Make Fixed-Ops Profitable
Stop Waiting, Help is not coming!
By Jeff Cowan
Is your fixed-ops profitable? They should be. Think about it. If people are not buying new cars then they are keeping the ones that...
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Fixed-Ops
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Jimmy Berg’s Long Island store overhaul addressed big needs in the store he bought several years ago
By Jon McKenna
That vehicle service generates the lion’s share of profits at most U.S. dealerships...
Do your sales and service employees know the F&I products you offer?
We're in the final month of the year, so a lot of dealerships are busy assessing plans for 2016 - including figuring out ways to be more profitable.
Wards.com suggests one of...
Today’s Owner Of A Recalled Vehicle Can Be Tomorrow’s Happy Service Or Sales Customer
Develop plans now to research and identify these recall prospects, and to effectively interact with them. BY CHRIS MILLER
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, you may recall, felt there were three...
Supporting Your Own Techs
Many parts managers overemphasize wholesale business, at the expense of total dealership profits.
BY DON REED
What is a dealership parts department’s primary mission? The key word there is “primary.” We all...
Failure To Properly Handle Inbound Service Calls Hamstrings Service Departments
Start with a small BDC team and take other steps to catch all customer phone calls. BY BILL WITTENMYER
During several of my recent speaking engagements, much debate has arisen over...
Smart Service Advisor Hires Are Absolutely Critical To A Dealership’s Profitability
Follow other dealers’ proven steps to recruiting and interviewing promising advisors, and don’t insist they’ve done this job before. BY DON REED
This time of year is perfect to reflect on...
Force Marketing CEO John Fitzpatrick Set to Speak at First Annual CBT Automotive Sales, Service and Marketing Conference & Expo
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (PRWEB) JULY 29, 2015
Force Marketing is proud to announce that CEO and President John Fitzpatrick will be a featured speaker at the upcoming first annual CBT Automotive Sales,...
How A Dealer Should Evaluate A Service Manager’s Performance
Everyone talks about metrics, but why not focus instead on the behaviors that the manager's service advisors show every day? BY GLENN PASCH
I remember the first dealership for which I...
Owner Retention Versus Owner Replacement
Quick self-exam reveals your inclinations as an ‘empowering leader’. BY DON REED
As part of the fixed operations profit potential analysis that we conduct for our dealers, we prepare a trend...
