Daymond Decker - More consumers are turning to Internet search engines as a primary tool for filtering both vehicles and dealerships ...
Read More →Tom Herald - Your Web site is the flagship of your business marketing plan, and it’s open 24/7, whenever a prospective customer wants to learn about you, your dealership, your inventory and your financing. By simply...
Read More →Jim Jackson - T.E.A.M. has six key components. No one component is more important than another, but if you don’t have them all in place, you’ll be out of balance ... The six components are:
Read More →Dave Keller - If you are a typical dealer, you probably check your cash balance daily. Some dealers run their business by their checkbook balance, while others use the actual bank account balance and release checks accordingly. Which is better?...
Read More →Ryan Linnehan - There are many ways to create value, and we have talked in the past about some ideas that could be included in a “Value Package” that would be presented to our customers in an attempt to...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq - If you are a dealer, you may take some comfort from the fact that your customers seldom get upset enough to haul you into court. That comfort disappears, though, when you find out that your customers are being encouraged to sue you...
Read More →Mark O'Neil - Compliance with the new Rule is mandatory by Nov. 1, 2008. Your program must be appropriate to the size and complexity of your dealership and the nature and scope of your activities, and your board of directors must approve the initial program.
Read More →Harlene Doane - Dealers, frustrated with the results in the BDC, are trying to solve what they believe is a management problem. However, the root of the problem may be much deeper. The problem lies in ...
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The truncation and expiration date parts of the FACTA legislation turned out to be the worst sort of "gotcha" legislation...
Read More →Don Reed - One very effective way to correct this is to send all incoming service calls to a business development center (BDC). Properly trained BDC personnel can provide a multitude of services that will increase owner retention...
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