Has the winter of 2014 altered what kind of vehicle choices are made by drivers? Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, reports a slight change in vehicle preferences this winter, with utility vehicles replacing certain car segments in many locations.



During the previous three winters, a mix of car segments and smaller utility vehicles carried a large percentage of lease…

A Consultant’s Approach to Developing Sound Compensation Strategies for Dealership Managers and Sales People

There are today, and there probably always will be, as many different compensation plans as there are dealerships. That is the nature of our business: to be individualistic; to have a unique dealership culture reflected in the way we treat our customers and our employees. And management and sales pay plans are certainly a part of that unique…

If you look close enough to this picture:

you will see my name “SANSONE” etched into my new Cutco Cutlery set. What’s amazing to me is that I didn’t think I needed a new set of knives, I certainly didn’t have any difficulty cutting my last steak.

So why do I own them ???? Because Cutco is smart enough…

At work, we’re surrounded by dicks- if you aren’t one, then chances are you know of one or many self-appointed dealership detectives (a.k.a. dicks) who make it their business to know the who, what, why, when,…

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Sean V. Bradley Demonstrates "How To Properly Shoot A Car Salesman's Value Package…

It’s with you during breakfast, while you’re at work, on your commute home, and even when you’re tucking yourself into bed. Users typically keep their smartphone on them 24/7. Nearly 142 million people in the United States own a smart phone (59 percent mobile market penetration) and that number is increasing fast. Twenty-five percent of American households have dropped landlines and replaced them with the use of mobile phones.  As the world is…

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Follow these 4 steps to transform your dealership from a dreary snow covered lot into a winter wonderland.

1. Off Work and Online:

With tons of people staying at home this is the…

It all comes down to the decisions we make! Don't give up what you want most, for what you want now. How often do you think about long term consequences when making daily decisions? There are some studies that claim that most people have no clue of what their life will be like in five years. One of the studies discussed the fact that most young adults in their early 20's prefer to not participate in 401K's claiming to not know the…

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Beggs on the Used Car Market with data from Black Book. Thanks for tuning in this week and also for the comments we received over the past week about the market activity.…

If you’ve been above ground at any point during the past week, you probably heard about Facebook’s staggering$19 billion acquisition of private messaging service What’sApp. Last Wednesday, Mark Zuckerburg bought his most expensive Facebook friend  -  the largest Internet deal in …

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Make Money Mondays with Sean V. Bradley - 'More' - Automotive Sales - Car…

   Have you ever noticed that some of the most inspired people that you ever meet are the ones that have been challenged the most. Sometimes they are born with something that sets them apart from the crowd, others have accidents that bring about a change. Some are born in war torn parts of the world. The stories are endless of the successes that they achieve.

   My story falls into the second category. Mine was a head injury on August 14 almost 16 years ago. It was just another bike…

Optimizing your website for search takes intense research, competitive analysis, deep marketing experience, skillful writing and then patient iteration to improve performance over time. There’s a reason most companies need an outside vendor: the expertise that comes from experience.…

We are all managers! We manager our actions in our lives each day. Do you listen to the whispers of others? Is that wise? First, what does the thoughts of other mean in your life? We all have a path and a direction we want to follow. Some are more spiritual, some are ruled by your work. Whatever you listen to, don't let it be the nay sayers that loom largly in the background. You see they will make comments about your direction. Funny thing is most of these folks are not moving in any…

Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, believes a growing number of U.S. leases are being taken over for the purpose of getting shipped overseas at the end of term, particularly as fewer lessees and dealers plan to keep the leases because of the changing equity position.

In several European markets, pent-up demand is pushing up local car sales. Exports of U.S. cars have been on the rise, with brands like Ford and Honda showing increasing exports recently. In…

For many years in the Automotive Industry we have be both fascinated and fixated on the copious amounts of measurements that we are provided every day. 

What are you measuring?

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