EPISODES
Practical strategies for modern retail auto dealers
Powerbomb: How to Reduce Your Marketing Spend
In this powerbomb episode, Peter lays out some ways that you can save money on your marketing budget while getting even better results from it.
Peter Leto: Digital Best Practices Shared By Ex-Google Autos Director
In this episode of The Dealer Playbook, Peter shares his best advice about what dealers can do to unify their message, brand, and advertising so that they can get the best benefit.
Powerbomb: How To Avoid Disruption As A Car Dealer w/ Marco Mantenuto
While it has proven to show signs of viability, recording over 200,000 units sold in 2019, there are many things car dealers can do to provide fantastic service and disruptive customer experience.
Marco Mantenuto: How to Crush It as a Car Salesperson
In this episode of The Dealer Playbook, listen carefully as Marco shares what you can do to crush it as a car salesperson and build a lifestyle, culture, and work environment that facilitates perpetual growth.
Powerbomb: Overcoming Your Fear of Creating Videos w/ Jason Price
Car salespeople who create videos have a massive opportunity to stand out in their market. In this powerbomb episode, Jason Price shares some simple ways to overcome the fear of creating videos to dominate your career in the retail car business.
Jason Price: Modern Car Shoppers Want Modern Communication
In this episode, Jason Price, CEO of COVIDEO, joins Michael to share how you can leverage personalized video messages to stand out and make a lasting impression with your customers.
Powerbomb: What To Do Instead of Automated Emails w/ Marc Lavoie
In this week's powerbomb episode, Marc Lavoie shares practical advice to help balance manual work and automation when it comes to sending emails.
Marc Lavoie: Mastering The Follow Up
Mastering the follow-up process takes commitment and practice. Marc shares his best advice about what dealers can do today to improve their follow-up skills and win more residual business opportunities.
Jennifer Worsley: How This Audi Specialist Uses Instagram To Grow
There is a fixed belief in the retail car business that one must be active on all social platforms. In this episode, Audi Brand Specialist, Jennifer Worsley reveals why she chooses only to use Instagram, and how you can leverage the platform to grow your brand in car sales.
Powerbomb: Market Recovery in 2020 and Beyond w/ Bill Zadeits
Bill Zadeits shares that people (dealership employees) are why the market can recover from the pandemic-induced lockdowns of 2020.
Bill Zadeits: How Used Car Sales Can Stabilize The Market
Bill Zadeits, President of Cherokee Media Group (the publisher of the popular Auto Remarketing magazine and conference), explains that used vehicle sales, in particular, have helped stabilize the industry.
Powerbomb: Make Your Service Department More Flexible w/ Herbert Anderson
Customers aren't going to put up with a lot of friction, especially as they seek to navigate the impact of COVID-19. In this episode, Herbert Anderson shares his best advice about how dealers can make their service departments more flexible while addressing the demands of the market.
Herbert Anderson: Fixed Operations Growth Strategies
Herb R. Anderson, CEO of DT Vendor Management, sees a massive opportunity for dealers worldwide. While many have either scaled back their marketing for new and used vehicles, Herb explains that there is much more predictability within the fixed operations.
Powerbomb: How To Quantify Your Social Media Efforts w/ Jeff Hunter
Is it possible to get results from social media branding? In this week's minisode, Jeff Hunter shares what it takes to put in an honest effort and see results.
Jeff Hunter: Personal Branding Tips for Car Sales Pros
In this episode, Jeff shares his experience and tips working with social media and video to build his personal brand and what you can do as well.
Powerbomb: The Dealership Advantage w/ Max Zanan
Consumers are more comfortable making big purchases online. It’s the next step toward an evolved and modern online car shopping experience.
Max Zanan: Sell Cars the Way Consumers Want to Buy
When it comes to buying a car, consumers have specific expectations. It's important now, in a post COVID world that car dealers pay special attention to the ways in which consumers which to purchase vehicles.
Powerbomb: Is Digital Retailing Just Clickbait? w/ Andrew Lemoine
In this powerbomb, Andrew Lemoine shares why now is the time to adapt and evolve. Dealers need to innovate, and pay attention to car shopper wants and needs.
Andrew Lemoine: How To Climb The Car Business Ladder
Andrew Lemoine knows what it takes to climb the ladder in the retail car business. He's done it, and is proof that others can do it as well. He's worked as a sales professional, and worked his way to becoming a General Sales Manager, General Manager and now, Technology Founder.
Powerbomb: The Answer Is Infront Of You w/ Sean Welsh
Sean Welsh explains how you can practicaly observe your current car buying process through the customer's eyes, in an effort to improve the experience they receive from digital to physical.