$10,000/Mo From Gas Stations!

Jay,
Did you carefully read Don's post? Did you take your time in first digesting what Mr. Alm was saying before posting this?

Don clearly emphasises the difficulty a gas station owner faces when attempting to do this on his own:

"Then...when they make a few calls...they run into the ol' savior of our society,
as we know it...The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) who DICTATES how we
can remove oil from your driveways.
Then...when Mr Gas Station owner finds out there are only ONE or 2 companies
in their city that are "authorized" to remove the ugly oil from their drives
and they charge a BUNDLE because they must collect every drop of water that is
used to clean the oil off the concrete or asphalt....the average gas station
owner says, "Forget it!"

If it was easy for the station owner to do this himself, there would be no biz opportunity. Just like the deck renewal business, there first has to be a clearly identifiable problem, and a clearly identifiable solution to that problem.

Don has clearly identified a problem, and has found solutions both in the deck renewal, and now this new business opportunity.

I'm getting a little sick and tired of people who immediately immediately seek to criticize a Don Alm posting. Lay off of him! You don't have to accept his ideas, or even agree with them, but give him the courtesy and respect which he deserves.

The man has been sharing great business ideas for a long time. Let's cut him some slack.

Don this part is for you if you're reading this. You get hot too quickly whenever someone makes a critical comment. It's not worth it, my brother. Rise above the pettiness. You're NOT adding to your reputation by ugly responding to individuals who obviously take pleasure in baiting you.

You may be tempted to go rip-roaring into Jay's post...don't.

You're a successful master marketer who has shown repeatedly how to make real money. You have NOTHING to prove to others who are unwilling to make any effort, except to constantly criticize.

God bless.
Brent Whinfield.

> If it's so easy and inexpensive, then why
> wouldn't the station owner just do it
> himself, or have an employee do it?

> Jay

There was not anything in my post which could be fairly characterized as criticism. Don said he located a "product" that was inexpensive, effective, and EPA approved. What was going through my mind was: why wouldn't the station owner get this product himself and save himself the expense of paying someone else. It's a reasonable question. Ok, the owner might not be aware of the product now. But if he did hire the services of someone, he most certainly would ask what that person was putting on his drive. Then if he is happy with the results he might just go to the source of the product himself.

Jay

Hi Jay,

> What was going through my mind
> was: why wouldn't the station owner get this
> product himself and save himself the expense
> of paying someone else. It's a reasonable
> question. Ok, the owner might not be aware
> of the product now. But if he did hire the
> services of someone, he most certainly would
> ask what that person was putting on his
> drive. Then if he is happy with the results
> he might just go to the source of the
> product himself.

I think the short answer could be, if he asks, you answer something like "trade secret" - or find some other way not to tell him. You can also always put the "stuff" in another bottle (take it out of the original bottle it came in).

You don't have any obligation as far as I know to reveal your business secrets.... Just like Coca Cola doesn't have to reveal its formula.

If the gas station owner doesn't like it, he doesn't have to hire you. However, he'll still hire you if you solve his problem for him for what he thinks is a reasonable fee....

- Dien Rice

An honest and reasonable question Jay. I was curious too, and we got decent replies except for Mr.Alm's self appointed caretaker and press secretary.
As always, Don has great ideas. Thanks for your inspiration Don. You have helped me propser quite a bit since I started coming to this excellent forum in february.

Hi Folks:

The cement cleaning business is very good these days. Don is right in that there is good money in this service, however, there is more to this than meets the eye.

As some of you know, I own a cleaning business that I run with a 4 man crew. Although I have done maybe a dozen of these types of jobs in my cleaning career, I have some friends that steam-clean quite a few auto station bays and large machine shops. The chemicals required are simple enough and can be found at most janitorial houses or on the internet if you type in "degreasers". However, you need more than just a push broom to clean these very greasy auto shops.

At minimum you will need a high pressure hot-water power-washer and shop vac or an automatic scrubber. De-greasers are sprayed on the floor, scrubbed with a brush and then rinsed off. On the other hand some operators use a steam cleaner with a cement floor cleaning attachment which is a significant investment. Serious operators use this type of equipment to clean cement floors along with sidewalks that may have stains or gum or grease.

My friends use a steam cleaner that heats the water up very hot to 220 degrees plus, which literally steams the oil out and cleans the grease off.

Many auto stations are applying epoxy to coat the bare cement floor. Then a simple mop can wipe up the mess at the end of the day, leaving no stains. This is a profitable service niche for some cleaning companies because the cleaning and epoxy application can be done at the same time.


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hi jay

i don't know if you ever run a business your own -

but it is always a different thing to know what to do than to do it - especially when you run a business and have so many things to care for

example:

everybody spending some time on the net knows what you have to do to be successful (at least when you read some ebooks)- so take copywriting and testing as an example - we know that this is one of the major successfactors - if not the success factor -
write a copy test and improve it until you have the winner - but how many are doing this?

so if you offer a solution on a fair price - you will get your buyers - and you will get more buyers if you do the work for your clients than teaching them how to do it!

cu

johannes

ps - you can't do everything yourself