Category Archive For "develop skills"
Great way to start off the year!
“I sold 20 last month and made $13,000!!!” “I’ve watched other online sales training, but nothing was close to taking the Joe Verde online training. Joe’s training is a simple, easy to follow, step by step, very thorough process – that works! His techniques on how to build more rapport with customers and spend the …
Slowwwww Down
Stop just scanning what I cover in this blog. Read articles again and take notes on how you can improve. Remember the 20/60/20 rule! From what I’m seeing in 2025, the top 20% are more focused than ever to develop more skills and…they will eat your lunch & your paycheck, too, month after month if …
How Are Sales Across The Country?
A great question… I just attended the National Auto Dealers Association (NADA) convention in January. It was my 38th with a booth and for 38 years, the answers are the same… Half think it’ll be a great year, the rest are waiting for the sky to fall. Back in 2020 and 2021, COVID killed so …
Climbing a mountain or riding a roller coaster?
Are you climbing the mountain or riding the ‘up & down’ roller coaster in sales? One of the most common questions, and one of the most common “Yeah buts” I get – are about growth. “I try, and always end up the same each year.” The biggest problem is that salespeople confuse ‘trying to grow’ …
How To Lose 3 Sales At A Time
I was having my BMW serviced for the first time, and while I waited, started talking to another customer. I assumed he’d bought there, and asked him about service. He said service was great. When I asked if he bought his car there, he said – “No, the price was higher than I thought it …
Focus On Value, Not On Price
Facts: We know 8 out of 10 people on your lot came to buy. We also know 50% will buy on the spot, when you do your job. To deliver 50%, it’s easy, just… A. Follow all of my 8 steps to the sale. B. Give both drivers a targeted demo & presentation on the …
Last Chance To Make It Up…
In sales, months are a race, but record years and continuous growth are a marathon. Just 4 things control your income and continued success in sales. We call them S H A C. I include testimonials from salespeople to help others realize they can learn more and sell more. Once a salesperson learns more, “I …
Develop Skills to Avoid 2 Sales Killers
My biggest challenges with developing my skills started with taking everything I learned about selling pots and pans, real estate, insurance, etc., and reworking that into the specific words & phrases I’d need to use selling cars. Then came processes. Selling pots and pans or insurance going door to door, isn’t the same process you’d …
Sales are up after class!
From 12 a month to 19.5 after your class! “I had been working in Service for 4 years, before I started selling cars. I sold cars for 5 months, and really enjoyed it – and I just got back from the Joe Verde Sales Workshop. Before I went to the class, I was averaging about 12 …
Time makes the Biggest Difference between Making or Losing the Sale…
From Sean Gardner… Being time effective is one of the biggest differences between making or losing a sale and in creating your own customer base for the future. Losing a sale only takes minutes, plus too many salespeople assume the customer didn’t come to buy. Remember – your customers don’t know you and are cautious …
How I learned to waste every day in sales & blame someone & everything else
I spent my first 5 years in the 6-8 car rut. So, if you want to struggle, too, here are my favorite tips on how I blew my first 5 years selling cars: ________________ Yep, that describes how I spent most days my first five years as the 8-car guy – how about you? ##### …
Do you plan to make lots of money in sales or just do it to see if it works out?
Whatcha Gonna Do? Just watched the new Bad Boys movie, and like the first 3, a funny action flick. The title rang my bell from when I first started selling cars. I didn’t really know anything about selling, I just needed a job and a guy told me I should apply, so I did. The …
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 …
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 …
Are you pretending to be someone else?
So many of us spend our lives pretending that we’re someone else… I’m not talking about the ‘you’ that you present to others, I’m talking about the ‘you in your head’ that controls what you do, or don’t do. It took me close to 40 years to finally understand that I can be the person …
Hypnosis: Is it real or just another trick?
When I was turning pro, I was at a party that had a hypnosis performer. And he had this guy’s feet on one chair and his head on another one, and he was stiff as a board. So I bought this book; ‘Hypnosis and Behavior Modification’ to see if hypnosis was legit or not. I’d …
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 …
Will you turn ‘pro’ without ever practicing?
Would a golfer become a pro if they just watched videos and never practiced? No way! I played golf with dozens of people who couldn’t hit anything they were hoping to. They’d spend a ton on the best equipment, pay hundreds to play on a beautiful course, leave frustrated, but wouldn’t spend $50 to pay …
