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AUGUST
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DalePollak          sales & training solution


                    THE PATH TO
                    PROFITABILITY:
                    A Call to Action for All Dealers
Recently, I received a note from a successful      So who are the winners in these most highly       poses challenges at multiple levels.
dealer stating in part that they’ve experienced    efficient razor-thin margin markets? They
difficulty with appraisals of late. Part of it is   are the companies that possess two essential      First and foremost is the industry’s culture
that they are stretching so far to make new        characteristics. The first characteristic is       of pursuing fat margins in favor of moving
car deals, they’re often putting too much into     the company’s ability to perceive the price       directly to the equilibrium price. This cultural
a trade. His desk managers are really finding       at which their products will sell at any          resistance is presently allowing dealers to
a larger disconnect between auction values         given moment and their willingness to offer       significantly improve their market share.
and what other similar cars with respect to        the products at that price point without          Another significant challenge, however, is
miles and trim are selling for on the Internet.    delay. The price at which the product will        the restructuring of their businesses to create
                                                   transact at the given moment is called “the       more efficient operations. Only some of
There is no question that the pain being           equilibrium price.”                               this restructuring can be achieved through
experienced with respect to appraising                                                               conventional cost cutting and expense
vehicles for acquisition and the amount that’s     The second essential characteristic of            control. Fixed expenses such as land and
necessary to be paid at auction isn’t justified     efficient-market winners is a highly cost-         facility costs are prime examples of those
when you consider the retail market. I’ve          efficient operation. Since the profit margin        that can not be easily or quickly reduced.
been speaking incessantly over the past year       at the equilibrium price is razor thin, less-
about the rapid increase in wholesale values       efficient operations cannot survive for            Because the greatest cost efficiencies, and
without a corresponding retail price increase.     long at that pricing level. If, and when, too     to be sure the hardest ones to achieve, lie in
The effect is a highly compressed margin           many sellers meet the equilibrium price,          the dealership’s organizational structure and
environment. There are identifiable reasons         the equilibrium price will drop and thereby       processes, it is now time to take inventory of
for this compression; however, that’s another      systematically weed out those sellers with        all the necessary tasks and to eliminate all non-
discussion, and it will not likely change in       marginally less operational efficiency.            essential ones. This effort requires hard choices
the future. In other words, this is the reality    Under such circumstances, these sellers will      to be made between the “nice-to-have” and the
of the current and future retail automotive        exit the market in favor of more profitable        “must-have.” Moreover, the remaining tasks
environment.                                       opportunities, which could mean soy beans         must be reengineered to achieve effectiveness
                                                   instead of corn, compacts rather than SUVs,       with lower cost. This, too, will require tough
Although the industry is struggling to             or storage facilities instead of dealerships.     choices involving employees and relationships
accept this margin compression, it’s clear                                                           with outside entities.
that it is the reality of all efficient markets.    The good news is that, as the less-
Specifically, this reality begins with the          efficient operations exit in favor of better       The present moment in the industry is
recognition that profit margins will be much        opportunities, the equilibrium price will then    one between from where we came and
smaller than they were in the previously           begin to rise. The profits of the most highly      where we are headed. Although there is
inefficient market. This new reality sets up        efficient operations will soar as a result of      a growing trend of dealers characterized
two important questions. First, will there be a    their extraordinary efficiency. Once the           by this movement who are learning and
race to the bottom, where no one makes any         profits for the most efficient operations climb     executing the principles, there are many
money? Second, if not, who are the winners         to a high enough level, the other less-efficient   others who have simply adopted the practice
and losers in such an environment?                 competitors will again return to this sector      of equilibrium pricing. The consequence for
                                                   searching for a share of the profits. At this      such dealers who are willing to price at or
With respect to the first question, the answer      point, the cycle repeats itself over and over.    near equilibrium without attaining greater
is no, there will not be a race to the bottom                                                        operational efficiency has not yet been
where no one makes any money; in fact,             The bottom line is that the reality of the        realized. Without question, over time this
some will make plenty. The support for this        ever-more efficient retail automotive market       group of dealers will experience results that
position can be found by examining some of         is lower margins. There will, however,            will cause them to retreat from the market
the most efficient markets in the world. Such       certainly be winners and losers. The winners      by either reverting to non-equilibrium
markets include mercantile and commodity           will possess the two essential characteristics    pricing or pursuing other more attractive
exchanges — markets where everyone has             of being able to move immediately to the          investment opportunities.
access to relevant information with lightening     equilibrium price and hang in there until
                                                                                                     Dale Pollak is the founder of vAuto
speed. In these markets, there are certainly       the less efficient are flushed out by the           and an author. He can be contacted at
winners and losers; but to be sure, the profit      inefficiencies of their operations. This new       866.867.9620, or by e-mail at
margins are razor thin.                            paradigm for the retail automotive industry       dpollak@autosuccessonline.com.




