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Why Conduct an On-site Compliance Audit in Your Car Dealership?
Before we start exploring the reasons why every car dealer must conduct an on-site compliance audit in his car dealership, let us form an overview of...
Kissing Babies & Shaking Hands: Reality of Social Sales
Ali Reda sells more cars each year than any other human being on the face of the earth, and whenever he gets ready to leave a local restaurant, his...
The Ripple Effect
Recently I attended the Annual Industry Summit in New Orleans. About a week before my flight, I received an email from Southwest announcing the...
Stand Out From the Competition: Let’s Find Your Differentiator
Welcome to Boston. There are five Dunkin’ Donuts within a quarter of a mile from my office. I’ve selected my Dunkin’ of choice based on strict...
Declined Service Work or Targeted Marketing Opportunity?
The word “innovation” gets thrown around a lot when we talk about dealers who manage to stay ahead of the curve year after year, even as the industry...
Commission Breath
What is that awful smell? You know, that smell you sniff when you meet a “slick” salesperson? What is the definition of a professional? Is it someone...
Step Back: How Experience in Automotive Hinders Our Ability to Create an Ideal Consumer Website
Do you know the difference between the Frigidaire Professional dishwasher and the Gallery dishwasher? Nope. How about Lenovo T and X series laptops?...
Choose To Serve
I have been earning a commission-based income for over 15 years. As a result, people often ask me how I deal with the uncertainty of my monthly...
Reshape Your Marketing Efforts Using Audience Segmentation
The process of buying and selling cars has evolved substantially over the past decade. No longer do car shoppers go straight to the dealership;...
NEW AI TECHNOLOGY: Smart Television Advertising in ways never before possible
How smart is your new Smart TV? Smarter than you think. Because in addition to cool new features like streaming apps, voice control and Bluetooth...
The Future of the Automotive Industry Is Electric
For the past 30 years I have owned an advertising agency that specialized in television advertising for mostly auto dealers. For the past 15 years, I...
How the Preferences of Millennials Will Shape Auto Sales in Late 2018 and Beyond
The U.S. auto industry will continue to face transformative hurdles through the end of this year and into next, and marketers are being tasked to...