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Are Your Veteran Sales Reps Knocking out Your New Hires?

Finding quality sales representatives takes a lot of work and patience. Advertising, screening, interviewing, and training takes up…

News July 11

F&I Fact vs. Fiction

As a member of various F&I forums, I'm often asked to weigh in on compliance questions. Many of…

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Get Your Mind Right

I want to dedicate this article to those individuals who are trying to either become a dealer who…

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Is Your Service Department Invisible?

For car dealerships, when it comes to marketing, the overwhelming majority of messages tend to revolve around sales.…

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Why Are Service Customers Defecting to the Aftermarket?

Dealerships are getting 13% of the annual customer-pay service pie. Of the $232 billion spent by consumers on…

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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…

News July 8

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…

News July 8

What’s Really Going On in an Open Floor?

Let’s get to the point, the argument that many dealers make against having a Modern Sales Floor (closed…

News July 8

Effective Leadership – More Brinkmanship – Less Chickenship

Catchy title, eh? Recently I was asked to write a column for a major auto manufacturer helping to…

News July 8
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To Sell More Cars, You Need to Get Personal

The chances are pretty good that any email lead YOU receive is also sent to competing dealerships. That…

News July 7
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