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		<title>Photographing Your Reconditioning Work:  5 Tips</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had customers tell me they chose my recon business solely because of the before and after photos on our website.  Our competitors talked for days about how great they were.  We SHOWED them.  And they called us. Uses for your photos. Website.  Have a &#8220;gallery&#8221; page where you showcase your work.  Sprinkle in some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reconditioner&#8217;s Guide to Craigslist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw an ad on Craigslist that shocked me. It was for a used Ferrari Enzo: $350,000. The dealership? The oldest Ferrari dealer in the country, Ron Tonkin&#8217;s Gran Turismo of Portland, OR. There was it was, freakin Enzo, advertised shoulder-to-shoulder with Kia Sephias and Ford Rangers. Did Gran Turismo get low balled?  Scammed?  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Reconditioning Trends Worth Following</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  PayPal&#8217;s &#8220;PayPal Here&#8221; card swiper:  perfect for the mobile tech. If taking a $500 check from a new customer makes you nervous, look into this new credit card swiper that attaches to your cell phone. It&#8217;s called PayPal&#8217;s &#8220;PayPal Here.&#8221; The software and card reader are free. There&#8217;s a few reasons it makes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So what do CAR DEALERS think of their VENDORS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late payments, no payments, haggling, and &#8220;miracle&#8221; requests.  Sound familiar?  These are the troubles we accept from car dealers in exchange for steady, predictable work.  But&#8230;what do they think of us?   What&#8217;s the other side of the story? A Florida car dealer talks about his vendors. Traci McMillan Beach is a freelance writer from Sarasota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ways to Prepare for the &#8220;Spring Rush&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready for &#8220;the rush?&#8221; In my first years I didn&#8217;t handle the yearly spike in business that came around April: I overbooked my schedule and made some sloppy mistakes. Equipment would break but we had no backup. We were understaffed and couldn’t get customers scheduled for 5-6 days out (customers called the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do your competitors charge? We found out.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your pricing competitive? This might be the toughest decision an auto detailer makes. Price yourself low and you&#8217;ll be busy&#8230;but will you make money? Set your prices high, and you&#8217;ll make a healthy profit on each car, but just how many cars will you service? We asked 47 detailers for quotes. Review responses in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data:  &quot;How much to detail my car?&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Notes: All 3 fields blank = shop did not respond. Several shops offered a price quote, but no time estimate. Data:]]></description>
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		<title>The dirty work of car detailing&#8230;water damage.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are great perks that come with running a detailing business.  You sometimes drive (well, maybe a few feet) the cars you daydreamed about in highschool:  Ferrari, Lamborghini, GT-R, etc.  Good fun.  But for every &#8220;cherry&#8221; project there&#8217;s just as many &#8220;dogs&#8221;:  flood damage, water leaks, mold, vomit, pet urine, fire damage, etc.  Your task [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s make a deal…or maybe not.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest trend sweeping the nation are daily deal sites such as Groupon, Dealfind and Living Social. The premise of these websites is to offer a daily “deal” at a heavily discounted price to a rabid fan base of subscribers for a price to local businesses. In essence, the site allows consumers to purchase “coupons” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Websites for Car Reconditioners:  Common Mistakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Websites are possibly the perfect marketing tool for reconditioners.  First,  you offer a niche service that their customers won&#8217;t necessarily ask a friend about for a referral.  Second, your job is VISUAL, and a website gives you opportunity to offer visual proof that you are, indeed, the expert you claim to be.  And finally, detailing [...]]]></description>
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