It might sound counterintuitive, but one of your best ongoing opportunities for boosting dealership sales lies in the Service department. Consider the typical sales prospect walking through your showroom front doors. They wait for an average of six years between vehicle purchases.1 Their life circumstances are wildly different from the last time they bought, and yet they … [Read more...] about Sales Opportunities Start… In Service?
Dealership Business
Dealership Management Advice: Work Smarter Not Harder in 2020
The industry is forecast to be stable in 2020. Stable may be a welcome word for many and is certainly better than the prediction of decline we all lived under in 2019. However, I don't know too many in this industry who would agree that "stable" is the goal. Let's face it; if given stable, we all want to maximize every resource and reach better. When setting stretch goals, … [Read more...] about Dealership Management Advice: Work Smarter Not Harder in 2020
Why Conduct an On-site Compliance Audit in Your Car Dealership?
Before we start exploring the reasons why every car dealer must conduct an on-site compliance audit in his car dealership, let us form an overview of its fundamental concept and notches of significance. There are federal guidelines that govern each department of a car dealership; for example, there is a Used Car Rule for the sales department and CAN-SPAM Act for the BDC … [Read more...] about Why Conduct an On-site Compliance Audit in Your Car Dealership?
4 Types of Power Questions that Boost Your Influence
What you have to offer has a deeper more personal impact on your customers’ lives than you learn, lead, and leverage right now! Whether you are selling an appointment, a service, or a product, it’s not what you know about your offering that matters most, it’s what you know about your customers. No doubt, you have a great message, but if you never get your message through to … [Read more...] about 4 Types of Power Questions that Boost Your Influence
Kissing Babies & Shaking Hands: Reality of Social Sales
Ali Reda sells more cars each year than any other human being on the face of the earth, and whenever he gets ready to leave a local restaurant, his wife and kids know it's going to take them a good twenty minutes to make it to the exit while Ali is shaking hands, working the room and making friends all the way to the door. Getting to know people. Letting them get to know … [Read more...] about Kissing Babies & Shaking Hands: Reality of Social Sales