May 2014 Blog Posts (131)

Car Shoppers Confused About TV Lease Deals

The majority of consumers shopping for a new car lease are frustrated with the disconnect between advertised automotive deals and the cars they end up looking at inside the dealership. These findings were part of a joint online study between Swapalease.com and Wantalease.com from April 10 – April 24, 2014, presented to more than 1,000 drivers across North America. Complete results of the study may be found by clicking…

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Added by John Sternal on May 20, 2014 at 1:34pm — No Comments

How are you handling all these recalls?

Is your dealership proactive when it comes to safety campaigns?

Do you actively contact your customers about open recalls?

 

Click the link below to hear my initiative ways to get your open recalls under control before it's too late.

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Added by Rob Gehring on May 20, 2014 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Creating Red Carpet Customer Service

There are probably a thousand reasons or more that customer service and retention is a valuable automotive sales training topic, but here are just nine that affect all industries that should get your attention.

 

1 .   86% of buyers will pay more for a better customer experience. But only 1% of customers feel that vendors consistently meet their expectations. (CEI…

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Added by Stephanie Young on May 20, 2014 at 12:25pm — No Comments

What’s the Big Deal with Data Anyways? – Part Three

As I mentioned in part two of this series, many DMS providers make it difficult for dealers to download their customer database. In some cases, it’s because there are control issues arising between dealers and their DMS (or CRM) as to who…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 20, 2014 at 8:13am — No Comments

Why 24-Hour Chat is So Important

I've taken some criticism over the last week for selecting CarChat24 as the dealer website chat provider that I like the most. Angry calls. Angrier emails. Nobody wants to hear that their product was not selected and I understand the vast majority of the criticism from other chat providers in the industry.

One piece of criticism that I do not understand comes…

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Added by JD Rucker on May 20, 2014 at 6:23am — 2 Comments

Most reliable car brands

There was a great article published by Motoramic about the most reliable car brands which you can read here. The author determined the most reliable automotive brands by looking at almost 350,000…

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Added by Anne Fleming on May 19, 2014 at 8:16pm — 3 Comments

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DealerAddendums.com just crossed the 100 dealer threshold so I thought I'd post a short blog about it and how it came to be.

In 2011 Liqueo Inc launched…

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Added by Allan Tone on May 19, 2014 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Enter in the Fiat 500 Godzilla Giveaway for Free Movie Tickets and More!

Enter the Fiat Godzilla Giveaway!

For all the Godzilla fans out there, Fiat has partnered up with the new Godzilla movie to featured a handful of Fiat cars such as the Fiat 500 and the 2014 Fiat 500L being devoured by Godzilla. Surprisingly, the largest Fiat, the…

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Added by Jonathan Morales on May 19, 2014 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Auto/Mate's DMS Empowers Managers, Increases Productivity at Five Star Dealerships

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ALBANY, N.Y. – May 19th, 2014 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that Five Star Dealerships, an auto group in Aberdeen, WA has transformed its culture to one of managerial empowerment and has increased productivity with the help of reporting and dashboard features in Auto/Mate's dealership management system (DMS).

 

"Any time you make a big change like…

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Added by Mike Esposito on May 19, 2014 at 12:55pm — No Comments

A New Vehicle Value Trend Has Formed

Here is this week's Used Car Market Report with the latest data from Black Book. It has been an extremely busy week for the Editors at Black Book attending physical auctions and watching other auctions online, while also analyzing thousands of records from remarketing data feeds from all across the country, We even had the opportunity to get hands on insight into a couple of significantly refreshed models that are soon to be hitting the new car market through the franchised dealers. Getting…

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Added by John Sternal on May 19, 2014 at 11:04am — 1 Comment

Special 12-Month Lease Program on 2014 Dodge Charger & Challenger in NJ

Special Dodge Double-Up Program in New Jersey!

With the Dodge Double-Up Lease Program, enthusiasts of the Dodge Charger and/or Challenger will be able to get a 2014 Dodge Charger or Challenger with a 12-month lease in NJ and upgrade to a 2015 model in 12 months with no additional down payment.…

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Added by Jonathan Morales on May 16, 2014 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Diamonds may have been a girl's best friend, but today's women prefer ringtones to rings.

In a recent study, Time, Inc. and Nuance Digital Marketing discovered that women are increasingly attached to their mobile devices. In fact, the study (called “Women + Mobile: The Unbreakable Bond,” found that 60% of women say their…

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Added by Jody DeVere on May 16, 2014 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Free Webinar - Mobile Payments for Your Business



If you're not using mobile technology for your business, want to get with the times? 



 



A recent study by WorldPay referenced in …

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Added by Stephanie Wagner on May 16, 2014 at 11:44am — No Comments

What’s the Big Deal with Data Anyways? – Part Two

In part one of this series, I discussed the importance of dealerships using their data effectively in marketing and how, when done properly, it can increase vehicle and service sales while improving customer loyalty. Now I’d like to…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 16, 2014 at 9:05am — 2 Comments

Interviews With Buy Here Pay Here Experts

FYI Buy Here Pay Here people...

BHPHinterviews.com was just posted with 7 audio interviews with experts like Brent Carmichael from NCM. They are free to download and a Tablet Kindle Fire is being given away.

I personally did all the interviews because I wanted them to be content driven and NOT sales pitch driven. 

Let me know your favorite. 

Kenny

Added by Kenny Atcheson on May 15, 2014 at 3:10pm — No Comments

AutoPoint at the 16th Digital Dealer Conference

Last week, AutoPoint headed to the 16th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition in Atlantic City, NJ. We were very excited to see many new faces that were able to attend the Digital Dealer Conference for the first time as it visited the Northeast. Sessions were all well attended & attendees were very active in the exhibit hall investigating all of…

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Added by Richard Holland on May 15, 2014 at 9:12am — No Comments

Why Can't You Lease A Tesla?

No doubt, Tesla has become a highly successful car brand with a growing roster of fans. The company recently introduced a new, guaranteed "buy back" program that offers to buy back a Model S between 36 – 39 months at a guaranteed residual.



On the surface this is positioned as a lease program. But it's really not a lease because you have to finance and pay taxes on the full vehicle.



Why can't you just lease a Tesla? Government regulations mean the $7,500 Plug-In Electric…

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Added by John Sternal on May 15, 2014 at 8:58am — 2 Comments

Communictions

I read an article on communications.

It said that the weakest skill most people in the job market is lacking is communicating.…

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Added by Tim Marvel on May 15, 2014 at 1:30am — No Comments

Alan Ram Participates In The Great BDC Debate On Auto Dealer Live

Added by Alan Ram on May 14, 2014 at 7:14pm — No Comments

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