Stories Archive
Vehicle Technology Trends
February 13, 2023
6 minute Read
By Derek Kaufman
Future trends in vehicle technology and their impact on the car wash industry was the subject of a recent ICA webinar I...
Read MoreDoing Business on the Edge
February 9, 2023
4 minute Read
It was like being a fly on the wall, overhearing little-known secrets about achieving higher lifetime value with your customers and...
Read MoreWhat to Expect from the Labor Market: Recruiting, Wages and Legislation
February 8, 2023
4 minute Read
By Susan Palé, CCP
Inflation. Inflation. Inflation. We not only hear this word 15 times a day, we experience it every day – at the gas...
Read MoreSoapy Joe’s Dives Into Digital Collectibles
February 6, 2023
3 minute Read
By Nicole Nelson
Many car washes are toying with a number of platforms in digital marketing, but only one car wash to date is making its...
Read MoreThe Next Place for Digital Advertising
February 1, 2023
8 minute Read
By Nicole Nelson
Last spring, Sam Sousa made the decision to explore a marketing medium that was previously untapped at All American...
Read MoreThe Science of a Great Landing Page
January 30, 2023
7 minute Read
By Emily Madison
One of the fundamental challenges today is finding ways to convert your potential customers into actual high lifetime...
Read MoreHow Transparent Do You Need to Be?
January 25, 2023
8 minute Read
By Lindsey Quick
Costs are rising in nearly every sector and on nearly every kind of product and service available. Consumers are feeling...
Read MoreWant to Grow Your Car Wash? Google It.
January 23, 2023
8 minute Read
By Elsbeth W. Russell
Google is unarguably the leading search engine, with around 5.6 billion searches each day and a 92% market share....
Read MoreThe Power of Customer LTV and Retention
January 18, 2023
10 minute Read
By Tom Gresham
For years, customer lifetime value was almost a mythical concept, said Peter Fader, author of “Customer Centricity: Focus on...
Read MoreEvery Deal Is Different When Financing
January 16, 2023
6 minute Read
By Joan Tupponce
When Tom Hoffman Jr.’s parents were expanding their business rapidly in the late 1990s, they had to take out a mortgage on...
Read MoreLEAD Program Wins Award
January 11, 2023
2 minute Read
International Carwash Association’s LEAD Car Wash Manager training program has been honored with the Brandon Hall Group Bronze Award for...
Read MoreLessons From Netflix
January 9, 2023
9 minute Read
By Tom Gresham
Netflix has been in the headlines for the wrong kinds of reasons in 2022. The streaming service trailblazer announced in...
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