Up In a Down Market: Finding New Ways to Serve the Customer, Part 2
In this series of our Dealer Panel, we’re asking our panel how they prepare for a potentially cooling market, and how they are working to maintain their forward motion.
The 80/20 Rule for Sales Training
I have always been in sales, but I can’t remember the last time I used a closing phrase. If I do my job well, the customer should be asking me to buy. If I have to rely on a memorized word track to try to close a deal, then I have failed.
Home Run Sales? Cover Your “Bases”
It’s the start of a new year, with the promise of a stable auto sales market in 2018, according to recent NADA forecasts. But the one constant in our industry is change. We live in a volatile world, and a competitive one at that, arguably more competitive than it’s ever been.
2018 Brings Record Profits for Dealers
You must believe in the concept that 100 percent service absorption will put you on the road to having a record year. You then must transfer this attitude to your entire management team. Yes, I said entire management team — including those folks in the front end.
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.
Ditch the Purple Gorilla: Create a Dealership for Today’s Customer
Is your dealership set up to be proactive and make the most of that 21 percent of customers’ time? Or are you stuck in old processes built for old customer shopping patterns?
Don’t Let Others’ Judgments Affect Your Own
In a storm, we may not be able to control the strong winds that blow our way. Even so, we can adjust the sails to take advantage of these winds and gain the maximum momentum from them.
The Unexpected Future of the Dealership
The future can be a frightening place, especially for those not able, or willing, to adapt to changing realities and market conditions. While the auto sales industry has enjoyed several years of growth, change is on the horizon.
Five Steps to Improving Video
Use videos to display the automobiles being sold in new locations, away from the dealership and buildings associated with all the negative aspects of buying a car.
How to Boost Dealership Sales Using Geo-Targeting
Geo-targeting even tells you who is in the market to buy a car. It can make it possible to reach every person on a mobile device who is looking for a particular car to see ads from the nearest car dealership.
Smart Toyota Develops a Video Sales Advantage
There is no denying the emerging importance of video components in marketing in today’s business climate. Put another way, in the words of Peter Leto, Google’s head of auto retail, “video is the new showroom.”
Now is the Time to Shift from Sales-Focused to Product Specialist Roles
Today’s car buyers are walking into dealerships armed with more information than ever before. The average car shopper spends more than 11 hours researching cars online. Dealership employees are no longer the gatekeepers of all the information consumers need to make a hiring decision.
