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		<title>New Business start ups/career change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few years we at Master Tinting have seen a boom in the level of enquirers that wish to start their own business for many different reasons, but they generally have something in common, they love working with cars. Now, you may already have a unit or some facilities that you want to utilise [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The last few years we at Master Tinting have seen a boom in the level of enquirers that wish to start their own business for many different reasons, but they generally have something in common, they love working with cars.</p>
<p>Now, you may already have a unit or some facilities that you want to utilise to start up your business, and that&#8217;s great as the costs is already a consideration for you.  If you&#8217;re starting from a blank sheet you&#8217;re at no disadvantage, as renting a unit is quick and easy and the cost is small, we covered this in another article in this series.   Whatever way you wish to achieve your goal, be it mobile or static the set up cost does not be high.</p>
<p>Also not to be overlooked is the <span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>high profit and high margin</strong></span> that window tinting offers. Take a roll of window tinting film at £200 this will on average generate an income for you of around £1,800, not a bad return, and where would you find that in another industry?   Ok, I know you have to  take costs out so lets say you only tinted a roll a week well you&#8217;re still going home with at worst <strong>£1,000</strong> in your pocket.   So if you were offered a job that paid you <strong>£4,000</strong> per month in your bank what would you say?</p>
<p>You maybe thinking, &#8220;is there a catch to this?&#8221; because it sounds too good to be true!   Well yes it&#8217;s true,  and yes you do need to consider the initial cost of set up, but this is small. The tools to get started are part of the Master Tinting course costs so no worries there.  You&#8217;ll also need window film, which can be supplied by Master Tinting at a discounted rate, as a Master Tint Approved Tinter.    If your going mobile then you&#8217;ll need a vehicle, but again this can be your own family car or a leased or purchased small works vehicle.     If you have premises you&#8217;ll need to ensure it has a clean environment.  The floor and lighting will have to be fit for purpose, but 90 times out of 100 any unit will have these already in place.</p>
<p>Whatever you do there is a minimum standard you should achieve when setting up.  We at Master Tinting will give you all the advice whilst with us during your tint course.</p>
<p>All this being said, the core skills of applying tint must be your first objective.   At Master Tinting  we  have perfected the art of window tinting that ensures all our trainees achieve the highest level of application on their return to their own business. We call it the <strong>Prism system.  </strong> Our unique system has been devised by the guy who created the training school and who still works in the tinting business day in and day out to further enhance all that we do.   The <strong>Prism Process</strong> has enabled window tinters to achieve high turnover and very profitable retail auto tinting businesses, which can boast of high-end dealerships such as BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Bentley as customers.</p>
<p>We also know many Master Tinting Approved Window Tinters who have got off to a good start when they return home, but for some reason the momentum slowed for them. We have take this to our hearts and designed a package to help you to continue to build your business through fantastic lead marketing approaches.</p>
<p>Just think, you&#8217;re tinting vehicles, when do you stop to check where the next job is coming from and what you&#8217;ve got booked for next week, month etc?   When do you give time to market yourself around dealerships, signage companies, disability groups etc?    Master Tinting want all trainees to be successful in the market.   We know the industry needs to have good quality tinters.</p>
<p>So who better to speak to than the people who also have a window tinting retail business that turns over +£250K per year, that continues to grow year on year through implementation of consistent message marketing and tactics that can easily be employed within your business today.   We have learnt the hard way about how to stimulate the work flow to generate the income we desire.   All we want to do now is offer this to you when you attend one of our Master Tinting courses</p>
<p>If your looking for a training provider that really has your own interests at heart then you should consider Master Tinting as your number one provider.  You can book you course with the knowledge that your vision for the future is in safe hands and that we shall be with you all the way.</p>
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		<title>Bolt onto your existing business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 09:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the biggest sources of enquiries we at Master Tinting receive from people looking to expand their existing business. Ranging from car valeters and detailers all the way through to MOT centres and windscreen replacement businesses. There is often great synergy in adding window tinting to an existing service. Some may seem [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of the biggest sources of enquiries we at Master Tinting receive from people looking to expand their existing business. Ranging from car valeters and detailers all the way through to MOT centres and windscreen replacement businesses.</p>
<p>There is often great synergy in adding window tinting to an existing service. Some may seem clear others not so. If you&#8217;re currently in the automotive sector, running a business and have considered adding window tinting as a service we at Master Tinting can certainly help you!</p>
