Accountability: Who’s Doing What?
Ahhhh. Leadership. Accountability. Both are concepts we are all too familiar with. Can you have one without the other? I don’t think so. Leadership is many things, and many books have been written on the topic, but I’m going to ask you to zero in on one aspect: accountability.
Growing In A Flat Market
JONES HONDA BLOWS PAST NEW AND USED AVERAGES IN THEIR MARKET. SALES UP 22.5% YOY WITH INCREASES MARKETING PRESENCE Jones Honda, part of the Jones Family of Dealerships in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has a great reputation for retaining customers and providing outstanding sales and service experiences. What the dealership lacked, however, were the tools and marketing
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Role of Chat
Huzzah! We’ve finally entered a time where car dealers no longer see digital communication as a hot commodity, but a necessity. Unfortunately, it coincides with a boom in communications technology and a surge in chat vendors trying to sell dealers “shiny new things.”
With so many options, how do you discern what features work and which ones are just smoke and mirrors? How do you protect your customers from terrible online service? How do you make sure your chat investment makes you money?
Don’t Panic. This five-step guide has all the information you need to find the most effective chat solution in today’s landscape.
Podcast: Getting the Best Out of Your Team
Shane Born, COO for ProMax, speaks with us about bringing the best out of the Millennials and other generations that make up your staff.
Without A Fundamental Approach to Follow Up, Your Dealership’s Investment In Staff Training Is Wasted
The dealership’s day began with a quick sales meeting — 12 salespeople and their GSM huddled around a large TV screen to watch the daily installment from a sales trainer’s learning platform. When the trainer began to pose questions, the GSM repeated the choices to answer the questions.
Building Leaders: When to Let Go, Part 2
“My job is to find the right leaders for the right job, make certain they are working from their position of strength and lay out the expectations. They need to know what we want, when we want it and what rules of our culture they must follow to get it done.”
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.
The New Standard for Paying Dealership Employees
To better cater to this growing Millennial workforce, dealers are slowly abandoning the all-or-nothing approach of high-risk/high-reward commission plans. The times are changing, and the rise of cross training and new positions like product specialists is leading to a noticeable shift in pay scales.
Bust to Blue Sky
“The right messaging, including the right mail piece and electronic messaging, done right is a game changer for any dealership.”
Building Leaders: Who’s Ready for Leadership
“I look at their current job and their current results to gauge their abilities and their outlook. If they don’t have above-average results in their current job, we aren’t interested in putting them in charge of a team.” – Chris Saraceno