

in terms of this business i still have a number of questions one being how do they deal with the volume of 300 customers do they hire a sales person to upsell and book them in via messangers or do they have some sort of ai setup to where they could book them in. in that case how do they deal with additional add-ons (Claybar etc) how much will the bot addon to the price and then how does that integrate in their CRM as a price point or does the bot send a link to book an appointment with the price discussed they book it in and it goes through to the CRM then automatically to the contractors calender etc those sort of questions also much cash do you pay to the contractors and is it per job or per hour per job I'm guessing because you said they weren't happy standing around all day waiting in things you would do differently

[johndeleon]

People wrong información don't believe this guy if you have to spend $15.000 thousand a month cleaning supply you must close your business down people people it doesn't not talke $15.000 thousand a month to buy cleaning supply

[Iconicdetailing]

I’m 3 years into my business making 40, 000 a year profit like how are they making that much .

[begracefulonline]

What about insurance requirements for this type of business