Comments - Fire Your Internet Sales Manager! - DealerELITE.net2024-03-28T20:07:55Zhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5283893%3ABlogPost%3A294936&xn_auth=noThanks Garretttag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-07:5283893:Comment:2952802012-05-07T01:39:00.689ZSean V. Bradleyhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/SeanVBradley
<p>Thanks Garrett</p>
<p>Thanks Garrett</p> Keep up the straight talk Sea…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-06:5283893:Comment:2952722012-05-06T23:28:51.043ZGarrett Osbornehttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/GarrettOsborne
<p>Keep up the straight talk Sean. Agree or diagree it's important to have the conversation.</p>
<p>Keep up the straight talk Sean. Agree or diagree it's important to have the conversation.</p> Thank you all for the comment…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-06:5283893:Comment:2953792012-05-06T23:18:36.901ZSean V. Bradleyhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/SeanVBradley
<p>Thank you all for the comments! I know the title was a little provocative. But my goal was to bring awareness... Please keep the comments coming- </p>
<p>Thank you all for the comments! I know the title was a little provocative. But my goal was to bring awareness... Please keep the comments coming- </p> Having had direct in store co…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-05:5283893:Comment:2953492012-05-05T20:01:09.243ZDavid T. Gouldhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/DavidTGould
<p>Having had direct in store contact with hundreds of "internet departments" I can confirm Sean's diagnosis. This is not being mean. It is being realistic. </p>
<p>Consider the pieces of the puzzle that make up an internet managers job. Do owners and decision makers even know what to look for? <em>(maybe a great job description is called for to identify just how diversified an individual is required to meet the expectations of that position)</em></p>
<p>Today's<i> </i>Internet Managers need…</p>
<p>Having had direct in store contact with hundreds of "internet departments" I can confirm Sean's diagnosis. This is not being mean. It is being realistic. </p>
<p>Consider the pieces of the puzzle that make up an internet managers job. Do owners and decision makers even know what to look for? <em>(maybe a great job description is called for to identify just how diversified an individual is required to meet the expectations of that position)</em></p>
<p>Today's<i> </i>Internet Managers need the skill set of a successful automotive sales manager <em>along with</em> the technical understanding to be able to maximize the plethora of software "tools" required to compete each day.</p>
<p>Good post Sean.</p>
<p>DTG </p> Thanks for telling it like it…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-05:5283893:Comment:2953452012-05-05T18:26:31.681ZGarrett Osbornehttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/GarrettOsborne
<p>Thanks for telling it like it is. You really have to understand the skills necessary to hire for the Internet. It is completely different breed of cat than retail. Sean the blog was well written, thoughtful, and TRUE. Thanks.</p>
<p>Thanks for telling it like it is. You really have to understand the skills necessary to hire for the Internet. It is completely different breed of cat than retail. Sean the blog was well written, thoughtful, and TRUE. Thanks.</p> I apologize if what I said wa…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-04:5283893:Comment:2949952012-05-04T20:40:02.186ZSean V. Bradleyhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/SeanVBradley
<p>I apologize if what I said was misconstrued. In his post he says "What dealership would hire someone who does not have the sales trackrecord or the experience to Manage a department including desking, training and finance".</p>
<p>I was just trying to say that you have "no idea" as in an exagerrated sense... Seriously MOST people have no idea how serious this is that a lot... not just a few dealerships have the wrong person in place.</p>
<p>Furthermore, please think about the possibility…</p>
<p>I apologize if what I said was misconstrued. In his post he says "What dealership would hire someone who does not have the sales trackrecord or the experience to Manage a department including desking, training and finance".</p>
<p>I was just trying to say that you have "no idea" as in an exagerrated sense... Seriously MOST people have no idea how serious this is that a lot... not just a few dealerships have the wrong person in place.</p>
<p>Furthermore, please think about the possibility that there are some Dealers / GMs that don'e REALLY understand what the right model / person is. And there are a LOT of people who think they are the right fit but truly are not. There are Internet Sales Managers that survive in their positions b/c some dealers are ignorant to the reality of what is going on within their departments. As a matter of fact I have seen multiple situations where the Internet Director was "fluffing" information or explaining things to the upper management that point blanc weren't true.</p>
<p>I do appreciate everyoe's thoughts on this subject.</p>
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<p>(By the way, I do agree with Byron that dealers that cut corners, are cheap, or don't care about the Internet department shouldn't be surprised when they are failing or underachieving... Its the dealers that don't know any better, the dealers that want desperately, need desperatley for their Internet department to be successful and have the wrong people in place I am trying to help and educate).</p> @Sean - I wouldn't presume to…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-04:5283893:Comment:2950532012-05-04T19:59:17.887ZTom Gorhamhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/TomGorham
<p>@Sean - I wouldn't presume to say that Byron "has no idea how many dealerships, right now, this very second have the WRONG person or WORSE NO ONE running their Internet Sales Opportunities." Doesn't matter though, his advice holds true. If a dealer is ignorant of the responsibilities and value of an experienced person to run the Internet Department, shame on him/her. He gets what he has put into it in in his own research, understanding, and progressive and strategic thinking and…</p>
<p>@Sean - I wouldn't presume to say that Byron "has no idea how many dealerships, right now, this very second have the WRONG person or WORSE NO ONE running their Internet Sales Opportunities." Doesn't matter though, his advice holds true. If a dealer is ignorant of the responsibilities and value of an experienced person to run the Internet Department, shame on him/her. He gets what he has put into it in in his own research, understanding, and progressive and strategic thinking and planning. </p> @Byron - LOL love your advice!tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-04:5283893:Comment:2949932012-05-04T19:51:22.646ZTom Gorhamhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/TomGorham
<p>@Byron - LOL love your advice!</p>
<p>@Byron - LOL love your advice!</p> @Byron You have NO idea how m…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-04:5283893:Comment:2951202012-05-04T19:44:15.463ZSean V. Bradleyhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/SeanVBradley
<p>@Byron You have NO idea how many dealerships, right now, this very second have the WRONG person or WORSE NO ONE running their Internet Sales Opportunities! As crazy as this sounds... its true! That is why I wrote the article :) </p>
<p>@Byron You have NO idea how many dealerships, right now, this very second have the WRONG person or WORSE NO ONE running their Internet Sales Opportunities! As crazy as this sounds... its true! That is why I wrote the article :) </p> This sounds negative...What d…tag:www.dealerelite.net,2012-05-04:5283893:Comment:2951142012-05-04T18:27:11.818Zbyron powellhttps://www.dealerelite.net/profile/byronpowell80
<p>This sounds negative...What dealership would hire someone who does not have the sales trackrecord or the experience to Manage a department including desking, training and finance. Internet Sales is typically a third of a balanced dealers business. If a dealer does not have the right personel in place shame on that dealer. You dont need to fire someone that was never qualified to do a job they were hired to do. Fire yourself.</p>
<p>This sounds negative...What dealership would hire someone who does not have the sales trackrecord or the experience to Manage a department including desking, training and finance. Internet Sales is typically a third of a balanced dealers business. If a dealer does not have the right personel in place shame on that dealer. You dont need to fire someone that was never qualified to do a job they were hired to do. Fire yourself.</p>