It wasn’t very long ago that the social networking sites of today were being hailed as a virtually cost-free medium to reach your clients with your advertising efforts.  “Hey!  You get to put your very same ads and commercials someplace else, b

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Modern Automotive Group’s story, to be frank, isn’t really all that modern. That’s because the group’s original store dates back before the days of the Great Depression. The Chevrolet store – one of two in Winston-Salem, NC, was going out o

By now, almost everyone recognizes the importance of pricing vehicles competitively. Almost every shopper has checked the Internet before they burn their $3 per gallon gasoline and valuable time and venture out into the marketplace. Unless your deale

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

It’s no secret that automotive dealerships universally are dealing with shrinking customer counts in service and parts. Not only has the sudden and significant downturn in new unit sales impacted this figure, but the fact that vehicles only nee

To survive 2009, you probably cut costs by eliminating positions and reducing salaries and benefits, curtailing spending on supplies and services while renegotiating pricing and terms with vendors. But is that effort organized in a way that will yiel

Mediocrity is a common business topic. We speak of having mediocre departments, leaders, employees and standards. But where does mediocrity come from? How can you identify it in yourself and others? And very importantly, how to you break free from me