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A new integration with ConnexPay is designed to give third-party administrators, agencies and dealers faster, more flexible payment options, improve efficiency and create profit opportunities.
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David Keller - After reviewing many dealerships’ financial statements over the last six months, it seems the used vehicle department is the king of profits and volume. Most dealers, with new vehicle sales still depressed, are selling more used vehicles than ever. It is more important than ever to manage your vehicle inventories.
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Jennifer Murphy - One doesn’t have to be tech-savvy to understand the popularity of social media. Lisa Cryder, the owner/general manager at Lebanon Ford Lincoln Mercury realized social media could be a powerful business tool—one her Lebanon, Ohio, dealership stood to benefit from.
Read More →J.D. Rucker - When the topic of inventory management is brought up to car dealers, certain things always come to mind. How should it be priced? How often is it updated? How many pictures should you take? While these are all important, one aspect that is regularly forgotten is how to drive the right traffic to the specific vehicles that people want to buy.
Read More →Thomas B. Hudson - Life is difficult enough when you at least know what you don’t know. But when you don’t know what you don’t know, life gets downright dangerous.
Read More →David Keller - The massive health care legislation, signed into law by President Obama, contains provisions that will affect every employer, but the timing of different pieces of the legislation ranges from items that apply immediately in 2010 to a variety of tax increases that become effective from 2011 to 2018.
Read More →Jason Ezell - I have always been mesmerized with the amount of information the Internet has provided, both on the Web itself and through the data being produced by millions of people using the Web. Oh, the power we would gain from harnessing this data and molding it into usable knowledge with which to make solid business decisions.
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Jennifer Murphy - Generally speaking, heated seats aren’t a popular option when purchasing a car in Florida. At Century Motors in Pompano Beach, Fla., Dealer Frank Fuzy said, “You can turn a heated seat on in South Florida … and it’s hard to tell if that heated seat gets warm.”
Read More →Howard Polirer - Consumer shopping behavior has shifted in response to recent economic changes. Many consumers believe that the current economic issues are long-term and will have permanent effects on how they spend money.
Read More →Allen Dobbins - Choosing the right dealer management system (DMS) can keep an owner awake at night. Pick the wrong one, and it will affect employee morale, which could result in high employee turnover, drive productivity to the ground and lead to a negative impact on the bottom line.
Read More →Lon Leneve - Employee fraud is a recurrent problem in dealerships. The three factors that cause an employee to commit fraud are discussed, as is the importance of implementing a fraud policy.
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