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Getting Control



Getting Control





"It's all about control." I heard this from day one in my automobile sales career. If you have been in the auto industry for any admissible amount of time; I am confident this will resonate with you. It always seemed interesting to me that when the term "control" came up - the most common topic of conversation was this: How far in the process you can "take" your customer.…
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Added by Tobias Sedillos on July 26, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Grant Cardone Challenge

Can you match what a sales person that attended my seminar last week did. 10 Deals in one Week.
You want to know what he did....Call me.... 800-368-5771 and I will show you what he sell more cars in one week than most people will all month.

grant cardone
http://facebook.com/cardonesuccess

Added by Grant Cardone on July 26, 2010 at 12:03am — No Comments

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Added by Russell L Coyne on July 25, 2010 at 11:02pm — No Comments

POLL CHALLENGE TO ALL POLL CONTESTANTS

A young man just attended my seminar last week in Charleston and this is what he said....


I'm so glad I attended Mr. Cardone's workshop. The guys been calling me GC Jr, because I sold 10 this week!" Prince…
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Added by Grant Cardone on July 25, 2010 at 6:38pm — 2 Comments

Saving Newbee Advisor

In the movie “Saving Private Ryan”, an Army unit is sent to resuce the last surviving brother for a mother in waiting. The team is successful and Private Ryan returns home to live a life of fulfillment.



Nice story. Great plot. Excellent movie.



What has that got to do with Fixed Operations and Service Advisors?



Well, it is more about what you are not doing than what you are doing. And “Saving NewBee Advisor” could just as well be titled “Saving Every Advisor.” But I… Continue

Added by Leonard Buchholz on July 23, 2010 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Are You Trying to Save Your Way to Profitability?

Getting profitable. Wow. How cool would that be?



You come into the store the first day of the month, open the door to your office, turn on the lights, sit at your desk and open the drawer that you keep your last months financial statement in and read through it until you come to the page that has the final numbers....and you smile a little self satisfied smile....when you realize "we paid all of our bills before we even opened the door this morning."



Sounds like a science… Continue

Added by Leonard Buchholz on July 22, 2010 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Get 300 Fans on Facebook in one day

NO offense but if you can't get 300 fans in one day on Facebook,
you don't understand something about social media! Lebron James got
200,000 in one day but I ain't getting his kind of media attention. Maybe one day.



Go to this site and see what I mean. www.facebook.com/cardonesuccess.
It is free to watch and learn how I drive social media.


Don't blame the player,…
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Added by Grant Cardone on July 21, 2010 at 10:49pm — No Comments

Increasing Sales and Gross Profit is all in the Plan.

“Your plan for achieving 100% Service Absorption should focus on what you are going to do differently to increase sales and gross profits. It’s not just about advertising and marketing, it’s about processes” says Don Reed, CEO of DealerPro Training Solutions.

Increasing Sales is the one of the core functions of the Management Team (read Service Manager). And quite frankly, is one area that most Service Managers have…

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Added by Leonard Buchholz on July 21, 2010 at 7:07pm — No Comments

So you want to sell Cars? part 1

Most reps don't make it more then a month. There are many reasons. Some new guys are people who have left a job or retired they always wanted to be a salesman. These guys are used to being respected and liked. They start selling cars and get very little respect from anyone. It is an adjustment to get cursed out by your new and younger boss.



The Salesman is the face of the dealership and the manufacturer. A manufacturer spends millions of dollars on ad campaigns. The dealership…

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Added by Stanley Esposito on July 21, 2010 at 3:45pm — 2 Comments

Service Absorption Rule #2

“Maintain your hours per C/P Repair Order (RO) at a minimum of 2.5” says Don Reed, CEO of DealerPro Training Solutions.

If you are currently at the national average of 1.5, then this might seem a bit of a stretch. It’s always a stretch when it’s as big as an elephant. And we know how to eat an elephant, right…..one bite at a time.

So, let’s break it down into bite sized pieces.