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JodyDeVere            sales & training solution

                     WHO IS THE ‘MINORITY’ WHO
                     ACCOUNTS FOR 85 PERCENT OF ALL
                     CONSUMER PURCHASES? WOMEN
Women buy 60 percent of all new cars and 53 percent of used cars, and spend $300 billion annually          The advent of the Internet has enabled women
keeping their cars repaired; and yet, a recent study of 200 Chicago car dealerships by economists          to find the resources and information they
Ian Ayres and Peter Siegelman shows that women usually get higher price quotes than men.                   need to take charge of their own finances
                                                                                                           and buying decisions, and give voice to their
Overall, most women liken buying a car to having a tooth pulled. It is not like most of her other retail   needs and preferences.
shopping experiences at all, and many women do love to shop. With all that buying power, women
resent not being taken seriously at the dealership. One of the top complaints is that women hate high-     In today’s competitive auto industry,
pressure sales tactics and the feeling that they are being manipulated or lied to by the salesperson.      dealership owners and employees can no
                                                                                                           longer afford to ignore the need to create a
                                                                                                           safe comfortable experience for the female
                                                                                                           car buyer. If anything, they should cater to
                                                                                                           women and win their trust, or risk losing
                                                                                                           market share to competitors who do recognize
                                                                                                           the huge opportunity to grow their business
                                                                                                           with these loyal customers.

                                                                                                           Here are Some Facts on the
                                                                                                           Purchasing Power of Women:
                                                                                                           According to M2W.biz Fast Facts, women
                                                                                                           account for 85 percent of all consumer
                                                                                                           purchases, including everything from autos to
                                                                                                           health care:
                                                                                                           • 91 percent of new homes
                                                                                                           • 66 percent of PCs
                                                                                                           • 92 percent of vacations
                                                                                                           • 80 percent of healthcare
                                                                                                           • 65 percent of new cars
                                                                                                           • 89 percent of bank accounts
                                                                                                           • 93 percent of food

                                                                                                           American women spend about $5 trillion
                                                                                                           annually, which is more than half the U.S. GDP.

                                                                                                           Reaching the Underserved
                                                                                                           Female Majority
                                                                                                           With the rising tide of the economic power
                                                                                                           of women, car dealerships and automotive
                                                                                                           retailers need to devote time, resources and
                                                                                                           budget to gain a larger share of this huge
                                                                                                           market.

                                                                                                           If 60 percent of new car buyers are women
                                                                                                           and 85 percent of new vehicle purchases are
                                                                                                           influenced by women, what percent of your
                                                                                                           marketing and advertising budget are you
                                                                                                           willing to devote to attract, sell, retain and
                                                                                                           increase loyalty with this majority of the
                                                                                                           American auto buying market?

                                                                                                           Properly armed with the right tools and
                                                                                                           training dealerships can increase their share of
                                                                                                           the largest and fastest growing demographic
                                                                                                           of new vehicle buyers — women.



                                                                                                           Jody DeVere is the CEO and president of
                                                                                                           AskPatty.com. She can be contacted at
                                                                                                           866.849.9973, or by e-mail at
                                                                                                           jdevere@autosuccessonline.com.



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SteveBrazill         leadership solution



                     THE VALUE OF A
                     MANAGER’S MINUTE
Time waste differs from material waste in that     from sales. If you expect to produce $10,000      equipment and people (including yourself).
there can be no salvage. The easiest of all        in profit and your expenses are $90,000, you
wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste     must generate $100,000 in gross profit. If you     You might begin by estimating how much
of time, because wasted time does not litter       work 12 hours per day and 25 days per month       time you spend on the various activities that
the floor like wasted material.                     in the process of producing that $100,000 gross   make up your day. Find areas in which you
                                 – Henry Ford      profit, you will have worked 18,000 minutes        can reallocate time for greater effect. Here’s
                                                   (60 x 12 x 25=18,000). Dividing the $100,000      a thought starter: If 20 percent of your people
If you are a manager in a typical dealership,      gross profit you are expected to produce in a      are producing 80 percent of your results, are
you (and your family) know you spend most          month by the 18,000 minutes you will spend        you spending more of your time with them
of your waking life there. The value of that       working on that task reveals that you must        or with the 80 percent who produce only 20
time to you is determined by a variety of          produce $5.56 per minute you spend at work.       percent of your results?
personal choices that only you can assess, but
the value of that time to the dealership is easy   Now, $5.56 per minute may not look like           Everyone’s situation is unique, and you will
to calculate.                                      a lot of money, but remember: It’s equal to       have to discover the solutions that work
                                                   $100,000 per month and $1.2 million per year.     for you today, then adjust them as you go
We’ll assume the dealership purchases your                                                           forward. The only universal thing is that time
time with the expectation that you will use it     I’m not suggesting that you take this analysis    is wasted one minute at a time and, once
to produce a profit in your department. And,        literally. You should not spend four minutes,     gone, it can never be reclaimed. Tick, tock.
because the standard accounting period in          18 seconds helping a customer resolve a
dealerships is one month, we’ll consider the       problem, then walk away thinking, “Wow!
profit you produce and the minutes you work         That guy just cost us $23.91.” You can,           Steve Brazill is the chair of automotive
                                                   however, be constantly aware of the fact that     marketing for Northwood University,
in a single month. Using round numbers, we                                                           Texas Campus. He can be contacted at
can build a simple example.                        your time is a finite resource that is not free.
