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- Which best describes you?
- Vendor Partner
- What company do you work for (or own)?
- American Bike and Trike
- What is your current position within your organization?
- VP of Sales and Marketing.
- What is your company website?
- http://www.americanbikeandtrike.com
- What is your Facebook page/URL?
- http://www.facebook.com/viralmarketplace
- What is your LinkedIn page/URL?
- http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?id=70101627&trk=hb_tab_pro...
- How did you specifically hear about DealerELITE? If referred, who?
- FaceBook, Frans page.
- Not everyone gets approved for DealerELITE. To maintain the integrity of DealerELITE, tell us what you will have to offer once a dealerELITE member?
- Hall of Fame Auto salesperson from Chevrolet.
Worked with B & B in December when we sold 1453 new cars in December of 1994. Plus "Old Guys Rule" I'm told.
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Up tick... Up tick... Up tick.
Posted on October 25, 2014 at 12:49pm 0 Comments 1 Like
I love those great months... who doesn't?. You know the ones.. Excellent production, solid gross and great back end penetration. Record numbers in the service drive and the parts numbers to support the RO's.
Up tick... Up tick.
Business being better at our physical place of business generally means an up tick in the web traffic.…
Continue Improve your Community and Sell, Sell, Sell!
Posted on August 4, 2014 at 2:01pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
It started for me early. Social selling that is. I was working on a project for a hospital charity about a dozen or so
people turned out. Painting the walls in the old building and the guy next to me, in conversation, asks, “What do you do for a living?”. Of course I said I sold cars… About an hour later as we were “admiring” our handy work… another…
Continue Help for the Used Car Director...
Posted on January 20, 2014 at 5:33pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
It’s ready to help you.. as quickly as today! You can now have instant access to over 20,000 cars and trucks. No Auction fees, no buy fees and no “no sale” fees either…. With the same quality assurance offered by your local auction.
How about buy bids? Would you like it if you could get a buy bid from several hundred buyers without picking up the…
Continue Demonstration Drive? Every Single Time! Building your Business
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 10:00pm 1 Comment 1 Like
How many times have I asked a sales person, "Have they driven the car?" Do you have any idea how many times I hear, They drove it at the other dealer or they don't have time to drive it or my favorite. They already own one that is three years old. Really? You are going to waste all that time on a write up when your chances of closing a deal without a demo…
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You must be a glutton for punishment to read 152 pages at one sitting. Anywho, thank you for your comment about DUH!
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