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Using Technology to Move Your Dealership Forward

Your dealership’s online presence should extend beyond its own website. In addition to posting third-party listings, you should connect with your customers by embracing social media.

NuVinAir Global Hires Former AutoNation Executive, Troy Blackwell, to Lead Operations

With nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the automotive industry, Mr. Blackwell joins NuVinAir Global from AutoNation, where he worked as a senior director, spearheading a major brand extension for the largest automotive group in the nation.

Hire for Attitude, Not Skills

High employee turnover continues to be a top concern for car dealers, and a strong economy with low unemployment rates doesn’t help.

Preparing for the 2020 Applicant Economy

With the summer sales season in full swing, it might be hard to imagine planning ahead and preparing for the demands next year will hold. But this is the time to start thinking about what is working and what needs to change to set your dealerships up for a successful 2020. Your best bet will be to start planning for the needs of your true competitive advantage: your people.

Volunteering as a Hiring Guide & Benefit

I’m always inspired after reading through our contributors’ articles each month. Their willingness to share their leadership, sales and marketing advice is a testament to the generosity of our industry.

Scott Ghedine Joins Babcox Media as Associate Publisher of AutoSuccess

In his new role, Ghedine will be responsible for the content and marketing efforts for the AutoSuccess brand, working in partnership with Susan Givens, group publisher.

Here’s What Happened When Google Did a Search for the Best Managers

The results of Google’s Project Oxygen breathes new life into the role of managers.

DealerBuilt Hires Mike theCarGuy Correra as a Client Experience Specialist

DealerBuilt now provides hundreds of dealers with a consumer experience DMS (known as ceDMS) that empowers their staff to build processes best for them, encompassing a system centered around their customers.

Leadership Podcast: Facing Challenges

We’ve returned with some of our past guests, asking them what they feel are the biggest challenges leaders are facing today.

Create Leaders, Not Managers

Let’s indulge in semantics for a moment. A manager is someone who instructs or controls a group of people. They delegate tasks, oversee projects or organize a team. Managers are important, certainly. They keep the lights on for business to run as usual.

35% Growth in a Soft Market

Rusty Gentry has been general manager at Pat Lobb’s Toyota of McKinney in Texas for just two short months, and already he has big plans. Within 18 months of his date of hire, his goal is to increase sales and service business across the board 35%.

In the last store he managed, Gentry increased business 65% in his first year, but that was back in 2011 and times have changed. In fact, conditions have changed quite a bit since he retired from his former position a year ago.

Podcast: Workplace Culture

Scotty Reiss, founder of A Girls Guide to Cars, joins us to discuss workplace culture and the Women in Automotive Industry Conference.