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You Can’t Cut Your Way to Market Share Growth

You Can’t Cut Your Way to Market Share Growth It’s a flattening vehicle market – I get it – but, you simply cannot cut your way to market share growth. Of course, you also can’t keep throwing money at some shiny marketing widget just because everyone claims it’s the coolest thing ever. For dealers with …

Car Dealer's Guide to Getting More At Bats

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Infographic: The Car Dealer’s Step-by-Step Guide to Getting More At-Bats

I write a lot about the processes that help dramatically increase appointment shows, drive up closing percentages and generate additional gross; but what about those dealers and salespeople who are good with processes, though simply don’t get enough “at-bats?” That is, they’re simply not receiving the number of leads, calls, chats and walk-ins they need …

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I’m Tired of Hearing That Car Dealers are ‘So Behind the Rest of the World!’

I’m Tired of Hearing That Car Dealers are ‘So Behind the Rest of the World!’ It seems everywhere you turn in automotive you hear how behind dealers are compared to every other industry when it comes to technology, marketing and the customer experience. Frankly, I’m growing tired of this constant drumbeat; and not just because …

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Stop Wasting Your Money on Phone Training!

Stop Wasting Your Money on Phone Training! Wait… what? Did I just read what I think I read? Yep. One of the biggest wastes of money I see for most dealers today is the $1,000 to $5,000 every month they shell out for outsourced phone training. Whether the budget is used for interactive online phone …

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The Best Internet Sales Process Ever!

Let’s be clear about the best “anything” when it comes to helping dealers sell cars: This new, best “thing” is only as good as the execution by your team. The best CRM for you and your team, for example, is the one that they’ll use. Period. It’s one that is intuitive and simple; and one …

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The “Secrets” to Selling More Used Cars for More Gross

The “Secrets” to Selling More Used Cars for More Gross Every great used car manager you or I have ever met already knows the “secrets” to selling more used cars for more gross profit. (I wrote “secrets” in quotes, because these aren’t really secrets – since everyone knows them – they’re more like axioms …

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Down Market? Time for a Little “Old School” Automotive

Listen to Audio Version Old School is New Again While most of those who use the term “old school” in automotive retail are speaking disparagingly about dealerships, managers and salespeople relying on outdated marketing, sales techniques and processes; the truth is that the most successful dealers I work with today understand that sometimes “old school” …

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For Car Dealers: All Search Is Local

All Search Is Local Let’s be clear: for car dealers, all search is local. If you’re a dealer, it does no good for you to rank high nationally for obscure keywords if you’re not also ranking in the first spot for core searches like “ford dealer near me” or simply “ford dealer.” Moreover, because most …

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Can a $100 Chatbot Really Replace 2 BDC Agents?

Can a $100 Chatbot Really Replace 2 BDC Agents? Before I answer the question posed in the title, let’s agree on a few things: Facebook is not going away; Most of your customers are already there; Your kitten pictures and inventory vomits aren’t being read; and Facebook Ads work, but you need to start …

Are You Closing Your Appointments at 80% or Better?

Learn how to provide The Perfect Appointment in your dealership and enjoy 80% show rates and 80% close rates! In 2013, we officially introduced dealers to The Appointment Culture as an answer to the dozens of worthless activities we observed managers, salespeople and BDC agents conducting in some effort to appear as if they were …