TSLA360.590-20.67001%
GM72.540-2.5%
F11.590-0.09%
RIVN15.4000.46%
CYD39.410-0.08%
HMC24.150-0.16%
TM207.010-2.66%
CVNA313.5481.45799%
PAG149.3400.18%
LAD251.8201%
AN197.680-0.29%
GPI329.450-1.34%
ABG194.7600.73%
SAH64.870-0.38%
TSLA360.590-20.67001%
GM72.540-2.5%
F11.590-0.09%
RIVN15.4000.46%
CYD39.410-0.08%
HMC24.150-0.16%
TM207.010-2.66%
CVNA313.5481.45799%
PAG149.3400.18%
LAD251.8201%
AN197.680-0.29%
GPI329.450-1.34%
ABG194.7600.73%
SAH64.870-0.38%
TSLA360.590-20.67001%
GM72.540-2.5%
F11.590-0.09%
RIVN15.4000.46%
CYD39.410-0.08%
HMC24.150-0.16%
TM207.010-2.66%
CVNA313.5481.45799%
PAG149.3400.18%
LAD251.8201%
AN197.680-0.29%
GPI329.450-1.34%
ABG194.7600.73%
SAH64.870-0.38%


Customer Experience

New Vehicle Technology

Take Steps To De-Mystify New Vehicle Technology For Your Customers

- November 17, 2015
“Progress might have been all right once,” humorist Ogden Nash once observed, “but it has gone on too long.” Apparently he is not alone in that attitude. Recent research found...
Outbound Phone Sales

Outbound Phone Sales Efforts Must Be Judged By Live Conversations

- November 4, 2015
Dealerships need to manage to the right metrics and be smart with technology to maximize phone success. BY MIKE HAEG It’s 2 p.m. on a typical Tuesday. Unfortunately, the weekend sales...
Owner Of A Recalled Vehicle

Today’s Owner Of A Recalled Vehicle Can Be Tomorrow’s Happy Service Or Sales Customer

- October 30, 2015
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...
ad messages

Ad Messages That Resonate With Women Buyers, And Avoiding The Mistake Of Marketing Cars Like Power Tools

- October 28, 2015
Let dealership reputation and trust, not price, drive the value proposition when targeting these customers. BY ANNE FLEMING Based on how they approach the car buying process, women buyers tend to identify...
Customer-Identity Thieves

Ponder How Appetizing Your Dealership Appears To Customer-Identity Thieves

- October 27, 2015
Take steps to deter both hackers and burglars, and prepare an incident plan in case of a breach. BY ERIK NACHBAHR Auto dealerships are inviting to data thieves, given the consumer...
Auto salespeople

Hearing ‘No’ From A Customer Should Never Be Taken As The End Of The Negotiation

- October 27, 2015
Auto salespeople should adopt six techniques to keep rejection in a proper, and healthy, context. BY GRANT CARDONE Rejection is commonly defined as dismissing or refusing a proposal, idea, etc. It...
Reputation On Facebook

Take Extra Care To Manage Your Dealership’s Customer Reputation On Facebook

- October 20, 2015
The friends-and-family aspect of that platform means you want the domino effect to be positive, if possible. BY DAVID KAIN We’ve all heard the phrase, “It’s all fun and games until...
Defensiveness With Customers

Avoiding Interactions That Can Lead To Conflict And Defensiveness With Customers

- October 13, 2015
Dropping these five questions and statements from your sales approach is a great start. BY DAVID LEWIS To some in the retail automotive industry, customers with full access to information once...
optimize your CRM

Leveraging Your CRM To Identify Buyers

- October 9, 2015
By adding additional data, you can optimize your CRM to identify high-potential shoppers already in the database. BY JOHN GIAMALVO We live in the age of “big data,” and nowhere is this...

Expand Your Customer Surveying Beyond The CSI

- October 7, 2015
DMS exec: CSI won’t tell if customer is loyal for long haul. BY JON MCKENNA In recent years, skeptics have raised a litany of questions with or complaints about automaker-driven customer...


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