Ryan Linnehan - I told them we were borrowing a term from the insurance industry and this was their “Book of Business” for which they were responsible. I encouraged them to go through every name in their book and they would find tons of gold nuggets...
Read More →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...
Read More →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 ...
Read More →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...
Read More →Carlos Rodriguez - Health insurance has become the number one benefit for attracting employees. Few, if any, small and mid-size companies can afford to provide or administer the same kinds of benefit packages that large organizations do.
Read More →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.”
Read More →Rob Anderson - The ultimate goal of branding is to cause ‘Top of mind awareness’ (TOMA). TOMA is when a specific brand immediately comes to the mind of the customer when purchasing a particular product.
Read More →Rob Chesney - eBay Giving Works is the dedicated program for charity listings; enabling you to list items and donate part or all of the final sale price to your favorite nonprofit organizations...
Read More →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 ..
Read More →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! ...
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