May 2016 Blog Posts (62)

The Best Way to Increase Sales

Start Selling Everyday Like it’s the Last Day of the Month

In the average retail establishment roughly 80% of monthly sales are made in the last two weeks of each month.  Just over 60% of those sales are made in the last 7 days of the month.  And it is not uncommon for the biggest sale day of each month to be…

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Added by Jeff Cowan on May 2, 2016 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Why Service Contract Sales in the Service Dept. Fail - Until Now

As many of you know, I've been involved in this industry since cars took leaded gas.  There have been many changes.  Some good, some not so much.  One thing that has seemed to be a constant is selling extended service contracts in your service drive has been an abject failure.  

Dealers get excited about it.  Service Writers train for it.  Sometimes it even takes off selling.  But, usually within weeks, sales slow to a trickle and then become a forgotten practice followed by the ever…

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Added by John Fuhrman on May 2, 2016 at 7:23am — No Comments

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