EPISODES
Practical strategies for modern retail auto dealers
Andrew & Doug MacIver: Selling Cars With Humor, Creativity, and Authenticity
Andrew and Doug MacIver are the stars of hit reality show, Bargain Brothers, which provides a irreverent but honest look at a day in the life of used car dealers. Through creativity, humor, and authenticity, The Brothers of Bargain have been able to carve out a niche in the Canadian car buying market.
Dave Farrow: Hack Your Brain For Ultimate Performance
Dave Farrow is a two-time Canadian Guinness World Record holder for most decks of playing cards memorized in a single sighting. His trademarked "Farrow Method" is helping business teams perform at turbo-charged levels and was even the subject of a double-blind study at McGill University. The retail auto industry tends to get caught up in the hype of breaking news and what's happening today. From big data to Web 3.0, the true winners are those who improve themselves so that they are better equipped to leverage what's happening in the world. From providing better customer experiences to building sales relationships that increase lifetime value, that's the true crux of what we discuss with Dave in this episode.
Top Traits Of A BDC Director
Durran Cage, founder of Cage Automotive, explains the best way to identify who to hire as a BDC director. If your dealership is thinking about establishing a business development center, it may not be as easy as promoting your top performing car sales professional.
Durran Cage: Your Dealership's Future Success Depends On It
Durran Cage has spent over 19 years in the retail automotive industry serving in various capacities, including OEM District Sales Manager, High-Performance Internet Director and GSM, and Digital Retail Consultant. Today he's focused on helping dealers improve their online customer experience through his company Cage Automotive, which is deep ly rooted in dealers fostering healthy employee experiences first.
Happy New Year
What a year! 2021 had many ups and downs; many experiences that left us shouting hooray and others that left us scratching our heads.
Micheal Burt: Grow Your Car Sales Customer Base
In this replay episode, Coach Burt shares how car sales professionals can become people of interest in their communities -- a topic that is hyper relevant to the modern automotive retail landscape.
Marcus Sheridan: The Revenue Department
Marcus Sheridan is the bestselling author of "They Ask, You Answer," and is known for his creative approach to marketing and sales. By leveraging the power of content marketing, Marcus took his local pool installation company from obscurity to a leading national pool and spa company
Chris Voss: You Can Learn To Negotiate With Anyone
Chris Voss is an internationally-acclaimed negotiation expert, Masterclass instructor, best-selling author, and former FBI hostage negotiator. In this episode replay, Chris shares valuable insights about how anyone can learn to negotiate and create win/win scenarios in business and life.
Glenn Pasch: Timeless Marketing Strategies That Will Help Save Your Dealership
This episode was originally recorded in 2015 and we're bringing it back from the vault because the principles Glenn teaches still hold up today, many are still as vital as they were when we originally recorded this episode.
Nathan Hays: The Power of Relationship Selling
Nathan Hays is a car sales professional who has risen to the highest level of the game by building local community relationships. His popular hashtag #AskForNate has become a staple among his clients and has helped generate new car sales opportunities through repeat and referrals.
George Nenni: Mastering Google My Business For Car Dealers
George Nenni is the founder of Generations Digital and is a highly-sought after expert when it comes to helping dealers eliminate advertising waste and maximize their marketing dollars. In this episode, George reveals practical tips for dealers to fully utilize Google My Business listings to win more business.
The Power Of Influence w/ Shaahin Cheyene
Shaahin Cheyene, CEO of Accelerated Intelligence, explains that despite everything going on in the automotive industry today, influence is the most powerful element of driving sales.
Shaahin Cheyene: Create A Mindset To Overcome Anything
Shaahin Cheyene is considered one of the leading global minds on what's next in e-commerce, Amazon and the internet. He is described as the "Willy Wonka of Generation X" by the London Observer and Newsweek and is one of the most forward thinkingers in business. Shaahin joins the show to share how car dealers can overcome the various obstacles in their path, from direct-to-consumer car sales to electrification and competiting against big tech.
Is There An End To The Chip Shortage? w/ Mike Colleran
Mike Colleran, corporate vp at Nissan Motor Company explains how Nissan is looking to mitigate the dependency and risk surrounding chip shortages moving into the future.
Mike Colleran: How Nissan Is Tackling Current Auto Industry Challenges
Mike Colleran is the corporate vice president at Nissan Motor Company, a role he was appointed to in June 2020. Previously, he was the chairman of INFINITI Motor Company and was responsible for managing the brand, business operations, and all marketing/sales for INFINITI globally.
Avoid Risk: At-Home Car Deliveries
Car dealers are aiming to provide a "Carvana-Like" experience, but what are the risk issues that dealers will face moving into a remote retail environment?
Tom Kline: Mitigate Risk, Save Thousands
Tom Kline is the founder of Better Vantage Point; a dealership dispute, compliance, and risk mitigation company. With over 30 years of experience, and a history co-owning his family dealership, Tom is on a mission to help dealers mitigate the risk which costs them millions per year.
Humanizing Car Sales w/ Fred Lennartz
The car industry is still plagued by negative stereotypes, many of which are perpetuated by the fact that some dealers are hanging on to the past.
Fred Lennartz: What The Most Successful Car Sales Pros Do
Frederick Lennartz (a.k.a The Subprime Hero), is the host of the Car Guy Coffee Podcast and has nearly 20 years of automotive retail under his belt. Fred's mission is to help the automotive retail community be the very best it can be, and he's doing that by helping shift the way car dealers approach the road to the car sale.
Relationship vs. Partnership: What's The Difference? w/ Laurie Foster
Anyone can develop a relationship, but there is a key difference when it comes to developing strong partnerships.