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How to Boost Your Recall Completion Rate
Today one of five vehicles on the road are under recall. This year alone there have been 46 million vehicle owners notified of a recall; seven million of which are not related to the Takata airbag issue.
Recalls represent a significant revenue opportunity for dealership service departments. Whenever a…
Hello, is It Me You’re Looking For?
I frequently write about how, in my opinion, dealerships would be wise to expand their thinking and change attitudes towards recall customers … and not just recall customers, but all customers
The customer experience is key to building customer loyalty, increasing referrals and securing repeat…
Don’t Miss Revenue Opportunities!!
It is widely known that Service is the lifeblood of all dealerships and, in many cases, keeps dealerships financially in the black. With the inundation of service requests by consumers, largely due to the increasing amounts of recalls that we’ve seen in the last few years, service departments are finding it more…
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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…
What about the other 90%
How do you maximize your website and website traffic to the fullest? Spending so many ad dollars and funds to acquire website traffic is such a investment for dealers. Let's say you are awesome and your website traffic converts "at best" at 10%, what do you do to capture the other 90% of online shoppers you have yet to identify? I think fishing in a big pond vs catching the fish already in your pond is where you have the most missed opportunities to identify.
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How to Boost Your Recall Completion Rate
Posted by Scot Eisenfelder on September 21, 2018 at 10:40am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Today one of five vehicles on the road are under recall. This year…
Hello, is It Me You’re Looking For?
Posted by Chris Miller on September 21, 2018 at 10:30am 0 Comments 1 Like
I frequently write about how, in my opinion, dealerships would be…
Don’t Miss Revenue Opportunities!!
Posted by Andy Church on September 21, 2018 at 9:56am 0 Comments 0 Likes
It is widely known that Service is the lifeblood of all dealerships…
Building Content for Fixed Ops on CDK Global
Posted by Chris Branum on September 20, 2018 at 7:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Write Service Podcast: Episode 45- The Holes in Your Process
Posted by Jeff Cowan on September 20, 2018 at 12:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
This week, Jeff continues the discussion on having a true process on your service drive. Some of you have a process, and some are really missing the mark on what a proper one should look like. Stay tuned to hear the five biggest holes in your…
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Can You Sell Cars On Facebook Marketplace?
Posted by Todd Smith on September 20, 2018 at 10:00am 0 Comments 1 Like
Since Facebook has exploded, businesses have all rushed to…
BLACK BOOK HISTORY ADJUSTED VALUATIONS NOW INTEGRATED INTO DIMONT’S CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMS
Posted by Black Book on September 20, 2018 at 9:53am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Vehicle Values With Historical Performance Can Greatly Increase Accuracy in Claims Adjustments
Black Book, a division of Hearst that provides industry-leading used vehicle…
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August Auto Lease Prices Increase By Up To 54% On Several Vehicles
Posted by John Sternal on September 20, 2018 at 9:28am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Several Brands Increase Lease Prices by up to 54% on Vehicles of All Sizes as New Model-Year Units Enter Showroom; Interest Rate Hikes Take Effect
Wantalease.com, the nation’s first online car lease marketplace for new lease…
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Happy customers grow your CSI
Posted by Thomas F. Jung on September 20, 2018 at 8:32am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Best Run about Boats For Family
Posted by Simon Hopes on September 20, 2018 at 8:32am 0 Comments 0 Likes
If you are searching for a boat that is great for the whole family but it is also quite satisfying to ride, you should think about getting the runabout boat, as that is still a staple of the boating family in many countries. These boats come in…
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Google Launches Auto Insurance Comparison Tool
Started by Mike Elliott in Automotive Industry Future - Predictions. Last reply by Reynalda Lor Sep 3. 1 Reply 0 Likes
With the growing popularity of care share programs, self-driving technology could be a game changer for urban traffic systems. A new study looks at how the Swedish capital's transport grid could be transformed. A fleet of shared self-driving cars in…Continue
Tags: care, self-driving, cars, autonomous
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. 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
Tags: BOBBY, COMPTON, LIVE, AUTOS, dealerELITE
Do women make better Car salespeople?
Started by aaron kominsky in Women in the Auto Industry. Last reply by Ben Misra May 6, 2014. 77 Replies 6 Likes
What characteristics differentiate the differences between a woman vs a man in selling autombiles in today's marketplace?Continue
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
Tags: Internet, Manager, Leads, Business, Development
PR: The Automotive Super Conference Announces World-Class Dealership Solutions for the Entire Dealership
Started by David Johnson in General Forum for dealerELITE Members. Last reply by NANCY SIMMONS Apr 2, 2012. 63 Replies 14 Likes
March 22nd, 2012 – Charlotte, NC - The…Continue
Tags: Service, Social Media, branding, Off-Site, Seminar
Autotrader, Cars.com, what is your favorite 3rd party lead provider?
Started by Robert Hildreth in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by MANNY LUNA Sep 27, 2011. 58 Replies 4 Likes
We have agreements with about everyone....had a terrible experience with Carsdirect 72 leads 0 sales...and customers seem to use it as a wish lists...for new or used...not to mention I hate that they have a site to tell me how much I should be…Continue
Tags: Dealix, Carsdirect, Cars.com, KBB, Zag
Finish this Sentence.....
Started by NANCY SIMMONS in General Forum for dealerELITE Members. Last reply by Justin Wade Bagwell Aug 13, 2011. 58 Replies 3 Likes
If I was a new dealer opening up a new car dealership today, I would...............Continue
Hiring & Firing
Started by DealerELITE in dE member "Did you know?". Last reply by Ricardo Rondinelli Oct 6, 2011. 50 Replies 2 Likes
Share a nugget of information that will help the dE community. Please keep it to 2 sentences. Short and sweet
Internet Mgr best practices
Started by Aaron Harris in Sales Forum. Last reply by Doug Davis Dec 7, 2013. 47 Replies 7 Likes
I am looking for any advice from anyone who has experience with succesful internet departments.Our dealership operation currently does not have one person who is responsible for all leads or internet activity as a whole. We currently have three of…Continue
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