Posts
Posts
Dealer ManagementDealer/GM NewsInventory ManagementPre-Owned Sales & Marketing StrategiesPre-Owned Sales StrategyTrending Industry News
The Pre-Owned Model of Quality Over Quantity
In the used vehicle business? Want to or not, most dealers are. Manufacturers have their hand in it as well, controlling the dealer to some point on selling and marketing certified pre-owned vehicles. Whether CPO or non-CPO vehicles are being sold, t
Dec 31, 2018
Witt’s Wise Words: Are You Burned Out
Bill Wittenmyer asks if dealership staff are feeling burned out and why it’s important to make changes in order to improve their attitude in this edition of Witt’s Wise Words.
Dec 31, 2018
Profit By Action Quick Tip: How to Increase the Profitability in Your Service Department
In this series, Andy Church shares how to increase the profitability in a dealership’s service department.
Dec 28, 2018
Posts
Dealer ManagementDealer/GM NewsDigital DealerPre-Owned Sales & Marketing StrategiesPre-Owned Sales StrategySales & MarketingSales ManagementSales StrategiesTechnologyTrending Industry News
Can Dealers Compete with Online Used Vehicle Retailers?
Read the headlines and you see it everywhere: online used vehicle sales are booming. Carvana is expanding into dozens of new markets and although it has yet to turn a profit, its vehicle unit sales more than doubled and gross profit nearly tripled in
Dec 28, 2018
Posts
Data & AnalyticsDealer ManagementDealer/GM NewsLead Management & CRMSales ManagementTechnologyTrending Industry News
Scripts Are for Actors, Not Your Websites
Have you ever eagerly awaited the release of a great new movie? Anticipation mounts as release day approaches. Then you go and see it, only to leave disappointed. I’m sure I can name plenty of box office bombs which were initially hyped up and expe
Dec 27, 2018
Posts
Data & AnalyticsDealer ManagementDealer/GM NewsLead Management & CRMSales ManagementTechnologyTrending Industry News
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
In my experience, one of the top frustrations dealers have when choosing the best solutions from multiple vendors is how to get them to work well together. The problem is, whether it’s a DMS; CRM; service lane tool; or any other significant technol
Dec 27, 2018
Posts
Dealer ManagementDealer/GM NewsMarketing StrategiesSales & MarketingTechnologyTrending Industry News
Will Video Bring You New Customers?
While many dealerships agree that video is important and worthwhile, at the same time some think it’s time-consuming and lack the resources to put a video marketing strategy in place. What if I told you that acquiring and scaling a well-planned vid
Dec 27, 2018
Should You Upgrade to Microsoft 2019?
Microsoft has released Office 2019, the newest version of its desktop suite of applications that most dealership employees use on a daily basis; including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for email. Prior versions of Office that your dealership mi
Dec 26, 2018
Posts
Dealer ManagementDealer/GM NewsFixed Operations NewsInventory ManagementServiceTrending Industry News
The Growing Used Vehicle Market May Be Great for Consumers
According to a recent article in Automotive News, investors and car dealers have shifted their focus to the used-car space because dealers have more pricing and profit controls; something the digital retailing space is forced to focus on. With profit
Dec 26, 2018