Steve Bridges's Blog – February 2011 Archive (2)

Let's Get back to using the Phone as a Weapon!

I am in favor of all new technology, I think email is a great way to communicate, texting is super, facebook is awesome but for most dealerships today the Phone is still the # 1 way to sell cars today. I am seeing more and more salespeople or internet managers allowing themselves to fall into the trap of too much electronic communication and not enough phone calling.

I was so happy when i got my first sales job at a Toyota dealership in Louisiana. The sales floor was closed to any new…

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Added by Steve Bridges on February 16, 2011 at 1:55am — No Comments

How to make your Dealership #1

Over the last five years i have visited or consulted in over 200 dealerships and everyone wants to be #1.

 If your Dealership is not growing market share, Customer Satisfaction is not improving, Gross Profits are not holding up and your not turning your inventory, you might have a Management problem.

 

The #1 reason Dealerships are under performing is the lack of leadership, I constantly find that Managers are not Managing, they are not training the staff or building an…

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Added by Steve Bridges on February 10, 2011 at 8:48pm — 2 Comments

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