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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
    I think this is an absolutely GREAT idea! I, for one, have bought one of these cards before, and have typically forgot about it - making sure the business in question (auto repair) didn't lose any money.

    Want to take it up a notch?

    Get an agreement with a local school - high school. Get in good with the principal - I have one that I am VERY good with the leadership in. Go in, and get them to sell this card for $25 each - and then, for everyone they sell, give $15 to the school, and keep $10.

    Want to make it even more fun? Give a price to the top seller - say - like an Ipad 2. It may cost $500 (really, not sure of the costs) but, if you have a high school with 1,000 teenagers in it, and get 30% really fired up about selling it - and they each sell an average of 5 each (some will sell more, some will sell less) - that's 1500 sales - with $15,000 going into YOUR pocket, and $22,500 to the school! Wowee (as Don Alm - Midasman09) would say!)

    I got 2 hopping high schools - one in the "poor" area, and one in the nicer area - that I think would be GREAT at this!

    You just paid off my wife's student loans!

    Jeremy
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  • Profile picture of the author marketingrep4u
    Originally Posted by MartinBuckley View Post

    This is a great money making idea i have done a few times over the past few years and it works really well, as it's a win, win for all parties involved and everyone makes money.

    WHAT IS IT ?

    A double sided discount card 4x5 in size that offers free and discounted automobile services, such as a free oil change, a free battery charge, 50% off an inspection and so on.

    (see a real sample of an auto discount card i sold below)

    HOW IT WORKS ?

    Contact in person a local neighborhood auto repair service station and offer the owner to help them increase their business at no cost to them. Get the service station owner to agree to honor 20 specific free or discounted services. You only need one auto repair service station to agree to work with you and your in business.

    WHY IT WORKS ?

    In order for the consumers to take advantage of all the free or discounted services, they have to visit the service station many times and this gives the service the ability to build a relationship with the consumers and keep a good percentage of them as life long customers even after they have used up all of the free or discounted services on their auto discount card.

    HOW TO MAKE THEM ?

    Using a computer with a basic desktop publishing program such as Print Shop, just copy the design of the example auto discount card shown above or create your own design and then using color card stock print the auto discount cards 4 to a page, then cut them out using a paper cutter. If you don't want to design and print out your own auto discount cards just make a mock-up design of how you want your discount to look or use the example shown above and take it to a local printer and have them design it, print it and cut them out for you.

    HOW TO SELL THEM ?

    There are a number of ways to sell the auto discount cards. Here are 2 suggested ways to sell them.

    OPTION 1:

    Sell them door to door yourself or hire sales people on a commission basis. Here is an example script to use:

    How are you today? I'm (your name) from (service station name your working with) Do you or a member of your family own a vehicle? (this question will almost guarantee the desired yes answer) Great! (hand them the auto discount card to look at) As you can see there is a free (pick any free service and explain it) all together there are 20 free or discounted vehicle services a total of ( figure out the total amount of savings the auto discount card your selling has and tell the customer this amount) , but today If your interested I can sell it to you for just $10. Would you like to buy one now?

    OPTION 2:

    Work with a nonprofit organization, church, youth group, etc. that needs to raise funds. Offer to let them sell the auto discount cards at say $10 to consumers and for each auto discount card they sell they get to keep $5. You will need to up a contract outlining all of the details of your agreement. This protects both you and the group your working with should any misunderstanding occur.

    PROFIT POTENTIAL:

    500 auto discount cards sold at $10 each by yourself grosses $5,000 less estimated expenses of $200 for printing and gas, etc. leaves a net profit of $4,800.

    500 auto discount cards sold sold at $10 by a sales person or group grosses $5,000 less 50% or $2,500 is paid to the sales person or group, plus minus $200 for printing leaves a net profit of $2,300 for you.

    Good Luck!

    Martin
    Will auto repair service stations REALLY offer to do these services for FREE for that many people?

    If a repair shop has a $10 cost in every oil change for 500 people, that's a whooping $5,000 in cost that they'll have to incur. In their minds, $5,000 could get them radio spots, tv ads, newspaper ads w/coupons, etc because their minds are already geared toward that type of advertising.

    AND, you want them to agree to up to 20 different services, right? If so, that's a BIG commitment for an auto repair shop to make.

    I like your idea, but I'm a little hard pressed to think that an auto repair shop would be willing to put out that kind of money, even though you tell them that what you do will cost them nothing.

