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Dealer Opsby Greg GoebelOctober 21, 2008

Special Finance Benchmarks Drop as Finance Companies Tighten Programs

Greg Goebel - 2008 has proven to be a tumultuous year in the special finance industry ... Finance companies as a whole have tightened underwriting guidelines, reduced advances, increased fees and raised interest rates.

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Dealer Opsby Harlene DoaneOctober 19, 2008

The People Factor - Managing By the Numbers

Harlene Doane - Dealers have started looking closely at employee staffing and productivity in addition to overall dealership gross profits. The current all-dealer (domestic, import and highline) Benchmark departmental gross profit per employee is ...

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Digitalby Glynn RodeanOctober 18, 2008

Reasons for BDC Expansion: Evaluating Core Indicators

Glynn Rodean - A business development center (BDC) is a dynamic entity that needs to be able to expand and contract. When it comes to growth, there are different reasons to expand and several methods of expansion.

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Dealer Opsby Sean V. BradleyOctober 16, 2008

Tough Times Never Last

Sean Bradley - Understand that I teach and preach a process that holds excellence in performance as the end goal, and it personally frustrates me when I see dealers, managers, Internet directors and sales consultants making excuses for mediocre results. I hear all kinds of excuses such as ...

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Digitalby Jason EzellOctober 16, 2008

Listen to Your Web Site

Jason Ezell - ... 90 percent of everyone out there looking to buy a car goes online at some point to research that purchase, the Internet can give us the most accurate, current and specific facts about shopper trends ...

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Dealer Opsby Tom HudsonOctober 15, 2008

What Happens When Your Customer Is Uninsured?

Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Sometimes it seems like there’s just no end to the ways a dealer can get into a legal jam. That’s really not surprising ... Here’s an example of a dealer’s problems arising from the sale, or non-sale, of credit insurance...

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Dealer Opsby Charley PompeyOctober 14, 2008

The Fairy Tale of the Sleeping Buy Here Pay Here Dealer

Charley Pompey - Once upon a time, there was a BHPH dealer who fell asleep in his office under the spell of a wicked customer. When this buy here pay here dealer fell asleep, he began to dream that he could sell his cars for anything he wanted to. He and his employees knew the BHPH business and did not need to change the way they did things or educate themselves on the business.

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Dealer Opsby Tom HeraldOctober 14, 2008

Why CRM Systems Fail: The Problem Isn't What You Think

Tom Herald - One of the most common reasons cited for the high failure rate of CRM Systems is poor data quality. It is also one of the easiest problems to avoid.

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Digitalby Daymond DeckerOctober 11, 2008

Tasca Auto Group Writes the Book on e-Satisfaction

Daymond Decker - At the age of 27, Bob Tasca Sr. opened his first Ford dealership with a completely new mindset: one-price selling and unparalleled customer service, both of which were unheard-of ...

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Dealer Opsby Justin SpathOctober 10, 2008

Signal-to-Noise Ratios: Online Employment Information Fights For Attention

Justin Spath - This ... is a fundamental problem with employee relations practices at many automotive dealerships. We lose employees and have trouble finding new ones because ...

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