Make your Body Shop Profitable

I want every dealer who has a body shop to listen up. Your body shop should be a major focal point in 2011. Body shops can and should be a significant contributor to fixed absorption. According to a recent survey shared with me by a GM source, 65% of
Dec 27, 2010

Hyundai’s Equus Requirements Ignore Many State Franchise Laws

Hyundai is the latest import manufacturer to insist that dealers provide a number of specific items at dealerships before the dealer will be eligible for allocation of the new Equus luxury vehicle.  In particular, Hyundai requires dealers to meet th
Jul 6, 2010

Matthew Belk, BetterCarPeople.com ??? 8th Digital Dealer Conference Speaker

Click above to view the video of Matthew Belk explaining what he will be discussing at the 8th Digital Dealer Conference and Exposition: Real-life Online Sales Techniques. A short attention span discussion of what is working for dealerships online sa
Mar 31, 2010

MediaTrac???s LoyaltyTrac Customer Loyalty & Service Retention Program Helps Auto Dealers Drive 24 Percent Increase in Customer Visit Frequency

San Ramon, CA ???March 15, 2010??? MediaTrac, LLC. (www.media-trac.com), a marketing technology company providing customized frequency marketing, customer loyalty, retention and media tracking programs, announced today that it has reached a milestone
Mar 15, 2010

Mercedes-Benz Financial expands mobile platform to include smartphones

Farmington Hills, Mich. ??? Mercedes-Benz Financial is now the first automotive financial services company to expand personalized and convenient account management features to all of its customers using smartphones like BlackBerry??, Droid ??, and ot
Mar 5, 2010

NABD Announces Agenda For National BHPH Conference May 11-13, 2010

Houston, Texas ??? The National Alliance of Buy Here Pay Here Dealers (NABD) today announced the agenda for its 12th Annual National Conference at the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. ???We are excited about the fabulous new Venetian venue a
Mar 2, 2010

NADA and Dealers: Why Associations Matter

NADA stands for the National Automobile Dealers Association, and the key word here is ???association.??? It means ???together.??? It means we all come together in a united front to face the challenges of our industry???and they continue to be many. L
Mar 1, 2010

So, You Think you Have Problems?

Sometimes we get so caught up in our own world we lose sight of what others in similar, but still different industries have to cope with. Choices, choices, choices?? I can’t recall how many times I’ve visited with a parts manager and hear
Feb 2, 2010