Auto Retail News

Love the Process for Stronger Closings, from Automotive Training Concepts. Brian Tracy, long known for straight-forward advice and savvy business techniques, has a classic video worth watching called 24 Techniques for Closing the Sale. (Watch it here

Welcome to the On Demand Society, from The Blog of Glenn Pasch. I was listening to Brian Solis’s new podcast, Context Matters, and he mentioned the term “On Demand Society” when discussing Uber and its effect on not just business, but the econo

The 5 Things Dealers and OEMS Can Do to Stay on Top During the Next Downturn, from Ask The Manager. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the next down market in automotive retail is coming. No one knows precisely when – and none of us is certai

February 18, 2015. Take 5 Solutions, a leader in multi-channel marketing, and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA), announced today that MMNA’s CRM department has formed an exclusive arrangement with Take 5 Solutions. This collaboration com

Urbandale, IA–February 24th, 2015–Flick Fusion (www.flickfusion.com) today announced it has released an upgraded version of its mobile apps for iPhone and Android devices. Lot service companies that provide auto dealers with inventory vid

It was the talk of NADA in San Francisco: The service revenue upside is enormous, and dealers need to pay attention. Why? Thousands of local service shops have closed since 2001, while 47 million more vehicles have hit the road. With the average car

So much money and effort is wasted in the automotive industry because so much content ends up on platforms where there is no audience. Social media can be a blackhole in which endless content is spilled, day after day. The traffic to a dealership Fac

In the coming years, your youngest customers might become your best…if they’re not already there. According to a recent analysis by the Power Information Network® (PIN) from J.D. Power & Associates®, Millennials (also known as Gen Y, or th

Everyone is bombarded with study results including those of us in the auto industry. If you look hard enough, you can find data to support almost every issue. Over the last few years, studies have shown that dealership visits were down to a range of