Synopsis
Podcast by DealersEdge
Episodes
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DealersEdge Q &A With Mike B: Fighting Lower Gross Margins & Rising Costs
20/11/2017 Duration: 12minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/
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DealersEdge Chuck Hartle: Shocking News About Returning Parts to The Manufacturer
13/11/2017 Duration: 06minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: vip.dealersedge.com/ Chuck Hartle': Re-Thinking the Parts Pricing Matrix to Maximize Profits in 2017 Workshop Info: Air Date: Thursday November 9 at 1pm Eastern/ Noon Central/ 11am Mountain/ 10am Pacific Featuring: Chuck Hartle' Program Length: 60 Minutes SKU: DLK2 How to build the perfect parts pricing strategies for Customer, Wholesale and Internal sales. Explore the role of Price Escalators in search of the right balance for price, value and profits. Past workshop, updated for 2017. Chuck Will Guide You To: Parts pricing strategies for all types of sales, in-shop, over-the-counter, wholesale… Effective testing of new escalators and matrix pricing formulas A honest appraisal of your current parts pricing policies and practices A set of new principles to guide and reshape your parts pricing formulas to maximize competitive advantage and bottom line profits.
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DealersEdge Quick Clip: Dealership Key Employees - Why Use Deferred Compensation?
05/11/2017 Duration: 04minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: vip.dealersedge.com/
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DealersEdge Booke Samples: Auto Dealership Forecasting - Fresh Ideas and New Perspectives
30/10/2017 Duration: 07minWorkshop Info: Air Date: Thursday October 26 at 1pm Eastern/ Noon Central/ 11am Mountain/ 10am Pacific Featuring: Brooke Samples of Profit Blueprints Program Length: 60 Minutes SKU: DLJ4 If you want growth in 2018 you need to seek and embrace change. Brooke Samples’ advice: “Fire yourself and then re-hire the you you always wanted to be!” Brooke analyzes a lot of dealership financial statements. She tells us that those that take giant leaps forward (even saddled with a poor market) seek, embrace and then force change. If your growth is stalled, it’s way past time for you to forecast 2018 with fresh ideas and new perspectives. This workshop is for all department managers. It is designed to be a thought-starter and to answer the questions of…how and why dealers and managers should pay closer attention to their forecasting process. How and why many are missing great opportunities! For Profit Center Managers You Will Learn: Why CHANGE is the only way to think…Fresh Ideas & New Perspectives How to Calculate
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DealersEdge Greg Criss: Declined Service Recommendations - Creating a Follow Up Calling Process
23/10/2017 Duration: 07minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: vip.dealersedge.com/
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DealersEdge Don Hannahs: Succession Planning for Today’s Auto Dealers
09/10/2017 Duration: 10minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/
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Quick Clip Charles Feuss, J.D: Basics Of Employee Handbooks in Auto Dealerships Today
20/09/2017 Duration: 04minWorkshop Info: Air Date: Thursday September 14 at 1pm Eastern/ Noon Central/ 11am Mountain/ 10am Pacific Featuring: Charles Feuss, J.D Program Length: 60 Minutes SKU: DLI2 If it has been years since updating your Employee Handbook, you could be seeking rather than avoiding problems… Big and Small. Employees and managers have many expectations of each other. Unfortunately, often both employees and management seem to be working from a different set of guidelines. Given the accelerating rate change, a regular review of your dealership’s Employee Handbook is required. How long has it been since you have read or reviewed yours. Join us a Charlie Feuss, J.D. covers the basics of Employee Handbooks for today’s auto dealership environment. You will explore: Why you should or should not have an up to date employee handbook (EHB) What Basic Policies should be included in every EHB Optional Policies that you should at least consider Special Policies that address your locale, business style, weather, events, et
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Q&A With Mike B and Alan Haig: Mega-Trends Impacting Auto Retail Today
26/08/2017 Duration: 07minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ Mike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Alan Haig: Mega-Trends Impacting Auto Retail Today… Highlights from the Haig Report
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Q&A With Mike B and Steve Kwiatkowski on The Exceptional Auto Dealership Service Drive
18/08/2017 Duration: 06minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ In a segment from our latest workshop Steve Kwiatkowski Takes us through an Ideal Advisor Opportunity Walk-though.
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Q&A With Mike B and Erik Nachbahr: Spear Phishing Threats - An Attack at Your Dealership
11/08/2017 Duration: 07minMike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Erik Nachbahr's New Spear Phishing Threats and Tips to Reduce the Risk of an Attack at Your Dealership
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Q&A With Mike B and Brooke Samples: Automotive Financial Statement for GMs and Dealership Managers
27/07/2017 Duration: 22minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/
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Q&A With Mike B & Rob Campbell & Lou Young on Retail Rates for Dealership Factory Warranty Claims
21/07/2017 Duration: 14minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ Mike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Rob Campbell & Lou Young's How to Apply for Retail Rates for Factory Reimbursed Warranty Claims
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Q&A With Mike B and Stefan Drechsel on Dealership Service Department Apps
14/07/2017 Duration: 20minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ Mike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Stefan Drechsel's New Electronic Service Department Applications. What You Need to Know DealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/
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Q&A With Mike B and Don Tipton On Dealership Service Business Plans
03/07/2017 Duration: 19minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/
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Q&A With Mike B and Brooke Samples on Auto Dealership Internal Theft
25/06/2017 Duration: 34minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ Mike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Brooke Samples' Auto Dealership Internal Theft
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Q&A With Mike B and Christine Andrews & Rob Campbell on Dealership Controller Wow Factor
11/06/2017 Duration: 16minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ Mike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Christine Andrews & Rob Campbell: The Auto Controller WOW Factor - 5 Sure-Fire Ways to Create Quick Store-Wide Improvements
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Q&A With Mike B and Steve Nickelsen on 70% of Used Car Depts Under performing
04/06/2017 Duration: 08minMike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Steve Nickelsen's: Why 70% of Used Car Depts Underperform … and How to Unlock Your Real Used Vehicle Potential
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Q&A With Mike B and Don Tipton Create a Disney-Like Experience In Your Dealership Service Department
29/05/2017 Duration: 20minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/ Mike Bowers asks questions submitted by himself and attendees during Don Tipton's How to Create a "Disney-Like" Customer Experience In Your Dealership Service Department
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Q&A With Mike B and Kevin Baumgart: Focusing on Talent Management to Improve Dealership Operations
12/05/2017 Duration: 15minDealersEdge VIP Members Have Access to The Full Workshop and Hundreds More! (Video - MP3 - CD - PDF Executive White Paper) For More Info: https://vip.dealersedge.com/
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Steve Nickelsen: Why So Many of the Dealer's Truly Great Ideas Fail to Launch
28/04/2017 Duration: 34minWorkshop Info: Air Date: Live Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 1pm Eastern/ Noon Central/ 11am Mountain/ 10am Pacific Featuring: Steve Nickelsen Program Length: 30 Minutes If you are a Dealer or GM, there is no shortage of new concepts, ideas and strategies that could make your dealership organization better! Yet so many great ideas fail at the execution stage… WHY? I know this has happened to you! You return from a 20-Group Meeting or the NADA Convention… or maybe you read an article or book that inspires and enthuses you to bring a specific improvement to your auto group or store. But when you present this ‘great idea’ to your management team, they smile, nod, stifle a groan… then they hope if they just ignore you for a couple of weeks, it will all go away. Or maybe, they argue about the wisdom of trying something new. Any of this sound familiar… Lame Excuses: “Our customers are different and they will not like this.” “We tried that once and it didn’t work.” “We don’t have the time.” But if others