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Dealer Ops•by David Keller, CPA, CFE•July 10, 2007

The Real Risk Of Being Audited: IRS Audit Statistics

David Keller - The IRS has stated that it believes tax return accuracy is at one of the lowest points in history. This indicates that they will be trying any and all means available to tighten compliance with the law in whatever manner they can...

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Fixed Ops•by Aaron Tankersley•July 9, 2007

Your Repair Order Trends: What You Learn From Them

Don Reed - Having a lot of one-item repair orders also tell us that your technicians are not inspecting 100 percent of the vehicles they service, and your advisors are not reviewing the results of the 27-point inspection with 100 percent of your...

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Training•by Michael Rees•July 8, 2007

Preparing For The Customer: The Key To Sales Success

Michael Rees - Allow me to take you through a few steps to make sure your customer does more than just drive through your lot, or worse yet retreat at the first sign of a “salesperson.” ...

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The Long Arm Of The Law: Interstate Internet Retailing Creates Legal Chaos

Jennifer Murphy - Long arm statutes are state laws, so even though each state’s long arm statue is based on the same principle, they are not written or interpreted exactly the same...

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Digital•by Howard Polirer•July 6, 2007

How You Can Turn E-mail Into Sales

Howard Polirer - Research tells us that most customers who are truly interested in purchasing your vehicle will pick up the phone and call you. However, you don’t want to miss the people who e-mail you since they are also viable customers...

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Digital•by Greg Goebel•July 5, 2007

Sweat The Small Stuff

Greg Goebel - Having reviewed hundreds of Web sites to help determine the winners in the best Web site categories, I found more than 75 percent of the sites reviewed had embarrassing problems, including an amazing number that contained significant errors on...

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Digital•by Dean Evans•July 4, 2007

Fine-Tune Your Online Used Car Business

Dean Evans - The age group represented by Generation Y (people now between the ages 12 and 30) are, or are about to become, big-time used car buyers. Indeed, used vehicles make up a significant majority of cars bought by, or for, people between the ages of...

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Training•by George Dans•July 3, 2007

Seven Dumb Rules That Impede Sales

George Dans - Sometimes if you want to sell more cars, you need to evaluate and abolish some of the rules you already have in place ...

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Dealer Ops•by Jeff Smelley•July 2, 2007

Windows Vista: To Adopt Or Not

Jeff Smelley - Microsoft’s new Windows product has a “new” look and feel, new features, and improved this and more of that. Microsoft’s literature promises greater productivity, enhanced entertainment, easier use and a plethora of other feel good ...

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Dealer Ops•by Tom Herald•July 1, 2007

The Three "C's" of Finance

Before the days of the Internet, credit bureaus or even the telephone, bankers loaned money to consumers to purchase items that they otherwise could not afford. Banking was a professional art where the often intimidating loan officer would structure a loan around what was called the Three “C’s” of Finance –

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