<p>Being an existing business, who can blame you for wanting to increase the basket value of your customers overall spend. By bringing in another service you may also find new customers that you wouldn’t have been able to reach before, and then promote your other existing service(s) to them.</p>
<p>Look, you&#8217;re already paying for facilities; your unit and possibly a van which is a fixed cost base anyway, so by adding another service to what you already do you will maximise and leverage your costs and essentially drive up income at very little additional investment.</p>
<p>If say, you&#8217;re in the in-car entertainment, vehicle wrapping, valeting or possibly a signage business, by incorporating window tinting the customer does not necessarily have to come back to you at a later stage. You can actually service the vehicle whilst you are already working on another part, which would help to increase the profitability of the space occupied.</p>
<p>Additionally if you’ve got a fairly large unit and have spare capacity then you could fill that with a window tinting service, complimenting something else you already do.</p>
<p>If you were thinking about bringing in a different side to your business, this could be a variance to what you already do, and are thinking about dipping your toe in the water, but not actually wanting to go all the way at the moment, then window tinting is a great opportunity for you, as it can easily be done part time initially until you are ready to fully incorporate this on more full time basis.</p>
<p>If you are in the reconditioning market, you&#8217;re a mobile wheel refurbisher, a mobile smart repairer or maybe you have a car care centre of some kind, it gives you avenues to explore into the &#8220;car appearance&#8221; side. You can do this by leveraging your existing customer base. Basically if you already have a customer database that’s within this kind of market, then you can explore it by marketing to them and introducing a new service proposition. In a lot of cases you can pre-sell to your database before you even come on a Master Tinting course.</p>
<p>You could send a marketing piece out or promote to your existing customers to say you are thinking about offering a window tinting service and ask if it’s something they would be interested in? It certainly would survey your market to see what interest there is. You could also survey using Facebook posts (if you have a Facebook page) and then you could find out if somebody would be interested in a window tinting service. I bet you would be quite surprised at the response and actually determine that there is more than enough business to cover the cost of the Master Tinting course and the set up!</p>
<p>From a technical perspective those that are already in the sector such as de-trimming or car entertainment, whereby you are used to taking panels off vehicles, or maybe you&#8217;re a sign or graphics company that are looking to add window tinting onto what you already do, you have already got some of the core skills to actually get on with window tinting and probably have the relevant environment to proceed with window tinting and incorporate it into your business very quickly.</p>
<p>You might want to explore more of the retail market that you may not have been currently looking at in the automotive sector. However to support growth in your business the cost you would normally bare would mean that you have got to do more of what you already do before you can act. By incorporating something like window tinting which is high profit and high margin with low cost, it would allow you to start a new business and not actually have to think about an expense you don’t have already.</p>
<p>If you want to know more, then contact one our our team who can talk you through all the stages and help with any questions you may have that is particular to you. Also in the meantime why not request our info pack by completing the form below.</p>
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		<title>Is making a living keeping you from making real money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question is do your want a job or business?    It&#8217;s a simple question but one that creates such a lot of noise about the pluses and minuses.   The vast majority of people are in jobs earning a living and are contented.   There is nothing wrong with this, its the norm.   Did you know [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The question is do your want a job or business?    It&#8217;s a simple question but one that creates such a lot of noise about the pluses and minuses.   The vast majority of people are in jobs earning a living and are contented.   There is nothing wrong with this, its the norm.   Did you know only 2% of people really achieve their full potential in life, which is rather sad.</p>
<p>At Master tinting we meet and train many people who have the energy and passion to achieve a good solid income and build something for their future.  Window tinting is a very high profit high margin business.  You will see us highlight this through the series of articles on Bolting onto your existing business, New business start up/career change, Second stream income and Get rid of money worries for good.</p>
<p>Training people to achieve a high standard of window tinting is a passion of ours and we want to see more people enter the industry to raise the standards of after-market window tinting.   Our second and no less important focus is for all who attend courses to have a strong platform from which to build themselves into something very special in their local areas.</p>
<p>The window tinting business lends itself to people from any walk of life who are interested in working with vehicles and making a good investment in their future.   It&#8217;s true to say we have seen an increase in the number of people wanting to change careers or simply wish to control their own future by working for themselves, you maybe one of them too?</p>