                                                                                                     866.861.1515, or by e-mail at
                                                   You can identify and change those things that     sbrazill@autosuccessonline.com.
Departmental profit is what’s left over after       repeatedly consume more time than necessary
you cover your expenses with gross profit           — streamline or eliminate processes, cranky




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Today’s auto dealers have technical advantages that no other generation of vehicle sales professionals could have dreamed of. With
these new tools, though, there are challenges, one of the biggest being the decision on which tools will work best with for a dealership’s
   unique situation. AutoSuccess Publisher Susan Givens recently sat down with Tammy Darvish, vice president of the high-volume
  DARCARS Automotive Group in Maryland, to discuss the steps she’s taken to make sure her people have the right tools for the job.
AutoSuccess: Everyone wants to know                goal was to vet and select just a few partners      in many of our stores just to keep up with the
how your stores continue to improve,               that could integrate with each other to provide     appointments that are made by the call center.
Tammy. What are some key factors?                  the most return on our investment. Eliminating      We are comfortable knowing that while our
Tammy Darvish: Well, for one thing, we             many technology sources was a risk, but one         CRM provider is doing what they do best, our
have not and will not operate under the belief     that has paid off well, in our case.                teams can focus on the better managing our
that we are executing as well as possible. We                                                          business. How many appointments we have
really believe that if we are not improving        After several CRM changes, it has been very         at each dealership every day is no longer a
and looking for ways to better serve our           productive to find a long-term approach and          mystery. eLEAD helps keep us focused on the
customers and our communities, then we’re          partner that works for our entire group. We         many other tasks in our showrooms that we
not going to grow or sustain. At the same time,    have experienced that there is no magical           can have direct control over, while remaining
we think that internal accountability at every     software system that’s not going to have issues     as productive as possible.
level is vital. We place a lot of emphasis on      at times, but front-to-back we believe that
targeted strategies, not only on attracting more   we have found the most complete option out          AS: What types of targeted marketing
customers but, more importantly, retaining         there. More importantly, eLEAD has resources        strategies consistently work well for you?
them. By offering our customers the right          available to move forward and keep up with          TD: With a well-established customer base
incentives and providing them with the level       the advancements of technology and our              in each of our dealerships, we work with
of service that they expect and deserve, we’ve     other partners. I think it’s a great advantage      our CRM provider to coordinate all of our
been fortunate enough to see meaningful            to partner with a company that is focused           electronic efforts related to all sales and
increases in our sales and service retention       on retail, owner retention and continual            service campaigns. They often provide us with
percentages. While it’s tough to get out of the    improvement. We have grown together in the          credible recommendations based on our traffic
comfort zone of traditional advertising, we        industry for the past few years.                    and timing. Whether its e-mail, telephone
have placed greater focus on our customers’                                                            calls, recalls or direct mail, we believe in
digital experience.                                AS: Do you employ an internal                       professional communication with a clear call
                                                   BDC or call center?                                 to action for all of our customers to maximize
AS: What’s the biggest technology                  TD: A lot of my peers are customers of              every sales and service opportunity. Using
point you rely on?                                 eLEAD and successfully combine both, but            external marketing to attract new customers
TD: One of the biggest operational decisions       our stores do not staff BDCs. We do use their       is not only much more expensive, but is often
we made a couple of years ago was to partner       call center as a safety net to measure how          more unreliable than marketing to our own
with eLEAD as our CRM tool and to create           effectively our managers and sales consultants      databases. Creating and maintaining long-term
a sense of credible accountability across the      are following up. Our CRM makes sure our            positive relationships with our customers has
board. Until we defined how our CRM was             leads and unsold opportunities don’t slip           always been our goal, and eLEAD is a tool that
going to measure accountability, we never          through the cracks. It’s not realistic to expect    certainly advances our efforts towards that goal
really utilized it fully. Although we don’t let    our front-line players to complete all the calls,   while providing real value for our customers.
