All Blog Posts Tagged 'AutoMax' (5)

Solution Provider The Dealership Culture Starts At The Top

Something has to give. Change is mandatory in our industry, reinvention a must! Every day I see what people are posting about dealerships all over the web. Let's face it, as a whole people hate us. Strong words I know but just look at how our customers are treated. It's not that they are being treated bad in most cases, but…

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Added by Craig Lockerd on July 16, 2012 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Training Provider The Man (Person) In The Mirror

Do as I say, not as I do. How many times have we been in situations just like that and walked away scratching our heads? Managers and dealers tell us that we need to increase volume, raise gross, or achieve higher CSI in one breath, and then when suggestions to do exactly that come up, they reply, "No! We've always done it this way."

As a trainer, I have the priviledge to be in a different dealership almost every week. Part of my obligation is to point out where the…

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Added by John Fuhrman on March 9, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Training Provider The Greatest Investment In A Dealer's World

One exercise we use in our training at The Dealer Resource Group is to show our students what type of investment is required to open a franchise auto dealership. We discuss land costs, buildings and equipment, people, and of course, cars. Our goal is to demonstrate how much a dealer is spending just to open the doors and give sales people a place to work and earn a living - potentially a great one. On top of that, we can add advertising to get customers in the showroom. No matter how…

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Added by John Fuhrman on February 24, 2011 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Solution Provider "Well I Guess I Could Always Sell Cars?"

The year was 1974 Nixon was president, U.S. population was 213 million the Dow was at 600 average cost of a new home was $39, 000, and cars were $3200 Household income was $11,000!!!!!!!...Stamps were .08 and gas was .58 the top song that year was The Way We Were by Streisand and there was NO fashion.

I had tried and had three failed attempts at college, no degree, was making $175 a week working in a garage and was about to get married, not a winning formula.

The very LAST… Continue

Added by Craig Lockerd on July 27, 2010 at 2:56pm — 9 Comments

Solution Provider AutoMax Needs Recruiter/Trainers Now!

Tried to post this under Employment , didn't work.Hope this "Help Wanted" Ad posted as a Blog doesnt offend,not meant to of course.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36DFDzhivXY

Interested? First do your "Due Diligence" check us out,what we do,get a feel for who we are and what these positions are all about.

This is NOT a job!

Independent Contractor, 35-42 weeks a year, Legit Income 65k-115k ,"Regional… Continue

Added by Craig Lockerd on April 12, 2010 at 3:13pm — 1 Comment