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Training

Tracking Advertising Online Provides Success

Rob Anderson - The best thing about the Internet is its inherent accountability. Every click can be counted and every visitor logged, but you have to know how to make this information work for you ...

Welcome The Phone-Up To Your Dealership

Will Parquette - The vehicle shopper simply doesn’t have as much “tire-kicking” time as they used to so they go to the phones to save on legwork and save time. Your staff needs to be prepared and trained ...

Taming The Floor Plan Monster

Scott Dreisbach - It rears its ugly head from time to time and we all have to deal with the consequences it brings down upon us. It infects our mind, body and spirit. It feeds on vehicle inventory management decisions that were made without scientific facts.

How BIG Is Hispanic Buying Power

Mauricio Espinosa - The Selig Center of Economic Growth estimates that Hispanic buying power will reach $863.1 billion in 2007. An 8.1 percent increase in buying power over 2006. This information does affect your dealership, but how?

David V. Goliath When Andy Chevrolet Fought General Motors

Jennifer Murphy - Since a Chevrolet franchise was included in the purchase agreement, GM had to approve the buy-sell agreement between Sims and Dealer John O’Brien. Before GM would approve it, Sims had to draft a proposal that included pro forma sales...

Build An Electronic Brand On The Web

Rob Anderson - Twenty-five percent of prospects would never pick up a phone to give us information, but they’ll gladly get online and provide whatever information we ask for. This is proof positive that the Internet is a powerful tool for ...

Where Is My Net Worth?

David Keller - Let’s discuss your dealership’s net worth. Do you have any? If so, how much is it? Most dealers don’t even look at their change in net worth from month to month or year to year...

Your Best Strategy in 2007 is Your Forecast

Mauricio Espinosa - Control of your sales force is paramount. More and more salespeople are “doing their own thing.” It troubles me when I witness that in an operation. Regardless of how good they are, your sales staff cannot “do their own thing.”

Create Customer Loyalty

Sean Bradley - The typical store will only close 22 percent of their ups, 40 percent of those never create a cash repair order and a full two-thirds of those customers are gone by the time they truly become valuable, which is when ..

12 Reasons Why Customers Should Buy From You

George Dans - Let me tell you this, if you don’t separate yourself from your competition, they will eat you alive and soon you will wake up to say this: “Remember when we used to…” Too late! ...

The Truth Of Advertising Compliance

Jennifer Murphy - When creating your next ad campaign, consider the average consumer’s intelligence – better yet, consider the dumbest consumer’s intelligence to avoid the wrath of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) advertising ...

Rogue Waves

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - In this case, the 9th Circuit held that an investment bank that merely loaned money to a lender could be held responsible for the misdeeds of the lender...