Leverage What’s Within
Taking the natural gifts we have and working daily to grow and add to our skill set will make anyone a success.
January 14, 2021
Taking the natural gifts we have and working daily to grow and add to our skill set will make anyone a success.
January 14, 2021
It’s easy to list goals or resolutions, but it’s another thing to make a plan to achieve them. The only way to raise your PVR consistently is to have a plan and stick to it.
December 15, 2020
When a customer encounters a true F&I professional, they are pleasantly surprised and the level of trust leads to open discussions and great outcomes for everyone involved.
December 8, 2020
We are facing challenging and opportunity filled days ahead. Having the privilege to help people during a worrisome time is honorable and fun!
November 17, 2020
Genuinely caring about your customer is the most effective manner to help them buy the products they need —it's the same way we want to be ‘sold’ when we are buying.
November 11, 2020
Knowing when to file FinCEN 83011 is serious stuff that could subject the dealership to significant fines after an audit. A little bit of training upfront could avoid some pain later.
November 3, 2020
Most people interpret communication to be the sending of information and forget it’s actually the exchange of information. We might have the best menu pitch ever, but it won’t do any good if we don’t listen to our customers.
October 29, 2020
When customers feel free to speak and share their opinions, they feel understood. F&I professionals that intentionally make the conversation a two-way interaction build high levels of trust and profits.
October 13, 2020
I suggest those of us in the car business — and maybe others too — should occasionally shout “do-over” as though we were kids again.
September 29, 2020
Insight presentations are today; features and benefits presentations are so yesterday…and hopefully will soon be as hard to find as a Blockbuster store.
September 23, 2020
Adaptability is the only way anyone can be successful right now. Let’s investigate the secret to winning.
September 22, 2020
The social security number is the most critical component for finance and lease deals and we often need to make a copy of a document for our deal jacket. Be sure to know which version you should see, and double-check the security measures.
September 3, 2020
A dealership was recently discovered to have a prevalent policy and practice of inflating consumers’ incomes to obtain finance source approvals. Reading between the lines of the story, there are a variety of lessons to be learned.
September 3, 2020
The most important thing I’ve learned from COVID-19 is that investing in your people is the best investment any business can make.
August 27, 2020
Just like the aching back and dirty hands that come with gardening, the bad parts in the F&I office will last a short time, but the benefits can last a long time. Whatever the topic and no matter how painful or how much we dread it, we probably need to do it anyway.
July 30, 2020