<p>If you are currently a wheel refurbisher, a mobile smart repairer, vehicle wrapper even a signage company Window Tinting is a natural alignment and a great bolt onto your existing service.   You will also have the added benefit of being able to leverage the contacts and customers to further generate a cost effective additional income stream without the burden of increased costs.</p>
<p>Whichever way you look at this there is a great opportunity for you and/or your business to benefit from the automotive window tinting market and create a great income which is what it&#8217;s all about.</p>
<p>Watch out for our series of articles</p>
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<li>Bolting onto your existing business,</li>
<li>New business start up/career change,</li>
<li>Second stream income, and</li>
<li>What&#8217;s the income potential</li>
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<p>but in the meantime give one of our team a call and ask as many questions as you wish to understand more about what we can do to launch you into the market with all the skills you need to build a future for yourself.</p>
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		<title>Making it all work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Window tinting courses &#38; Vinyl Wrap training is what we do. Every week we see many new people and businesses go through out training centre, helping them learn the art of both these highly profitable and in-demand services. It&#8217;s no surprise that right we are at our busiest. More and more people are looking to [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Window tinting courses &amp; Vinyl Wrap training is what we do. Every week we see many new people and businesses go through out training centre, helping them learn the art of both these highly profitable and in-demand services.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that right we are at our busiest. More and more people are looking to expanding their existing business by adding profitable income streams such as window tinting and vinyl wrapping, as well as those who are looking of pursuing their dream of starting their own business.  As the leader in both window tinting and vinyl wrap courses across the UK we have many solutions to help people get off to a flying start.</p>
<p>There are an abundance of compelling reasons why so many people are magnetised to our training courses. But before you go ahead and jump on the success train I&#8217;ve put together some information on what choices and options you have to &#8216;make it all work&#8217;.</p>
<p>Despite what anyone may say to you, getting started in the window tinting business doesn&#8217;t have to involve high costs, expensive units and countless hours of scratching around trying to find customers. The fact is most people don&#8217;t get the right advise from the beginning which hampers their success and sometimes leads to failure.</p>
<p>So what are your options? And what is the best way to start.</p>
<p>The first step in the process is to do your research. Yes, I know this sounds a little boring but in the long run its going to pay dividend. A simple search on the Internet will reveal your local competitors, where they are based and if they are mobile or have a unit. Now for a little ground work&#8230;.</p>
<p>To undertake a decent competitor review you need to &#8216;play prospect&#8217;. By this I mean give them a call, ask what they are charging for a few different vehicles. Find out whats included. Just like anything you buy, there are different warranties, qualities and service offerings (you&#8217;ll come to realise) and window tinting is no different.</p>
<p>Now don&#8217;t be put off. Having competition in your local market regardless of how established they are is still a good thing. You see, there is plenty of work to go around, and it goes without saying that if you&#8217;re offering something which is better of value, more complete and appeals to your target market, you&#8217;re actually the business they&#8217;re going to be turning to get the work done.</p>
<p>After doing your due-diligence it&#8217;s onto finding more information how you can get your business setup the right way. Again, it&#8217;s not about making rash decisions here. Ofter looking around the Internet you will find many companies who&#8217;ll be offering some kind of business start up package or window tinting course. The fact is there are very few &#8216;true&#8217; training centers here in the UK.  Some are no more than one-man-bands operating out of small premises or their own home garage, other are manufacturers of window film. You need to careful where you spend your hard earned money. Whoever you engage in discussion with or decide to shortlist, make sure they are a professional organisation where you can get the information you need, coupled with the right pedigree of backup and support.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s more than likely your training course is going to be your highest upfront cost, but in the long run it&#8217;ll  give you the biggest payback. We see all to many customers who&#8217;ve been on &#8216;bad training courses&#8217; and spend the money twice because they didn&#8217;t get it right the first time. Clearly you need to rest assured this isn&#8217;t going to happen to you. Now, there are couple of ways you can avoid this from happening:</p>
<p>Before parting with any cash, go and see the company your going to be dealing with. They should have some kind of organised Discovery Day which you can attend or be quite a happy to meet for an informal chat. This is your chance to not only meet the organisation and it&#8217;s team but also view their facilities. You wouldn&#8217;t go ahead and spend £1800 on a diamond ring without going to see it would you? Or if you turned up and found the seller was trading out of their own garage? That would ridiculous.</p>
