"I saw the word Fundamental, and I thought...I know about Fundamentals, but then it turned out that you were talking about a different set of Fundamentals. I went from thinking: "I can comment on this" to "I don't know squat about…"
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Mr. Natural commented on Garry House's blog post NCM Institute wants to know: Do Record Profits Threaten Shaky Fundamentals ?Mr. Natural commented on Bill Cosgrove's blog post ATTENTION BEWARE!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!!!"I'm gonna' let my dog take a look at this.
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Mr. Natural commented on Bill Cosgrove's blog post ATTENTION BEWARE!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!!!"Golly gee wiz Bill!!! Either I'm the stupidest guy in the room, or your message is muddy and unclear. I can't understand a word of the video you posted. So I'm serious here, I can't figure out where you're going…"
Mr. Natural replied to Jackie Cahill's discussion Cars sold from your Internet Department"Among other things, I am the internet director of a small group. I have one guy that handles all of the incoming internet leads, about 300 leads per month from various sources i.e our web pages and the regular third party sources (cars.com,…"
Mr. Natural commented on Lois Burak's blog post Developing A Culture for Sustainable Results"Always ready to Quest into the Unknown!"
Mr. Natural commented on Lois Burak's blog post Developing A Culture for Sustainable Results"Great words...I hope you don't mind if I use some of them...A very few of us-like yourself, and I like to think myself as well-are starting to shift the culture of the car business, and indeed it is starting to happen. BTW, if you are ever in…"
Mr. Natural commented on Mike Esposito's blog post Thinking About Buying a New CRM? Read This Reality Check First!"I too am on board with those wondering if the current CRM is being used. Used properly, or even used at all. Our CRM is so click intensive, I'm really surprised that I use it myself. Forget about all this new fangled stuff you can buy to…"
Doug Davis commented on Mr. Natural's blog post There is no such thing as a $200.00/month payment."We are seeing all of the national lease ads with payments in that range. Most of those customers don't realize that it is with $3,000 down and TT&L.
I actually have a few years on you. I was a Used Car Director in an area where…"
Mr. Natural replied to Jackie Cahill's discussion Cars sold from your Internet Department"I have a question, and then I will comment. Who does the actual selling?"
Mr. Natural posted a blog postThere is no such thing as a $200.00/month payment.
Back when I started in the car business in 1979, I remember all kinds of people coming into the dealership and looking at $15-20 thousand cars. There were many of them then. In 1979, the desired payment I heard most often was $200./month.I remember when we heard this we'd look at each other and wonder what this otherwise solid looking citizen with good credit had been smoking. Back then, just as now, $200. per month finances around 9-10 thousand dollars for 60 months.So we would…See More
Jeffrey Seyler commented on Mr. Natural's blog post In the future, Dogs will work car deals."The dog also knows a bad guy when he sees and smells one, like when the hair on the back of his neck stand up. "Transparency" is just another word for perception in the auto industry, and perceptions rule weather they are reality or not.…"
J.R. Batchelor commented on Mr. Natural's blog post Internet Auto Sales…What are we truly trying to accomplish? Part I"With such a high percentage of our customers going online before they come to our stores the days of building the multi-million dealership and expecting customers to storm through the doors are over. "
Evan Johannson commented on Mr. Natural's blog post In the future, Dogs will work car deals."A good sense of humor seems to go pretty far in this business :)"
Mr. Natural commented on Mr. Natural's blog post In the future, Dogs will work car deals."Evan...Can you say that you laughed your butt off here?"
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- Courtesy Car City
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- At 3:00pm on October 7, 2012,
David Ruggles said… - Say HI to Larson for me.
- At 7:49pm on October 3, 2012,
Adam Spory said…
Que tal, Senor Natural. You hit it on the head when you mention the power of a positive mindstate. Helping to create a culture of "positive awareness" is key when it comes to us producing for our dealerships. So often negativity can become a cancer that spreads quickly, but we sometimes fail to be "aware" that positivity can be cultured and shared with the same (if not better) result.
We have evolved something, here in Quincy, that I think you would be proud of. Have a great month, amigo!
- At 10:17pm on August 26, 2012,
Mike Sharp said… Mr Natural, I am new to this site. Not 100% sure how to get a direct message to you. They do not make it very easy on this site. I own a vehicle transport company that caters to high-end dealerships. Perhaps we can discuss this at your leisure? Feel free to email/call anytime, mike.sharp@usautotransportandlogistics.com or (954)644-3731.
- At 9:08am on June 15, 2012,
Ian Nethercott said… - Thank you for the great comments and the email as well. I would love to speak with you sometime. My cell is 604 240 7642. My email is ian.nethercott@me.com
Have a great day!
Ian
- At 2:20pm on June 29, 2011,
David Goodison said… - Thanks Gillon. Nice Tat! I only have one and it is simple...USMC.
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Click on the "Background" tab and scroll down to watch The Story of Electronics.
As far as Gimme Green and Terra Blight, my son-in-law is Eric Flagg and he just became a father today! Baby girl.
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There is no such thing as a $200.00/month payment.
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 4:24pm 2 Comments 2 Likes
Back when I started in the car business in 1979, I remember all kinds of people coming into the dealership and looking at $15-20 thousand cars. There were many of them then. In 1979, the desired payment I heard most often was $200./month.
I remember when we heard this we'd look at each other and wonder what this otherwise solid looking citizen with good credit had been smoking. Back then, just as now, $200. per month…
In the future, Dogs will work car deals.
Posted on May 2, 2013 at 11:30am 10 Comments 7 Likes
For years, the dog has been man’s best friend. He’s got a lot of things going for him; one of the best things is his dog nose. The dog’s nose is some 50,000 times more powerful than our human noses, and has some amazing powers.
Our dogs sniff out bombs, buried earthquake survivors, skiers buried in…
Continue Internet Auto Sales…What are we truly trying to accomplish? Part I
Posted on April 30, 2013 at 5:00pm 12 Comments 4 Likes
I ask myself this often: What are we really trying to do on the internet? Let’s start by looking at an extreme. Say a Dealership like that one in Northern, Idaho. Here’s a dealership that is in a mountain town (2400 pop.) they advertise in those magazines you find in the pouch behind the seat in front…
Continue Baby Boomers and L.G.B.T. Two big deals in the country's biggest business!
Posted on March 27, 2013 at 3:30pm 1 Comment 1 Like
My business card has my title on it: Customer Advocate and Internet Marketing Visionary. It's the visionary talking to you right now, and like so many posts I've seen here on D.E. Of late, I think this is going to turn into a question.
Two groups I would like to focus my marketing efforts on are as you…
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