Spark Immediate Results in Special Finance
Special Finance Expert Greg Goebel chronicles how one dealer group increased its subprime business by focusing on the right inventory for special finance and proper deal structure.
Special Finance Expert Greg Goebel chronicles how one dealer group increased its subprime business by focusing on the right inventory for special finance and proper deal structure.
Does a dealership really need a website optimized for mobile devices? The short answer is yes. Author Kimberly Long offers perspectives from both dealership personnel and technology providers on the benefits of having a mobile website.
QR, or quick response, codes represent fairly new technology, and their potential applications within the dealership are still being explored. Author Kimberly Long presents a brief look at using QR codes in the dealership.
As a BHPH expert who was once resistant to the Internet, Brent Carmichael explains how important the Internet is for buy here pay here dealers and shares some of the Internet tools BHPH dealers can use to help run their businesses.
Technology expert Allen Dobbins discusses the importance of updating the technology that helps run a dealership to compete in today’s right-now society.
Customers go online for nearly everything, including automotive service. Author Jenny Murphy discusses what dealers should consider when implementing an online service scheduler and looks at how four dealerships have successfully integrated this technology into their fixed operations.
Industry Attorney Thomas Hudson reports on information about what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) intend to enforce.
Joe Chura, Internet and e-marketing director of the Hennessy Ford stores near Chicago, Ill., outlines five free, simple ways dealers can improve their websites.
Author Brian Shackelford explains the difference between continuous auditing and continuous monitoring and discusses the use of continuous monitoring to ensure the effectiveness of internal controls and prevent fraud inside the dealership.
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Author Kimberly Long chronicles how four auto dealers got their customer relationship management efforts under control by implementing new processes, holding employees accountable, and continually tweaking their strategy to stay on track and up to date with technological changes.