In the past five years my job description has evolved into an amalgam of once individual positions, now viewed as a one-person juggling act.  When asked what I do for a living, the answer has become complicated.  I am a Sales Manager-Marketing Director-Information Technologies Developer-Public Relations Officer.  Whew!  Try fitting that on to a business card.  I am not alone, as many companies have down…

AddOnAuto Accessories Trend Report reveals strong in-dealership accessories sales; average dealership analyzed sold accessories to over 50% of customers and generated 48+% average gross profit margin

AddOnAuto (AOA) today released its annual Auto Accessories Trend Report that analyzes…

Industry veteran combines technical skill, automotive passion to enhance dealer products, satisfaction

VinSolutions® announces Jennifer Granson Lee has joined the company as senior director of product to help drive the development and integration of dealership solutions and increase client satisfaction.



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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,…

Too many times in today’s market Employee’s, Managers or GM’s buck the trend by insisting antiquated methods from an outdated market still apply. In the car business it is more important than ever to ride the trending market wave than to catch the next swell if you catch one at all. Change is inevitable. Whether you like it or not, it will happen. The unfortunate truth is you either re-invent yourself as a Manager, GM or Employee or that change will be you. I find myself…

A study of Harvard MBA candidates found that 3% had clear written goals and plans for accomplishing them, 13% had goals but had not put them down in writing and 84% had no goals when they were first entering the program. Ten year later the same students were re-interviewed. The 13% that had goals were making twice as much as the 84% with no goals but, even more astounding, the 3% who had committed their goals to writing were making 10x as much as the other 97% combined.

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Very excited about going to NADA again.  Am looking forward to meeting new faces and finally putting a face with a name, in many instances.

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There are many lessons we can take from this Super Bowl this year. Important, crucial information like Beyonce has still got it, always pay your electricity bill before you have company over, and murderers can go on to do great things in life. Even more important though, are the lessons we can learn about Marketing with Twitter and Facebook. Let  us here at Wikimotive share some of these with…

In his new book, To Sell is Human, bestselling author Daniel Pink argues that selling has changed more in the last ten years than it did over the previous 100. Think about it, whether we’re trying to push a product to someone or just trying to convince someone of our point of view,…

ALBANY, N.Y. – February 5th, 2013 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that Rowe Ford in Westbrook, Maine has successfully transitioned to auto dispatching in its service department since switching to Auto/Mate’s dealership management system (DMS) in November of 2012. Since implementing auto dispatch, the service department has realized improved service tech productivity and a greater volume of warranty…

DealerOn Presented with Best Website Design Award

DealerOn Inc. is the recipient of the Best Auto Dealer Website Design award as a part of Dealer Marketing Magazine’s Technology Leadership Awards. These awards will be presented during the 2013 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo in Orlando, Florida.…

Maybe it's just me, but it seemed like the Super Bowl ads were a little skimpy this year, and not as creative as years past. Less companies participated, and the ones who did seemed to have either put less thought into their commercials, or are possibly reading their audience incorrectly. I didn't feel particularly inspired to try a new product this year, as opposed to being pushed to think about products in a new light in Super Bowls of yore.

This makes me wonder: was this just an…

We know everyone in this community loves Business SEO. We work at it all day, poring over analytics data and tweaking this or that to stay in Google's good graces. Honestly, it never gets old. Just between you and me, when we lay our heads down at night, we have beautiful dreams of Matt Cutts.

Still though, we're not going to argue that it's the most exciting subject in the world. It has…

Hers a guy who really puts a black eye on our Industry!

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/20841466/cbs-atlanta-news-reporter-gets-punched-in-the-face

ALBANY, N.Y. – February 4, 2013 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today it has launched a mobile service department solution for its auto dealership clients. Currently available for windows-based tablets, the mobile solution enables service advisors to view the DMS service module information and conduct the service write-up process “on the go.”…

The day after the Super Bowl it seems like everyone will be reviewing the commercials and deciding which one was best. The sports channels will review every detail from the game and the players who made the big plays. The news will focus on the weird black out at the Super Dome. However, the best lesson to be learned from the Super Bowl is in the story behind the story of Joe Flacco.

There will be a lot of emphasis put on Joe Flacco’s performance in the Super Bowl but let’s…

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Make Money Mondays With Sean V. Bradley (1-28-2013)

"Be Careful of Distractions Disguised As…