After another failed run at the e-commerce world via paid ads, I’ve already moved into my next venture with my brother, Cael. Cael and I have always talked about starting a car detailing business but never took action on it, primarily because of our busy schedules.
There are a plethora of reasons why my first business this year in the e-commerce world didn’t work out, and that’s for a different post.
Well, one night about 2 weeks ago I was laying in bed unable to sleep, which was when I decided to push my brother and me over the cliff into my second business of the year – car detailing. I set up a domain name, email accounts, business phone numbers, online marketing, and SEO materials, all within a few hours, spending only $20 on the domain name.
Then, a short 2 weeks had passed and we were ranking on Google after some late nights of SEO work. At the end of the two weeks, we had 3 leads come in via phone, one of which we closed immediately with another one on deck for next week.
We turned $20 into $140 with some sweat equity and hard work, both him and I. He did a great first car detail with the client saying he would be recommending his friends to us and that he loved the way his car looked.
I’m currently looking into more avenues for advertising while Cael looks into more efficient tools that he can use to make detailing more efficient.
I’ll tell you what – this business is already more fun than the nearly $5k I lost on my last business 🙂