    All it takes is one savvy auto repair shop to run the numbers and turn you down. Better yet, an excited repair shop starts to like the traffic UNTIL he realizes the amount of money he's giving away on an oil change or whatever.

    I'm not knocking the idea. I think it's a great idea. So if I've misunderstood you, please say so.

    Enlighten me...

    Rich
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
      Originally Posted by marketingrep4u View Post

      Will auto repair service stations REALLY offer to do these services for FREE for that many people?

      If a repair shop has a $10 cost in every oil change for 500 people, that's a whooping $5,000 in cost that they'll have to incur. In their minds, $5,000 could get them radio spots, tv ads, newspaper ads w/coupons, etc because their minds are already geared toward that type of advertising.

      AND, you want them to agree to up to 20 different services, right? If so, that's a BIG commitment for an auto repair shop to make.

      I like your idea, but I'm a little hard pressed to think that an auto repair shop would be willing to put out that kind of money, even though you tell them that what you do will cost them nothing.

      All it takes is one savvy auto repair shop to run the numbers and turn you down. Better yet, an excited repair shop starts to like the traffic UNTIL he realizes the amount of money he's giving away on an oil change or whatever.

      I'm not knocking the idea. I think it's a great idea. So if I've misunderstood you, please say so.

      Enlighten me...

      Rich
      Well,

      Here's a few thoughts.

      First of all, not everyone of those cards get redeemed. In fact, I'd say less than half - probably WAY less - get redeemed. The sale is up to the ability of the sales person, not so much for the benefit.

      Secondly - most good auto repair owners would probably love this - because, seriously - what was the last time you went to a good, auto repair place and NOT hear that you had to have new (brakes, tires, struts, motor mounts, etc.) My truck - has 382,000 miles, and I just an oil change this past week. Now, this place knows me, and it's a big chain, so, their fancy computer system probably tells them I won't buy anyway, but, the first time I took my truck there, they came back with an recommended $3,600 worth of repairs. Now - there is NO WAY I'd do that on my truck, as much as I love it, I just kept driving it, and 10,000+ miles later, I probably still "need" those repairs.

      Thirdly - providing free services promote good will.

      How does Frank Kern say it? (I don't use that kind of language, so, I'll tone it down a bit.)

      1. Give away something cool.
      2. Sell them something cool.
      3. Get them excited so they can buy something cooler.

      Jeremy
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      • Profile picture of the author Vikuna2009+
        Doesn't HAVE to be ONE auto repair place, honoring xxx amount of cards, right? Could be 3-4 shops, all "auto-related" giving non-competing GREAT discounts. Like,

        an auto repair shop does not specialize in tires, a tire store does.

        Auto repair shops does not to auto body work.

        An auto detailing guy does not do repairs, etc.

        Just a thought....
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        • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
          Vikuna2009,

          Well what you can do is create a Auto $aver Card and work with an auto repair shop, tire shop, car wash, car stereo shop, gas station, etc and place discount offers for all of them on one card and sell it door to door and as a fundraiser.

          This is a great idea and money maker.

          All the best,

          Martin
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          • Profile picture of the author RRG
            Originally Posted by MartinBuckley View Post

            Vikuna2009,

            Well what you can do is create a Auto Card and work with an auto repair shop, tire shop, car wash, car stereo shop, gas station, etc and place discount offers for all of them on one card and sell it door to door and as a fundraiser.

            This is a great idea and money maker.

            All the best,

            Martin
            Door-to-door? Seriously?

            Someone comes to my door--and I don't know who they are or I'm not expecting anyone--I don't open the door.

            Are people really selling stuff like this door-to-door in 2011? If it were, 1971, sure.

            If this is really happening, what are some typical numbers/conversion.

            Time
            Doors knocked
            Doors answered
            Sales made
            $ per hour
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            • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
              RRG,

              Yes, Seriously!

              door-to-door sales, street sales and fundraisers are still being done everyday in my area and people are making good money still the old fashion way as there is still money to be made off the internet.

              I have sales reps who work for me part-time that each sell my pizza discount cards door-to-door and on the street for $10 each and earn $50 to $100+ a day in commissions.

              Thanks,

              Martin
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              • Profile picture of the author RRG
                Originally Posted by MartinBuckley View Post

                RRG,

                Yes, Seriously!

                door-to-door sales, street sales and fundraisers are still being done everyday in my area and people are making good money still the old fashion way as there is still money to be made off the internet.

