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Free Video Training for Everyone from the Receptionist to the General Manager

Free Online Video Training for Automotive Dealers

Are you an automotive dealer in search of an expensive, online, video training offering for which you can overpay and yet improve nothing? Well, my online video training is still 100% free and it’s helping dealers and salespeople all over the world sell more for more - so it's probably not a fit for you.

If you are interested in growing your business through actionable lessons that cost you nothing, here is a…

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Added by Steve Stauning on May 7, 2015 at 10:04am — 1 Comment

Offer Value Above a Paycheck To Increase Employee Retention

Automotive News recently reported that FCA will offer free college tuition to all FCA dealership employees. It will begin immediately in the southeast region and roll out to the rest of the U.S. by the third quarter.…

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Added by Richard Holland on May 7, 2015 at 8:25am — No Comments

Is It OK if I Walk Around by Myself?

This obstacle usually comes from Customers during the initial Meet and Greet and has been challenging car Salespeople for years.  It is a common defense mechanism and most of the standard responses taught in car sales training tend to make the Customer even more defensive.…

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Added by David Lewis on May 6, 2015 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

New Dealership Survey: 80% Believe CFPB Regulations Will Be Implemented; Yet 60% Don’t Have Plans in Place to Meet Regulations

 

 

eLEND Solutions survey reveals that eight in ten dealers agree that a connected online and in-store experience will help sell more cars faster and lead to greater customer satisfaction

 

Mission Viejo, CA – May 6, 2015 –Eighty percent of auto dealers expect that CFPB regulations will be implemented in the near future, according…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on May 6, 2015 at 10:07am — No Comments

Drive For Ur School Event by RT23 Ford at Pompton Lakes High School

Route 23 Ford is hosting this year's Drive 4 Ur School Event on June 12th at Pompton Lakes High School.

In the past Route 23 Ford have hosted this event at the Butler and Lakeland High Schools to raise money for school programs. This year they will sponsor the Pompton Lakes High School. For every person that test drives a…

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Added by Jonathan Morales on May 6, 2015 at 9:00am — No Comments

Increasing Recall Compliance Efforts Gets Political

A recent article on The Hill.com detailed how the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is teaming up with a Republican pollster to survey Americans on why they don’t bring in their vehicles for recall repairs. These actions are in advance of the…

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Added by Chris Miller on May 6, 2015 at 8:37am — No Comments

How Can You Avoid Failure?

Why do you keep failing? There's one common reason why people fall short. On this week’s Think Tank Tuesday:

  • Learn the one factor that's the difference between success and failure.
  • Measure your success and how to keep growing.
  • Increase your profits while lowering your costs and avoiding failure.
  • Implement today's tips to break your bad habits.…

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Added by Paul Potratz on May 5, 2015 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Truck Market Continues to be Strong

Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report.

 

The Black Book editors are tracking a continued pattern of strength across several truck segments, with particular emphasis on crossovers. For car segments, the Black Book editors are noticing growing weakness among…

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Added by Black Book on May 5, 2015 at 4:39pm — No Comments

Six Fast & Furious Tips on Mobile Marketing for Auto Dealers

Our marketing universe is quickly becoming untethered as smartphones and tablets gain a broader share of web access to information and entertainment.  The mobile marketing world is still new to many dealers and we’re experiencing a learning curve about how to market, manage, and leverage this new landscape.  Here are 6 Quick Info Insights to help dealers get a quick course in Mobile 101.

1.     Mobile is Exploding

29% of web traffic page views are…

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Added by David Metter on May 5, 2015 at 8:49am — No Comments

Autos On Video Selects Flick Fusion As Hosting And Integration Partner For Real Video Inventory Application

Enhanced Video Content, Marketing & Distribution Features Create Calls to Action and Increase Conversion, Show and Sales Rates for Auto Dealers

Urbandale, IA--May 4th, 2015--Flick Fusion Video Marketing (www.flickfusion.com) announced today that it has been selected by Autos On Video® Inc, a pioneer in video walk around technology, to integrate the Autos On Video real video inventory application…

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Added by Brian Cox on May 4, 2015 at 11:15am — 1 Comment

Make Money Mondays with Sean V. Bradley - Intermediate And Long Term Internet Follow-Up



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Make Money Mondays with Sean V. Bradley - Intermediate And Long Term Internet Follow-Up

There is a reason why most OEMs are concerned with Dealerships that do NOT have a plan for intermediate and long term Internet follow up. Its…

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Added by Sean V. Bradley on May 4, 2015 at 7:22am — No Comments

Learn Phone Sales / Internet Sales From the BLIND Phone Sales Master, LA Williams At The Internet Sales 20 Group 7 In New York, May 18th -20th!



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Learn ‪#‎PhoneSale‬ from the the BLIND Phone Sales MASTER, L.A. Williams III at Internet Sales 20 Group 7 in NY May 18-20! LA has been blind for 30+ years and has had to live in a world with NO SIGHT… only sound, tone,…

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Added by Sean V. Bradley on May 3, 2015 at 10:30am — No Comments

Rumor Alert

Have you heard rumors about Google's new targeting options? On this week's Hard Facts, Samantha explains how Google's new tool will make your search campaigns more relevant.

Added by Paul Potratz on May 1, 2015 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Internet Marketing, Some Free Resources

Internet Marketing On A Low Budget

One of the big problems that a lot of my…

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Added by JB Floyd on May 1, 2015 at 10:59am — No Comments

The 3 Stages of Learning

In all of our Automotive sales training courses, we emphasize the need for growth and change for those who want to experience effective and lasting success.  And like all things worth doing, you have a better chance of achieving your goal if you have a roadmap to follow to take you where you are going.  Learning new…

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Added by David Lewis on May 1, 2015 at 10:07am — No Comments

CallSource Acquires ContactPoint’s Phone Coaching and Training Division



 

CallSource expands its leadership in end-to-end call management, tracking, and training

 

Westlake Village, CA – April 30, 2015 - CallSource, the leader in call management, tracking, and training, has entered into an agreement with ContactPoint (also known as LogMyCalls) to acquire the company’s phone coaching and…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on April 30, 2015 at 4:36pm — No Comments

Spring Season Strength Appears To Be Over

Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report.

 

The Black Book editors began to see signs of a tiring spring tax season in last week’s report, and this week those signs have become more obvious. This week’s data showed the largest drop off of the spring for…

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Added by Black Book on April 30, 2015 at 3:19pm — No Comments

It's All About the ROI

 

Every now and then I find the automotive digital marketing controversies and handwringing on sites like LinkedIn, DealerElite.net and others to be both humorous and disturbing.

Humorous, because it’s really not all that complicated (yet some people insist on adding drama to everything); and disturbing, because no matter what the issue, the bad advice always seems to outweigh the good. (Usually because those creating the…

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Added by Steve Stauning on April 30, 2015 at 2:30pm — No Comments

#1 Opportunity In The World

Is there gold here to be mined, or is it just worthless rock?  Are we mining something of value or should we blow up the minefield?

Automotive News April 13, 2015 article…

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Added by Tom Wiegand on April 30, 2015 at 1:42pm — No Comments

Who Owns Your Cars? Automakers Say They Do

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a law enacted in 1998, enforced and administrated by the U.S. Copyright Office. Every three years, the U.S. Copyright Office is tasked with holding hearings to determine what new technology should, or should not, be exempt from copyright laws. According to…

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Added by Richard Holland on April 30, 2015 at 8:07am — No Comments

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