It was my belief that this site was meant to share your talents, thoughts and relevant material that makes for a community of Car "Guys and Gals" that stay sharp, get educated and have a forum for discussions to better all of our careers.  I have remained very steadfast to those cores and have never that i can remember posted a video or blog post that direct sells my…

I read a book years ago called "How to become a great boss" it was in my earlier management days and this particular chapter stayed with and I do not think I will ever forget it.  When you have an employee that is suffering performance wise and you need to figure out why, just start with "D" words and you will probably find your problem.   what are "D" words?   Well, it has been years since I read the book so I won't completely accurate I am sure but they include.

Drugs / even…

I get that 2% is a nice market share and that True Car will grow this year.   But I read an article yesterday that also states that they only accounted for 2% of the market share.   I own a direct mail company and I bet if we did some numbers we would find out that direct mail accounted for 5% plus of the market sales last year. (I wish we could get that kind of publicity)  True Car is Advertising and we are giving them a ton of publicity and a lot of our time and energy for a 2% share and a…

Hello everyone, my name is Troy Spring, my friends call me Turbo, and I am AWESOME at what I do.  What is it that I do?  Consult dealerships, motivate people and sell them the best value in direct mail you can find.  There, I said it. You know what, it is a crazy world out there where being confident in what you do is sometimes frowned upon.   I think there is a huge difference between Cocky and Confident as well as Arrogance and Confidence.  

I would…

About a year ago, I stopped messing around with the occasional work out and and the I "think" I eat well program.  I went crazy, 6 days a week of workouts, eating lots and lots of chicken, rice, and fish, protein shakes, and loads of supplements to include, Ginko, fish oil, borage oil, flaxseed oil, massive antioxidants, etc...  Bottom line is that I am looking forward to 2012 now and feel I am in the zone. I feel awesome.  Might look like 100 bucks but I feel like a million...lol Never been…

Good Morning to all.  

I was asked 1000 times back in my General Manager days, how do you do it?   Every store I went to (I did not skip around but rather was a trouble shooter) went the right direction and fast!   The answer was the same every time.   You have to have all the parts clicking at the same time.   You can't drive big traffic if your inventory or your sales staff can not support it.   You can not have a large inventory and great selection if you do not have the traffic to support the "turn".  You Have…

I love watching good, strong short motivational videos.  I just watched the Steve Job commencement address at Stanford, though it was 15 minutes long it's Steve Jobs...So I was entertained.  My personal favorite under ten minutes is Anthony Robbins telling the Sylvester Stallone Story.   I am curious who might have other great motivational stuff for me to listen to (Short and to the point to get my day going) and share with everyone here.  Thank you in advance for any thoughts and…