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With electronic communication as one of the major ways we communicate, it’s imperative for your team to pay close attention to what they are saying to customers and how it may be conveyed. Communication involves 3 things: words, voice inflection and body language. As such, the verbal communication of words alone only count for 7% of the message being received. The emotion behind the intent is not conveyed through electronic communication. This is why more attention is needed to…

Trying to find benchmarks on the percentage of water in used vehicle inventory??

You have heard all of them:

A person with no goals is like a ship without a rudder!

A person without goals has no reason to try again and again!

There are hundreds of them.

When you hire an employee, the most important thing is to find out if their goals are in line with the Dealership's or your goals.

Example:  You want a salesperson to sell a minimum of 10 vehicles and make a minimum of $50,000 per year.  The Salesperson was either unemployed or making…

ALBANY, N.Y. – July 5th, 2017 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that Lisa Copeland of Lisa Copeland Global Enterprises has been chosen as the keynote speaker for its Customer User Summit on October 11-13, 2017, in San Antonio, TX. Copeland will present "Outwitting Fear; Mastering the 7 Principles of Fearless Success."

"Lisa is a long-time motivational speaker in the auto industry and her…

This was a response to a question about Salespeople in my inbox:

The problem stems from who to blame.   Dealers blame the Managers and the Managers blame the salespeople.  Managers stay until they have a DUI, verbal blowout or quit.  Salespeople just come and go as evidenced by the 62% average turnover rate.

If the salespeople fail, it is the Manager's fault for more than one reason.  First they hire or have other screen their salespeople and mostly it is done…

Who is the most important person in your dealership? Every time I ask this question I get different answers ranging from the dealer, to various members of management…

What do you dream of? 

Whether you are the small to midsize business or CEO of a large company there is "that thing" that drives you to keep going. 

You might work on your reputation alone for years and still not reach the level that affords you the luxury that you've dreamed about. Maybe it's more time with…

It was in late 1987, and I was conducting an in-dealership workshop focused on Financial and Operational Planning and Controls. I was describing an F&I process that I had recommended to increase service contract penetration, when the general manager said, “We used to do that.” In response to his statement, I asked, “Did it work?” “Absolutely,” he answered. I was tempted to say, “Then why did you stop doing it?”, but I was new to the consulting business and didn’t want to risk offending…

The most blowing question ever! How much does it cost to develop a chat app like WhatsApp including the front-end and back-end works? Read and calculate expenses: https://artjoker.net/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-develop-a-chat-app-like-whatsapp/

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…

Lessons the Automotive Industry can learn from the 2016-17 NBA’s MVP - Russell Westbrook

By: Alan Ram

Amazon was recently awarded a patent that has caused quite a stir amongst consumers and retailers. The patent, originally applied for way back in 2012, details a method for “redirecting, or otherwise controlling customers' attempts to comparison shop on their smartphones when using a store’s Wi-Fi…

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Usually when marketers think Reddit – they think massive promotion, reach, and influence. Reddit is the most influential social news aggregators in the world. It drives headlines, traffic, and new ideas further and more rapidly than any social network.

Editor’s Note – I originally published this post in 2014. Since then, not…