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Witt’s Wise Words: Are Your Payplans Keeping Up?

In this edition of Witt’s Wise Words, Bill Wittenmyer shares why ensuring that your payplans are keeping up with the modern employee is vital to increasing employee retention.
Jan 8, 2018

Brand Centric Growth

I once heard influential thinker Michael Porter say that strategy is as much about what you choose not to do, as what you choose to do.  Over time, I have found that, while rewarding, choosing what not to do is far harder. It is always tempting to c
Jan 8, 2018

Freebie Friday: Shut Up and Listen More

In this week’s episode of Freebie Friday, Bill Wittenmyer explains why salespeople should stop talking so much and begin listening more.
Jan 5, 2018

The New Year’s Resolution You Should Keep: Managing Your Healthcare Costs

January is the month of new beginnings, and of course, New Year’s resolutions. But beyond setting a personal goal this year, what if you decided to use your energy to set your dealership up for success instead? What if your New Year’s resolution
Jan 3, 2018

Defending Your Dealership: Tools to Prevent Cyberattack and Fraud

Cyberattacks have increased at an alarming rate. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, victims of email business fraud lost $5.3 billion from 2013 to 2016[1]. Between January 2015 and December 2016, identified losses increased 2,3
Jan 2, 2018

Don’t View Questions as a Weakness

A recent article on CustomerThink explains how many companies view requesting customer feedback as a weakness. However, by asking questions you can optimize the results of your CX experience and save money because, sometimes what WE think should impr
Dec 26, 2017

Freebie Fridays: Hard Work is the Down Payment for Success

Invest in yourself. ELEAD1ONE’s Bill Wittenmyer says the first place someone should invest is in themselves, and the way you do that is put in the hard work that will result in long-term success.
Dec 22, 2017

Interview With the 2018 Chairman 
of the Chicago Auto Show

John Hennessy, owner of River View Ford, in suburban Oswego, Illinois, has spent more than 30 years in the auto retailing industry. In addition to running one of the most active and popular dealerships in his region, John led a board of 15 dealers wh
Dec 20, 2017

Witt’s Wise Words: Dealership Origami

Bill Wittenmyer explains why dealers should stop dealership origami when presenting figures to a customer in this week’s episode of Witt’s Wise Words.
Dec 18, 2017