customer experience
Are We There Yet? Actionable Steps For Digital Retailing Success in Automotive
Move made in 2020 were critical, but are they complete? Digital Retailing has been a buzzword in the industry for a few years. What they mean in...
Latest Research: Evolution of The Car Shopping Journey in 2020
CarGurus and GfK recently studied the digital path to purchase of over 3,000 car shoppers. We dug into that data, as well as data from a series...
This Is How Automotive Retail is Transforming
In the earliest of days, weeks, and even months for auto dealerships returning to business (open doors at the facility), we are getting some...
The Profit Is in the Process
On a typical workday my alarm starts at 5:30 am. That means, I usually roll out of bed about 5:45 after the second snooze button goes off. I head...
Conquering the Corona!
They are coming in scared. They are wearing gloves. They are wearing masks. For the first time in history, they aren’t stealing our pens! In fact,...
In the Quiet, Listening Becomes Easier
Many of us lived through the 2008-2009 recession. For those of us that were in some of the hardest-hit industries like real estate, banking, or...
Service Waiters: The Overlooked Audience
When I enter a new showroom for the first time, it’s never long before I make my way over to the service waiting area. You can tell a lot about a...
5 Ways to Put Reliability at the Center of Your Store’s Success
On the old classic TV show "Lassie," Timmy never fell down a well, contrary to popular belief. But viewers knew if Timmy did, he could rely on Lassie...
With High Regard—What Buying a Mattress Taught Me About Customer Service at the Dealership
Recently, I set out on a quest for the perfect guest room mattress set. This mattress would be used around six weeks out of the year, mostly by our...
The New Customer Experience - Adjusted for Social Distancing and the Coronavirus
We are in unchartered and distressed waters, and we need to make adjustments now. The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused a global social...
4 Types of Power Questions that Boost Your Influence
What you have to offer has a deeper more personal impact on your customers’ lives than you learn, lead, and leverage right now! Whether you are...
The Power of a Live Turnover in the BDC
In the not too distant past, I used to pat myself on the back if I took a turnover on a phone call at a dealership from a Business Development...