CRM serve as an excuse or focus every day,         all the time, as well as managing everything        Vehicle sales and repair orders generated
eLEAD is one of the very few digital strategic     else. We’re realistic about the number of calls     from true prospecting calls are tracked with
partners that we have. Like many dealers, we       that really get made out of a retail point each     accountability, just like other key metrics.
felt technologically challenged and had to         day versus the optimum number that should
learn that partners like this were about much      be made. There is no way any store could            AS: What types of marketing calls
more than technology; they were more about         execute the number of calls and appointments        do you find most effective?
delivering an experience to our customers. Our     that the call center averages. It’s a challenge     TD: We use eLEAD’s GoldDigger Agents
to strategically mine our databases on               customers to come back to the showroom when        AS: Many people wonder how you
schedule with professional sales and service         they are ready to buy, but also to learn more      manage it all? Any words of advice?
prospecting calls to point our managers in the       about their experience in our showrooms on         TD: Being a part of every “team” in our
right directions. Most of our sales campaigns        their initial visits. We want to follow-up until   dealerships is important so that, as decision
target customers who are in positive equity,         the appointment is set or they have bought         makers, we have first-hand experience and
warranty expiration or can lower their monthly       elsewhere without aggravating or offending our     knowledge of the challenges that are faced
payment. The service campaigns assist us             customers. If nothing else, we want to create      each day. Having thorough knowledge of
in securing the first service visit from our          a friendship with every customer so that even      all of the tools available to us through our
customers after the sale and help retain them        if we missed an opportunity today, they would      partnerships is key to the success of our
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tools and “menu” items that are offered by           the type of prospect, we insist on CRM usage       although its difficult at times, I’ve found that
eLEAD, all of which work in tandem with our          to capture the customer’s information, track       the more listening I do, the easier it is for me
other operational business partners.                 daily follow-up tasks and give our management      to manage more effectively.
                                                     team quick access to missed appointments and
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who do not buy immediately?                          we now have professional daily work plans          For more information about Tammy Darvish,
TD: We tend to believe there is really no such       that provide them with a clear road map to         or the DARCARS Automotive Group, visit
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The cost of generating new opportunities is          basis. Most beneficial are the follow-up calls      For more information about eLeadCRM,
high, and customers don’t have time to waste         that eLEAD makes to our unsold customers           contact the owner, Hugh Hathcock, at
at dealerships. It is important to have consistent   that, more often than not, would have ended up     866.347.6160, or e-mail him at
follow up not only to try to encourage               falling by the wayside.                            hhathcock@autosuccessonline.com.
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Do you feel like you are missing out on            expectations, value perceptions and lessening                                                                                relationship building strategies, and sales to
something? Are you confused as to what             of brand loyalty are all things that have                                                                                    service continuity programs and retention.
the next step is in making your dealership         changed dramatically.                                                                                                        Dealers will learn that many advertising
successful? It’s a different ballgame than it                                                                                                                                   agencies do not understand any of these things
was even just a few years ago. The traditional     Every dealership needs to review their process                                                                               and simply create lousy to mediocre production
dealership is dead and you must bury it to         based upon TLC – Think Like a Customer.                                                                                      and buy the media. Without a well-thought
prosper in the future.                             What are you currently doing in your                                                                                         strategy, using intentional congruence with all
                                                   dealership process that lessens customer trust                                                                               of the above-mentioned factors, you cannot be
For years, the car business could be a             or ease of shopping/buying? Most dealerships                                                                                 successful in this and future marketplace.
forgiving business. There was room for a lot       are living in the stone-age when it comes
of error in a dealership, and yet a dealership     to something as simple as the meeting and                                                                                    In the last year, I have asked hundreds of
could still be profitable. Those days are gone.     greeting of the customer. Nothing in your                                                                                    dealers the following questions:
Dealerships cannot be run in only a “seat of       current process is sacred, and the mantra for                                                                                • What are your overall sales to service
the pants,” entrepreneurial fashion anymore.       many things should be “just let it go.”                                                                                          retention numbers and percentages beyond
To be successful, dealerships have to be                                                                                                                                            a free first oil change?
measured intensely in four areas: people,          Product                                                                                                                      • What are your number of inactive
process, product and positioning.                  The days of “Stack’em deep and sell them                                                                                         customers, and what percentage is that to
                                                   cheap” are over. Your new and used inventory                                                                                     your overall customer base?
People                                             must be monitored daily using analytic                                                                                       • What is your planned and executed strategy
You must choose a path that works for your         systems and technology that measures not                                                                                         for a continuity program to keep your
dealership philosophy. You must recruit            only your inventory but others and market                                                                                        customers for sales and service?
people on a full-time basis based upon want,       conditions. Many dealers have fought using
not need. The leadership of a dealership must      any type of turn system, even though simple                                                                                  Here is the sad result: Out of hundreds of
have a written and executed game plan for          mathematics proved you would be better                                                                                       dealers, only one knew the answer to these
recruiting that utilizes online services, job      off doing so. Well, the tide has turned again.                                                                               questions. I continually find that dealers and
fairs, colleges, tech schools, high schools, Web   Turn systems themselves are now outdated                                                                                     managers do not really know what is going
sites, micro-sites, social media, newspaper,       and can even lower your dealerships ROI                                                                                      on in their own dealerships and are not doing
mass media and more.                               without other factors involved. Each vehicle                                                                                 anything to educate themselves to change that.
