Recently Facebook announced that it will stop using data from third-party data aggregators to supplement its own data that it uses for ad targeting. What does this mean for car dealers?

Until this announcement, Facebook collected data from three sources which it used to accurately target its users with ads. These sources were:

• Facebook’s…

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Could it be possible that the secret to selling cars in today’s multi-touch, exponentially data-driven society is exactly the same as it was prior to World War II? I know what you’re thinking. This is either a huge stretch or some sort of joke. However, recently…

An open letter to all US market, dealership management:

We are offering to deliver 45 - 200+ highly-qualified buyers to your showroom, in the next 30 days, for $100 or less per Up; buyers that have already entered your market to buy, delivered to your dealership after seeing your offer." 

"No gimmicks, no BS, just verified buyers, actively looking to PURCHASE a vehicle in your market now...You get a bare minimum of 45 highly qualified…

When it comes to sales management training for vehicle sales, I’m reminded of a quote I recently read by John Wooden, “The best leadership tool you have is to lead by example.” Every day I see people bending the rules to fit their desires. For example, in my neighborhood I see people intentionally run stop signs. What bothers me is that many of these people…

Prior to delivering the proposal, get your salespeople, especially your newer ones, to role play the figures with you as if you’re a customer. Everyone can benefit from having a rehearsal. With this strategy you can develop trust in your sales team through this verification process. You’ll be impressed with how this strategy can improve your closing ratios with just…

Imagine your salespeople starting each day with the most important sales training program available? With The Mar-Kee Group’s new, revolutionary 90 Day Boot Camp, training just got a lot easier for managers…

As Henry Ford stated, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

Technology changes in our industry faster than many of us can keep up with. It seems like new services and innovations pop up weekly. Do we know which innovations consumers are sure to like or not? Of course we don’t. We can’t actually know until they end up…

©2016 By John Fuhrman, Director of Training OptionSoft Technologies

     Everyone’s talking about the cost of health care these days.  What does that have to do with an article in a magazine for successful dealers?  Bear with me for a moment.  Most dealers are of an age where it would benefit them to get an annual checkup.  Suppose you wanted only the best and most accurate information and bypassed your regular doctor.

     You visited an…

The Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” has become a cultural phenomenon in our country. Sharks are relatively mysterious and most people don’t know much about them. Cars are very similar in nature. We know that we need them and which ones are cool, but most people don’t really know how they work. And not only that, as one in six vehicles on the road has open recalls…

In my past few blogs, I discussed the various areas in a dealership that are affected by the current recall epidemic, compared the differing viewpoints about recall repairs from dealers and consumers, discussed non-compliance in recall repairs on…

An experienced car salesperson knows the value that a good used car can bring to their paycheck. 

With car owners spending more time on the road and keeping their cars longer, used vehicles that are traded in today normally have more miles on the odometer than they used to.  At the same time, most cars made in the last 20 years can remain in…

If you have been in this business a while, you are probably amazed at the changes that have taken place in the auto sales process, especially when it comes to how salespeople view the Customer today.  Over the past 20 years there’s been a concerted effort from the manufacturers and car sales training organizations like ours to eliminate the negative practices…

How true is that old saying, “If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got?”

Unless you want to stay locked in a world of mediocre success for the rest of your career, you need to change the way that you approach auto sales. If you are only selling 10 to 12 cars per month, you are not as successful as you can be! Hopefully…

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Drive traffic to your website with video — create captivating publicity that doesn’t…

Every new car Dealership has factory brochures and print materials that explain the various models and option packages of the vehicles they sell.  These are not just for the Customer but also for the Salesperson who wants to learn their product in order to be successful selling it to Customers.  



Studying these brochures is a…

We all have a myriad of contacts that we consciously (or subconsciously) place into separate categories in our relationships. These categories include family, close friends, business associates, colleagues and acquaintances. Most people tend to act differently depending on which group they are surrounded by at any particular moment. People may relax a little, be more…

Automax Recruiting And Training And Recruitment HQ Partner Up To Bring New Hiring Technology To Automotive Recruitment

Automotive Recruitment Has Gone From High Technology And No-Touch, To High Technology And High Touch With The Inclusion Of A First…

DMDIRECT announces Michael Vahl as Director for Software Design and Technology

Machias Me, December 15, 2014 - Former software designer for ADP joins DMDIRECT.  Michael Vahl has signed on as the technology director for the data mining company.  He is responsible for the platform design as well as adding innovations to the data mining service.  He has assembled a team of…