In the pursuit of HPRO the first thing we must have is well trained personnel. This means…

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Added by Leonard Buchholz on July 20, 2010 at 9:46am — No Comments

Set Up For Viral Prospecting!

I have a small business that offers Merchant Services for Auto Dealers, Marketing campaigns for all small businesses, and Marketing systems for Salespeople.

I just wanted to say a few words about Prosepecting and how it has changed, perhaps even give some solid advice.

For 30+ years I sold…

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Added by Craig Darling on July 19, 2010 at 5:42pm — No Comments

Service Absorption Rule #3

“Maintain a 6 to 1 ratio of C/P RO count to total vehicle sales” says Don Reed, CEO of DealerPro Training Solutions.

That sounds simple enough. If you are currently selling 100 New and Used a month, then that pencils out to 600 Customer Pay Repair Orders per Month, not including Warranty and Internal. It’s the CP RO count we are after.

So, you just realized that your RO count is low, right? What are you going to do about it? If you are thinking that you need a big production…

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Added by Leonard Buchholz on July 19, 2010 at 4:15pm — 3 Comments

Day to day car sales

I often tell people what goes on in my day and most do not believe me. Starting today until the end of the month I am going to update my status at different times of the day so people can see what goes on on the sales floor.

Lets see how this comes out.

Added by Stanley Esposito on July 19, 2010 at 8:16am — No Comments

A journey from uh-huh to huh to DUH!

On July 14, 2010, DUH! was released for publication and is now available.…

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Added by Douglas R Manley on July 19, 2010 at 8:02am — No Comments

Proof is in the Pudding

In order to validate a person's or company's ability to move another company's social media presence you should be able to move your own. With million of searches on the topic Unemployment Benefits I wondered if I could get to the top of a search.



Notice the image below for where the article I only wrote 2 hours ago stands in all the searches.

See just below the entry… Continue

Added by Grant Cardone on July 17, 2010 at 5:41pm — 1 Comment

Who did you vote for in the July poll (Internet Trainers) and why?

Our poll for July is Who in your opinion is the BEST Internet

training company or

individual consultant in the the Automotive industry in terms of

helping dealers become more profitable
. Let's discuss WHO you

voted for and
WHY you voted… Continue

Added by DealerELITE on July 16, 2010 at 10:30pm — 55 Comments

The Best Automotive Trainer Overall

You know I love all of you guys. Hell I have worked with all of you at one point or another.

I remember the very first training session I was instructed to go to and Give, Give, Give just pops in there.

To this day I have to say that the principles taught by Grant Cardone have always been where the reality of selling cars lives. All of you are great, not as good as me but you're good. <:)

Does anyone remember who originally had the device to beam from the lot to the…

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Added by Kim Clouse on July 14, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Deal Closer App- August 1- Click and Find out What I Would Say!


What would it be worth to have the exact right answer for every manager, sales people, the BDC and the Internet Department? You can- check this bad boy out....for a little taste.

Added by Grant Cardone on July 14, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Saab Enthusiasts

Hello Everyone! My name is Jennifer, and I have been working at a Saab Dealership for nearly 10 years. I remember the better days back in the 2000-2005, give or take. Then, as anyone in the Saab industry, and even customers know, things since then have been heading downhill and fast.

Anyway, I am trying to find other Saab Owners, Dealers, Salespeople, etc.... that would possibly like to take part in a Saab Owners Convention, Auto Show, History of Saab, Customer Appreciation…

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Added by Jennifer Paine on July 14, 2010 at 3:07pm — No Comments

I Phone App for My Automotive Friends at Dealer Elite

So many of you here are my friends and have supported me over the years.


I want to be sure you are the first in the country to get my new Iphone app. This tool
will allow you to connect with me anywhere at anytime before, during and after a deal
to insure that you are 'razor-sharp' in the close.


On August 1st this app becomes available and I want to make sure the people here at DealerElites are the first to get a free…
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Added by Grant Cardone on July 14, 2010 at 1:41am — 11 Comments

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