It’s been 60 days.

You had every intention of making changes and doing something different. You had all of the information gathered and catalogued. You even made a list of all of the Managers and their responsibilities and revised their Goals based on the information and training you were about to provide them.

You were ready for Success! You had new expectations! You were ready to accomplish new Goals!

You were ready to reap the benefits of attending the NADA…

Our company just started a Business Development Center.  I am the manager, and only one right now... LOL... 

Would love some help and ideas...  would love to hear how and what others are doing....... 

Looking forward to hearing from you... thank you.

I have had lots of great feed back and great ideas and am most appreciated.. thank you., and to my surprise, much of the feed back has backed up what I was trying to do, but was over ridden.......   Now.......  to…

Ali and Amir were so proud to accept our award for Overall Winner of the Spring 2012 Digital Dealer Website Excellence Awards for the Ideal Nissan website, presented by Jason Ezell!

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4 consumer points to consider when selling car accessories

Since the release of the popular film “The Fast and the Furious”, car accessorizing has shifted from being a secret of car gear enthusiast to a main stream phenomenon. Two sequels later and the aftermarket accessory market continues to average 8% growth annually. Car dealerships…

I was having a discussion with a dealer over a nice vodka tonic and a nice cigar when the discussion turned to conferences. "There are just too many that it's hard to know which ones to go to and which ones to skip," he said.

This concerned me a bit. I've been on that side of the debate before but with the help of friends like Jared Hamilton, Brian Pasch, and Ralph Paglia I have come to the conclusion that the industry doesn't have enough conferenes. Before…

Lafayette, CO (PRWEB) April 04, 2012 - KPA’s Respiratory Protection Course has undergone a complete redesign so that collision centers, body shops, and dealerships go beyond meeting OSHA’s classroom training requirements, to increase the frequency of workers properly wearing respiratory protection on the job.

KPA’s Online Respiratory Protection Course fulfills OSHA’s annual classroom-training requirement for respiratory protection. The course covers how to select, wear, and maintain…

Like it or not, sowing and reaping is a real principle we all live by. Everybody on earth, every profession is under the law of sowing and reaping. The law of sowing a reaping can be either good or bad. For example, take the high school student who maintains a high GPA- staying up late at night in order to complete assignments and prepare for tests; that…

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This is a Video that I created in 2009! Wow... it is scary how this information is STILL relevant and MORE important than back…

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It’s not an accident that great sports teams are ‘great teams’. They are consistent in their play and standings year after year. Take for example, the New England Patriots, the New York Yankees, or even the Dallas Mavs.

It’s not an accident either that great companies are ‘great companies’. They too are consistent in their product and performance year after year. In this case, let’s look at Apple, PepsiCo, or Starbucks.

These companies, teams and brands are always looking for…

Dealers, if you have been having problems with Google Places, this may be the right time to join the Google+ Hangout.

Join +Joel Headley and …

A dog and a cat were recently having a conversation about how each other looks at the world.

They had been friends a long time and the dog had recently been promoted to the title of Service Manager of his Dealership. The cat had stopped by for a visit and to congratulate her friend on his recent promotion. And, as Managers are prone to do, they began to discuss how each run…

Service customers at auto dealerships are intensely loyal -- but are older and spend less than customers of independent shops and chains, according to a recent survey.

So dealers must win converts with online promotions and prepaid programs, said Mike Martinez, chief marketer at DMEautomotive, the marketing firm that commissioned the survey.

Dealer loyalists, defined as those who spend the bulk of their service dollars at the dealership, are more than twice as likely to be 55…

First-of-its-kind platform streamlines accessories sales communications across dealership departments and supplier network; enhances processes currently generating $475+ in sales per vehicle sold  

San Francisco, CA – April 3, 2012 – izmocars (www.izmocars.com) today announced the launch of its AddOnAuto (AOA) Digital Dashboard platform for dealers who currently use the AOA Point of…

Last week a call came in from Lead Bid, Inc. after being re-directed to me from one of my dealer clients.  The sales professional on the other end of the line attempted to sell their service for providing third party leads  The offer was similar to the famous travel website, www.priceline.com.  You name your own price for third party leads.  

On the call, we walked through their website to educate me on how easy it is to adjust the price per…

Over the weekend, I was sifting through boxes and boxes of dealership "stuff" in preparation for my presentation at the Automotive Super Conference in June.  I came across notes from a "Kick-off" Department Head Meeting I conducted in 1997, in the spirit of Jack Dawson's famous speech in the movie Titanic.  I thought this was pretty remarkable as the remake is soon to be released in 3-D.  I scanned over my notes and chuckled..."Some things are still so relevant…