The Essential Elements of an Effective Dealership Website, from Speed Shift Media. How effective is your dealership website? As more and more consumers turn to the web during the automotive research process, it has never been more critical to maintai

Mr. Buffett: Want more car dealerships? Become a “car person”…, from Driving Sales. Warren Buffett’s purchase of Van Tuyl Auto Group is an opportunity to raise the bar on diversity in automotive retail… On March 8, the world celebrated Inte

4 Tips to Supercharge Your Buy Here Pay Here Sales Training Program, from NCM Institute. Is your Buy Here, Pay Here (BHPH) sales training lousy? That is the cleaned up version of what I hear from most dealership owners and managers when I ask how the

Why Auto Dealers Fail, But You Don’t Need To, from Dealer Marketing. “It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.” —Ellen DeGeneres Where to begin with quotes on success and failure? Ellen’s is only one of countless goo

The new year is always about “out with the old and in with the new,” and that’s no different for car manufacturers or auto dealerships. As the world economy continues its recovery following the 2008 financial crisis, manufacturers are looking t

Yamaha adds Build Your Own accessory site for new Wolverine, from Dealernews.com. CYPRESS, Calif. – Yamaha continues its focus on personalization, announcing a new Build Your Own website for its 2016 Wolverine R-Spec performance side-by-side, a

Self-driving car will make trip from San Francisco to New York City, from Mashable. It’s all of the road trip and none of the driving — at least, not by a human. An autonomous car, developed by Michigan-based Delphi Automotive, will begin a

Dealership Performance CRM integrates with Lightspeed, from Globe Newswire. Portland, Oregon, March 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dealership Performance CRM, a company of industry experts in CRM management for dealerships, now has data integratio

Management Excellence: Step One, from Dealer Strong. Lately, I’ve been rather frustrated at the lack of management in many dealerships. Yes, plenty of people have the title manager but are they really managing anything? Let’s look at the simple d