                I have sales reps who work for me part-time that each sell my pizza discount cards door-to-door and on the street for $10 each and earn $50 to $100+ a day in commissions.

                Thanks,

                Martin
                How do you handle sales reps? Do you sell the cards at a wholesale price and then they can sell them for whatever they want?
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                • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
                  RRG,

                  I have all my sales reps sign an agreement and i verify their phone number and address, before i give them any pizza cards to sell.

                  I make my sales reps build trust with me by only giving new reps say 10 pizza cards a day for their first week and increase the number of cards i give them by the week and based on how well and fast they are selling them.

                  I offer my new reps $5 or 50% per pizza card they sell at $10 for their first month and then once i know i can trust them to sell the pizza cards and pay me i usally increase their commission to $6 or $7 per pizza card sold.

                  I do have a few reps that have worked with me for awhile on different projects, so i offer them a wholesale price of just $2 per pizza card, but they have to buy min. 20 pizza cards at a time and pay me up front.

                  Now, keep in mind sales reps are only 1 of 8 ways i sell my pizza discount cards, so my profits per card will vary on how i am selling them, but no matter which way i sell them i make a nice profit.

                  I hope this answers you question.

                  Thanks,

                  Martin
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        • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
          Vikuna2009,

          You make a very good point that you can have other auto related businesses on a auto discount card, such as a car wash, tire shop, detailing, auto glass shop, etc. and doing so with make the discount card more valuable as it serves more needs for the car owner.

          All the best,

          Martin
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      • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
        Jeremy James,

        Thanks for your great input and help and you hit the nail on the head to why an auto repair shop will love to offer free services on a auto discount card, because they will make up for the cost of the free services from what they make from things they find that need to be fixed.

        All the best,

        Martin
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      Rich,

      I hope that I, Jeremy and others who have posted here have answerd your questions and helped you with your conserns and that you now have a better understanding of how and why the auto discount cards works and how they can be very profitable to both the auto repair shop and the person selling the discount cards.

      All the best,

      Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author rolltide
    Martin,
    Have you actually implemented this? If so, what were your personal results?
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      rolltide,

      Yes, every idea i post for free or sell in my signature here on the warrior forum is one i have actually implemented and all the numbers i share are from what i have personally earned from it myself. I share my ideas here to give back and help others as they have done for me in the past.

      To your success,

      Martin
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      • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
        I have emailed the leadership of a local school - and this leadership "owes" me a favor for something I did for them in my J-O-B. I just have to remind them that they do, in fact, owe me.

        If they approve it, we can go from there.

        I literally could make a TON of money in a week's time, as well as teaching students how to sell!

        Jeremy
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        • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
          Jeremy James,

          That's great!

          I wish you much success and please keep me posted on how things work out.

          Good Luck,

          Martin
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        • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
          Jeremy James,

          I was just woundering if you had any update you can share with us here?

          Thanks,

          Martin
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          • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
            I emailed the school principal for the 2 local large high schools the Friday before school started, and haven't heard back.

            I may try to call to see if I can schedule an appointment with them. One school - I did some major phone work for him and 2 of his Vice Principals - would love to get it going.

            My friend's auto shop opens this Monday - would be a perfect fit.
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            • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
              Jeremy,

              By chance is one of the principles a women?

              If so and you want to get an appointment in no time, send her some flowers with a note asking her for a few minutes of her time to talk with her about helping her school get needed supplies, etc. at no cost to her or the school.

              If you use this method you will be sure to get an apointment with open arms.

              Now, you can do the same sort of thing if the principle is a man, but you will have to send something like a varity of nice candies.

              I hope this helps,

              Good luck,

              Martin
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              • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
                Originally Posted by MartinBuckley View Post

                Jeremy,

                By chance is one of the principles a women?

                If so and you want to get an appointment in no time, send her some flowers with a note asking her for a few minutes of her time to talk with her about helping her school get needed supplies, etc. at no cost to her or the school.

                If you use this method you will be sure to get an apointment with open arms.

                Now, you can do the same sort of thing if the principle is a man, but you will have to send something like a varity of nice candies.

                I hope this helps,

                Good luck,

                Martin
                Yeah, both are men - and one I know - just a little bit.

                I don't want to come across as a "freak," so, how could I send something to him - to get his attention, kind of "on the cheap?"

                Jeremy
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                • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
                  Jeremy James,

                  send him a nice coffee cup with some coco, coffee or candies inside with a note like i mentioned above.

