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		<title>By: Tymnskeks</title>
		<link>http://www.dealerrefresh.com/internet-sales-pay-plans-back-to-the-drawing-board/comment-page-1/#comment-7100</link>
		<dc:creator>Tymnskeks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi 

Dudes &amp; Dudettes,

Just thought i would say Hi :) i hope to contribute more in future :)

cheers

T

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi </p>
<p>Dudes &amp; Dudettes,</p>
<p>Just thought i would say Hi <img src='http://www.dealerrefresh.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  i hope to contribute more in future <img src='http://www.dealerrefresh.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>cheers</p>
<p>T</p>
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		<title>By: Mike B</title>
		<link>http://www.dealerrefresh.com/internet-sales-pay-plans-back-to-the-drawing-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6834</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would love to hear about any systems people have to compare data like that or just share idea&#039;s - mikeb@basilresale.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would love to hear about any systems people have to compare data like that or just share idea&#8217;s &#8211; <a href="mailto:mikeb@basilresale.com">mikeb@basilresale.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Alex Snyder</title>
		<link>http://www.dealerrefresh.com/internet-sales-pay-plans-back-to-the-drawing-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6739</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex Snyder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike - that sounds really familiar.  Importing various things into Excel is a great idea though!  I never thought about getting the call history from a cell phone for comparison purposes.

I am currently working with Dealer.com to do some database-meshing strictly for reporting purposes.  This month-end-customer-comparing-waste-of-time has been the worst part of my job for about 8 years now (try it for an entire auto group).  If we can pull off what DDC and I are trying to do, this report could reduce a lot of that wasted time and probably open some eyes on various reporting metrics.  I think it will take us a few months to get it to a point where it is as robust and accurate as I&#039;d like, and when it gets there I will definitely be talking about it on Dealer Refresh.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike &#8211; that sounds really familiar.  Importing various things into Excel is a great idea though!  I never thought about getting the call history from a cell phone for comparison purposes.</p>
<p>I am currently working with Dealer.com to do some database-meshing strictly for reporting purposes.  This month-end-customer-comparing-waste-of-time has been the worst part of my job for about 8 years now (try it for an entire auto group).  If we can pull off what DDC and I are trying to do, this report could reduce a lot of that wasted time and probably open some eyes on various reporting metrics.  I think it will take us a few months to get it to a point where it is as robust and accurate as I&#8217;d like, and when it gets there I will definitely be talking about it on Dealer Refresh.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike B</title>
		<link>http://www.dealerrefresh.com/internet-sales-pay-plans-back-to-the-drawing-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6738</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If anyone has any idea&#039;s on how to convert from my current pay plan to this new one it would be appreciated. I want to get paid for my efforts but I don&#039;t want the owner to think hes getting ripped either!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anyone has any idea&#8217;s on how to convert from my current pay plan to this new one it would be appreciated. I want to get paid for my efforts but I don&#8217;t want the owner to think hes getting ripped either!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike B</title>
		<link>http://www.dealerrefresh.com/internet-sales-pay-plans-back-to-the-drawing-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6737</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Talk about feeling right at home! I am ripping my hair out just trying to figure out who I got in the door! We have a CRM in place, but the salesman never log their leads and the GM will not enforce it. I am the ISM at a dealership with on avg about 300 used cars in inventory. I take the pictures ( about 2o per car), I am responsible for comments on all of them. I answer all of the incoming Internet phone leads, and Email leads. I am building a new secondary website from the ground up- meaning I taught myself web design, and how to use Photoshop for the graphics. I set up a facebook page that is driving more click thru&#039;s to our website than Cars.com. Also I brought the amount of &quot;trackable&quot; deals from 5-10 a month to 50+! With all this in order to find out how many deals I got I have developed the most insane process. 

First: I take pictures of our desk logs for the previous week. 

second: I record all customer info into an excel file.

Third: I download my incoming call history from my cell phone provider into another excel file.

Fourth: I export my inbound internet leads (customer names and phone #&#039;s) into another excel file.

