Sales and F&I
Topics and ideas for improving the car buying experience for customers online, in-store, or both.
Operating Differently in Sales: How to Align the Online and In-Store…
Instead of simply adding online options and hoping for the best, you need to run your sales process differently so you can easily pivot between…
Visualization and Customization: Why They’re Important to Your…
How many times have you gone in to buy a phone, and you think you have a pretty good idea of what you’re buying? You…
New Year, New Personal Best
With the new year comes new opportunities for change. It’s time to reflect on the year past and look to the future, with goals for…
Embrace Your Team in F&I
As an F&I manager, you might feel like a one-man show. Even if you are one of multiple F&I managers at your dealership, much of…
Accessible, Accurate, Actionable: The 3 A’s Behind Optimizing Your…
Customer information is essential to any dealership’s daily operations, and making sure your data is available to you in real-time is the key to achieving…
Dealership Inventory Management Is Key in an Uncertain Market
In 2022, the automotive retailing industry navigated record-high inflation, rising interest rates, and supply chain issues. As consumer demand fluctuates along with market conditions in…
3 Fantasy Football Player Types that Resemble Dealership Leads
With the NFL season underway, fantasy football is in full swing. Managers have just finished their drafts and are now reviewing their lineups deciding who…
Your Dealership’s Market is Expanding – Provide a Convenient…
For most of our industry’s history, being close to your customers was key to being convenient. But in recent years, buyers traveling hundreds of miles…
The Evolution of eContracting Through the Lender Lens
The world is moving increasingly more online and consumers are looking for convenience in their shopping experience. When it comes to buying a vehicle today,…
4 (+1) Car Buying Trends Setting the Pace
I wrote about upcoming car buying trends just shy of one year ago. Since then, those trends are still front and center. In fact, new…