Goal setting for Automotive Salespeople
All too often in the Automotive world, we let our salespeople fend for themselves every month. There are not enough dealerships, managers or salespeople that sit down at the beginning…
A sound Internet/BDC operation is a key component of every successful automotive dealership. The question is, what makes a sound Internet/BDC operation? When the NCM Institute decided to sponsor a dealership Internet/BDC training program earlier this year, we decided upon one of the recognized e-Commerce experts in the retail automotive industry,…
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Nearly 9 out of 10 small business owners are saying that social media has been helpful to their business. There are even more impressive stats in the same survey that seem almost low. In this article we’ll explain why social media marketingis so…
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Scott Painter appears exclusively at October event for one-on-one discussion on industry innovation and dealer pain points with DrivingSales CEO
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – October 2, 2012 – DrivingSales today announced that Scott Painter, Chairman and CEO of TrueCar, Inc., will take center stage for a one-on-one interview with DrivingSales CEO Jared Hamilton at the 4th annual…
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Webinar on October 9th at 2 p.m. EDT shares key insight into generating more customer pay dollars from current and next generation consumers
Daytona Beach, FL – October 2, 2012 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, announces its upcoming webinar hosted with WardsAuto on October…
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There is a big misconception in the car business. I call it the Las Vegas pipe dream. Dealers from around the country fly back and forth to Las Vegas or other…
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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – DealerTrack (Nasdaq: TRAK) today announced the …
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All too often in the Automotive world, we let our salespeople fend for themselves every month. There are not enough dealerships, managers or salespeople that sit down at the beginning…
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What was your September like? Or how do the year-to-date numbers look? How is the sales force working out? How many are left? How is inventory? Do you have enough of the right stuff? How did you feel reading your last aged unit report?
Those questions could have good answers or bad answers. The future depends on what you're ready to do regardless of the answer. This also applies to your entire operation. How you answer the tough questions determine how you fare…
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Apple Honda Wins automotive internet sales Dealership of the Month Using DealerSocket CRM
Eric Nichols serves as Internet sales manager for Apple Honda in Long Island, NY. A month before Nichols…
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October 1, 2012 - New York, NY Major NY Publisher Announces New Auto Sales Book - John Wiley & Son, the oldest professional publisher in the United States has announced another edition to add to it's highly successful "Dummies" franchise. The "Dummies" books have sold millions of copies on a variety of subjects from technology to small business. Their highly recognizable yellow and black covers are instantly recognizable and mean that the selected authors were…
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These are some things that put me in a good mood. What puts you in a good mood?
Added by Jeff Cowan on October 1, 2012 at 3:39pm — 1 Comment
How many times do we all get behind, lose our focus, and perhaps not reach our goals? BUT, how many times do we just quit or give up? The biggest reason for any success,or failure, is either persisting to continuing to fight and achieve your goal, or completely giving up.
Most of the "overnight" success stories we hear about actually took years of hard work and rejection to accomplish a goal, many people went through hell and back while working toward the goal..... BUT…
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Engagement is everything! If your online community is not engaging you, they aren’t seeing your message. I went into a lot more detail in a recent blog post that I wrote entitled “Car Dealers Are Not the Kardashians”.
One note before I begin, having a lot of Facebook likes is great but having quality LOCAL likes is so much more important. A lot of what I will talk…
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DMEautomotive consumer survey reveals that key service opportunities are not being seized - while young, hard-researching, online-buying consumers are rewriting the purchase process
Key Findings:
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It’s time for another Wikimotive Case Study. You may remember the last one we did on ThinkGeek.com. This time we want to talk about a fast food juggernaut that has served billions across the globe. We want to talk about a paragon of virtue to anyone…
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Award recognizes the most innovative dealership solutions of 2012; finalists to compete and present their solutions at the 2012 DrivingSales Executive Summit
Salt Lake City, Utah – October 1, 2012 – DrivingSales today announced that finalists have been selected for the third annual DrivingSales Innovation Cup Award, which…
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Twitter recently announced some improvements for their advertising platform, including the ability to choose which tweet you promote and reporting of follower growth. Manually selecting a Promoted Tweet lets you can pick exactly which Tweets you want to go out, allowing for a much deeper integration of paid media in any brand’s Twitter strategy. According to…
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Yesterday I was on my way to a meeting at a dealership. I had left the home office earlier so I can be at the meeting earlier especially since it was an 80 mile ride. I was within three miles of the dealership and thirty minutes early. I had never been there before I relied on my GPS as I always do. The GPS that I use comes from my iPhone and the software is less than a week old as I just updated the operating system.
The GPS was pulling in an address from…
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Accountability...It is more than a fancy six syllable word. The business dictionary defines accountability as "The obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities, accept responsibility for them, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner." Accountability is not a new tool; it is not constricted to the…
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