<p>Now it goes without saying the company that your going to see should have a true infrastructure. What I mean by this is a team of people that will ultimately be there to support you going forward, not just the trainers, everyone. As your going to be setting up your own window tinting business, the training provider should have years of experience in the industry and already grown their own formidable business. Ask for proof they haven&#8217;t been bankrupt and have a solid trading history in their Limited company. The last thing you would want is to partner with a company that wasn&#8217;t going to be around this time next year!</p>
<p>Getting teamed up with a training provider that&#8217;s already created a highly successful window tinting business is going to be a massive help you. Why? Because they&#8217;ll already of experienced the pitfalls of the business and should have a &#8216;proven, tried and tested&#8217; formula that you can use. Essentially this is a kind of blueprint. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if you were given this so you can avoid all the guess work? Of course it would. Your success should be theirs to, so really what we talking about here is creating a partnership that&#8217;s going to be with you for years to come.</p>
<p>Onto the next stage&#8230; you&#8217;ve done all your research and about commit to your window tinting course, but before you do, double check there&#8217;s no hidden costs. This can be really annoying for most people especially when your trying to stick to a budget to get everything going. Things that naturally should be include are, accomodation for the duration of your stay (supposing your not local), an industry standard tool kit, promotional material and of course the operations manual. My last comment here is quite important and something most people overlook all to easily. To be frank you&#8217;re not going to remember everything on your window tinting course, and the last thing you want to be doing is writing copious notes and poorly drawn diagrams etc, you get my point.  You need some kind of guide to follow when your trainer isn&#8217;t there. After your course you should be able to turn to a module on say rear window shrinking, grab a quick glimpse of the process and find the answer. Your operations manual is vital. Most operations manuals are bulky reference documents, so most now have been migrated into videos for you follow which are much easier to manage.</p>
<p>Ok so you&#8217;ve followed all the steps and finally the date of your window tinting course is set. What happens in the meantime? Well your training provider should be sending you some promotional material. It would be nice for you to start promoting the service before you even get to the training centre wouldn&#8217;t it? I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll probably agree you could pull in 5-10 jobs easily with a little effort from friends and family if you&#8217;ve got something to show them. This of course is ideal, after your training you won&#8217;t want to wait to start earning. Often we find people have often already got enough work to cover their initial training course cost, now that&#8217;s clever thinking!</p>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve had your intial training you should everything you need to get yourself started, but the job of your training provider doesn&#8217;t stop there. From here on in is about support and guidance. No we&#8217;re not here to run your business for you, but you should certainly be given a dedicated backup and support number to call if you need any immediate assistance. Also a popular way to overcome any intial challenges is to log onto their techincal portal, ours is called CustomerHub. It&#8217;s really popular with our trainees as they can view &#8216; how-to&#8217; videos on-demand for certain vehicles as well as network with other tinting professionals.</p>
<p>Alongside the online portal and forum, regular network meetings and seminars should be run by your training provider, you should already have found this out before you training. Here at Master Tinting we hold them ever quarter and find them a great way to help our customers keep abreast of new techniques, industry news and updated product lines. Don&#8217;t worry, these are free when you become part of the family.</p>
<p>Whether you&#8217;re starting a new business or bolting onto an existing one, regardless if your going mobile or in a static premesis this guide will help you keep on track to success.</p>
<p><strong>For more information on our industry approved window tinting and vinyl wrap training courses fill in your details below to receive a FREE information pack or call 01785 878443.</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attending a window tinting course should be the beginning of an exciting and profitable journey. Our one-2-one courses will skill you to an industry standard in matter of days, but where a lot of people go wrong is they forget about the most important thing. Getting customers!! Naturally, we take every step to educate new [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attending a window tinting course should be the beginning of an exciting and profitable journey. Our one-2-one courses will skill you to an industry standard in matter of days, but where a lot of people go wrong is they forget about the most important thing. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Getting customers!! </span></p>
<p>Naturally, we take every step to educate new trainees of how they can market and sell their window tinting services before they leave; but obviously only so much can be absorbed in such as short space of time. That&#8217;s why we have free online resources and networking seminars, but for some people they just need more help to make their business a success, afterall we weren&#8217;t all born master marketers and sales superstars were we!</p>
<p><strong>Here’s the harsh reality &#8230;</strong></p>
<p>You could be the best window tinter in the world, but quite frankly it doesn’t matter one tiny little bit. What does matter is your ability to get customers in the door and create a proper, viable, sustainable business from it.</p>
