Clean Car Collective

This episode is a collaboration between ZirconiteUK and Automate the exciting new marketing and booking system for detailers and valeters. Will talks tech and detailing from an entirely new perspective and share his insights from conceptualising a consumer offering to taking over 1000 car care bookings a month.  Automate is now a fully fledged system that ZirconiteUK fully endorses for its detailer network. If you are struggling to market your customers or build a database, get bookings or want some tactics on how to build a sustainable detailing business, this episode will give you some real value and is the start of forth collaborations between Automate and ZirconiteUK. Automate is available on a 3 month free trial from http://getautomate.io contact them today and tell them you heard it here on the Clean Car Collective podcast. If you are an Automate user, you can benefit from a special discount with ZirconiteUK by contacting sales@zirconite.co.uk quoting this podcast and your wish to sign up for 20% discount and 1 years free trade club membership.  ZirconiteUK offer premium car care products and detailing supplies.

Dropping the winner live on Instagram, TikTok and recording a podcast at the same time?  What could possibly go wrong?

Bit of chat and banter from our time in the detailing bay

Tasha traveled down all the way from Elgin, Scotland to spend the day with ZirconiteUK and take a visit to Caffeine and Machine. In this episode we find out how Tasha has gone from a new start business to a fully fledged detailing studio in just 13 months.

Tony brings the cake, banter and the laughs along the way whilst delivering highly professional results for his customers. After a long military service, find out how this veteran made the transition to civilian business life and success.

About The Movement [M]ENable is a “movement” which aims to raise awareness and create proactive steps across the Automotive Sector to tackle the issue of Mental Health. We began originally for men, by men – but this issue is by no means exclusive. Working in collaboration with a number of coaches and consultants, we will also collaborate with organisations who are providing counselling and therapy services. Detailers tend to work alone and under immense pressures - Chris speaks with Stephen and commit to being [M]enable Ambassador for the detailing industry

TH Detailing spent some time at ZirconiteUK HQ shooting promo video and talking to us about their journey into a unit and the importance of taking time out of the business to evaluate and review strategy and goals.

We were fortunate to get Scott and Zoey in today for an open and honest discussion about how King Vehicle Damage Repair used social media and marketing to boost their business to extreme levels in such a short space of time.  Youtube and Instagram have been influential but with their Youtube channel hitting over 30k views and 3k subscribers within just a few months, we wanted to understand the immediate success.

Club Objectives  The “Bears”, as we are affectionately known, are a dedicated group of classic car and sports car enthusiasts with the primary aim – to raise money for children’s charities through our own social, dream rides and touring events, and to support other charitable events. It is to the club’s credit that annual subscriptions support the club overheads thus allowing all monies raised from Dream Rides and other events to be directed towards the selected charities.  Since the Club was formed in 1989 we have been very active and have raised over £2,500,000 for children’s charities in the UK. Who can join?   Although the club is open to the owners of all classic saloons and sportscars, as well as modern sports cars and kit cars of a sporting nature, we also have a number of members who do not own such cars but they enjoy helping the Bears to fund raise by assisting at shows and other functions. So – if you are interested in helping worthwhile causes then why not join us, whatever car you have. Are there regional groups?  Yes. The Sporting Bears initial base was formed with members loosely based in the Cambridge/Midlands areas. However the club now has eight regional groups around the country The Midlands Northamptonshire and surrounding counties (Shire Bears) The North West The North East Southern England (Koalas) South West England (Surfing Bears)  Northern England & Scotland (Polar Bears) Isle of Wight Each of these groups organises its own events in their local area. Club  nights are also a regular feature, usually for a noggin and natter. Each  member receives “The Bear Facts” which is the club’s quarterly magazine  containing items relating to interesting cars, stories about events that have  taken place, and other motoring highlights. What does the club offer its members? A number of special events each year ranging from the much publicised  appearance at the Classic & Sports Car Show where the Sporting Bears  “Dream Rides” attract so much attention and raise significant funds to the  more discrete “tours” around the country often with a place of special  interest as a focal point, and the attendance at car shows. Perhaps the most significant benefit the club offers is the knowledge that through the efforts of its members, the club helps charities in the most tangible way – through donating funds to such worthy causes.

Stuart Colley talks about his first 8 months in business and the challenges on getting to grips with the maze of products in the detailing industry

Andy and Steve from ASL Valeting based near Abingdon in Oxfordshire spent the day with ZirconiteUK, shooting footage for a video promo and jumped on the DetailersCast to give us a few insights to their journey from mobile valeters to a full detailing studio set up.

In this episode we explore how Covid19 has brought more new starters to the detailing industry and why we shouldn't write them off or discourage new market entrants. Starting a detailing business?  You might want to take just a few pointers from this short 10 minute episode.

In this first episode we provide some insights into branding, 5 great tips for your business branding success and standing out from the detailing crowd. A brand is the sum total of the experiences of your customers and potential customers have with your business. A successful business brand communicates what your company does, how it does it, and at the same time, establishes trust and credibility. Your brand lives in everyday interactions with your customers, the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, and in your posts on social networks. Chris from ZirconiteUK provides some initial thoughts in this taster episode of Detailers Cast

Impromptu episode as Paul brings Folki the Husky to see us and collect some products.  Why not?

What is the Clean Car Collective and why are we launching this initiative? Find out what’s sparked our passion to create a brand new community