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As many families in the United States prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, we thought it would be a good time to reflect on what we're thankful for: You.
The ongoing support of proud car wash industry professionals like you helps us accomplish a great deal; from working to improve the industry with research, to hosting the world's best car wash industry events, to creating programs like WaterSavers and Wash Count.
Remember to renew your membership (or sign up for your membership!) if you haven't already done so.
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Industry News
PR Newswire With its November 17th acquisition of Auto Spa Express in Aurora, Colorado, Mister Car Wash is now thrilled to be doing business in 19 states with 160 car wash locations in all. Mister Car Wash's latest acquisition is a double tunnel, exterior only car wash situated in Southland, the largest outdoor mall in the US. With two tunnels to handle heavy volume plus detail services, it is expected to be one of Mister Car Wash's highest volume locations.
Visit http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mister-car-wash-enters-colorado-300181400.html to view the full article online.
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The Progress-Index Flagstop collected money from opening until closing at all eight locations for the Disabled American Veterans on Veterans Day. In order to encourage more donations, free washes were given to anyone who donated money to DAV. By the end of the event, Flagstop had given away over 1200 free washes between military and donating customers, and raised a grand total $1,818. All the proceeds went directly to DAV.
Visit http://www.progress-index.com/article/20151119/NEWS/151119707 to view the full article online.
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Marketing
Business.com One of the things a lot of marketers and startup founders say is there are two levels of analytics: not enough monitoring, or too much monitoring. Analytics should be something that informs you strategy. And your strategy is what you should be putting your work into. If you are spending too much effort on analytics, you are doing it wrong. Here are five platforms to choose from for more intensive, thorough and productive social media analytics.
Visit http://www.business.com/social-media-marketing/5-tools-for-the-most-productive-social-media-analytics-monitoring-ever/ to view the full article online.
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Advance Leadership In order to scale a business, it must have processes and procedures in place. Without them, all they do is add more work and responsibility to their shoulders without a method for taking that weight off. A small business owner has to rely on processes to carry the weight for them. This, in a nutshell, is the biggest difference between a big business and a small business. The quicker that a small business can adopt a system, the quicker it can grow.
Visit http://www.bishopcoaching.com/advance/2015/11/08/the-biggest-enabler-to-small-business-growth-is/ to view the full article online.
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