<p>To be honest this problem isn&#8217;t new to us at all. We have a belief the vast majority of people attending any window tinting course think that just because they’ve acquired a new skill everything else will fall naturally into the place. People will be begging them to tint their windows. The work will come and keep coming until they will have customers coming out of their ears.</p>
<p><strong>This isn’t real world and window tinting itself isn’t the ‘Secret Source’, its the way you </strong><strong>market and sell the service that really matters. </strong></p>
<p>As an ongoing commitment to make sure our customers are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Super Successful</span> and conditioned to achieve maximum results, <strong>next Friday 3rd August</strong> we are holding a business &#8216;Accelerator Event&#8217;.</p>
<p>This isn’t just an amazing one day seminar at which we will give you lots great ‘ideas’. This is about taking a positive step in the right direction to make more money from what you are doing now in any window tinting business. As well as sharing our<strong> Blueprint for success,</strong> we are actually going to implement some of these things for you. Essentially you will be going away with part of this already ‘done&#8217;. How good is that?</p>
<p><strong>Remember, its not what you do, its the way you do it that matters</strong></p>
<p>Most people look at their window tinting business totally the wrong way. They think they are in the business of window tinting, in fact the truth is, they<strong> are in the business of marketing and selling their window tinting services.</strong> <strong> </strong></p>
<p>There is a <strong>BIG </strong>difference here, and placed on that hard reality we are going to show you how to scale a window tinting business significantly by understanding this key principle above anything else.</p>
<p>Our Accelerator Event will be held out the brand new Master Group training facility on<strong> Friday 3rd August.</strong> The event is already getting booked up super quick and there aren&#8217;t many space remaining.</p>
<p>Call Cassie, Lillie or Lindsey today about booking your place on <strong>01785 878443</strong>.<br />
Before <em>Friday 27th July</em> you will also receive the Early Bird rate and an extra special bonus.</p>
<p>Look forward to seeing your there.</p>
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		<title>Flat Glass Training review with Rob &amp; Gordon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 10:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently completed our 1 day flat glass training course with two guys Gordon &#38; Rob who are in the Blind &#38; Awning sector. After seeing the massive opportunity to bolt on a window film service to their businesses they decided to look at their options to attend a professional training course. Gordon commented: “Master [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We recently completed our 1 day flat glass training course with two guys Gordon &amp; Rob who are in the Blind &amp; Awning sector. After seeing the massive opportunity to bolt on a window film service to their businesses they decided to look at their options to attend a professional training course.</p>
<p>Gordon commented:</p>
<p>“Master Tinting was the most obvious choice for me when it came to making a final decision who I was going with. I did speak to another company but was put of by their unprofessionalism. Master Tinting had got excellent credentials and a proven track record, so I decided to book with them”</p>
<p>The important think to remember with our Architectural training or Flat Glass as it is sometimes called is that it is 70% theory based and 30% practical. Totally different to our car window tinting courses. The theory time is spent educating the trainees on all aspects of window film for commercial &amp; residential applications.</p>
<p>As well as the window film itself we also cover how and where to find customers, what marketing collateral to use and best quoting practices for pricing jobs. As with all our courses the guys received an industry standard tool kit, a full operations manual along with many template documents to help them get started.</p>
<p>During the practical training with Rob and Gordon we covered many different types of windows for nearly every eventuality that they are likely to come across. We have a great training area with all types of window frames to get hands on with.</p>
<p>We cover every aspect of film application starting with measuring the glass with the correct bleed around the window, then cutting the film show both the ‘out of the box’ method or through our ‘Film Handler’ Cutting machine.</p>
<div id="attachment_1873" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/P1020822.jpg" rel="lightbox[1870]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1873" title="Window tinting course - film handler" src="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/P1020822-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Gordan getting to grips with the Film Handler cutting machine</div>
<p>Both Rob &amp; Gordon picked things up really quickly and we soon moved forward to demonstrating the correct procedure for preparing the glass to receive the film. This cleaning process is extremely important to get the best results before installing the film using any of the installation techniques. Both Rob &amp; Gordan couldn’t believe the ease of using our ‘back roll’ technique – which is the process of handling a large amount of film and essentially rolling in onto the glass surface. This not only reduces contamination but also allows an installer to work alone and to also reduce installation time.</p>
<p>Lastly we went through squeegee techniques to get optimal water extraction to create the bond to the glass and trimming the edges of the film with our ‘5 way tool’. Rob &amp; Gordon were extremely impressed with the result and how quickly they were able to our apply our training to get to a finished article.</p>
<p>By the end of the practical Rob and Gordon had a complete overview of the different films ranging from solar, security &amp; polycarbonate types. Overall we had a great day with the guys and thoroughly enjoyed training them.</p>
