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Dealer Opsby David Keller, CPA, CFEOctober 5, 2011

Inventory Management Is Really Cash Management

Do you watch and calculate how many times your inventory turns each year? Do you know what your return on inventory investment is? David Keller, automotive industry accounting expert, explains how to determine these things and more.

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Digitalby Jason EzellOctober 3, 2011

Website Referrals

Industry expert Jason Ezell discusses how different websites like Facebook and third-party sites can provide both direct and indirect traffic to dealership websites.

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Fixed Opsby Don ReedSeptember 30, 2011

Performance Improves When Measured

Fixed operations expert Don Reed discusses the importance of measuring performance and outlines 28 different stats in the service and parts departments that should be measured for individual employees to evaluate performance.

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Dealer Opsby Nicole MunroSeptember 29, 2011

Disclosures in Auto Finance - Lesson 1: Advertising Disclosures

Attorney Nicole Munro explains advertising disclosures required by the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) and Regulation Z.

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Dealer Opsby Alan MosherSeptember 29, 2011

Four Sources of BHPH Inventory

Buy here pay here expert Alan Mosher discusses a few of the sources dealers can turn to in order to find more vehicles that fit their BHPH business model.

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Trainingby ADMSeptember 28, 2011

The 2011 Independent Retailers of the Year

Auto Dealer Monthly has featured the Top 50 Independent Retailers of the Year since 2006, and this year’s Top 50 features dealers from all over the U.S.—from the Pacific Northwest to Southern Florida.

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Dealer Opsby Greg GoebelSeptember 26, 2011

Positive News and Energy Surround the SF Market

Special finance expert Greg Goebel discusses the good news and not-so-good news about the finance industry he learned at the NAF Associations 2011 conference.

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Dealer Opsby Tom HudsonSeptember 23, 2011

Best Practice in One State Can Lead to Jail in Another

Attorney Tom Hudson discusses how best practices in some dealerships can be prohibited in other dealerships due to state laws. One example he mentions is bird-dog programs.

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Dealer Opsby Joseph ClementiSeptember 21, 2011

You Are What You Surround Yourself With

Dealership General Manager Joseph Clementi offers tips for improving the performance of different types of salespeople.

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Dealer Opsby Jennifer Murphy BloodworthSeptember 19, 2011

Where and How Independent Dealers are Spending Their Marketing Dollars

Author Jennifer Murphy speaks to six successful dealers of varying sizes across the county about the combination of old- and new-school tactics that keep their ad budgets low and cars moving off the lot.

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