“Nature abhors a vacuum.” There would be no reason for “disrupters” like TrueCar, Carvana, and Vroom to exist if dealers provided customers with what the majority of them want. This includes

• Eliminating negotiations and move to a simple, transparent sales process
• Eliminating wasted time in the sales process
• Money-back guarantees
• Market-based pricing
• The convenience of having a car brought directly to the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Timonium, MD – February 22nd, 2016-- Helion Automotive Technologies, a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions to auto dealerships, announced today that its president, Erik Nachbahr, will be presenting a workshop at the 2016 NADA Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, NV. Auto dealers who attend Five Technology Musts to Drive Sales and Service Revenue will learn how…

You don’t have to wait for a shopper to fill out a form before you reach out. Learning the shopper's body language lets you start the conversation earlier in the buying process and become the go-to authority first.

This week, Samantha shows you how to use a shopper's digital body language to engage that person much earlier in the buying process. …

Studies show that one of the best ways for companies to become more profitable is to have engaged employees. An engaged employee is defined as having high levels of job satisfaction as well as overall happiness. One of the keys to having happy employees is to create an environment that encourages a work-life balance.

Imagine a customer who comes in to buy a…

10 Best Types of Data for Automotive Marketers [Infographic]

When I look at advertising strategies in our industry, one of the most consistently missed opportunities I see is dealerships who are trying to save money by marketing to all their customers through email, and only sending mail to customers without an email address on file.

These dealers often ask me, “Now that I can email my customers, why do I have to send…

Do you think a professional coach would be a great manager in the car industry? A truly great manager is not only able to manage their team effectively, but also coach individuals while leading by example. This may not…

Turnover

The importance of our employees is evident with every key performance indicator in the dealership. Every customer transaction could be positive or negative, based solely on the attitude of one individual employee. In some dealerships they turn people over like clothing and believe that improves the attitude of everybody, because they are in fear of their job. Other…

You’ve finally realized that you need to make some noise to get attention and implemented a content marketing strategy. You’ve rallied the troops. You’ve started social media postings. You’re working with a PR company to get press releases written and posted, and to coordinate blog and article strategies. Today is the day. Your first press release is sent. And you wait for…

Social media provides us with a wonderful set of tools to connect and stay connected with people. In its early years, some businesses were a little slow to jump onto the social media bandwagon. However, as they recognized the potential it had to reach large audiences for little to no money, businesses embraced it.

The thing is that as use has grown, some…

From factory rebates to free upgrades to free car washes, new and used car dealerships use millions upon millions of incentives to boost sales each year. Some new car operations question why they should offer any other kind of incentive beyond the factory rebate. The answer is…

Love him politically or hate him, Donald Trump's strategy cannot be labelled "timid".  Recently the news included a story that Jeb Bush had failed to renew or claim jebbush.com.  Though the page was blank and, thus, no cause for concern, it now redirects to donaldjtrump.com.…

I was listening to a sales coach recently and he said something that really intrigued me. He said, “If you want to know the best way to stay fresh and hungry in sales, try firing yourself at the end of every month, and then re-hire yourself on the first day of every month. Tell yourself that you are in a new job on the 1st day of every month and you only have 1 month to prove that you are worth keeping!”



That’s one way to keep you fresh! The fear of no longer having a job will…

Yesterday, my 80 year old mother, took her SUV to the local dealer for an oil change.  Even though it is a lease, she likes to treat it like she would if she owned it and have the oil changed every 3000 miles or so.  So, she pulled into the service lane of the store where she has bought a new vehicle every three years since I was 16 (over 35 years), and where she has had her car serviced every three months since then.  My mom believes that the dealer is the best…

Black Book announces its latest white paper from the company’s Lender Solutions division, titled “Strategies To Help Maintain Profitable Leases In Your Portfolio”. Available by clicking here, the white paper discusses the possible conflicting market pressures that may temper the increase in leasing activity for lenders, and shows how collateral data can help shift portfolio strategies to maintain robust and profitable…

Top 3 Dealerships are Acknowledged for their High Review Scores from Women

Who made the cut for the Top Dealers in 2015? Women have spoken and the reviews have been tallied.

DAY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP is awarded the 2015 Certified Women-Drivers.com Auto Group Dealer of the Year.

MIDGETTE AUTO SUPERCENTER is awarded the 2015 Certified…

An experienced car salesperson knows the value that a good used car can bring to their paycheck. 

With car owners spending more time on the road and keeping their cars longer, used vehicles that are traded in today normally have more miles on the odometer than they used to.  At the same time, most cars made in the last 20 years can remain in…

How You Can Go Live Today!

Are you a salesperson or a business owner who wants a new way to market for free? Then watch this week’s Think Tank Tuesday.

This new strategy includes:

• The next tool to market for free: Facebook Live Video.
• How to use this new streaming service to sell more.
• Why it’s better than any other streaming service.

And the best comments get a free membership to our Coffee Mug…

News for the Week of 2.4 

Snapchat Add Me URLs

Snapchat recently rolled out Add Me URLs to make adding people even easier. Users are now able to copy their own unique URLs and instantly share them via apps like Twitter, as well as add them in places like signatures.  When the URL is…