Q

Conference & Expo: September 22-23, 2026
DealerPoint: April 22-24, 2026

Q

Sales & Variable OPS

For Sustainable Profit – Build a Purchasing Department

For Sustainable Profit – Build a Purchasing Department

By Doug Austin, Founder & President, StrategicSource, Inc. 95 percent of auto dealerships in the U.S. and Canada are decentralized in their purchasing approach – meaning various personnel are tasked with managing selected expenses, including periodic shopping,...

Get a Jump On Making It a Great New Year

Get a Jump On Making It a Great New Year

By Chuck Barker, President & Founder, Impact Marketing & Consulting Group Begin, start, commence, institute, inaugurate, initiate. Something’s refreshing and optimistic about these words, whether they refer to the dawn of a new day, the birth of a child, the...

A Case for an Efficient 2020 Dealership Advertising Budget

A Case for an Efficient 2020 Dealership Advertising Budget

By Melanie Borden, VP of Marketing, Celebrity Motor Cars The end of the calendar year is upon us! 2019 holiday events are ramping up, dealerships are laser-focused on hitting year-end objectives, and dealership leadership teams are working on getting rid of the...

The Power of Used Car Marketing

By Jim Boldebook, Founder, CBC Automotive Marketing This is the fourth article I’ve written in two years on the importance of franchised dealers expanding used car marketing efforts to not just survive but thrive in the coming decade. Having been in the retail...

Four Keys to Build a Better YOU

By Dave Anderson, President, LearnToLead As a leader, you should never let a focus and commitment to improve yourself get old or become forgotten. In fact, little will improve measurably or sustainably in your organization until you do. While leaders who complain...

Five Tips to Improve the Sales to Service Handoff

By Scot Eisenfelder, CEO, Affinitiv With fixed ops departments shouldering more of the profitability burden in dealerships, the ability to retain customers is more important than ever. Yet, nearly half of dealership sales customers never return to dealerships for...

9 Areas That Build Value in Your Dealership

By Kendall Rawls, Director of Development, The Rawls Group The new year brings change, and with change comes uncertainties – often leading to fear, anxiety, and worry of the unknown. As we enter this new year, we face an upcoming presidential election, which in of...

Join us for Digital Dealer Las Vegas 2021