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Canadian summers are perfect for spending long hours on the golf course. While watching the golfers was exciting, I couldn’t help but shift some of…
Texting has become one of the most effective ways to interact with your customers. It’s also one of the best ways to irritate them and…
Reynolds and Reynolds began as a family-owned printing business in 1866 and has since grown into one of the automotive industry’s premier suppliers, offering nearly…
Old-school pressure tactics may have worked years ago, but not anymore. Car shoppers walk into your dealership with a lot of information and want a…
Someone with years of automotive consulting experience once told me, “Show your customers how much you care! Not how much you know.” Of course, knowing…
Technology, computers, tablets, cell phones… these advancements are changing the way your customers shop, buy, and service with your dealership. They are also changing the…
Have you ever stopped to think about why Henry Ford’s moving assembly line was such a huge innovation? A moving line didn’t remove the need…
What good is migrating from an open service system to an appointment-driven approach if you are not educating your customers that appointments are a viable…
Generation Y ranges from ages 18-35, putting them in a good position to buy no matter what stage of life they’re in. A new high…
A few months ago I asked a dealer: “Are you going to the NADA Convention?” “Heck no,” he answered. “Those conventions are just ‘trick or…
I have a friend whose entire extended family has been going to the same repair shop for over 15 years. Every member of his family…
When dealers talk about their competition, they’re almost always referring to other dealerships in their area. 20 years ago, it was largely true. Car buyers…