                                                   is an investment — just like a stock or mutual
A dealership needs a detailed plan that includes   fund — and must be analyzed, bought, priced,                                                                                 The reality is that the future belongs to dealers
interview questions, a number of interviews,       marketed, sold and eliminated using several                                                                                  who educate themselves more, execute better
personnel trained to interview, testing methods    conditions. Just saying that you have a 45-day                                                                               and understand the value of speed in today’s
for potential job skills match, screening          turn system is not good enough anymore.                                                                                      marketplace. The marketplace of today and the
methods, follow-up methods, and initial and                                                                                                                                     future will continue to be very unforgiving,
ongoing training methods for new hires.            Positioning                                                                                                                  with little room for margin of error, inattention
                                                   Gone are the days of running display                                                                                         or being slothful. The traditional dealership
Process                                            newspaper ads and waiting for traffic to                                                                                      is dead, but the exciting news is your new
Each dealership should have a written              arrive. Your dealership must have a dealership                                                                               dealership is waiting to be born.
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dealership: sales process, Internet lead           Selling vehicles based upon price only will not                                                                              For a free special report titled “10 Things
process, marketing process, service process,       create long-term success. Successful dealers                                                                                 You Must Do At Your Dealership To Be
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marketplace. Most sales processes being                                                                                                                                         Mark Tewart is the president of Tewart
used today were created in the 1950s and 60s       Dealers will have to massively educate                                                                                       Enterprises, and the author of the best
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for the customer, everything has changed.          marketing methods, copyrighting, multi-step                                                                                  at mtewart@autosuccessonline.com.
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His desk managers are really finding at which their products will sell at any resistance is presently allowing dealers to a larger disconnect between auction values given moment and their willingness to offer significantly improve their market share. and what other similar cars with respect to the products at that price point without Another significant challenge, however, is miles and trim are selling for on the Internet. delay. The price at which the product will the restructuring of their businesses to create transact at the given moment is called “the more efficient operations. Only some of There is no question that the pain being equilibrium price.” this restructuring can be achieved through experienced with respect to appraising conventional cost cutting and expense vehicles for acquisition and the amount that’s The second essential characteristic of control. Fixed expenses such as land and necessary to be paid at auction isn’t justified efficient-market winners is a highly cost- facility costs are prime examples of those when you consider the retail market. I’ve efficient operation. Since the profit margin that can not be easily or quickly reduced. been speaking incessantly over the past year at the equilibrium price is razor thin, less- about the rapid increase in wholesale values efficient operations cannot survive for Because the greatest cost efficiencies, and without a corresponding retail price increase. long at that pricing level. If, and when, too to be sure the hardest ones to achieve, lie in The effect is a highly compressed margin many sellers meet the equilibrium price, the dealership’s organizational structure and environment. There are identifiable reasons the equilibrium price will drop and thereby processes, it is now time to take inventory of for this compression; however, that’s another systematically weed out those sellers with all the necessary tasks and to eliminate all non- discussion, and it will not likely change in marginally less operational efficiency. essential ones. This effort requires hard choices the future. In other words, this is the reality Under such circumstances, these sellers will to be made between the “nice-to-have” and the of the current and future retail automotive exit the market in favor of more profitable “must-have.” Moreover, the remaining tasks environment. opportunities, which could mean soy beans must be reengineered to achieve effectiveness instead of corn, compacts rather than SUVs, with lower cost. This, too, will require tough Although the industry is struggling to or storage facilities instead of dealerships. choices involving employees and relationships accept this margin compression, it’s clear with outside entities. that it is the reality of all efficient markets. The good news is that, as the less- Specifically, this reality begins with the efficient operations exit in favor of better The present moment in the industry is recognition that profit margins will be much opportunities, the equilibrium price will then one between from where we came and smaller than they were in the previously begin to rise. The profits of the most highly where we are headed. Although there is inefficient market. This new reality sets up efficient operations will soar as a result of a growing trend of dealers characterized two important questions. First, will there be a their extraordinary efficiency. Once the by this movement who are learning and race to the bottom, where no one makes any profits for the most efficient operations climb executing the principles, there are many money? Second, if not, who are the winners to a high enough level, the other less-efficient others who have simply adopted the practice and losers in such an environment? competitors will again return to this sector of equilibrium pricing. The consequence for searching for a share of the profits. At this such dealers who are willing to price at or With respect to the first question, the answer point, the cycle repeats itself over and over. near equilibrium without attaining greater is no, there will not be a race to the bottom operational efficiency has not yet been where no one makes any money; in