                  This is a a gift that is cheap and won't make you come accross as a freak...lol

                  Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Virtue
    Hi Martin,

    Great post, thanks for sharing it with us.

    Since it would be pretty easy for someone to make copies to take advantage of the shop owner, do you do anything to the cards that's between you and the owner, so they can verify it's a real card and not a "counterfeit"? I came up with stamping (unique stamp that would be hard to get a hold of) each card with invisible ink (shop can just hold them under a small black light to check) as most people who are thinking about duplicating it would not know the stamp is on there, but not sure if that would work as the ink may wear off, or deactivate.

    Have a great day,
    Chris
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    • Profile picture of the author Ashleydupray
      Great Idea another thing you could do with the card is.... Use it like Level up does on a card. For say any of the advertisers if they don't want to give away free. They could put say 3 coupons of their own on the card and have the first one for 10% off a specific service, next time they get that service they get 20% off third time 30 or $40 off. Now this brings them back over and over to SAME place. Plus like said above I'm sure the service place may find "extra repairs". Just an added idea to the program. Great job to all that have done and will do this. The service place could either stamp or punch out every time card is used. Ashley
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      • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
        Ashleydupray,

        Thanks for the great ideas and tips.

        Martin
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      Chris Virtue,

      I havn't had any issues with people trying to duplicate my pizza discount cards.

      My pizza discount cards are printed on high quality 16 pt. card stock, full color, double sided and uv coated, so it's not like anyone could just use a home printed and make copies that easy.

      I keep things simple with my pizza discount cards and worry and fix issues as they arise, but like i said i have been doing pizza discount cards for over 3 years now and have yet to have any issues with counterfit cards.

      Thanks,

      Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
    That's a good idea. Now that we're 2 weeks in, now may be a good time to do that.

    Jeremy
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      Jeremy,

      I'm happy i was able to help.

      Now take action and do what ever you have to and get the ball rolling and make some money and as always i'm here to help if you need it.

      To your success,

      Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy James
    Martin,

    I have a question that you addressed previously, but, it's one that has come up, particularly in pre-screening my appointment with the school system.

    How do we 100% guarantee the car repair place WILL honor these agreements? Now, I KNOW they will, but, the question will come up: What if they don't honor it? Who will the holders of the card complain to? Who will be liable?

    Jeremy
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      Jeremy,

      You will have an contract/agreeemet signed with the auto repair place that they will honor the cards and if they don't they are 100% responsable for covering the cost of whatever the cards cost to get printed and any other costs that relate to you deal.

      The signed agreement is what 99% of the time makes it so you will have no issues with the repair shop backing out, as they know if you take them to court, they signed a agreement and they won't win.

      So, when asked how do we know that the auto repair shop will honor the cards, just say and show then the signed agreement/contract you have will them and tell them eveything is legally binding, so they have to honor the cards.

      I would suggest on the bottom of your card on the front or back in small text write something like:

      Complaints? (585) 000-0000

      or

      Questions? (585) 000-0000

      and this will give card holders a contact number to call you if they have a complaint or question.

      I hope this answers your question and helps,

      Good luck,

      Martin
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  • Profile picture of the author caloyski
    One of the best ideas i have ever read. Thanks Martin.
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      Thanks caloyski I'm happy you like my idea, know all you have to do is act on it and get out there and make some money with it.

      To your success,

      Martin

      Originally Posted by caloyski View Post

      One of the best ideas i have ever read. Thanks Martin.
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  • Profile picture of the author RaptorGabe
    again awesome stuff, for anybody who has NOT checked out Martins other posts def do that asap
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      RaptorGabe,

      Thanks for the plug and positive reply, i really enjoy helping others learn ways to make extra money.

      All the best,

      Martin

      Originally Posted by RaptorGabe View Post

      again awesome stuff, for anybody who has NOT checked out Martins other posts def do that asap
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  • Profile picture of the author jphilips
    Does anyone know of anyone who has scaled this up? I don't see why you couldn't make this into a business in a larger city and have reps out doing the foot work.
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    • Profile picture of the author MartinBuckley
      jphilips,

      Yes, you can scale the auto discount card idea up just like i did with my pizza discount card business and use sales reps, etc. (see signature below). There are many ways you could sell discount cards and twist the idea to make it better and more profitable.

      To your success,

      Martin

      Originally Posted by jphilips View Post

      Does anyone know of anyone who has scaled this up? I don't see why you couldn't make this into a business in a larger city and have reps out doing the foot work.
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