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Appointments Are All That Matter

One of the great things about what I do is that I get to speak to a lot of dealer twenty groups. It’s something I really enjoy doing; but more than that, it’s something I feel needs to be done.
Jul 11, 2016

What’s Old is New Again: Best Practices for Handling Customer Phone Calls

What’s in the pocket or purse of nearly every car buyer today?  A smartphone. And what does that mean for your dealership? The old-fashioned phone call has become new again. As an article
Jul 11, 2016

Email Marketing: The Automation Equation

To automate or not to automate? That is the email marketing question. Time is finite, but words are plentiful. Your team may be skilled in penning the greatest emails read by man, woman, or child
Jul 11, 2016

5 Secrets to Turn a Sales Team into Social Selling Ninjas

Social Selling is the act of developing referrals, leads and sales using social media. Frankly, it's difficult for most sales directors and managers to introduce Social Selling into their operation,
Jul 8, 2016

Interview with Greg Kaminsky, President, El Cajon Toyota, El Cajon Honda

Greg Kaminsky was in his late teens when he first encountered the automotive retail business. By the end of the first summer working numerous jobs in the dealership his parents founded,
Jul 8, 2016

Digital Dazzle: New Ways to Optimize Your Advertising Digital Spend

It wasn’t that many years ago that 5-8% of the ad budget with email and a website on the Internet represented the lion’s share of a retail auto dealer’s investment and commitment to E-marketing.
Jul 8, 2016

A Call for Improved Effectiveness and Efficiencies in Human Capital Management

If a new or used car manager made the wrong decision nearly 75 percent of the time, chances are pretty good that individual wouldn’t be working very long at your dealership.
Jul 8, 2016

Creative Marketing Tips and Tricks For Dealerships [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

By fusing creative marketing, public relations, videography and social media, a dealership can leverage trending conversations (in this case children and pets being left in hot cars) to create what
Jul 8, 2016

How Due Diligence with Recalls Can Pay Dividends

In my past few blogs, I discussed the various areas in a dealership that are affected by the current recall epidemic, compared the differing viewpoints about recall repairs from dealers
Jul 8, 2016