CAR WASH Podcasts

In this episode, we discussed the Car Wash Show Europe with Robert Andre. Andre is the Senior Vice President of Innovation at Sonny's The Car Wash Factory. The Car Wash Show Europe 2023 is in Amsterdam, on September 21 & 22. This is the first of several interviews we will air with exhibitors previewing the exciting things that will be on display at the September show.

So you are thinking of selling your wash?  In this episode, we bring you a panel that could not be more informative on the subject. In 2022 Zips Car Wash bought Jet Brite with the assistance of Amplify Car Wash Advisors. Dave Dalesandro the former owner of Jet Brite, David Miller of Zips, and Jeff Pavone of Amplify join us to talk about the process, decision-making, and experience of selling and b...

Dan Gingiss is a customer experience expert, who believes that a remarkable customer experience can be your best marketing. Gingiss argues that in car washing the wash itself isn't that different from location to location. "People want to drive away with a clean car that isn't scratched". That makes the product difficult to compete on, so the area where one needs to stand out is...

Sarita Maybin is a keynote and inspirational speaker. Maybin shows her audiences how to transform uncomfortable conversations into constructive communication. With real stories, real solutions and a relatable presence, she breaks down barriers to reveal how to work together better. In this episode Mayin shares with us tips on language to use in conflict, how she decides to confront an issue, and h...

Jason and Claire Cunningham are the husband and wife team behind Big Splash Car Wash and Spotless Wash Solutions. They are, as many in the car wash space, scrappy entrepreneurs. What sets them apart, and why we are telling you their story,  is a step further than that. They approach car washing with innovative technology. Technology that they have both adopted from other industries and invented th...

Sterling Hawkins is an author, investor and entrepreneur, and most importantly the founder of the #NoMatterWhat movement. In short, Hawkins shows people how to achieve the results they want regardless of the circumstances. In this episode Sterling tells us his story of going from a multi-billion dollar startup to collapse and coming back to launch, invest and grow over 50 companies, and the lesson...

Alex Chausovsky is the Vice President of Analytics and Consulting at the Miller Resource Group. He is a highly experienced market researcher and analyst with more than twenty years of expertise across subjects including economics, industrial manufacturing, automation, and advanced technology trends. In this episode, Alex provides some big-picture analysis of the state of the economy, job market, a...

We are taking a break from your education and improvement this episode. This one is more about honoring two people who are by all accounts, already excellent car washers and amazing people…. But we bet it rubs off on you. At the Car Wash Show 2023 in Las Vegas, Manuel “Manny” Lozano of Lozano Car Wash and Frank Dorsa of Classic Car Wash were both honored as the newest inductees into the Car Wash H...

CEO and co-founder Austin Esecson joins us to go Behind the Brand at Rinsed. This episode of our show was recorded at the Car Wash Magazine Live Studio at the Car Wash Show ™  2023 in Las Vegas.

President Kipp Kofsky and Business Development Director Mike Gordon join us to go Behind the Brand at Arcadian Services. This episode of our show was recorded at the Car Wash Magazine Live Studio at the Car Wash Show ™  2023 in Las Vegas.

Mike Yamin joins us to go Behind the Brand at Gallop Brush Co. This episode of our show was recorded at the Car Wash Magazine Live Studio at the Car Wash Show ™ 2023 in Las Vegas.

We bring you an episode from the final day of The Car Wash Show 2023 in Las Vegas. ICA President Justin Alford and CEO Eric Wulf chat about the state of the car wash industry. They recap the show and talk about what they think is coming up in the future. This episode is the first show from The Car Wash Show this year and will be followed by three episodes featuring our ICA Champions beginning tomo...

Kim Vinciguerra, ICA's Chief Experience Officer stopped by to chat about The Car Wash Show 2023 in Las Vegas. The show is coming up next week May 8-10. Kim told us about some of the new aspects of the show including late-night events to help network, more vendors on the trade show floor than ever before, revamped education opportunities, and two new awards. She also told us what we can expect...

The labor market is changing and there's a new generation that we're trying to employ and retain and attract in our businesses. And on the flip side, we're trying to find ways to make really strong connections with our teams and customers. Smiley Poswolsky is here to discuss that on this week's episode. Smiley is a speaker at the upcoming Car Wash Show in Las Vegas May 8-10.  Smile...

This week we had a great conversation with Shep Hyken, one of our excellent speakers at the show coming up May 8-10 in Las Vegas.   Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert and the Chief Amazement Officer of Shepard Presentations. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and has been inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame for lifetime ac...

This episode comes from a great conversation with Kacy Erdelyi of Spark Car Wash and Nick Rodia of Sgt. Clean on our most recent CAR WASH Magazine Live panel.  Every month we speak with experts in the industry on a topic and share it with you. This month we discussed retention and online conversions. New customers are great, but how do we keep the ones we’ve got? And can we convert potential...

This week's episode is an industry update on the new patent that OmniX Labs have secured for their real time analysis of security video footage.  Anoop Kanthan, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of OmniX Labs, talks us through the decision to get a patent, exactly how their product works, and his predictions for the AI landscape moving forward.  

This is part two of our series on Gleam Car Wash in Denver. If you have not listened to part one we recommend you start there! In part two we hear again from owner and operator Emilie Barrata alongside the voices of other employees at Gleam and their philanthropic partners. This episode focuses on Gleam as a wash and its culture. We get a look into their inclusive hiring program, dedication to the...

After a brief planning break CAR WASH The Podcast is officially back! for the first installment of season 3 we are bringing you a two-part series on Gleam Car Wash in Denver Colorado. In this first episode, we are telling you the story of Emilie Barrata who owns and operates Gleam. She tells us about her journey into car washing, the lessons she has learned from starting a car wash from scratch, a...

Season 3 is upon us! We are excited to announce that we are back with new episodes next week, Thursday, February 23rd. Season three begins with a two-part episode about Gleam Car Wash in Denver. We can't wait for you to hear it. 

This is part two of a conversation with Jeff Pavone, partner at Amplify Car Wash Advisors. Jeff is back on the podcast to fill us in on the merger and acquisition landscape in the car wash industry with trends, predictions, data, and expert insight into the current (and future) market. 

This week’s episode was so jam-packed with insight, we needed two weeks to share it with you. This is part one of a conversation with Jeff Pavone, partner at Amplify Car Wash Advisors. Jeff is back on the podcast to fill us in on the merger and acquisition landscape in the car wash industry with trends, predictions, data, and expert insight into the current (and future) market. 

AMP Car Wash Membership Platform Co-founders Dennis Dreeszen and Adam Trien join us to share their origin story. We go behind the brand to discuss how they developed an app for Autowash into a multi-tenant app, where the brand is today, where they want to go, and the honeymoon destination of the founders.

NFTs in the car wash space? We have a bonus episode for you discussing just that. Anne Mauler of Soapy Joe’s Car Wash joins us to talk about their recently NFT campaign, why and how they did it, and the result so far. 

This week on CAR WASH the Podcast we bring you our monthly conversation with CAR WASH Experts. Each month a panel of experts discuss a topic. This week it is how to build a culture to transcend generations We are joined by Justin Alford of Benny’s Car Wash, Bill Martin of Metro Express Car Wash, and Tom Hoffman Jr. of Hoffman Car Wash. We discuss how to create a business that will outlive the peop...