<p>Here are few snippets from their feedback the gave us after their training:</p>
<p>“Everything was great about the course, really informative and great content” – Gordon</p>
<p>“Very professional standard of training and excellent technical content, I couldn’t of asked for more, and will defiantly be back for the car window tinting course next” &#8211; Rob</p>
<p>If you are interested in offering a window tinting service for Commercial or Residential properties then we should be talking. We regularly run our training courses and can cater for people on a one-2-one or group basis.</p>
<p>To make a course enquiry please call 0845 643 4106</p>
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		<title>Window tinting training with Wayne &#8211; Day 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waynes final day began with a big push on the challenges of saloon rear windows. Often people think there is just one way of installing these types of windows and subsequently fall into many of the pitfalls of inferior applications. We guided Wayne around many of these hidden problems to show him how it should be done. [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Waynes final day began with a big push on the challenges of saloon rear windows. Often people think there is just one way of installing these types of windows and subsequently fall into many of the pitfalls of inferior applications. We guided Wayne around many of these hidden problems to show him how it should be done.</p>
<p>What we generally like to do is actually get a physical car in to the training centre on the final day of a 3 or 4 day window tinting course, and preferably like to train on saloons cars to complete our training schedule. Usually these are not customers cars but donor cars provided from local dealerships that use our retail business and are done on a free of charge basis for training purposes. This week our local Audi dealership gave us one of their approved used cars, a 61 plate Audi A6 saloon to work with. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Wayne moved very quickly through tinting the side glazing with the new techniques he learnt on day 2. The biggest challenge was of course the rear window, which we were keen to go through best practices on. First we covered the Frankie, essentially carrying in the film into the car, then the Bi-fold or S-Fold as its some times referred as, and finally the 2 reverse roll methods. Wayne was quick to settle for the reverse roll technique which he found the most comfortable for him, although we do fully endorse the use of all the techniques on other vehicles where applicable.</p>
<p>Obviously a big factor of any rear window installation is which tools to use. As a tool distributer Wayne had all of our tools we sell at his disposal as he tackled the cleaning and water extraction stages of the process. Its important to know what is the best tool for the job, and as Wayne found out unfortunately is not a one hat fits all approach. Wayne used a combination of the Titan, Conquistador &amp; the stroke doctor (an updated version of the sideswiper for those tinters reading this right now) to get the job down perfectly. To see our<a title="window tinting tools" href="https://craoli.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showCategoryPage?categoryId=25"> latest window tinting tools</a> in our online <a title="Window tinting tools" href="https://craoli.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showCategoryPage?categoryId=25">webshop click here.</a></p>
<p>As part of the training course Wayne also received our operations manual which guides him through all the hidden secrets and when, where  and which cars to use certain techniques. A valuable resource for anyone starting their own window tinting business.</p>
<div id="attachment_1863" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 337px"><a href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P1020747.jpg" rel="lightbox[1857]"><img class=" wp-image-1863" title="Audi A6 rear window installation " src="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P1020747.jpg" alt="" width="327" height="270" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Wayne getting to grips with &#39;wicking&#39; out the edges of the film with a hard card and tissue on the rear window</div>
<p>After finishing the training car, Wayne was eager to re-tint his own Audi A4 Avant as the job he recently paid for was quite frankly not up to scratch now he knows what to looking for!</p>
<p>From start to finish including going through window film removal (another thing you can charge for) he templated his patterns and got the back end of his car in just over 3 hours, amazing when you consider he new nothing about window tinting a few days ago.</p>
<p>To end the day we discussed marketing, workflow / productivity and more importantly for Wayne working and tackling the elements to achieve success with mobile window tinting, a topic we have got lots of information to share.</p>
<p>Wayne is now also fully stocked up with tint, additional tools and ready to work, we wish him the very best in his new venture and look forward to his return at one of our FREE seminars later on in the year.</p>
<p>Tomorrow we have got 2 guys coming from a glazing &amp; window blind company for our 1 day flat glass training course. These courses are 90% theory based and 10% practical, totally the opposite from our car window tinting courses which are one-2-one and 95% practical!</p>
<p>To view our next <a title="Available training dates" href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/avaliable-training-dates">avaliable dates</a> and start in the car window tinting business just like Wayne <a title="Available training dates" href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/avaliable-training-dates">visit our page here.</a></p>
<p>Keep in touch tomorrow when we will pulling back to the cover on our <a title="Flat glass courses" href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/residential-commercial-courses">1 day flat glass course</a>.</p>
