A very interesting dynamic occurs when business is good...standards of performance often fall and many managers back away from managing performance. They just let people do what they do and try to keep up with penciling deals and managing inventory. After all...sales and profits are good.  However, when business is not good, then everyone starts to look at ways to…

According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2009-2013 depreciated by an average of -0.7% during March, slightly less depreciation than during February. Domestic cars increased +0.9%; import cars changed -0.9%; domestic trucks changed -0.3%; and import trucks changed -0.9%. Average pre-recession annual depreciation was continually recorded between -15% and -18%, and Black Book expects 2015 depreciation near -14.5%.

 

Luxury SUVs saw the largest…

How To Set Up Your Marketing Like A SuperHero!…

Everywhere I go, I’m told by salespeople that everybody just wants to shop me on price!



That regardless of how a good job I do throughout the sales process, regardless of how much rapport I build with the customer, they still will go down the road for a hundred dollars cheaper after seeing it on the internet. Now while I agree with that statement. We have to be doing more to overcome the price shopper. If we want to sell more cars, and if we want to increase our…

ALBANY, N.Y. – April 6th, 2015 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) today announced the release of a free eBook titled "The Auto Dealer's Ten Step Guide to Creating Customer Loyalty: No Customer Loyalty Program Needed!" The eBook shares management and leadership principles proven to increase customer loyalty and generate higher profits, such as focusing on employee…

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Urbandale, IA--April 6th, 2015--Flick Fusion (www.flickfusion.com), the industry's leading video marketing provider, announced today that Tim James, Vice President of Sales with Flick Fusion, will present a "Step-by-Step Guide To Successful Video Marketing: How to Implement and Maintain a Scalable Video Marketing…

“What’s the Average Closing Percentage for Automotive Leads 30, 60 and 90 Days Old?”

I recently received a variation of this question from a visitor to my free video training website, and given that many automotive managers, salespeople and BDC agents likely have the same question, I…

Internet Marketing – Why Content Matters

Blame Google, a panda and a penguin, and your mother-in-law if you want. But the fact is this...Good Solid Content has become king.

'Panda' became the codeword for the changes in their ranking algorithms by which they ranked sites using texts and…

So you’re about to have a couple days off, what’s the last thing that you do before you leave the dealership? Let me guess, you set an Out-of-Office Assistant on your email right?   



Remember back to when you were dating…You send that girl a text message, and if you don’t get a response back within 5 minutes, you think something is up……

Last Wednesday at Facebook’s annual developer conference in San Francisco, CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled plans to implement ‘spherical’ 360­º videos. This new breed of media will run inside standard web & mobile browsers without requiring the use of a headset. The plan, Zuckerberg says, is to eventually get this kind of “immersive, 360-degree video experience” into your Facebook News…

If you are a Manager or Team leader in your Dealership, how do you handle the car sales training process?  Do you coach your team members on how to set goals and carry them through to success?  Does your team rely upon you for guidance and Sales Training?  Are you using a training curriculum that is proven to create maximum results from your Salespeople and is specifically designed for automotive sales…

On March 9, 1979, the men’s NCAA basketball tournament kicked off with a field of 40 teams, led by the top-ranked and undefeated Indiana State Sycamores. At that point, the tournament was a second-rate event that only hardcore sports junkies and fans of competing schools cared much about.

That all changed on March 26, when the Sycamores, led by senior forward Larry Bird, faced the Michigan State Spartans and their star guard, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, in the championship game.…

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What Are The Nuts & Bolts Of Internet Marketing?

A few years ago Internet Marketing was pushed as the next big thing, and now it is pushed as the ONLY thing. It is supposed to be the land where perceptive entrepreneurs, single moms and…

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I seriously DO NOT GET IT? Why if car dealers have questions, concerns, problems, advice for 3rd party providers and online classifieds and ask them to PLEASE be on a JOINT panel with 6 OTHER 3rd party providers and 200+ DEALERS… why they would blow it…

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Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report.

 

In this week's report, the Black Book editorial team takes a close look at this past week's valuation trends. As we see the beginning of April finding the industry, there are some surprising segments finding…

Hope you are all enjoying your Wednesday, check out Kingston Nissan's Uptown Funk Parody, it's definitely pretty good! …

Today let’s look at numbers versus processes as if they were two sport teams competing. Read this article and learn a lot about how to improve both of them!…