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How Much Are The Cars Worth on Jerry Seinfeld's Show?

Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee" is one of the more popular shows on Netflix, and has been running for ten seasons. In the show, famous comedian Jerry Seinfeld has coffee and fun discussion with another famous funny person, such as Jay Leno, Dave Chappelle, or Ellen DeGeneres.

 

The car Jerry drives to pick up his guest, usually is the star of the show.

 

Black Book, which tracks valuation histories on collectible autos, recently conducted an…

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Added by Black Book on October 17, 2018 at 11:03am — No Comments

If I Out Call You, I’ll Out Connect You

At its core, sales is a numbers game. It always has been and always will be. If you’re selling the same product that others are selling, you can only expect to close a percentage of customers that come into your store. In our industry, top performers close 50 to 60 percent of their appointments.

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Added by Bill Wittenmyer on October 17, 2018 at 9:30am — No Comments

Whoa-mentum Days (WMd's)

You're gonna have your whoa-mentum days- those days where no matter how hard you worked, the wheels wobbled and maybe even flew off and you skidded into the end of your day saying, "Whoa!"  Whoa-mentum days jack you up mentally and the next day you have the choice to either carry yesterday's whoa-mentum forward, by…

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Added by Marsh Buice on October 16, 2018 at 5:30pm — No Comments

PROTECTIVE ASSET PROTECTION SURVEY SHOWS MANY DEALER PRINCIPLES ARE UNAWARE HOW THE NEW TAX LAW MAY AFFECT PARTICIPATION PROGRAM SELECTION

Dealers Must Make Decisions to Protect Participation Program Tax Losses

 

Protective Asset Protection, a provider of F&I programs, services, and dealer-owned warranty programs, announced today results of a recent survey it commissioned to gauge the pulse of owners of today’s largest automotive dealers on issues ranging from F&I product performance in 2018 to their awareness of the changing tax law on participation…

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Added by John Sternal on October 16, 2018 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Success in Professional Sales Podcast- Episode 48: The 6 Areas of Closing

This week, Jeff begins a new series on the six areas of closing. Many people get wrapped around just one part of closing: when to ask for the money! Stay tuned to hear each area of closing and how important they are to maximize your results. Copyright 2018 Wm Jeff Cowan

Website: thejeffcowan.com

Click HERE to watch!…

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Added by Jeff Cowan on October 16, 2018 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Lease Credit Approval Rates Drop Slightly To 69.8% in September

Lease Approval Ratings Drop by 3.9% in the Month of September after Steady Increases over Previous Four Months

 

CINCINNATI, OHIO (October 16, 2018) – Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, reports car lease credit applicants registered a 69.8% approval rate in September, a 3.9% drop from the August rate of 72.6%. Lease approvals experienced a slight dip after approvals had been increasing steadily over the last four…

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Added by John Sternal on October 16, 2018 at 9:34am — No Comments

Design manufacturers – key uses of prototyping in all industries

Creating a product from scratch involves multiple steps that have to be handled with care. The steps of developing a new product differ from one industry to another, as some products are more complicated than others. Anyway, there are so common steps that have to be followed regardless of the industry. Each company sets a target audience for the respective product. Pushing a new product to production has to be carefully thought beforehand, keeping in mind that a badly created product can…

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Added by Cynthia Madison on October 16, 2018 at 7:58am — No Comments

How Do I Stack Up to My Competition? - Session at Digital Dealer

This session presents an opportunity to learn how your dealership performs against industry averages in SEP, PPC, and social media, as well as how to use data to increase traffic and conversions. It does so by posing two important questions that most dealership owners, general managers, and marketers need to answer:
  1. What is the competition…
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Added by Dane Saville on October 15, 2018 at 10:19am — No Comments

Auto/Mate Integrates DMS with DocuBizz

Invoice workflow solution streamlines accounts payable processes in auto dealerships

Albany, NY – October 15, 2018​ – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems has integrated its dealership management system (DMS) with DocuBizz, experts in automated invoice workflow solutions. Auto/Mate customers can now streamline their accounts payable process with DocuBizz’s intelligent and intuitive workflow solution.

 

"DocuBizz is an…

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Added by Mike Esposito on October 15, 2018 at 9:46am — No Comments

Why to conduct design aptitude test for recruitment?