fact, The bottom line is that the reality of the realized. Without question, over time this some will make plenty. The support for this ever-more efficient retail automotive market group of dealers will experience results that position can be found by examining some of is lower margins. There will, however, will cause them to retreat from the market the most efficient markets in the world. Such certainly be winners and losers. The winners by either reverting to non-equilibrium markets include mercantile and commodity will possess the two essential characteristics pricing or pursuing other more attractive exchanges — markets where everyone has of being able to move immediately to the investment opportunities. access to relevant information with lightening equilibrium price and hang in there until Dale Pollak is the founder of vAuto speed. In these markets, there are certainly the less efficient are flushed out by the and an author. He can be contacted at winners and losers; but to be sure, the profit inefficiencies of their operations. This new 866.867.9620, or by e-mail at margins are razor thin. paradigm for the retail automotive industry dpollak@autosuccessonline.com. 08 autosuccessonline.com
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  • 10. JodyDeVere sales & training solution WHO IS THE ‘MINORITY’ WHO ACCOUNTS FOR 85 PERCENT OF ALL CONSUMER PURCHASES? WOMEN Women buy 60 percent of all new cars and 53 percent of used cars, and spend $300 billion annually The advent of the Internet has enabled women keeping their cars repaired; and yet, a recent study of 200 Chicago car dealerships by economists to find the resources and information they Ian Ayres and Peter Siegelman shows that women usually get higher price quotes than men. need to take charge of their own finances and buying decisions, and give voice to their Overall, most women liken buying a car to having a tooth pulled. It is not like most of her other retail needs and preferences. shopping experiences at all, and many women do love to shop. With all that buying power, women resent not being taken seriously at the dealership. One of the top complaints is that women hate high- In today’s competitive auto industry, pressure sales tactics and the feeling that they are being manipulated or lied to by the salesperson. dealership owners and employees can no longer afford to ignore the need to create a safe comfortable experience for the female car buyer. If anything, they should cater to women and win their trust, or risk losing market share to competitors who do recognize the huge opportunity to grow their business with these loyal customers. Here are Some Facts on the Purchasing Power of Women: According to M2W.biz Fast Facts, women account for 85 percent of all consumer purchases, including everything from autos to health care: • 91 percent of new homes • 66 percent of PCs • 92 percent of vacations • 80 percent of healthcare • 65 percent of new cars • 89 percent of bank accounts • 93 percent of food American women spend about $5 trillion annually, which is more than half the U.S. GDP. Reaching the Underserved Female Majority With the rising tide of the economic power of women, car dealerships and automotive retailers need to devote time, resources and budget to gain a larger share of this huge market. If 60 percent of new car buyers are women and 85 percent of new vehicle purchases are influenced by women, what percent of your marketing and advertising budget are you willing to devote to attract, sell, retain and increase loyalty with this majority of the American auto buying market? Properly armed with the right tools and training dealerships can increase their share of the largest and fastest growing demographic of new vehicle buyers — women. Jody DeVere is the CEO and president of AskPatty.com. She can be contacted at 866.849.9973, or by e-mail at jdevere@autosuccessonline.com. 10 autosuccessonline.com
  • 11. SteveBrazill leadership solution THE VALUE OF A MANAGER’S MINUTE Time waste differs from material waste in that from sales. If you expect to produce $10,000 equipment and people (including yourself). there can be no salvage. The easiest of all in profit and your expenses are $90,000, you wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste must generate $100,000 in gross profit. If you You might begin by estimating how much of time, because wasted time does not litter work 12 hours per day and 25 days per month time you spend on the various activities that the floor like wasted material. in the process of producing that $100,000 gross make up your day. Find areas in which you – Henry Ford profit, you will have worked 18,000 minutes can reallocate time for greater effect. Here’s (60 x 12 x 25=18,000). Dividing the $100,000 a thought starter: If 20 percent of your people If you are a manager in a typical dealership, gross profit you are expected to produce in a are producing 80 percent of your results, are you (and your family) know you spend most month by the 18,000 minutes you will spend you spending more of your time with them of your waking life there. The value of that working on that task reveals that you must or with the 80 percent who produce only 20 time to you is determined by a variety of produce $5.56 per minute you spend at work. percent of your results? personal choices that only you can assess, but the value of that time to the dealership is easy Now, $5.56 per minute may not look like Everyone’s situation is unique, and you will to calculate. a lot of money, but remember: It’s equal to have to discover the solutions that work $100,000 per month and $1.2 million per year. for you today, then adjust them as you go We’ll assume the dealership purchases your forward. The only universal thing is that time time with the expectation that you will use it I’m not suggesting that you take this analysis is wasted one minute at a time and, once to produce a profit in your department. And, literally. You should not spend four minutes, gone, it can never be reclaimed. Tick, tock. because the standard accounting period in 18 seconds helping a customer resolve a dealerships is one month, we’ll consider the problem, then walk away thinking, “Wow! profit you produce and the minutes you work That guy just cost us $23.91.” You can, Steve Brazill is the chair of automotive however, be constantly aware of the fact that marketing for Northwood University, in a single month. Using round numbers, we Texas Campus. He can be contacted at can build a simple example. your time is a finite resource that is not free. 866.861.1515, or by e-mail at You can identify and change those things that sbrazill@autosuccessonline.com. Departmental profit is what’s left over after repeatedly consume more time than necessary you cover your expenses with gross profit — streamline or eliminate processes, cranky the #1 sales-improvement magazine for the automotive professional 11
