April 2016
When You Pay Peanuts - You Get Monkeys
EMPLOYMENT AD FOR CAR DEALERS
Wanted unambitious person…
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When You Pay Peanuts - You Get Monkeys
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March 2016
The Auto Industry Needs a New Type of Sales Manager
Planning for Tomorrow, Today
I apologize in advance, as this column is going to upset a number of sales managers.
The biggest challenge most…
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The Auto Industry Needs a New Type of Sales Manager
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February 2016
Playing 'hide the salami' with your live chat will kill car deals
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Playing 'hide the salami' with your live chat will kill car deals
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Compliance vs. Ethics: The Lines are Getting Blurry in the Car Business
Ethics and compliance are different from each other, but both are vitally…
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Compliance vs. Ethics: The Lines are Getting Blurry in the Car Business
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A MODERN CAR-GUY FABLE
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GENERAL MOTORS’ USED CAR PROGRAM –HOW IT WAS BORN - A MODERN CAR GUY FABLE…
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A MODERN CAR-GUY FABLE
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July 2015
Jim Ziegler Helping Edmunds Get Their Message Out There
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Jim Ziegler Helping Edmunds Get Their Message Out There
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Gift Cards as a Dealership Visit Incentive
After completing a lengthy study of the chat providers in the automotive industry, I thought that I would take on a smaller but equally debatable topic - gift cards as incentives to come to the deale…
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Gift Cards as a Dealership Visit Incentive
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TrueCar & The Auto Industry: Real Numbers
- Latest NADA and Urban Science stats said new car dealerships sold approx. 16.5 million new and 9.9 million used (retail) vehicles in 2014
- Consumers bought over 600,000…
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TrueCar & The Auto Industry: Real Numbers
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May 2015
CARCODE SMS, IS THIS EDMUNDS DIRTY TEXT CAPER?
CARCODE SMS, IS THIS EDMUNDS DIRTY TEXT CAPER?
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Are Dealers Being Set Up Again by one of the Dirtiest Players? Is it another…
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CARCODE SMS, IS THIS EDMUNDS DIRTY TEXT CAPER?
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April 2015
#1 Opportunity In The World
Is there gold here to be mined, or is it just worthless rock? Are we mining something of value or should we…
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#1 Opportunity In The World
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The Three Car Dealership Biases to Making a Change in Culture
Training and consulting with America’s car dealers is both fun and…
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The Three Car Dealership Biases to Making a Change in Culture
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March 2015
Have you lost your picture?
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Have you lost your picture?
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February 2015
Make Mobile Traffic a Top Priority for Your Website
It took a mini-debate with a potential client to bring me to a…
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Make Mobile Traffic a Top Priority for Your Website
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January 2015
"If you can dream it, you can do it!"
"If you can dream it, you can do it!"
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"If you can dream it, you can do it!"
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Inspiration Motivation Educational Quotes
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Inspiration Motivation Educational Quotes
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Dealerships Vulnerable to Hack Attacks
by Jim Leman, Dec. 31, 2014 - Wards Dealer…
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Dealerships Vulnerable to Hack Attacks
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November 2014
Think Compliance Isn’t Your Problem? Think Again
News broke recently about 5 dealership employees that were arrested and face federal charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, wire…
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Think Compliance Isn’t Your Problem? Think Again
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June 2014
Stop the Trial Closes
Stop the Trial Closes
By David Lewis
In 2013, we saw the greatest increase in retail auto sales in the last…
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Stop the Trial Closes
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March 2014
Change: The DNA of Success
While the experts pontificate on which direction the automobile business is…
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Change: The DNA of Success
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February 2014
You know you work for a bad dealership when…
We all know many dealers still make money the old fashioned way, in spite of themselves. If we want to attract top notch professionals to our industry we need to be able to quickly identify attribute…
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You know you work for a bad dealership when…
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December 2013
Jim Ziegler wants to know "CAN LINCOLN SURVIVE?" UH-OH THIS ACCIDENTALLY GOT OUT EARLY
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CAN THE LINCOLN FRANCHISE SURVIVE?
uh-oh! This…
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Jim Ziegler wants to know "CAN LINCOLN SURVIVE?" UH-OH THIS ACCIDENTALLY GOT OUT EARLY
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