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Continental reveals plans, products on dealer trip, from Modern Tire Dealer. Now in its 10th year, the Continental Tire Gold associate dealer program continues to have features added to it. A Continental automotive credit card for Gold dealers and a

Huntington Beach, CA – March 31, 2015 – Vboost Inc., (www.vboost.com), a viral marketing company focused on the auto industry, and The Next Up, (www.thenextup.com) a retail sales process proven to improve dealership sales,today announced they hav

Team Incentives: How To Keep Employees Engaged, Optimistic, from Shop Owner. Over the last 15 years, since we started helping shop owners in 1999, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen every pay plan known to man. I’m also pretty sure that I’ve heard e

Two Different Leaders, from Fixed Performance. Today let’s look at two distinctly different leadership styles. The First style is called intimidation, where the manager of the department or dealership believes the best way to motivate somebody

Get Your Arms Around The Data In Your Dealership, from NCM Institute. Lately it seems I am unable to hide from the term, Big Data. I’m exposed to it in headlines, newspapers(a bit old school, but I still read them), magazines and yes, even blogs.

The number of mobile technology devices now exceed the number of people globally, and 75% of vehicles are projected to be connected by 2020. With new car ownership lifecycles being extended, defection to independent repair facilities remain a pain po

AutoNation, analytics company Zubie join to monitor cars’ service needs, from Automotive News. Some AutoNation Inc. dealerships’ service advisers will know which vehicles need fixing before they even talk to the driver, thanks to a new partne

Millions to Learn why ‘Parts Matter’ Through Broad-Reaching New Digital Campaign from Federal-Mogul Motorparts, from Motor Age. Whether it’s a collision that could have been avoided, a loss of control caused by a broken steering component or an

Managing Talent, from Shop Owner. Are you working on your business or in it? This is a question that I challenge every automotive service center owner and manager to seriously consider. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to a repair shop o