Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - One surefire way to make sure a court won’t enforce your arbitration agreement is to ask it to do more than get you in front of an arbitrator. I can’t tell you the number of arbitration agreements I’ve seen that indicate...
Michael Rees - Are you and your team using the fact that so many people are saying business is bad to tell yourselves: “It’s okay that we’re not doing any better. We can’t help it; it’s just the economy”? ...
David Keller - One of the things you should do before signing the buy-sell is consider what floorplan source you will use for financing the vehicle inventories...
Michael Fishman - In a time of economic turbulence, generating showroom traffic is more critical than ever
Raul Vazquez - I’ve often addressed how to maximize your ad dollars, how to get the most from your customer database and how to differentiate yourself from your competition in your customer's mind. All of these issues have a direct impact on your sales...
Harlene Doane - The current trend in advertising isn’t about where you spend your ad dollars as much as it is about how you spend your money. According to NCM Twenty Group data, as of June 2008, advertising expenditures are not rising.
John Carroll - About 15 years ago, said Trenary, who runs three dealerships in the St. Louis area, Ben Turec screened a television spot he put together from several years’ worth of bloopers swept up from his ad agency’s cutting room floor. Blown lines, pratfalls, ornery animals; it all ...
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - The mortgage mess has spilled over into the car arena. The credit markets appear to be temporarily shell shocked and reluctant to assume any risk. Finance companies that lived on the securitization model can’t...
David Keller - There are a lot of prior customers we don't think about until they walk through the door again to see us. We have to contact them first. We have to make an effort to be in front of them...
Rob Anderson - The Hispanic market is the only auto-buying market in the country experiencing growth. Have you begun to target Hispanic people whose first (and sometimes only) language is Spanish? If you haven’t, you might be ...
Thomas B. Hudson, Esq. - Sometimes it seems like there’s just no end to the ways a dealer can get into a legal jam. That’s really not surprising ... Here’s an example of a dealer’s problems arising from the sale, or non-sale, of credit insurance...
Scott Dreisbach - Every single successful retailer of any product across this great country of ours has at least one thing in common. They all desire to gain market share on their competitor. They all want to sell more ...
David Keller - Well, it is 2008. Yes, you probably know that by now. But are you really living in the year 2008? Is your business? The only way to know is to ask a few simple questions...
Rumors abound about what our illustrious vice president was really doing when he “oops” shot Harry Whittington, the high profile lawyer, while hunting. Well, I’m certain of the fact it was an accident, but the point was he wasn’t looking at what he was shooting at
Kimberly Long - Compliance in general is an ongoing headache for dealers. Adverse action, in particular, is something many have been struggling to get a handle on for quite some time ... Compounding their worries, dealers will soon have to contend with...
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