For any business to grow be it a small scale or a large scale, there needs a team. Talking about the team it should consists of members that are quite experienced qualified and hold good knowledge in the field for which they have been hired. But often times being hiring managers, we tend…

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Added by knorr kendra on October 15, 2018 at 8:15am — No Comments

Ways To Escape The Black H*** Of Technical Debt

Traditional software programs will have phase-based approach to the development. Those are feature development, alpha, beta and even golden master. Each release is going, to begin with the phase where new features are always built and ideally, the residual issues left over from last released are well-addressed. The development cycle has already reached “alpha” whenever each feature is well implemented and meant ready for testing. Beta hits whenever enough bugs have been fixed for enabling…

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Added by Harris Scott on October 15, 2018 at 6:00am — No Comments

How to Prepare a Car for a Long Trip

When you’re preparing for a long trip, it’s best to consider preparing your car as well. This is especially true if you have an older car or a car that had major issues before. This doesn’t have to be an expensive check-up, but if it’s done well, it could point out to potential problems and keep your trip comfortable.

Some of the preparations could be done by an average car owner, but it’s also a good idea to use the services of a professional just to make…

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Added by Tyler Newport on October 14, 2018 at 9:09am — No Comments

Where Oh Where Has the Service Department Gone?

Arguably, one of the most important marketing channels any dealership has is their website. Think about it. How much money do you spend simply to get customers there? When you combine all marketing efforts including, but not limited to, SEO, SEM, some third-party listing sites and more, dealerships spend tens of thousands of dollars (or more) per month.

 

Once…

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Added by Brett Sutherlin on October 12, 2018 at 10:20am — No Comments

Using Customer Service as a Marketing Tool

It hasn’t been that long ago that customers were only able to handle customer service issues in person or by phone. Now, of course, there are many options for customers including social media, chat or through reviews. What would you do if a customer were standing in front of you paying you a compliment? Hopefully, you would thank them for the compliment and their business.…

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Added by Todd Smith on October 12, 2018 at 10:10am — No Comments

Write Service and Write Your Own Paycheck Podcast: Episode 48- Taboo Topics

This week, Jeff talks about how to handle the taboo topics while on the service drive. Sex, religion, and politics are three topics that often come up when building rapport, but you cannot take the bait! Stay tuned to hear how to redirect the conversation in a professional way. Copyright 2018 Wm Jeff Cowan

Website: automotiveservicetraining.com

Click HERE to watch!…

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Added by Jeff Cowan on October 11, 2018 at 12:00pm — No Comments

What's the 1 thing?

After losing 70 lbs many people ask me how I lost the weight and although I was excited to tell them all of the thoughts and methods that went into my no pill, no surgery weight loss, I found that I would lose them in mere seconds. At first, they were eager to hear, but when I exploded into my passionate ordeal, their eyes would glaze over with information overload.…

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Added by Marsh Buice on October 10, 2018 at 6:30pm — No Comments

California New Car Dealers Association Partners with Reviver Auto to Expand Consumer Access to ‘Rplate Pro™’ Digital License Plates

 Reviver Auto joins with nation’s largest state automotive dealer association to make the revolutionary Rplate Pro more easily available to California consumers

 

Foster City, CA –October 10, 2018Reviver Auto, creator of the Rplate Pro, the world’s first digital license plate, today announced it has partnered with the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA) to make the Rplate Pro more…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on October 10, 2018 at 1:30pm — No Comments

LotMonkey Appoints Auto Industry Veteran Terry McSpadden as VP of Sales

Saint Petersburg, FL October 10, 2018 – LotMonkey, a strategic in-dealership merchandising solution for franchise car dealers, independents, dealer groups and OEMs, today announced it has appointed automotive industry veteran…

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Added by John Wingle on October 10, 2018 at 10:11am — No Comments

Clarivoy’s ShoppersON™ Selected as Finalist for DrivingSales Most Innovative Dealership Solution

Columbus, OH (October 10, 2018) - Clarivoy, a pioneer and leader in automotive marketing attribution, today announced that its new product, ShoppersON™, has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 DrivingSales Innovation Cup Award, which annually recognizes the most innovative dealership solutions. Many…

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Added by Steve White on October 10, 2018 at 9:57am — No Comments

BLACK BOOK VALUATION DATA AND INSIGHTS NOW INTEGRATED WITH CDK GLOBAL LIGHTSPEED EVO DMS PLATFORM

Precise Vehicle Values Can Greatly Increase Profitability for Dealers Using DMS Solutions

Black Book, a division of Hearst that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, today announced that its valuation data and specialty vehicle insights…

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Added by Black Book on October 10, 2018 at 9:50am — No Comments

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