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Industry News
Source: AZ BIG Media
The Phoenix area is awash with a new breed of car washes as the industry is experiencing a transformational change from the traditional model to the value-oriented express car wash. With over 100 express locations throughout the metro area competition is becoming intense amongst operators to secure parcels and build new units.
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Source: The New York Times
A trip to a carwash might seem like a water-wasting extravagance. But it’s better than the driveway alternative. The most efficient way to wash your car “is definitely taking it to a carwash,” said Dean Minchillo, a water conservation program manager for Tarrant Regional Water District in North Texas. “Although most folks don’t think that way."
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Wash, rinse, dry, repeat. The car-wash membership model—unlimited monthly washes for a flat fee—has been growing in popularity among convenience-store retailers who have reached a certain level of expertise in the category.
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We love cars from the '90s. For us, they're the link between the raw, analogue cars from the past and modern, digitized autos we have today. They're of the right age now to be called modern classics, but still feel modern enough for the daily drive.
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Leadership
Source: SmartBrief
If you’re a leader in any capacity and have people working under you – whether just two or 200 – take another look at your feedback channels. Why? Because getting feedback right will lift us up and open new doors. If we work together to fix feedback, we can collectively capture those meaningful connections that will improve our relationships, our work and ourselves.
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Source: Three Star Leadership
People who are great at something weren’t always great. Every one of them had to learn their craft. They all journeyed from novice to expert to greatness. People who become great use a conscious process of improvement to get there. They don’t leave improvement to chance. They track their progress, either by keeping records or journaling or both.
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Marketing
Source: MTA Martech Advisor
Still wondering how to market on social media the right way? Kudos! You’ve come to the right place. Let’s jump right in and explore some genius marketing tips for Instagram and Pinterest, aka. visual social media platforms, to increase your traffic in 2019.
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Source: Entrepreneur.com
When starting a business, you’ll get all kinds of “helpful” advice. But, if it doesn’t feel right to you, you have to trust vision and conviction enough to go your own way. Sometimes, even advice from trusted sources is not good advice.
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A car wash in Germantown has the community talking, and it’s not just because they will give you a nice new shine. The Perfection Car Wash on the corner of Wolf River Boulevard and Germantown Parkway offers an opportunity to people having a hard time finding a job due to their disabilities.
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In April 2014, Jordan Poorman met Alyssa DeRosa in Bay 2 at the Foam & Wash Car Wash off Route 9 in Wappinger Falls. On June 29, Jordan got down on one knee and asked the love of his life, Alyssa, to marry him at Foam & Wash Car Wash.
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