  • 12. Today’s auto dealers have technical advantages that no other generation of vehicle sales professionals could have dreamed of. With these new tools, though, there are challenges, one of the biggest being the decision on which tools will work best with for a dealership’s unique situation. AutoSuccess Publisher Susan Givens recently sat down with Tammy Darvish, vice president of the high-volume DARCARS Automotive Group in Maryland, to discuss the steps she’s taken to make sure her people have the right tools for the job. AutoSuccess: Everyone wants to know goal was to vet and select just a few partners in many of our stores just to keep up with the how your stores continue to improve, that could integrate with each other to provide appointments that are made by the call center. Tammy. What are some key factors? the most return on our investment. Eliminating We are comfortable knowing that while our Tammy Darvish: Well, for one thing, we many technology sources was a risk, but one CRM provider is doing what they do best, our have not and will not operate under the belief that has paid off well, in our case. teams can focus on the better managing our that we are executing as well as possible. We business. How many appointments we have really believe that if we are not improving After several CRM changes, it has been very at each dealership every day is no longer a and looking for ways to better serve our productive to find a long-term approach and mystery. eLEAD helps keep us focused on the customers and our communities, then we’re partner that works for our entire group. We many other tasks in our showrooms that we not going to grow or sustain. At the same time, have experienced that there is no magical can have direct control over, while remaining we think that internal accountability at every software system that’s not going to have issues as productive as possible. level is vital. We place a lot of emphasis on at times, but front-to-back we believe that targeted strategies, not only on attracting more we have found the most complete option out AS: What types of targeted marketing customers but, more importantly, retaining there. More importantly, eLEAD has resources strategies consistently work well for you? them. By offering our customers the right available to move forward and keep up with TD: With a well-established customer base incentives and providing them with the level the advancements of technology and our in each of our dealerships, we work with of service that they expect and deserve, we’ve other partners. I think it’s a great advantage our CRM provider to coordinate all of our been fortunate enough to see meaningful to partner with a company that is focused electronic efforts related to all sales and increases in our sales and service retention on retail, owner retention and continual service campaigns. They often provide us with percentages. While it’s tough to get out of the improvement. We have grown together in the credible recommendations based on our traffic comfort zone of traditional advertising, we industry for the past few years. and timing. Whether its e-mail, telephone have placed greater focus on our customers’ calls, recalls or direct mail, we believe in digital experience. AS: Do you employ an internal professional communication with a clear call BDC or call center? to action for all of our customers to maximize AS: What’s the biggest technology TD: A lot of my peers are customers of every sales and service opportunity. Using point you rely on? eLEAD and successfully combine both, but external marketing to attract new customers TD: One of the biggest operational decisions our stores do not staff BDCs. We do use their is not only much more expensive, but is often we made a couple of years ago was to partner call center as a safety net to measure how more unreliable than marketing to our own with eLEAD as our CRM tool and to create effectively our managers and sales consultants databases. Creating and maintaining long-term a sense of credible accountability across the are following up. Our CRM makes sure our positive relationships with our customers has board. Until we defined how our CRM was leads and unsold opportunities don’t slip always been our goal, and eLEAD is a tool that going to measure accountability, we never through the cracks. It’s not realistic to expect certainly advances our efforts towards that goal really utilized it fully. Although we don’t let our front-line players to complete all the calls, while providing real value for our customers. CRM serve as an excuse or focus every day, all the time, as well as managing everything Vehicle sales and repair orders generated eLEAD is one of the very few digital strategic else. We’re realistic about the number of calls from true prospecting calls are tracked with partners that we have. Like many dealers, we that really get made out of a retail point each accountability, just like other key metrics. felt technologically challenged and had to day versus the optimum number that should learn that partners like this were about much be made. There is no way any store could AS: What types of marketing calls more than technology; they were more about execute the number of calls and appointments do you find most effective? delivering an experience to our customers. Our that the call center averages. It’s a challenge TD: We use eLEAD’s GoldDigger Agents
  • 13. to strategically mine our databases on customers to come back to the showroom when AS: Many people wonder how you schedule with professional sales and service they are ready to buy, but also to learn more manage it all? Any words of advice? prospecting calls to point our managers in the about their experience in our showrooms on TD: Being a part of every “team” in our right directions. Most of our sales campaigns their initial visits. We want to follow-up until dealerships is important so that, as decision target customers who are in positive equity, the appointment is set or they have bought makers, we have first-hand experience and warranty expiration or can lower their monthly elsewhere without aggravating or offending our knowledge of the challenges that are faced payment. The service campaigns assist us customers. If nothing else, we want to create each day. Having thorough knowledge of in securing the first service visit from our a friendship with every customer so that even all of the tools available to us through our customers after the sale and help retain them if we missed an opportunity today, they would partnerships is key to the success of our throughout their lifecycle. There are many consider us again in the future. Regardless of relationship with our partners. And personally, tools and “menu” items that are offered by the type of prospect, we insist on CRM usage although its difficult at times, I’ve found that eLEAD, all of which work in tandem with our to capture the customer’s information, track the more listening I do, the easier it is for me other operational business partners. daily follow-up tasks and give our management to manage more effectively. team quick access to missed appointments and AS: What can you tell us about your uncompleted tasks. While the workday of a follow-up process with prospects sales consultant is typically very unstructured, who do not buy immediately? we now have professional daily work plans For more information about Tammy Darvish, TD: We tend to believe there is really no such that provide them with a clear road map to or the DARCARS Automotive Group, visit www.DARCARS.com. thing as too much follow-up in the car business. managing all of their opportunities on a daily The cost of generating new opportunities is basis. Most beneficial are the follow-up calls For more information about eLeadCRM, high, and customers don’t have time to waste that eLEAD makes to our unsold customers contact the owner, Hugh Hathcock, at at dealerships. It is important to have consistent that, more often than not, would have ended up 866.347.6160, or e-mail him at follow up not only to try to encourage falling by the wayside. hhathcock@autosuccessonline.com.
