Commentary

You Can Handle the Truth
Objections are as much a part of your job as they are for any judge in a courtroom. For sales pros, they’re the reasons customers don’t want to...

Are You Taking Full Advantage of What Facebook Offers?
By now, chances are that you have a Facebook account for your car dealership, and are aware that online marketing can be effective for your...

Measuring Customer Retention
Would you agree that customer retention is an important goal? Designed to retain customers — to keep them from drifting to other dealerships or the...

Five Google Adwords Reports Auto Dealers Must Know
Pay-Per-Click advertising (PPC) is one of the most measurable forms of advertising available to automotive dealers today. With PPC in a few short...

Making Profits & Happy Customers in the Service Department
A lot has changed in the auto dealership industry in the last few decades, but one fact is still true: the service department can and should be one...

Service Your Social Reputation
Do you focus all of your attention on the sales department and forget about the department that has the most transactions every day? Your service...

Five Expert Insights on Content and Mobile in 2013 and Beyond
For this month’s column, I interviewed Justin Cerone, founder and CEO of the newly formed Lincoln Digital Group (formerly: Business Writing...

Dealer Marketing: Future Success Starts with Internet Marketing
As the internet has grown over the last decades from simple static websites that were little more than online brochures to become an integral part of...

How Spokane Subaru Amassed 266 Reviews in Six Months!
John LeFriec, general manager of Spokane Subaru, shares with Ken Wright how he amassed over 250 reviews in just a few short months, helping Spokane...

Google's New Algorithm: Float like a Hummingbird or Sting like a Bee?
We’ve all come to warily await Google’s next Panda and Penguin updates, but the Hummingbird is different—it’s a complete makeover of the existing...

Professional Networking as a Competitive Advantage for Car Dealers
Last week I had the honor and privilege of speaking at the Automotive Leadership Roundtable. As each of the previous ALR events have been, the...

Drink Up! There Is Only A Little Urine in the Wine
If your dealership is using Google Adwords under the assumption that digital advertising can drive qualified traffic to your website, you are...