F&I products, selling techniques, and technological tools have all undergone a seismic shift in the last 30 years. Gone are the 4 squares, the stacks of blank contracts to be...
You’ve heard the pitches. And it’s true that the technology is impressive. Yet, when digital retailing vendors attempt to sell to dealerships what they pitch as a ‘complete solution,’ they...
Trailblazer, Self-starter, Motivator- Rebecca ‘Becky’ D’Amico Chernek has many monickers she’s earned through the years. In 1986, she was hired as the first woman to sell autos for Al Packer Lincoln & Mercury...
In any dealership, there are going to be problems. Low unit sales, bad CSI, personnel issues…the list can go on and on. But when the F&I department has issues, it...
Subprime auto loans have been in the headlines over the past couple of years with concern that we are headed into another credit crisis abyss. Rising defaults and delinquency rates...
Scott Gunnell, JM&A VP of Field Sales Operation and Strategy, is back to talk about the ever-changing role of F&I managers in your dealership and how to maintain a workforce...
In many of the dealerships I worked in years ago, there simply were not many female F&I managers. I was the rare exception at two dealer groups and had been...
On the CBT Automotive Network today, Jim Fitzpatrick and Scott Gunnell, Vice President of Field Sales Operations and Strategy for JM&A , talk about how your company can be better at virtual...
F&I managers are immediately at a selling disadvantage compared to the other profit centers in the dealership. They have to sell the products and services that a customer may or...
There are many career paths one can take in the car business. Service, Parts, Sales and Accounting all require different skills and offer unique opportunities to employees. Within the sales...