A financial road map can help you achieve four percent net-to-sales, but only if your key players understand and participate in the plan. Author Robert E. Lee discusses the importance of making sure your managers follow the directions to achieve this goal.
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Even if your dealership hasn't officially embraced it, social media is too big to ignore. Here's what you need to know to address the proper use of social media by both the dealership and individual employees and determine what your policies should be.
Read More →Here are a few of the resources available online to help dealers formulate a social media policy.
Read More →Paul Potratz examines how the Internet has changed the way television programming is consumed and what that means for dealers and TV advertising.
Read More →The most important part of a manager’s day is to manage the performance of their employees. Don Reed suggests some daily tasks for a fixed ops manager that can positively affect the performance of his team.
Read More →Special Finance Expert Greg Goebel offers dealers some advice on how to better use the finance companies they have on board and suggests a few market segments that might deserve a second look.
Read More →Author Brian Barfield delves further into the four basic customer types with some tips for selling the guarded customer.
Read More →Author Mike Johnson discusses how inventory management technology can help a dealership's used vehicle operation be more competitive. But will it mean the end of the used car manager?
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When Lupient Chevrolet received notice in 2009 that General Motors was revoking its franchise, the dealership ramped up business in service to help stay afloat. Ultimately, the dealership's franchise was reinstated, and the service department is now a profit powerhouse.
Read More →Author Jay Parrish examines how cash balance plans can benefit auto dealers.
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