  • 14. MarkTewart leadership solution THE DEATH OF THE PART 2 TRADITIONAL DEALERSHIP Do you feel like you are missing out on expectations, value perceptions and lessening relationship building strategies, and sales to something? Are you confused as to what of brand loyalty are all things that have service continuity programs and retention. the next step is in making your dealership changed dramatically. Dealers will learn that many advertising successful? It’s a different ballgame than it agencies do not understand any of these things was even just a few years ago. The traditional Every dealership needs to review their process and simply create lousy to mediocre production dealership is dead and you must bury it to based upon TLC – Think Like a Customer. and buy the media. Without a well-thought prosper in the future. What are you currently doing in your strategy, using intentional congruence with all dealership process that lessens customer trust of the above-mentioned factors, you cannot be For years, the car business could be a or ease of shopping/buying? Most dealerships successful in this and future marketplace. forgiving business. There was room for a lot are living in the stone-age when it comes of error in a dealership, and yet a dealership to something as simple as the meeting and In the last year, I have asked hundreds of could still be profitable. Those days are gone. greeting of the customer. Nothing in your dealers the following questions: Dealerships cannot be run in only a “seat of current process is sacred, and the mantra for • What are your overall sales to service the pants,” entrepreneurial fashion anymore. many things should be “just let it go.” retention numbers and percentages beyond To be successful, dealerships have to be a free first oil change? measured intensely in four areas: people, Product • What are your number of inactive process, product and positioning. The days of “Stack’em deep and sell them customers, and what percentage is that to cheap” are over. Your new and used inventory your overall customer base? People must be monitored daily using analytic • What is your planned and executed strategy You must choose a path that works for your systems and technology that measures not for a continuity program to keep your dealership philosophy. You must recruit only your inventory but others and market customers for sales and service? people on a full-time basis based upon want, conditions. Many dealers have fought using not need. The leadership of a dealership must any type of turn system, even though simple Here is the sad result: Out of hundreds of have a written and executed game plan for mathematics proved you would be better dealers, only one knew the answer to these recruiting that utilizes online services, job off doing so. Well, the tide has turned again. questions. I continually find that dealers and fairs, colleges, tech schools, high schools, Web Turn systems themselves are now outdated managers do not really know what is going sites, micro-sites, social media, newspaper, and can even lower your dealerships ROI on in their own dealerships and are not doing mass media and more. without other factors involved. Each vehicle anything to educate themselves to change that. is an investment — just like a stock or mutual A dealership needs a detailed plan that includes fund — and must be analyzed, bought, priced, The reality is that the future belongs to dealers interview questions, a number of interviews, marketed, sold and eliminated using several who educate themselves more, execute better personnel trained to interview, testing methods conditions. Just saying that you have a 45-day and understand the value of speed in today’s for potential job skills match, screening turn system is not good enough anymore. marketplace. The marketplace of today and the methods, follow-up methods, and initial and future will continue to be very unforgiving, ongoing training methods for new hires. Positioning with little room for margin of error, inattention Gone are the days of running display or being slothful. The traditional dealership Process newspaper ads and waiting for traffic to is dead, but the exciting news is your new Each dealership should have a written arrive. Your dealership must have a dealership dealership is waiting to be born. and executed process for every part of the strategy that combines market positioning. dealership: sales process, Internet lead Selling vehicles based upon price only will not For a free special report titled “10 Things process, marketing process, service process, create long-term success. Successful dealers You Must Do At Your Dealership To Be parts process, manager process, used car will no longer be able to delegate all of their Successful” e-mail me at the address below inventory process, etc. As an example, the marketing to an advertising strategy without with “10 Things” in the subject line. selling process must be reviewed to make educating themselves on the marketing and sure it is up to date and matches today’s positioning aspects of their dealership. marketplace. Most sales processes being Mark Tewart is the president of Tewart used today were created in the 1950s and 60s Dealers will have to massively educate Enterprises, and the author of the best seller, How To Be A Sales Superstar. He can and have changed only slightly. Meanwhile, themselves on things such as direct response be contacted at 866.429.6844, or by e-mail for the customer, everything has changed. marketing methods, copyrighting, multi-step at mtewart@autosuccessonline.com. 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