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Lessons From the AI Frontlines in a BHPH Dealership
By Tiger Okeley, Executive Board Member, Oak Motors/Indiana Finance Company The artificial intelligence (AI) wave has crashed over all of us in the...

The GM’s AI Assistant: Turning Daily Chaos Into Clean Profit
Running a store today is a grind. Your morning starts with too many problems: a salesperson quit, ad spend feels like a black hole, trades are...

The Hidden Gains of Using AI in Fixed Ops
I’ve been in and around service departments for over three decades. First as a technician, an advisor, a manager, and now as someone who helps...

5 Ways to Make Your Service Department a Favorite with Women
I’ve spent my entire life in the car business, so when I walk into a service department, I notice things most people don’t. My eyes go straight to...

I’m Free
How did you feel on: You felt amazing! You felt alive and without responsibilities! Ahhhh! Some dealers felt this way when the current President was...

Increase Your Cyber Security with 10 Simple Steps
What started as a story about how I helped a dealer handle hackers who had created a fake website has now turned into a series on cyber security...

Dealerships Don't Need More People or Vendors
Automotive retail is stuck in a loop. When problems arise, we default to two options: Hire more people. Buy another tool. But neither approach...

How to Use Social Media to Build Trust and Appointments
Social selling. Just the term makes me feel like I’ve been cornered at a networking event by someone wearing a Bluetooth headset and no shame. And...

How Smarter Data and Tech Can Fix Your Dealership's Staffing Issues
Everyone’s feeling it: employee turnover is a massive pain point and dealership teams are caught up in a cycle of missed opportunities and staffing...

How Automotive Service Pricing Reshaped the Competitive Landscape
This article was written by Joe Gibson, the Executive Vice President of Business Development and Growth at InteliChek Automotive, InteliChek...

It's Time to Circle the Wagon
Back in the frontier days, circling the wagons meant getting ready for an attack. These days? Same idea – just swap the bandits for regulators,...

Start the Riot: Inside Automotive's First AI Cohort
It’s January 1978 and the Sex Pistols have just self-destructed on stage in San Francisco. This symbolic implosion marked the end of UK punk’s...