Going … Going … Almost Gone!

2025 ain’t over ‘til it’s over … and you still have time to pull yourself out of a slump, or finish a good year with a bang and make this a great year. Let’s talk about how to find and use some of the advantages the holiday season offers you, that most salespeople miss. Selling …

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Only Santa Drives A Sled

Most people have a trade-in, so I want to remind you to never knock a person’s trade. They trade them in because they don’t like them or because they have issues, or they just want a new car. But if you start knocking it, they’ll start defending it! We all want too much for our …

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Features don’t add value by default…

Let’s talk about Features… Unless you sell the benefit, they just add to the price. Another common problem that goes along with knowing all of the product stats is being able to explain what they mean, and then tying it in to how each of those features relates to each customer’s specific wants and needs. …

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Sold 28 vehicles 2nd month in the car business!

I sold 28 vehicles my 2nd month using JVTN® online training! “Our dealership and managers hold training 3 segments a week with us, and we also do daily training on our own with the Joe Verde Training Network® (JVTN®). I follow Joe’s steps with every customer, and set clear goals on what I want to …

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The 5 Big Ones

Why do customers seem so cautious or hard-headed about spending 20+% of their take home pay on the payment? That’s easy, and here are the 5 questions and answers every customer has to feel confident about before they’ll buy. Every customer looking for a new or used vehicle, will have several ‘preconditions’ that must be …

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Your Future Is At Stake

Every salesperson struggles with the future, that is, until they realize they control their future in sales. Every industry that sells products people buy again, has two sources; new & repeat customers. For your dealership, generating new traffic is the most expensive part of the selling process, and new traffic is your toughest sale. A …

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Units & Gross Doubled!

“I doubled my unit sales and my gross.” “I had been a firefighter, and started in the service department for 6 months, and then moved to sales 6 months ago. I am very lucky to work for a dealer who sent me to your sales workshop and I absolutely loved it! Your trainer’s energy and …

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30 cars a month!

My new 3-month unit average is 30 cars a month! “I graduated college with a criminal justice degree, and then I started selling cars at Fred Beans Ford, just over a year ago. We use Joe Verde for our training. Our store does group training 3 days a week with Joe’s online training (JVTN®), and …

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Turn Lost $ales Into More $$$ On Payday

Your goal is to get the people who didn’t buy from you back in for a second chance. And I have no idea who taught us to wait 3 days. Quick facts… You’ve done 80% of the work, and when you get that customer back on the lot, most of them will buy. 1. Get …

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Valuable Tips On Training Together That Bring Success

There aren’t any limits on what you can earn selling cars. It all depends on you! If you want to earn over $100,000 every year, just set a goal, learn more and make it happen. And as you sell more, reinvest your time and money to keep learning more. You can hit $100K by mastering …

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Women Buyers Make Their Mark In Today’s Car Market

This was posted recently by a woman about her buying experience at a dealership… ^^^^^^^^^^ “Luis, you assisted my husband and me with a test drive we took this past Sunday. We have decided against the Telluride. However, I wanted to share something with you. When you sat up front and instructed me to sit …

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“Being new, what should I focus on?”

We spend 2 full days in class, have 20 different 2-5+ hour courses on JVTN®, and I have a 400 page book to cover the answer to your question. Your success in sales depends on how serious you are about learning to sell, the right way. When people show up, even if they say ‘I …

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Sell More Cars, Have More Fun, Make More Money

“I never had so much fun helping people and getting paid for it at the same time.” “Selling cars was something I always wanted to do and just knew I would be good at it. I was working as a teaching assistant in the school system and I was so lucky to start at a …

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“I made $17,355 in July!”

“Our store started the Joe Verde Online Training in May 2023, and after a couple of months of really diving into your training, I had the best month I have ever had. I killed it! I made $17,355 – and was #1 for sales for July by 4.5 units over #2. I really got into …

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Double your sales & get better every day!

“I doubled my sales after your workshop and JVTN®!” “Thanks for an incredible sales workshop. Just having a Joe Verde trainer in front of me for 2 solid days made me appreciate even more the commitment my dealership has made to training and growing our dealership and me personally. The workshop really affirmed to me …

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Do you sell everything or just the ones you like?

It’s one thing to sell your favorite vehicle that your dealership offers. It’s another thing to care enough, learn enough, and try just as hard to sell those you don’t like. In one of the first classes I held for Toyota, we were talking about investigating who it’s for, etc., so we can select the …

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You know you can sell more…

Whether it’s 1, 2 or 20 units, you know you can sell more. What’s the only thing average salespeople can teach you? If you maintain your membership in the huddle, you’ll spend a career stuck in average or below, especially in tough times like we’ve been having. I read a quote that really described how …

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“My best month ever at 19 units!”

“From 8 to 16.3 current average and my best month ever at 19 units!” “Wow! Joe, your sales workshop was just what I needed. The 2 days away from the dealership were jam packed with so many ways for me to get better now and to continue to improve. Before I attended, I was selling about 8 …

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