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		<title>Window tinting training with Wayne &#8211; Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I Cannot wait to get going, first on the agenda re-tinting my Audi A4 Avant&#8221; &#8211; Wayne on Day 2 After a really progressive day of intense tuition on rear window shrinking techniques we move forward onto day 2 with a busy schedule of topics to cover including every aspect of fixed and roll down [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I Cannot wait to get going, first on the agenda re-tinting my Audi A4 Avant&#8221; &#8211; Wayne on Day 2</p>
<p>After a really progressive day of intense tuition on rear window shrinking techniques we move forward onto day 2 with a busy schedule of topics to cover including every aspect of fixed and roll down windows. In the training center Wayne has been working with front roll down windows, rear roll down windows, single roll away windows &amp; frameless windows. We think its extremely important to get a complete overview of each type of window and adapt techniques accordingly.</p>
<p>Wayne has been going through tinting with trim removal and also without, but in his words &#8220;it just seems pointless to remove trims now I have seen both ways of doing it&#8221;. He has had some first hand experience of being a customer that have door panels that are loose and don&#8217;t fit right after getting his windows tinted at a business near him.</p>
<div id="attachment_1833" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/articles/window-tinting-training-with-wayne-day-2/attachment/p1020739" rel="attachment wp-att-1833"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1833" title="P1020739" src="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P1020739-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Wayne peeling the tint to start tinting a single roll away window</div>
<p>Using our methods Wayne has been able to perfect his installation on all our training windows and has really started getting each of them down extremely cleanly and also in good time.</p>
<p>Moving forward we have now gone through the 3 different ways of completing the top edge of the windows, filing, shaving &amp; the microedge. As Wayne is keen to adopt our template system to save time he is going to filing top edges which gives a factory finish without the unsightly gap at the top of the window.</p>
<p>Of course there are many different types of windows, fortunately for Wayne we have so many to practice on in our training centre which is soon to be extended. From vent windows in a rubber, fixed with a matrix, sliding windows &amp; pop outs, we have them all and he has been working around the different obstacles very well. Although some are quite tricky, once you have got it it inspires confidence to tackle virtually any job.</p>
<p>On Wayne&#8217;s final day we will be covering more topics including saloon rear glass installations and plenty of tips and tricks to bring everything together to get him started the right way.</p>
<p>Pick up with us tomorrow to find out how Wayne&#8217;s final day goes.</p>
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		<title>Window tinting training with Wayne &#8211; day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a new trainee here at Master Tinting and his name is Wayne. He is from Carlisle in Northumbland and has enrolled on our popular 3-day car window tinting course. After recently been made redundant from his job, he saw the massive opportunity in the window tinting business so he thought of starting out [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a new trainee here at Master Tinting and his name is Wayne. He is from Carlisle in Northumbland and has enrolled on our popular 3-day car window tinting course.</p>
<p>After recently been made redundant from his job, he saw the massive opportunity in the window tinting business so he thought of starting out on his own. Where he is located, he has plenty of potential private and trade clients and has already been asked for his services since booking his course.</p>
<p>He cannot wait to start his new full-time business. Initially, he will plan to start off operating mobile from a van to keep costs to a minimum, however, he is already on the lookout for premises that may coincide with his wife&#8217;s business.</p>
<p>The first day has gone great learning all the aspects of shrinking different variations of rear windows. We always like to train people as to when or where to use the techniques and on which windows they work best. We started with easier rear windows to the more difficult. We went through wet shrinking and dry shrinking; including how to use baby powder, soap and dryer sheets. (We cannot stress enough how important this part is.)</p>
<div id="attachment_1803" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/articles/window-tinting-training-with-wayne-day-1/attachment/training-image-2" rel="attachment wp-att-1803"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1803" title="Training image" src="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Training-image1-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">All aspects of rear window tinting are covered on our training. Here you see Darren our trainer showing Wayne the dot matrix band</div>
<p>As it is important to also understand the material itself, we train using 3 different types &amp; constructions of window films ranging from 1 ply at the budget end to metalized &amp; premium 2 ply films. This gave Wayne a hands on perspective to the different qualities and characteristics of each before he commits to purchasing his initial stock. To give you an idea as to what our different lines of window films are, you can <a href="https://craoli.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showStoreFront">CLICK HERE</a> and vist our online <a href="https://craoli.infusionsoft.com/app/storeFront/showStoreFront">window tinting store.</a></p>
