Going back to school...often a "resolution" for the New Year.  Several free sites exist, all well know and well respected exist where we can all go to improve our knowledge.  While you won't get a…

Social Media Tip #105~ FACEBOOK TIMELINE



This week's social media tip is specifically for personal profiles: Facebook's new Timeline feature was just recently rolled out to the…

Jim Zeigler has really brought to light for us with TrueCar deal . Bobby Compton has to be one of the kindness people in the world. There are little women on here but they have some powerful info…

Lazy is not a normal state of a person but one that is educated, encouraged and allowed.   Walk into any company with lazy staff and I assure you someone in the organization has educated,…

Social Media Facebook Tip #104~Spread the Holiday Cheer!

The holidays are the perfect time to make contact with business friends and clients via social networking. Make sure to post a…

I've written multiple pieces on how to properly set up and maintain your Google Places listing and account, but haven't touched on the mistakes you could be making, hurting your…

“What’s done in the darkness will always come to light.” Many fallen…

At the Sonic Dealer Academy we used an article titled, “Simple Techniques to Grow Your Business,” as a teaching tool. This article was authored by Duane “D.J.” Sprague who, at the time, was the…

Another night of being up late...thinking about work, personal life, work...and of course this whole TrueCar debate.  I'm not sure if this it's a good or bad thing that for the past two hours I…

Those of us who have been around the retail automobile industry will sooner or…

We have had our share of drug addicted employees over the last year. Many were productive salespeople and kept their problems from being our problems, except when they didn’t. That is when we…

What’s rational about buying? NOTHING. In sales, we work in a…