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How to Tame the Bull Named Facebook

In 1991, a 5’2” 125-pound cowboy stared into the face of Wolfman Skoal. a young 2,000-pound bull with a bad reputation. So bad, in fact, that a $500 bounty existed for any rider that could tame the beast and ride a full 8 seconds. Wade Leslie accepted the challenge. As he mounted the bull in preparation for his ride, the bull promptly lay down in the pen. He considered…

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Added by Timmy D. James on September 8, 2014 at 7:57am — No Comments

The Feed Is Not The Feel

We'll this is it, the time has finally arrived- no more Sundays of having to watch downhill skiing, slow…

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Added by Marsh Buice on September 7, 2014 at 12:22pm — No Comments

The Last Year to Buy a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution!

The 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is the Last Year! 

Mitsubishi has confirmed, and all the Lancer lovers are upset, the 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer and the GSR and MR Evolution models will be no more! Mitsubishi is focused on creating more fuel efficient and electric cars so they are cutting out one of their most popular and sought-after sport sedans with all-wheel drive…

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Added by Jonathan Morales on September 7, 2014 at 9:30am — No Comments

Faces of University VW Market Volkswagen in Albuquerque, NM

Meet the staff of University VW Market Volkswagen of Albuquerque serving , Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, NM committed to providing the best customer care in auto sales, parts, collision center, special financing, make ready, reception and more.…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on September 7, 2014 at 7:45am — No Comments

Responsive & Adaptive Web Design

On Episode 9 of the +MarketPunch Podcast, Joe Chura CEO of DealerInspire explores what Responsive and Adaptive web design is all about and what it means to your mobile web strategy. 

The differences and similarities between RWD & AWD

- If one is "better" than the other

- Why we should pay attention to Google on the subject

- The bottom line when it comes to…

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Added by Lizelle Landino on September 6, 2014 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Sign Up For the Internet Sales 20 Group in Partnership with the MSADA before seats SELL OUT… Again!



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Sign Up For the Internet Sales 20 Group in Partnership with the MSADA before seats SELL OUT……

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Added by Sean V. Bradley on September 4, 2014 at 10:32pm — No Comments

Urgent: Uniform Notice for everyone!

Friends, call your office manager and have him or her provide you with the last two uniform invoices for you to review. A new client of ours was shocked to learn they were spending $50,000 a year in non-uniform items! Things like air fresheners, mop handles, dust mops, hand soap, and floor mats are just a few we found. Why spend thousands in renting things so cheap to own? Do you think…

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Added by Rob Gehring on September 4, 2014 at 3:02pm — No Comments

DrivingSales Executive Summit Announces 2014 Breakout Speakers

Expanded roster of presentations selected by a dealer panel; topics range from wearable tech, social media, mobile marketing and SEO to F&I, service, location-based and website strategies, and more; breakout presenters include some of the auto industry’s most innovative dealer executives and thought leaders

 

 

Salt Lake City, UT – September 4, 2014 –…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on September 4, 2014 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Is Your Marketing Really Working?

With so many options available when choosing how to allocate marketing budgets, dealers are increasingly finding themselves conflicted over what to use. Every dealer wants to know whether their marketing is producing results – whether that is in sales or service. And all vendors will attempt to show ROI for their services. Furthermore, how is a dealer to know whether the…

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Added by Jamil Zabaneh on September 4, 2014 at 10:44am — No Comments

What to (Not) Expect When You Are Expecting (Success)

This article was written by Steven Banks and was originally published on the NCM Institute Up to Speed blog

dealer laptop

Have you ever prepared extensively for a certain event only to be caught off guard by an unanticipated circumstance? Maybe you prepared for a recital, fully expecting a Tchaikovsky piece to come out of your fingers but mid-recital a contact lens…

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Added by Garry House on September 4, 2014 at 10:30am — No Comments

How Job Hopping Became Acceptable and How You Can Change It

When developing an employee retention strategy, a business must ultimately consider salaries. There’s no doubt that a long-term employee will feel slighted if a new employee joins at a higher pay. Chances are they may even feel slighted if the new employee receives the same wage. In the automotive industry (and business in general), it’s increasingly acceptable to see…

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Added by Richard Holland on September 4, 2014 at 10:11am — No Comments

Are you developing your coaching style?

Greetings Friends,  

 

How are you coaching your team? Most managers pay very little attention to developing a coaching style. If we don't invest time and effort into developing our coaching skills, we have no chance at being great coaches. Great coaching is a must, to achieve real results.

 

Click the link below and learn how to develop your coaching…

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Added by Rob Gehring on September 4, 2014 at 10:00am — No Comments

Empowering Women at Your Store: What's in it For You

In today’s competitive marketplace, women buyers are crucial for auto dealers' success. Just take a look at numbers and reported growth opportunities in a recent Wall Street Journal article.

It may be no surprise that car buying is an emotional…

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Added by Anne Fleming on September 3, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

In Leasing, U.S. Car Dealers Should Follow Canada's Lead

When it comes to lease programs, should U.S. Auto dealers take a page out of the Canadian dealer model? National car lease marketplace, Swapalease.com, works with customers in both countries and observed key differences in how lease programs are structured, with particular emphasis on the transfer of ownership elements between individuals:

  • Higher lease penetration rate in Canada, upwards of 40% on many vehicles (cars are also more expensive there)
  • Leasing transfers…
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Added by John Sternal on September 3, 2014 at 11:10am — No Comments

Don’t Get Blacked Out In Your Own Market

With NFL football fans gearing up for another season, DIRECTV is once again offering new customers the 2014 NFL Sunday Ticket for free along with deeply discounted prices and an upgraded DVR Genie on several of the programming packages.  What’s the catch?  The special prices are valid for only the first twelve months of a twenty-four month contract. And if you want to…

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Added by Mike Gorun on September 3, 2014 at 9:08am — No Comments

Want A Pay Raise? Up Yours!

3 lbs is all that is keeping you from ultimate success. It’s your brain. If it weren’t for our brain, the sales profession would be an easy job. Instead of using our brain as a tool, we use it instead as a weapon-on ourselves. It’s the self-defeating thoughts, past experiences, and bleak predictions that sharpen our blades of self-destruction.

 

When…

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Added by Marsh Buice on September 2, 2014 at 2:42pm — 2 Comments

Am I Doing This Right?

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Added by Paul Potratz on September 2, 2014 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Summer Ends, Continuing Trends

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Beggs on the Used Car Market with data and insights from Ricky Beggs and Black Book. By the time you are watching or reading this used car market insight, whether you are a fan of college football or not, you either attended a game or at least watched some on TV. This great passage of fall has finally arrived. Hopefully you were satisfied with the…

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Added by Black Book on September 2, 2014 at 9:08am — No Comments

Using Moneyball Strategies to Win the Content Marketing Game

In a recent article published on Marketing Land, an author used the famous concept of Moneyball and applied it to content marketing. If you aren’t familiar with the Moneyball concept, it began when Billy Beane became manager of the 2001 Oakland Athletics. Mr. Beane hypothesized…

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Added by Timmy D. James on September 2, 2014 at 8:21am — No Comments

The Automotive Industry is Primed for Responsive Websites

There is no shortage of opinions in our industry. Depending on who you ask, they will likely have a very passionate opinion about the three major types of mobile website strategies: responsive, adaptive, and mobile-only. If you ask a website provider, they’ll tell you that the option they have currently available is the best option whether they have numbers to back…

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Added by Ali Amirrezvani on September 2, 2014 at 6:19am — No Comments

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