We can all agree that the National Hardware Show was AMAZING! Sara Hey took some time and compiled her Top 5 products from the event below. You don't want to miss these! Parts Department: Collapsible Crates to Move Parts to Service: "I got to see this firsthand at the National Hardware Show. In our Parts to Service process, we always set the techs up with work for the next day, the night before, by [...]
Sara Hey and Bob Clements walk you through the three things you should do to get ahead of inflation at your dealership.
In this Vlog, Bob shares 3 specific changes you can make in your parts pricing strategies to improve you bottom-line.
In this Vlog, Bob shares 3 specific changes you can make in your parts pricing strategies to improve you bottom-line.
Things we ask dealers when they are weighing the option adding a location: 1. Can you walk away from your dealership at season, and still have it operating as if you were there? 2. Can you cash flow a second location without pulling cash from the first location? 3. Will your second location take any customers from your first location? 4. Will you be able to take all of the lines from your [...]
“I’m trying to put together a marketing schedule, where do I even begin?” a dealer asked me after a recent National Dealer Meeting. It can be overwhelming to decide where to spend your marketing money. The stakes become even higher when you don’t know what you are trying to achieve with the budget. Spending marketing money to spend marketing money is a bad plan, but these are the steps I walked through with the dealer. [...]
For many dealerships, the commercial accounts that you service lack a dedicated and effective process. Your commercial accounts may include a golf course, a landscaper, a larger farmer, or a local government or municipality. Regardless of who it is that you are servicing or what your commercial accounts look like, there are three keys we see in dealerships who demonstrate on-going success when handling these accounts. Commit to 8 touches a day The very first [...]
Regardless of the size of your dealership, it always seems like space is at a premium. The set up and flow of your dealership is pivotal not only to your cash flow, but also to your customers’ experience with your dealership. Some of the dealerships we work have 1000 square feet while others have over 20,000 square feet or more! No matter the size, we often hear: “We don’t have enough space!” Regardless of the [...]
As we work with dealers, one conversation that comes up often are the product lines that a dealer carries. For many dealers, the lines they carry can easily become their identity. They put so much effort into making sure that the brand is known and respected in the community. A struggle typically emerges when a dealer starts thinking about bringing on an additional line or removing a line. How do you know it’s the right [...]
For most of the dealerships we work with, marketing is one of the biggest areas of confusion. It’s always clear to me that most, if not all, dealers didn’t start their dealership because they loved putting together a good marketing strategy and then implementing it. No, most dealerships view marketing as a necessary evil. They know they need to spend money on marketing to increase their sales, but they don’t even know where to start, [...]
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