<p>Through our tried and tested techniques, Wayne has been conquering our training windows in no time. We even had the chance at the end of the day to go through the ‘lift and pull’ technique for more challenging rear windows of cars like VW Beetles, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Overall, it was a great start to his course and it has been a pleasure to work with him so far. We are looking forward to the next few days.  Check back tomorrow for Day 2 of Wayne’s Window Tinting Course.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">For more information on our window tinting courses register to receive your<a href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/contact"> Free Information Pack Here.</a></p>
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		<title>Improve your business in 6 easy steps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improve Your Business In 6 Easy Steps Many people like to make New Year’s resolutions at the start of the year. Here at Master Tinting, we believe that it is never too late to make your own ‘New Year’s Resolution’ even if it’s in the 2nd quarter of the year. Good news for you then, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Many people like to make New Year’s resolutions at the start of the year. Here at Master Tinting, we believe that it is never too late to make your own ‘New Year’s Resolution’ even if it’s in the 2<sup>nd</sup> quarter of the year. Good news for you then, here at Master Tinting, your success is our life long mission and it doesn’t change no matter how many years have passed and will pass! For this year however, we present to you a few tips to make your 2012 your most profitable year yet.</p>
<p><strong>Advertise Online!</strong></p>
<p>The number of people looking for services online is growing exponentially. A business with no website is a small business at best and not a business at all at worst. There are many ways to advertise online. But you gotta get a website, it is total must and something that doesn&#8217;t have to cost the earth.We won’t elaborate all the ways to advertise online but here are a few examples – advertising on search engines, optimising your websites so that it is easily searchable, using social media, and many more. Some of them are free and some of them may require you to invest in activity like <a title="Google Adwords" href="http://www.adwords.com">Google&#8217;s Pay Per Click service</a>.. If you are looking a building or optimising websites or online marketing speak to our in-house marketing department they will happy to help.</p>
<p><strong>Take Advantage Of Your Company Vehicle – Wrap It!</strong></p>
<p>It’s no mystery &#8211; you use your company’s vehicle all the time. So why not take advantage of that large mobile canvass? Vinyl Wrap your vehicle with your company name and logo and add your contact number as well. This will give your business an extra air of professionalism plus you get to advertise your services whether you’re travelling or you’re parking somewhere while eating lunch. Check out more information at <a title="Master Wrapping website" href="http://www.masterwrapping.co.uk">www.masterwrapping.co.uk</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Invest in Professional-Looking Brochures</strong></p>
<p>And we’re not talking about colorful brochures with cartoon graphics. We are talking about a brochure printed on high quality stock (if you can afford it of course) that contains good quality images of your services in action plus some testimonials to boot. Please don’t paste your mission and vision on these brochures as well because clients and customers will prefer concise information or else they’ll end up not reading it. Once you have printed effectively-designed brochures, you can place it on the front desk, send them in the mail to your customers, place it in customers view after  you have completed your service, hand them out during trade shows or strike a deal with other business establishments so that they will hand out your brochures for you.</p>
<p><strong>Read Up About Sales and Business</strong></p>
<p>Sales and Business is an art that you need to learn and re-learn over and over again before you can master it. Visit <a title="Amazon website link" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk">Amazon</a> and purchase books about business and sales and spend time to read it. A book can give you ideas equivalent to years and years of working experience so take advantage of it. After all, knowledge is always a great asset.</p>
<p><strong>Increase Your Prices</strong></p>
<p>The simplicity of it may amaze you. Yes – increasing your service charges is one of the most effective ways to improve your business. You might feel that doing so may eventually lead you to lose your customers but it won’t. Your loyal customers will understand a reasonable increase because you are like them too – they know how everything is more costly nowadays. As long as you have been giving them the best services and value, they will know that the little extra that they need to pay will ensure that your establishment can continue to give them the best results.</p>
<p><strong>Offer More Services</strong></p>
<p>Chances are, you already have your own long list of loyal customers. If so, what is stopping you from providing them with more services that they will surely need? People will always buy on ‘know, like &amp; trust’. Window tinting &amp; vehicle wrapping are both excellent additional services to established automotive businesses. They don’t require a great deal space have a short turnaround time and most importantly give excellent profit margins.</p>
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<p>We at <a title="Window tinting courses" href="http://www.mastertinting.co.uk/window-tinting-courses">Master Tinting</a> and <a title="Master Wrapping" href="http://www.masterwrapping.co.uk/training-courses" target="_blank">Master Wrapping</a> are here to make sure that the year 2012 will be a very profitable year for your business. Not only do we provide training that can give you profitable skills, we are also here to give you advice on how to be ‘super successful’ in the car tinting and car wrapping industry.</p>
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