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To Succeed, You Must Make Every Minute Count
It’s a foregone conclusion that to be successful in any particular skill takes time. A lot of time! Doctors must go to college for decades, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that those graduates enter the medical field after college as an “expe
Nov 9, 2018
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The Importance of Data in the Service Drive
CEO & Executive Chairman Scot Eisenfelder shares how data can increase revenue in the service drive in this video blog.
Nov 9, 2018
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How New Safety Features Mean New Opportunities for Dealers
It’s a common scenario: drivers eating, texting, talking on the phone, taking care of personal grooming, or even reading while on the road. Loosely termed “distracted driving,” it includes any activity drivers engage in when they’re behind th
Nov 9, 2018
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Think Tank: Track Your Digital Success Offline – Google Store Visits
When an individual clicks on one of your display ads but ever fills out a form, do you expect to know when they walk into your storefront? Short of taking a survey at the door, there’s never been much hope for that kind of attribution… until now.
Nov 7, 2018
The Big Are Getting Bigger
Amidst an active discussion of change, robust transaction activity, and consolidation in our industry, it is worth considering just exactly why this is all coming about. To put it simply: the benefits of size are really starting to play out. And it�
Nov 5, 2018
Communication Skills Are at the Heart of Everything
Your Team Members Are Either Spectators or Doers Mindless managerial duties and conformity are major traps for mediocre managers and the casualties are the dealership’s personnel. The time has come to shed the “old-school” bureaucra
Nov 5, 2018
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Power of the Spoken Word
Several years ago, I reviewed research on the power of the spoken word vs. non-verbal graphic impact. The results were stunning. 116 study participants were quizzed on brand identity, specific element recall and overall perception of commercial messa
Nov 5, 2018
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Is Yours a Culture of Salespeople or Solution Specialists?
Do you have sales personnel or solution specialists at your dealership? Is there truly a difference between the two terms? Can changing the language you use really increase your sales? When selling to women, language can make all the difference betwe
Nov 5, 2018
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Communicate More Effectively with Your Customers
In the race to make a sale, dealerships often rely on templates in CRMs. These templates – including autoresponders – can hurt a dealership’s chances of communicating effectively — or at all. The response rate for leads is very low in the
Nov 5, 2018