The Dealership Tour
Automotive Industry

The Dealership Tour

Touring the dealership is a tremendous value builder. It provides the customer with an opportunity to get to know more...
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A Winning Strategy for Managers
Automotive Industry Business Advice

A Winning Strategy for Managers

Being successful in sales doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be a successful manager or leader.   That’s because you are now...
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Acknowledge Your Customers!
Business Advice

Acknowledge Your Customers!

Did you know that automotive salespeople are still regarded as the least trustworthy people in business? And frankly, we deserve...
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Becoming an Effective Listener
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Becoming an Effective Listener

You’ll never know how to answer the question if you haven’t heard the question! And if you think selling means...
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Utilizing Proper Word-Strings On the Phone
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Utilizing Proper Word-Strings On the Phone

Did you know that actors are just highly compensated salespeople? If they’re good, they sell you on a character and...
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Become a Life Long Learner
Business Advice

Become a Life Long Learner

Listen to all of the business philosophers of our day and you will find a common theme: “You don’t need...
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Respect comes Before Expect in Finance
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Respect comes Before Expect in Finance

Lenders hear it all the time from dealer finance managers: “Why don’t you guys buy deeper?” And today’s economy is...
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Utilize Pre Employment Testing
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Utilize Pre Employment Testing

One of the jokes we like to tell is how managers select salespeople. If they’re breathing and have a pulse,...
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Build Value to Reduce Negotiation Time
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Build Value to Reduce Negotiation Time

According to research, consumers make purchase decisions based on the relationship between the price of the product or service they...
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Maximize Shop Load During Reservations
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Maximize Shop Load During Reservations

Too many reservations are many by allowing the customer to dictate the date and time. And while you always want...
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Create and use an evidence manual
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Create and use an evidence manual

An evidence manual is a binder that consists of articles, newspaper clips and web links that can help you address...
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Inspect Your Front Line Every Day
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Inspect Your Front Line Every Day

You spend thousands each month to get customers to come to your dealership, and when they get there, one of...
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Devote Yourself To Delivery
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Devote Yourself To Delivery

Those of you who’ve been in the business for a while will be familiar with the 3 “C’s” of delivery: ...
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Put Yourself In the Customer’s Shoes
Automotive Industry

Put Yourself In the Customer’s Shoes

We’ll often recommend that service departments increase their numbers of technicians. We’ll share our formulas and research information to support...
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Dare to Dream
Automotive Industry Business Advice

Dare to Dream

Did you know that research suggests the lack of a person’s ability to dream can produce madness? In some studies,...
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Automotive Industry

The New Way to Connect with Automotive Customers

Text Messages Did you know that while many emails go unopened and unnoticed, the majority of text messages are opened...
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Provide a Finance Overview To Your Customers
Automotive Industry

Provide a Finance Overview To Your Customers

Regardless of how much you may have changed your sales process, customers still fear the finance department. That’s because we...
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Having Fun at Work
Automotive Industry

Having Fun at Work

There’s no question that the best days at the dealership are the days when everyone is selling cars and making...
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Dealership Sales Greetings
Automotive Industry

Dealership Sales Greetings

Motivations Customers are no different than most salespeople when it comes to the first time greeting at the dealership. Both...
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Energizing Your Sales Meetings
Automotive Industry

Energizing Your Sales Meetings

Managers know that sales meetings can be the most productive and powerful events of the week, or, if they’re not...
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