From Amazon to Carvana: How Your Dealership Can Learn from Disruptive Business Models
Traditional dealerships are no longer the only option consumers have when it comes to car buying. Disruptive business models from Amazon, Carvana and others are transforming the automotive industry and posing a risk to local dealers.
Stop Closing and Start Serving Your Way to Sales Success
For as long as any of us can remember, the No. 1 tool of sales training has been closing techniques. More books exist about “closing” and “magical closes” than any other sales topic. This is very likely why most people don’t like salespeople and dread visiting a dealership showroom to buy a vehicle.
The No. 1 Reason Why Dealerships Fail to Maximize F&I Profits
Customers already spend hours researching vehicles online. Online checkout allows buyers to walk through the buying process online, including choosing accessories, estimating their trade-in value and reviewing F&I upgrades. All this is done in the comfort of their own home, at their own pace.
The No. 1 Reason Why Dealerships Fail to Maximize F&I Profits
After spending an hour negotiating with your sales staff and 45 minutes getting their trade-in valued, it’s no wonder buyers are tired and defensive. But, what’s next?
Getting Ready for the Storm: Preparing Your Dealership for Potential Disaster, Part 1
This year, in the space of two weeks, two major hurricanes struck the United States — the first time in recorded history that the country has been hit with storms of such intensity in the same hurricane season. In late August, Harvey hit the Houston area leaving major floods all along — and well past
Understanding Millennial Shoppers: How Digital Messaging Gets Gen Y Into Your Dealership
If you want them to buy from your dealership, winning the hearts and minds of Millennial car buyers starts with understanding what makes them tick.
DEALER SERVICE: Parts, Tools Equipment and Tires
We are so excited to announce with the August issue of AutoSuccess our new Dealer Service supplement. The first of a quarterly series, Dealer Service is the perfect publication for you, the automotive dealer or manager, to read and then pass along to your dealership’s service director/fixed operations manager.
How to Preserve Dealer Revenue in a Sales Downturn With Live Chat
Have you ever heard the aphorism, “a rising tide lifts all boats”? John F. Kennedy was surely right when he spoke about the economy; when there’s market growth, even the average dealer profits. Unfortunately, sales are beginning to slow in the auto industry, and we have low tides on the horizon.
Kendall Toyota Sets Its Sights on No. 1 By Integrating Processes to Better Focus On The Customer
Being second place in a competitive market is a goal many dealerships would love to be able to claim for themselves.
For Kendall Toyota in Miami, Florida, however, that’s simply not acceptable.
For many years, the dealership sat atop the perch in Toyota sales in their marketplace. Through changing circumstances — including the opening of its sister store West Kendall Toyota — Kendall recently slipped to the second spot. This served as a wake-up call for the dealership’s management to examine their processes and methods and to put plans in place to regain that title.
Improving the Car Buying Experience By Maximizing the CRM
There is one constant complaint from automotive customers: Nobody likes the car buying process. In fact, according to a 2016 Autotrader Car Buyer of the Future Study, less than 1 percent of consumers like the current process. The study further explains that the two biggest sources of car buying frustration are that it takes too