Fifth: I then use a formula in excel to cross refrence all of this data to find out who ive communicated with.

Once I have a list of all the names I then stare at the sales board to find out if they sold. 

This takes hours even now when I have it down to a science. Not to mention all the customers whos names are not recorded on the logs correctly (one letter off and they fall through the cracks), End up buying under a different name than the original lead name, or call me from a different phone than they record in F&amp;I - if they give one at all! I am not complaining about how much I make because I do better than the other ISM&#039;s in my autogroup with similar pay plans, but how much time is wasted on this when I could be working on simply driving in more floor traffic? 

Jason&#039;s pay structure just blew my mind! I am going to appoarch the GM tomorrow morning with this idea!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Talk about feeling right at home! I am ripping my hair out just trying to figure out who I got in the door! We have a CRM in place, but the salesman never log their leads and the GM will not enforce it. I am the ISM at a dealership with on avg about 300 used cars in inventory. I take the pictures ( about 2o per car), I am responsible for comments on all of them. I answer all of the incoming Internet phone leads, and Email leads. I am building a new secondary website from the ground up- meaning I taught myself web design, and how to use Photoshop for the graphics. I set up a facebook page that is driving more click thru&#8217;s to our website than Cars.com. Also I brought the amount of &#8220;trackable&#8221; deals from 5-10 a month to 50+! With all this in order to find out how many deals I got I have developed the most insane process. </p>
<p>First: I take pictures of our desk logs for the previous week. </p>
<p>second: I record all customer info into an excel file.</p>
<p>Third: I download my incoming call history from my cell phone provider into another excel file.</p>
<p>Fourth: I export my inbound internet leads (customer names and phone #&#8217;s) into another excel file.</p>
<p>Fifth: I then use a formula in excel to cross refrence all of this data to find out who ive communicated with.</p>
<p>Once I have a list of all the names I then stare at the sales board to find out if they sold. </p>
<p>This takes hours even now when I have it down to a science. Not to mention all the customers whos names are not recorded on the logs correctly (one letter off and they fall through the cracks), End up buying under a different name than the original lead name, or call me from a different phone than they record in F&amp;I &#8211; if they give one at all! I am not complaining about how much I make because I do better than the other ISM&#8217;s in my autogroup with similar pay plans, but how much time is wasted on this when I could be working on simply driving in more floor traffic? </p>
<p>Jason&#8217;s pay structure just blew my mind! I am going to appoarch the GM tomorrow morning with this idea!</p>
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		<title>By: Diltese</title>
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		<dc:creator>Diltese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: J-DOG</title>
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		<dc:creator>J-DOG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Same for me brothers!!!  I have been in Internet Sales for almost 4 years now and I have always been paid as a typical salesperson.  I have always been lured into the position with promotion statements, etc, only to find out I am just another floor-guy.  Oh well, what are you going to do???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same for me brothers!!!  I have been in Internet Sales for almost 4 years now and I have always been paid as a typical salesperson.  I have always been lured into the position with promotion statements, etc, only to find out I am just another floor-guy.  Oh well, what are you going to do???</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JOE:
lol - too funny because I have that exact problem! Particularly with a new sales rep. Ive learned to recognize eash sales person writing/style :) The first clue for me is when someone has a lot of local drive by&#039;s.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JOE:<br />
lol &#8211; too funny because I have that exact problem! Particularly with a new sales rep. Ive learned to recognize eash sales person writing/style <img src='http://www.dealerrefresh.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  The first clue for me is when someone has a lot of local drive by&#8217;s.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Pistell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe Pistell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jason,
Be sure the sales reps don&#039;t fill out the forms &quot;on behalf&quot; of the customer.  I had some reps whos customers always had the same answers and funny as it sounds, all his customers were from cold calling or referals!  hahaha...


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason,<br />
Be sure the sales reps don&#8217;t fill out the forms &#8220;on behalf&#8221; of the customer.  I had some reps whos customers always had the same answers and funny as it sounds, all his customers were from cold calling or referals!  hahaha&#8230;</p>
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