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Secret Formula Revealed For Creating More Dollars Per RO
While sitting in my client’s service manager office recently, I overheard this conversation between an elderly lady customer and a very young female quick-service writer.
Nov 29, 2016
Recalls: Let’s Show a United Front in Solving this Problem
While it is still legal to sell pre-owned vehicles with open recalls, the National Highway & Transportation Safety Administration has advocated that these vehicles not be sold -- Similar to how it is illegal
Nov 23, 2016
Anticipation Is Not What’s Making Them Wait – It’s Inefficiency!
Recently I’ve seen several blogs and articles about the customer experience and an article in Automotive News really caught my attention and sparked my interest.
Nov 21, 2016
The Best Used Car Inventory is in Your Service Drive
Wholesale auctions, incoming trades on your lot, “we buy cars” operations, and other franchised and independent dealers are great sources for you to acquire inventory. But the best, and usually untapped,
Nov 14, 2016
Maximizing your Conference ROI!
We’re well into conference season and some conferences can be quite overwhelming -- Exhibit halls packed with hundreds of vendors all vying to talk to dealers and hundreds of
Nov 10, 2016
Florida Dealer Takes Stand Against Recalls
One dealer in Florida is taking a stand to ensure that pre-owned vehicles with open recalls never hit the streets. When the Takata airbag crisis first reared its ugly head, Earl Stewart of Earl Stewart Toyota,
Nov 10, 2016
What a Great Idea! But Did It Make YOU Any Money?
By far the most popular article I’ve written for Dealer magazine over the past five years was the one published in April 2016.
Nov 4, 2016
Retaining Service Customers – Save Your Money – Do This!
It continues to amaze me how much a relatively minor portion of the vast Aftermarket is influencing the actions of automotive dealership service and parts. Of course, the aftermarket size
Nov 1, 2016
Declined Service: You Can’t Fix a Problem You Don’t Know You Have
Over the past few years we have seen robust annual sales, with the number surpassing 17 million last year. The used-car market is doing well too. All of these cars in circulation need servicing,
Oct 28, 2016