Check out this fun interview Dealer Teamwork did with Tru Images President, Glen Garvin.
Glen discusses libraries and Global Warming, the U.S. Postal Service and some automotive talk about topics like digital retailing. Give it a watch.
Added by Joe Friedrichsen on May 14, 2020 at 10:00am — No Comments
Written By: Joe Basil
We just returned from a 20 Group meeting and it was the most invigorating workshop we have ever attended. We completed an assessment of our dealership operations and identified major sales and profit opportunities in all departments. We have benefited from the extensive experience of our facilitator and fellow members. We had the opportunity to compare our operation to other…
ContinueAdded by Garry House on April 9, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments
Written by: Keith Shetterly
We talked for years in automotive retail about “The Road to the Sale,” and I’m clearly one of the many supporters of that path to sales success. However, too many of us are still on "The Road Less Profited." Why? Because we are not getting more sales (and profits!) from "The Road to Retention”!
Retention sales link the positives of variable and fixed operations together, and their teaming allows each part of the dealership to amplify the other.…
Added by Garry House on March 12, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments
This article was written by NCMi Instructor, Steve Hall.
Being an instructor at the NCM Institute has some definite advantages. I am blessed with an abundance of information, from all levels of the dealership. Week by week, we get to interact with owners, general managers and department managers. Not only do we share our information and best practices, but listen and learn about what is going on in your…
ContinueAdded by Garry House on February 13, 2013 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
A top 10 nationally-ranked auto dealer called me recently and asked me to do an assessment. I said no problem, I’ll send the list of schedules that I need from your controller and we can get started. The dealer responded no, not that assessment, the management assessment that we did two years ago. Based on the urgent tone in his voice, I asked, “Tell me what’s going on?” The dealer explained that in 2011, the store had a record year in volume, market share and net profit. Based on that year,…
ContinueAdded by Garry House on February 5, 2013 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments
With all the obstacles that we have seen in the past 5 years to the current day...it's no wonder there are so many dealerships struggling. We preach process and structure but yet as managers....I see so many that do not follow up, are not consistent, and allow themselves to fail by not being leaders to their consultants and fellow managers...but yet friends that allow them to fail. I look at management and sales consultants today compared to just 7 years ago...I do not see the strong…
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