Find Your Stats!

To improve at sales, gross or working leads, you have to find out what you’re really doing and be totally honest in your ‘counts’, below. A. Find your results when you’re only communicating by web / email & texts. 1. Count ALL of these leads this month.2. Count all of your back and forth contacts …

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Who’s on the lot?

Joe Verde trainer, Sean Gardner, has another great sales training tip for the automotive industry… Check out this quick tip and don’t forget – they’re all buyers NOW! ##### Sell more cars with Joe Verde’s sales book, “Earn Over $100,000 Selling Cars – Every Year” for a free PDF or to order a free soft …

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Stranger vs. Friend

Who would your customers prefer to buy from – a stranger or a friend? Check out Joe Verde Sales Trainer, Doug Christiansen, on how to stay connected with your customers in the current climate. Click here for a quick video sales idea…

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Be careful who you listen to this year…

Every day, you hear something that could affect your success in sales today and long term. Unfortunately, a lot of what most people hear is negative information that can hurt your career instead of helping you become more successful. Why? Easy, just circle the bullets below about who’s sharing their ideas with you on your …

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Sell A Few More Each Month – The Easy Way…

You always have a “personal assistant” with you…Here’s how to use it to help you sell more! There’s a lot of organizational stuff most salespeople aren’t very good at. The good news is your iPhone or smartphone can easily help you sell more and earn more. Here are a few ideas on how you can …

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How To Deal With A Well-Prepared Customer?

When customers walk on the lot with a printout on their trade value from Kelley Blue Book and 2 best deal offers from a competitor, to give yourself the best chance of making a sale, should you… ❑ Escape. Introduce yourself, tell them you’re with someone, turn them to the new guy, hope he sells …

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Your Support Group May Be Holding You Back

Unfortunately, more than half of the people reading this are stuck… Because they weren’t paying attention to what was happening, they’re… stuck with an average attitude, stuck with poor work habits in sales, stuck with skills that don’t work, and all of that means they’re stuck at average or below in sales and income. Why? …

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Really…?

I got an email from someone who justified not using what I cover. Why? He counted the times I used the word most. (I also get grief about using run-on sentences, and now and then I get a hit on my grammar – go figure.) I use ‘most’ so often because most means more than …

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Ask Joe: How can I make $15,000 more this year?

Joe, I want to increase my income by $15,000 this year. What’s my best plan and where do I focus?” You didn’t say how many units you sell now or how you’re doing, so let’s assume you meant $15k more in the next 7 months. The math is always first: $15,000 ÷ 7 months, means …

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An Easy Objection

“I’ll think it over and get back to you,” is one of the easiest objections to handle. Instead of dropping the price or handing them your dismissal slip (business card) try this instead: “Bob, help me out for a second before you leave … this seems like the perfect vehicle for you guys, what is …

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Who Is Teaching You How To Succeed In Sales?

You learn something every day from the other salespeople you work with that will determine a large part of your success in sales. Unfortunately, most of it is bad information that will hurt your career instead of helping you become more successful. Why? Just check the correct box below about who’s sharing all their great …

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Using The Best Greeting

When I started selling cars again (the right way), one of the toughest things for me to do was to stop saying, “Can I help you?” The other was getting ‘welcome’ into my greeting. It was hard for me, because I thought customers would think that ‘welcome’ was kinda corny. In real life, it turned …

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Need Some ‘Sales Insurance’?

When you live off the floor traffic, what happens if the weather or business goes south? Exactly, if you rely on floor traffic, you better take some classes now on how to stretch a paycheck, because you’ll need to know at some point. The key to success is to always have a pipeline filled with …

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Keep The Kids Happy & Sell More Cars

All kids get tired, bored and hungry; yours, mine and theirs. It’s normal and it isn’t likely to change. It’s also no big deal, if you plan for it. However – if you don’t learn to control your customers’ kids when you’re trying to sell, you’ll have a tough time making the sale. Kids can …

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Develop Another Good Habit

For most salespeople, staying positive and being confident takes work, especially in sales where you hear “no” way more often than you hear the “yes” that equals a paycheck. I was going through my files and found some very old 3×5 cards that were so worn they were barely legible. For months I’d carry one …

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2 Tips From Joe

Secret to Success. If you’re looking for the secret to success, part of it is pretty simple… Do everything you know you need to do, and then some. Everybody wants to achieve their version of success. The problem is most people hope they can reach their success by doing as little as they can get …

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‘Close’ On Christmas

Learn to use the spirit of Christmas and gift giving as a closing tool to help you deliver more units this month. Put a new car, truck or whatever you sell on the showroom floor with a big red bow on it, and start talking about “Christmas presents”… NOW!  People love giving presents, especially to …

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It’s Not Rocket Science – It’s Common Sense

Have you ever heard, “Your first few seconds and your first few words will make or break your sale.”…? Most salespeople in our business can’t understand how a sale that normally takes a couple of hours can be so affected by the first twenty seconds or so. Your first few seconds: This would be that …

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