Category Archive For "salespeople"
How bad is business now?
How bad is business for most dealerships? There is no general answer to that right now. Seems like most of the US and Canada were in a lockdown and most dealerships couldn’t open for sales, and many may be slowly reopening over the next month. During this time, I’d hope that most of those were …
What Works Best for a Walkaround…?
Ask Joe: Why should a 6-Point Walkaround be a ‘Targeted’ 2 or 3-Point Walkaround instead? I was a judge at a walkaround contest held by the manufacturer. The best product sales experts from every region were there. They came on stage with the vehicles they’d present and the crowds roared (OK, no roar, but they …
$7,000 to $15,000 a month!
“From selling 13 cars and making $7,000 to selling 14-15 cars and making $15,000.” “Joe, I have been selling cars for 1 year, and recently attended your Closing and Negotiation workshop with several salespeople from my dealership. WOW what a wake-up call – I never realized how just changing a few words can impact the entire sales process. …
Will You Sell More?
The ‘choice’ most salespeople ignore. Success, and more success, is dependent on a person’s motivation, desire, determination, and the self-discipline they apply to make it happen. (And SHAC of course.) In my first 5 years, 95% of us were stuck at 8 – 12 units, but there’s always someone you hear about who sells more. …
Kick off your Success…
“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford This is a famous common sense statement from Henry Ford, and it’s so true: How we think always affects what we do, and how well we do it. From what I didn’t learn about selling at my first dealership, I not …
Peer Pressure Kills Sales & Careers
It doesn’t take much more than a ‘duh’ degree to know that if you don’t do what it takes to succeed – you won’t. But so many people reading this who want to improve and know they can, don’t. Most don’t even try, because they’re afraid of the ‘resistance fighters’ or of what some of …
How You Count Things Will Control Your Career
Amateurs count the times things they do don’t work. Why? It helps them justify not doing the things you have to do in sales to sell more, earn more and control your career in sales. “I made 5 follow up calls and nobody came back in – what a waste of time.” “I tried staying …
What’s your choice…20/60/20?
Ask Joe: “What do you see as far as sales for the rest of 2018, will it be good or bad?” In my manager’s newsletter this month, we’re talking about the 80/20 rule, which is really the 20/60/20 rule and about how it applies to almost every group of people. Between our sales and support …
3 Keys To Training…With Doug Christiansen
Want to increase profit and sales? Check out Joe Verde Trainer, Doug Christiansen, in a recent interview on CBT News during the NADA Show at our booth. Doug focuses on 3 key areas of training — how to make training interesting, informative and valuable…He explains why dealers need to provide the right type of sales …
The Generation Gap…
What’s most important to…Baby Boomers, Gen X & Millennials? There’s a lot of commotion about the differences between these age groups. If you really listen to them though, they’re really almost the same when it comes to actually buying the vehicle. The biggest difference between these groups is understanding how they shop for a car, …
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? …
What’s True…?
Check the correct statements… ○ After salespeople become high achievers, they develop their skills, get organized, and come to work to work. ○ Salespeople who develop their skills, get organized, and come to work to work, become high achievers. ————— ○ After salespeople start doing most of their business with repeat and referral customers, they …
Leave me alone – I’m working!
Wouldn’t it be great to work with 10 other 30 car a month salespeople who are all on the same page, working smart, and making money? That atmosphere is all about doing a great job, having fun, making money, and making customers happier than they’ve ever been with their purchase. Peer pressure and peer distractions …
Ditch The Fear…
Somebody asked me a long time ago, “Aren’t you afraid you won’t make enough in commission some months?” My answer, “No way – not ever!” Why? Because it’s just math! If you average $7,500 per month from doing (x) # of activities, with (x) skills, and spend (x) time doing it, as long as you …
Blurred Lines Between Selling & Closing
See what I mean about the blurred lines between selling and closing? Everything you do to bring a customer into the dealership; turning incoming calls into appointments, prospecting in service, and retaining your sold customers – moves the sale forward. Everything you do in Steps 1-4 of our 8-Step Basics, from your attitude, to your …
Ask Joe: Fear, Angst & Discomfort
Why do you even need to close if everyone came to buy?…” FEAR – ANGST – DISCOMFORT Buying a car is something most people only do every few years, and they know they can never figure out which is the real, best thing for them to do. Recently, I bought two vehicles and traded in …
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 …
Ask Joe: Is selling cars worth my time?
Joe, you keep talking about the money you can make selling cars – well, that’s not happening for me. I was making $20 an hour back at my old job and my boss said I could get my job back. Why should I keep selling cars and just hope it will get better for me?” …
