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BEST Dealership Video Testimonial Contest... I am giving away $300 TODAY!!

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BEST Dealership Video Testimonial Contest... I am giving away $300 TODAY!!

This is one of the videos we received LOL!

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Added by Sean V. Bradley on November 29, 2010 at 12:08pm — 2 Comments

The Hundred Mile An Hour Goat

Two friends are out hunting, and as they are walking along they come upon a huge h*** in the ground. As they approach it they are amazed by the size of it.

The first hunter says “Wow, that’s some h***; I can’t even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is.” The second hunter says” I don’t know, let’s throw something down and listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom.”

The first hunter looks around and spies an old automobile transmission lying in the grass. He tells the… Continue

Added by Leonard Buchholz on November 29, 2010 at 11:57am — No Comments

LinkedIn- Harnessing The Power Of The Super Influencer PODCAST

Welcome to the 4th episode of Automotive Social Media – The Podcast! In this episode I will share with you the tips and tricks of LinkedIn and how you can connect with the super influencers in your market. If you’re not using LinkedIn with you Automotive Social Marketing then you are missing out. Keep in mind that if you are a sales person, you don’t have to wait till your dealership says its mandatory, start now, take your future into your own hands!…

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Added by David Johnson on November 29, 2010 at 11:41am — No Comments

2011 Goal Setting Tips for Sales Professionals

Have you ever been there? I'm talking about one of those sales meetings where your manager is hot under the collar because everyone's sales numbers are below target. You all get challenged, maybe even threatened that things had better turn around. You leave the meeting knowing your job is on the line and you have an enormous knot in your stomach.

The anxiety is from the uncertainty of sales itself. Sales is one of those…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on November 27, 2010 at 6:20pm — No Comments

Speaking Fluent Social Media

My first job in the car business was working for this crazy family who owned 2 dealerships. The patriarch of the family had immigrated from Europe and loved talking to his customers. He would turn on the “Swiss Country Gentleman” shtick and they would eat it up like ugly girls asked to the Prom. He even had commercials on late-night local TV using the same persona telling everyone that “Our salesmen don’t work on commission”. This brought a lot of people into the store and they… Continue

Added by Kathi Kruse on November 26, 2010 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

Save Tens of Thousands, Start Today!

As we all get ready for the Holiday season, some of us are already starting to put together our goals for new year. I know, but it is just around the corner.

I just wanted to share with Dealers and others today, how you can increase business and start saving tens of thousands of dollars. In the new age of marketing your business, all the rules have changed. The question you need to ask, looking at your efforts, is this: Do our efforts expose, acquire or engage our…

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Added by Craig Darling on November 26, 2010 at 9:26am — No Comments

FACEBOOK IS BAD FOR THE WEB,

Facebook Is Bad for the Web, FCC Is Bad for Smartphones

BY Kit EatonTue Nov 23, 2010

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Facebook is bad for the web, argues one man who should really know: Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the web. Meanwhile Verizon's arguing…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on November 26, 2010 at 1:26am — No Comments

The only way to get out of the h* is to stop making it about the h*!

There's a Far Side cartoon on "the three personality types" where the first frame is a perky girl looking at her water saying "the glass is half full!" The second frame is a depressed looking guy saying "the glass is half…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on November 25, 2010 at 6:56am — No Comments

Congratulations to the Groups Challenge WINNER!

Last month, dE ran a friendly contest for our group leaders. We promised that the group leader who was able to increase their group membership size the most would be featured in an article exclusively on dE. Craig Lockerd of AutoMax and the group “Oh Where Oh Where Can the Salespeople Be?” won that honor. We had a virtual sit-down with Craig to learn a bit about him, his company, and his dE Group.

Craig is a 37… Continue

Added by DealerELITE on November 24, 2010 at 6:50pm — 12 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving...

Over the past year we at VinSolutions have accomplished a lot. We have grown at a rate of 672% to become the 33^rd fastest-growing software company today as ranked by Inc 500/5000 Magazine. We have expanded again…

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Added by Randell Horn on November 24, 2010 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Four Letter Word...Begins With "N" and Ends With "E".....

It’s a simple word with complex connotation at times. Pleasant, delightful, agreeable, decent, respectable, skillful, likeable, friendly, engaging, gracious, polite, kind, charming…. All these…

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Added by NANCY SIMMONS on November 24, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

Attitude of Gratitude !

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Have a great Holiday weekend everyone & God Bless !!

Added by Rod A Heasley on November 24, 2010 at 7:53am — No Comments

What Dealerships Can Expect from Facebook's "Modern Messaging System"

Automotive Dealers looking to connect with Car Buyers using Email Marketing or Social Media Marketing might want to take a look at Facebook’s "Modern

Messaging System." This new Messaging Platform uses @facebook.com

addresses to allow users to send messages to people using conventional

e-mail and Facebook urges that their new messaging system is…

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Added by Paul Potratz on November 23, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

MyFace or Spacebook? MySpace Links with Facebook

MySpace, attempting to regain its former popularity as a social

network, is now letting people sign up with existing Facebook

credentials. This new MySpace Mashup feature will supposedly encourage

Facebook users to get on, or back on, MySpace. Whether people will

really head back to MySpace is the question.

Myspace has seen a significant drop in users over recent years, with its traffic dropping by half from 2009 to 2010. Will this move help to bring users back…

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Added by Paul Potratz on November 23, 2010 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Another Thanksgiving Story.

We really do have much to be thankful for this year. I am truly thankful for my family and friends, my health and my business opportunities. But that is not the point of this post this morning. As we all get ready for our Holiday celebrations, take just a moment to reflect on what social media and the web have done for our businesses this last year. Sites like this one, DealerElite and others have made conncting with our peers around the country easy and make picking up great ideas easy as…

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Added by Craig Darling on November 23, 2010 at 11:42am — 2 Comments

Holiday Promotions for Auto Dealerships

As the holiday season approaches, auto

dealers seek ways to take advantage of the holiday spirit to promote

their dealerships. One way to do this is to choose a charity to donate

money to and then use Facebook and Twitter pages to encourage people to

give. For example, Chevy dealers are running the Chevy Gives More

campaign and integrating this with Facebook. A charity promotion is a

good opportunity to help those in need as well as to build fans on… Continue

Added by Paul Potratz on November 22, 2010 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

Customer Satisfaction Trumps Price in Overall Customer Satisfaction

Training is the most cost effective way to increase sales and profits.…

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Added by Fred G. Slabine on November 22, 2010 at 1:38pm — No Comments

What If you Knew? What would you do?

Today when one goes online for a shopping experience, there are many choices - from eBay to Craigslist to Amazon to every store you can imagine. When we look at the biggest, eBay and Amazon, we notice they are TRACKING YOUR EVERY MOVE. They do this to understand what your interests, hobbies,…

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Added by Randell Horn on November 22, 2010 at 11:20am — No Comments

J.D. Power Says Customer Treatment at Store More Important than PriceNovember 18, 2010 | WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.

J.D. Power and Associates unveiled its 2010 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index Study on Wednesday, and the automaker that earned the best buyer satisfaction score among luxury brands was Jaguar, while Mini earned this distinction among mass market brands.

This marked the third straight time Jaguar has been honored as the top luxury make in terms of satisfying customers.

Scores are calculated based on the following elements (with their weighted importance in parenthesis) in the new-vehicle… Continue

Added by SUSAN HAIR on November 22, 2010 at 8:51am — No Comments

WOMENCERTIFIED~SUSAN HAIR

The companies that survive longest are the ones that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those
things a soul."

Added by SUSAN HAIR on November 22, 2010 at 8:46am — No Comments