Leading an Appointment Culture – Part 7 TRANSCRIPT: Let’s say you’re a dealership owner or maybe you work for a large dealership corporation, a group that owns a few dealerships, 20, 30 or 90, whatever, across the country and you can’t be in the dealerships all the time but you want to know if they’re truly […]
Leading an Appointment Culture – Part 6 TRANSCRIPT: Okay, so, you’ve got your management team. They’re ready. They’re working hard in the CRM throughout the day. They are doing all the things they need to do at the beginning of the day. They are doing all the things they should be doing in the CRM throughout […]
Leading an Appointment Culture – Part 5 TRANSCRIPT: Every CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool is a little bit different. That said, there are some commonalities and there are some things that you can make sure your managers are doing throughout the day, by living in the CRM, that will help drive an appointment culture. The first […]
Leading an Appointment Culture – Part 3 TRANSCRIPT: Now, we’ve talked about an appointment culture being a top-down proposition and it absolutely is. If the owner doesn’t believe in it and force it through to the general manager, and the general manager doesn’t believe in it and force it through to the middle managers, they’re not […]
Leading an Appointment Culture – Part 2 TRANSCRIPT: If I’m an owner of a business and I’m trying to lead an appointment culture, I’ve already introduced my team into creating an appointment culture, now it’s time to lead it. There are four things that I want out of my managers. There are four things that I […]
Real Reputation Management – Part 4 TRANSCRIPT: In Step 7 we’re going to monitor, at least monthly, for new comments. What does that mean? It means I want to know when people write new comments or post new reviews about me online. The easiest way for you to monitor is to set up something called ”Google […]
Real Reputation Management – Part 2 TRANSCRIPT: Step 2 – Once we know what people are saying about us – let’s assume they’ve said some negative things – we need to determine the veracity of those negative comments. Now, what does that mean? It means we need to find out a couple of thing – number […]
Real Reputation Management – Part 1 TRANSCRIPT: Today’s session is on Real Reputation Management. In other words, how can you, as a business owner, general manager, or sales manager, manage your online reputation in a way that you can do it yourself without spending thousands of dollars a month? Now, your online reputation has become, for […]
Avoiding Snake Oil – Part 3 TRANSCRIPT: So, I hope the question on your mind is “How can I buy like a Fortune 500 company and not be taken by the snake oil salesmen out there today?” Number 1 is – you can vet more efficiently. For example, don’t accept meetings on their terms. Accept meetings […]
Avoiding Snake Oil – Part 2 TRANSCRIPT: Because there is so much snake oil out there today, you have every reason to be skeptical, so, assume the worst. So, how do we stop snake oil? Well, there’s three ways – you shop around, you ask around and you wait around. I’m telling you to ask the […]
Avoiding Snake Oil – Part 1 TRANSCRIPT: Small and medium sized businesses are getting taken every day because things like new technology, social media, Search Engine Optimization and Marketing, and Online Directories have created a new breed of ‘snake oil’ salesmen. All of these have value and all can be important, but all of these can […]
Manager TOs TRANSCRIPT: This Short and Sweet video lesson from Steve Stauning is titled Manager TOs. TO is a term used in the automotive space that refers to a situation where a manager would get involved with a prospect who has not yet bought. The sales person will “turn-over” the prospect to the manager. This […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 19 TRANSCRIPT: What are the top takeaways about an appointment driven culture for owners, general managers, new car managers, used car managers, internet managers, and F&I managers? The number one takeaway is really that if you have an internet team, for example, they can’t do it alone. Every manager […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 18 TRANSCRIPT: We have talked about the ‘be-back’ process and the owner-marketing process. We will do more training on those later. We have talked about internet sales. There really are eight ‘must have’ processes for any dealership that is in an appointment driven culture. One is your internet sales […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 17 TRANSCRIPT: Step four in the Perfect Appointment is “Show Time!” It is the in-store VIP Treatment. You want to greet and treat whoever the prospect is like a VIP, preferably by a manager. If not, you are going to do a management TO right away. Let’s assume you […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 16 TRANSCRIPT: The third step in having a perfect appointment is something called Pre-Appointment Preparation. Remember, managers need to be deeply involved in all four of these appointment processes otherwise you will not have a Perfect Appointment, and you will not close them at eighty percent. Part of the […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 15 TRANSCRIPT: The second step to the Perfect Appointment is something we call appropriate appointment confirmation. Appropriate appointment confirmation is a tough process to write about because, really, every appointment can have a different confirmation process depending on how far out the appointment is set. The goal is the […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 14 TRANSCRIPT: Now it is time to talk about the Perfect Appointment. The Perfect Appointment is the one that will close at eighty percent for your internet appointments, but interestingly you can close all of your appointments at eighty percent. If you follow the Perfect Appointment for any sales […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 13 TRANSCRIPT: From an internet standpoint, it is important to understand that your store really is just one of nine that is competing for a prospect’s business. Prospects will submit multiple leads on multiple sites. Or, in some cases the aggregators, the people who aggregate leads then sell them […]
Creating an Appointment Culture – Part 12 TRANSCRIPT: In the last session from this lesson, we learned what it would sound like to leave a really compelling voicemail. We left a voicemail that created a sense of urgency for a prospect or a “be back” who was interested in a new car. Now, we are […]
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