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Lets Use Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology in Dealerships

For personal and professional success, emotional intelligence goes a long way. It facilitates intra-personal contentment and satisfaction; it enhances communication and interpersonal connection; and it creates quality relationships, People buy from those they know, like and trust. Emotional intelligence sets that relationship and makes the emotional connection to accelerate sales.…

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Added by Robert Jerus on January 27, 2016 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Is Uber Shooting Itself in the Foot with Surge Pricing?

Ever popular transportation service Uber is coming under fire for what some say is an exploitative business practice. Uber tends to be a convenient and economical way to get around town – especially for inner city dwellers that don’t own vehicles and travelers who don’t necessarily need a rental car.

 

In an effort to encourage drivers to work during busy times…

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Added by Mike Gorun on January 27, 2016 at 10:57am — No Comments

What Leads to Great Chemistry? Check Out The Key Elements

What Are The Elements?

What are the various elements in creating great chemistry with women visiting your dealership? The good news? Half of all women buyers shop at only one (1) dealership. The bad news? 6 in 10 women report that once they leave a dealership and didn’t buy, they never return there. YOU HAVE A SMALL WINDOW TO MAKE…

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Added by Anne Fleming on January 27, 2016 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Is This the Red-Headed Stepchild of Your Dealership?

We all know that feeling when you walk into an auto dealership that's on top of its game. The interior is gleaming. The exterior is impeccable. The service department is clean and humming. The sales staff is professional, organized, and hitting their goals. Even the coffeemaker is state of the art!

 

But I know a secret. In many dealerships, in the back rooms…

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Added by Erik Nachbahr, CISSP on January 26, 2016 at 5:19pm — No Comments

First Thing I Would Change About Your Business

If I took over your company, here's what I would do immediately.

I get asked this a lot: what would I do if I were running your dealership? And I always know the my first move with every single dealership.

My changes will:

– Have customers asking about value, not price

– Turn your salespeople into consultants

– Make your dealership a community resource, not just a storefront

– Raise you above the competition without cutting…

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Added by Paul Potratz on January 26, 2016 at 12:41pm — No Comments

How Modern Car Salespeople Are Different From Auto Salespeople of the Past

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…

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Added by David Lewis on January 25, 2016 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Unchain Your Sales Force: Why you Need A Mobile CRM

What’s the most time-consuming part of making a sale? More often than not, it’s the paperwork: dragging the customer inside to input information…involving sales managers who are stuck in their offices desking deals...getting trade-in information down on paper to input into the appraisal tool, which is back in the office, and so on.

 

Sound familiar?  There…

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Added by John J Bottone on January 25, 2016 at 7:31am — No Comments

Selling a Vehicle is a Breeze without SSN or DOB

One of the biggest issues facing dealerships in the sales process is compliance. There are a number of pitfalls dealers face. Many of these have to do with “transparency.” This basically means being certain the dealership personnel treat everyone the same -- especially when matching them up with the correct financing. Finance reserves are a hot topic right now between NADA…

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Added by Ken Luna on January 25, 2016 at 7:00am — No Comments

The Best Car Salesman Website In The Country - www.JustAskForJeff.com



http://www.DealerSynergy.com 856-546-2440

http://www.JustAskForJeff.com

Check out this interview I did with my friend Jeff Cormier for Dealer Synergy. Jeff crushed it! Auto Pros need to pay attention to what he is doing. He literally has the absolute BEST website in…

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Added by Sean V. Bradley on January 24, 2016 at 11:14am — 2 Comments

Knowing Where to Look



Working for a custom essay writing service allows me the opportunity to be exposed to many different types of assignments across all disciplines. Though most of my assignments are in sociology, philosophy, history, education and other fields that are not as technical as medicine or physics, for example, I still receive a continuing education of sorts by doing research…

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Added by Bill Watson on January 24, 2016 at 10:18am — No Comments

Have You Dropped One Yet?

We Have the Secret to Boosting Sales and Service Leads

On this week’s episode of Hard Facts, Samantha has a way you can talk to customers who may not have patronized your dealership in the past using Ringless Voicemail Drops. Watch this week’s episode to learn more about this emerging technology and how to implement it now.…

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Added by Paul Potratz on January 22, 2016 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Are Manufacturers Going to Self-Regulate Sales of Recalled Vehicles?

If you’re a dealer, no doubt you’ve heard all the buzz concerning recent legislation and regulations about vehicle safety and recalls. Consumers are scared and politicians are responding. With a record number of recalled units over the past 18 months, it’s no surprise that this is a hot topic of discussion and that action is being taken.

 

Dealerships are…

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Added by Chris Miller on January 22, 2016 at 9:22am — No Comments

The Conference “Pay-to-Play” Mentality: Is it in Your Best Interest?

I want to start here. This may be my Jerry McGuire moment. Maybe I should end here…but this has been eating at me for a while. …

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Added by David Metter on January 21, 2016 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Navigating SEO: 3 Ways to Improve Your Dealership's Keyword Research

Keyword Research for Car Dealers

Do you feel like you're getting nowhere with SEO? It's tough to pinpoint the exact reason you're not seeing results, but there are ways you can improve your process to push through and start seeing green numbers.

Keyword research is one of the smallest things you can improve upon; however, it can make the difference between successful and unsuccessful car dealer SEO…

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Added by Timothy Martell on January 20, 2016 at 5:00pm — No Comments

.Cars / .Car / .Auto Domains Globally Launch into General Availability

 

Santa Monica, CA -- January 20, 2016 – Cars Registry, a joint venture between XYZ and Uniregistry, today announced public availability of its domains ending in .Cars, .Car, and .Auto. Dealerships, manufacturers, and all other businesses can now register auto-specific domains on a first-come, first-served…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 20, 2016 at 10:13am — No Comments

Am I Ready for a Service BDC?

Am I Ready For a Service BDC?



Many dealerships have seen a tremendous value in developing a sales department business development center. Without question, they improve the sales of new and used vehicles on a consistent basis providing the sales department with solid leads.

 

Far fewer dealerships have developed…

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Added by Rob Gehring on January 20, 2016 at 9:43am — No Comments

Finding a Land Rover Dealer in Toronto

The Land Rover is an intrinsically British vehicle; it has been manufactured since 1948, originally under the Rover group. Land Rover became its own company in 1978 although the designs and innovations of the company have remained the same over the years. Every Land River uses either a permanent four wheel drive system or a select-able two wheel drive system; they are rugged vehicles which are designed to go anywhere.



The company has changed hands several times over the years; their…

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Added by Kevin Lee on January 20, 2016 at 3:54am — No Comments

You're Throwing Money Away

One Small Change to Increase Profitability

Want to get more leads and sell more cars? You don’t need to put on a huge, costly production. On this week’s Think Tank Tuesday, get the one strategy on your website you need to change right away.

Not tomorrow, today.

Added by Paul Potratz on January 19, 2016 at 4:16pm — No Comments

GM Launches Online Used Car Sales – What’s This REALLY Mean?

I’ve talked plenty of times about disrupters entering our industry in an attempt to take sales and market share away from dealers. The Carvanas, Beepis and Vrooms dangle carrots of lower prices and better buying experiences and tempt consumers to try a new way of purchasing their next vehicle. Now, it appears, at least one manufacturer has taken notice.

 

A…

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Added by Joe Orr on January 19, 2016 at 9:55am — No Comments

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