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Top 10 Tips For Being a Successful Bird Mechanic

Have you ever wondered who fixes the Bird scooters you see out in your city? Turns out, there’s a whole group of people Bird hires called Bird Mechanics. You can read more about what Bird Mechanics do here, but today, reader Chris T. is going to share his top tips for being a better Bird Mechanic.

As scooters continue to grow in popularity nationwide, it’s inevitable that a few scooters will take some tumbles or otherwise need to be repaired. So who is fixing these scooters? As we’ve covered before, Bird uses independent contractors to keep their scooters charged – and maintained. As with Chargers, Bird uses the same system to ensure they’re maintaining the scooters with their teams of Bird Mechanics.

You can read an overview of what it’s like to be a Bird Mechanic here, but assuming you’re interested in or are already a Bird Mechanic, there are some valuable tips you need to know to be a truly successful Bird Mechanic. Being a Mechanic is a little more complicated than being a Charger, and the tips below will help you be more efficient at maintaining/repairing these scooters – which will help you earn more!

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Becoming a Taxi Driver – 7 Steps To Take To Start Driving Taxi

What happens when a rideshare driver decides to drive for a taxi company instead? We put senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur to the test and got him started on the path to taxi driving. Here, he outlines the steps necessary to become a taxi driver. In this series, we’ll follow Jay as he becomes a taxi driver (this article), begins driving for a taxi service, how much he earns vs. rideshare earnings and more.

You can read Jay’s second installment on taxi driving here.

Here at The Rideshare Guy Blog and Podcast, we are doing a little experiment.  What would it be like to be an Uber and Lyft driver for three years, and then give taxi driving a shot?  Well, we are doing it.  Harry asked and I accepted.

I have volunteered to go through the onboarding process and begin driving for Flywheel Taxi in San Francisco and report what I experience and learn.  Today we’ll look at what it takes to become a taxi driver.  I broke it down into seven steps as that is what it took for me to get the job done. Is it easier than becoming a rideshare driver? Let’s see!

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Is Uber Slipping? How Google Will Destroy Uber

As we approach 2019 and IPOs for both Lyft and Uber, questions (legal and otherwise) are beginning to challenge the assumed dominant position of Uber. Could Google be the winner in the end, or will Uber continue to dictate in the rideshare space? Senior RSG contributor John Ince addresses those questions and more in this week’s round up.

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4 Hidden Opportunities & Benefits of Being an Uber Driver

In our last YouTube Live, we asked viewers what’s the best gift for rideshare drivers. The overwhelming consensus: a dash cam! Now, it’s your turn to enter and win one of three Owl Dash Cams from Owl Cameras – check out our review and enter the giveaway here! 

As rideshare drivers, we spend a lot of time in our cars. And while it could be easy to veg out and listen to music, senior RSG contributor Jay Cradeur wants to challenge you to look at your drive time as an opportunity to improve. Here, he outlines all the ways rideshare driving can make us better.

At this point in my rideshare driving career, I have come to value so many aspects of the experience.  I realized it is short sighted to see driving as only a way to make money.

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Bounce Driver Review – Top Tips To Know Before Joining Bounce

Recently, we covered a new rideshare company called Bounce, and many of you had questions about how busy Bounce rideshare is and how much drivers with Bounce can make. Today, senior RSG contributor Will Preston covers that, plus an interesting conversation he had with one Bounce rider.

Imagine trying to compete with one of the biggest companies in the world, and you’ll have some idea of what life must be like for the founders of Bounce. With all of Uber’s challenges – not the least of which is turning a profit at some point – it has been successful enough to be synonymous with rideshare. Uber has joined Xerox, Frisbee, and Kleenex as a company whose name means the thing it does. Many of my Lyft passengers say “I’m in an Uber” when they’re on the phone with a friend.

However, the founder of Bounce seems to have seized upon a few things about Uber and Lyft that might allow Bounce to attract both passengers and drivers. Bounce tells passengers that everyone pays the same fare; there’s no pricing based on where you live, where you’re going, or how busy it is. Bounce tells drivers they get a piece of the company and residual revenue based on helping the company grow.

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