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Want More Service Revenue? Make Technician Videos!
Would you like to hear a ridiculous, unbelievable ROI statement? Well, one luxury brand dealership integrated technician videos into its service processes and, in only seven days, made +$250K in customer pay recommended work revenue. In fact, 80% of all closed repair orders for the week had a technician video sent to the customer.
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In this video blog, Jim Flint, CEO, and Founder of Local Search Group discusses how to approach Geo Conquesting consistently with up-to-date strategies.
What Training is Needed For Driving a Bus?
Have you dreamed of driving a bus since you were a child? Did you look in awe at your local bus driver, and wish you were the one who was in charge of such a beautiful, big vehicle? Or perhaps you simply are looking to change careers and like the thought of being able to help others get around by working in the transportation industry. If so, then you are…
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Effective Tips to Keep Employees Engaged and Happy in Dealership
Employee engagement means a lot in car dealership business. Engaged employees can make your business and disengaged employees can't only decrease the sales but can also lead customers' dissatisfaction and efficiency in organizational tasks. In this forum posts, I am going to tell you some effective tips to keep your employees engaged.
- First of all, as a boss of a car dealership business, you must need to understand the significance of employee engagement. You can read quality…
How Do You Define Management Competency?
Successful dealerships strive to recruit, hire, and retain the best-available management talent. Once that talent is on board, effective performance management processes must be in place to provide these yet-unproven (to us) managers with feedback on their work results and to ensure that they are receiving the tools and support to become high achievers. So I always ask my potential client-dealers to describe their method of evaluating the overall competence of the…
Are You Looking at This the Right Way?
When I was teaching the Sonic Dealer Academy from 2001 through 2008, my co-instructor, Steve Hallock, became famous for asking each class, “Why do you think we spend so much time talking about the Service Department? It’s because, at a 75% gross profit margin on labor sales, this department offers, by far, the greatest incentive to increase sales. That was then, and many dealership owners and managers looked at service gross potential that way.
These days, however, I’m coaching my…
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Make Your Own Momentum!
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Momentum is a powerful force that can work for you or against you. When you have it, things can be easier; but, when you don't have it, everything's harder than it should be. Sometimes something good or bad will happen beyond your control that…
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We want you to be profitable and proud of what you do. We want you to have all the success…
ContinueDevelop a Handful of Healthy Obsessions
Posted by Dave Anderson on June 25, 2019 at 1:58pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Are the things that you're continually thinking about - the things that regularly preoccupy or intrude on your mind (your obsessions) - taking you to where you want to go in business and in life? Or are they making it harder for you to get there?…
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Posted by Damian Boudreaux on June 19, 2019 at 9:43pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Last week in our video series, Ali Reda’s Road to Sales Success, we began to tell you about our new friend Carlos. Are you excited to…
ContinueHow to Play a Poor Hand Well w/ Thomas Bryant
Posted by Dave Anderson on June 11, 2019 at 11:02am 0 Comments 1 Like
We can all get dealt a poor hand from time to time, but how you respond and choose to play it will either elevate you or devastate you. In this episode, Dave is joined by NBA center Thomas Bryant of the Washington Wizards, who describes his…
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Tough It Out
Posted by Dave Anderson on May 29, 2019 at 10:53am 0 Comments 1 Like
Game changers know that unconditional performance is essential for becoming unstoppable. They don't just give it their all and bring the 8 key traits only when all is fine at home, or when they feel 100%, or when they've had a good night's sleep.…
ContinueBe the Coach Your People Deserve
Posted by Dave Anderson on May 17, 2019 at 4:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ken Blanchard called feedback the “breakfast of champions,” and rightfully so, because we all need feedback in order to grow and develop to our fullest potential. When done properly, coaching those on your team and giving them quality…
Five Keys to Achieving Goals
Posted by Dave Anderson on April 30, 2019 at 11:53am 0 Comments 1 Like
There's a lot of information available today on goal setting, but an important and often overlooked component is alignment. There are certain things in your life that have to align with your goals, and if they don't, you'll fall short of reaching…
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Do you think listing your site on local search sites brings any traffic to your website and in turn to your business? I have found that these sites do not bring much traffic. I want to know whether I am alone who thinks this way or there are other…Continue
Dannmar MaxJax Vs. Triumph NT-9 Portable Car Lift ?
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Greetings!As I have discussed several times here that our dealership purchased used vehicles from dealer-only and public auctions and now, we are busy in the car flipping to get handsome amount against these vehicles. In the beginning, we contracted…Continue
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Hello Everyone!Only a few weeks ago, we opened a new showroom in the UK that is solely handled by my husband. We have taken vehicle and dealership coverage policy from a local dealer, but some insurance agents are also suggesting us to get essential…Continue
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Greetings! After getting the news of many success car dealership ventures in Thailand, we are planning to start used car dealership business in Bangkok, but many of our managers are in favour of rent a car business in Bangkok. They suggested…Continue
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You know you work for a bad dealership when . . . .
Started by Mark Dubis in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Tim Pendergast Jul 19, 2018. 89 Replies 8 Likes
We all know many dealers still make money the old fashioned way, in spite of themselves. If we want to attract top notch professionals to our industry we need to be able to quickly identify attributes of the poorly managed and not employee focused…Continue
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Traditional Advertising, is it truly over as many might say?
Started by Bobby Compton in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Willis Williams Oct 18, 2013. 87 Replies 7 Likes
Traditional Advertising, is it truly over as many might say?I've found that there are different environments, climates and demographics that call for traditional advertising! Although Social Media is on the move and in my opinion will be sooner than…Continue
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Do women make better Car salespeople?
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CRM advice needed, Small VW Dealership in Northwestern Pa
Started by Andrew Kappler in Dear Abby (dealerELITE) - Advice Needed. Last reply by Michael Robinson Ragsdale Mar 21, 2012. 72 Replies 2 Likes
I am currently needing advice with regards to CRM software for our dealership, we have something sort of close but very antiquated, that said, I thought that I understood the functionality of said software however I may have been sort of blind to…Continue
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PR: The Automotive Super Conference Announces World-Class Dealership Solutions for the Entire Dealership
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March 22nd, 2012 – Charlotte, NC - The Automotive Super Conferenceis the first conference…Continue
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