Category Archive For "sell more cars"
Your Most Important Skill
When you talk about the skills you need to grow in sales, whether you’re selling an average number of units right now (8-10) or selling 20; doubling your sales is right around the corner. And mastering questions can take you from 10 to 20 within 2 or 3 months. Questioning Skills You can love selling, …
Get Ready – Stuff is Happening!
20+ years ago, Success magazine wrote about a 55-year-old blind man who started selling cars and made $137,000 his 1st year. When they asked him how and why he did so well, he said… “I don’t know, but my first day on the showroom floor I bumped into 4 buyers.” He worked for a customer …
Back in the $$$ after class!
I’m back on track at 20 after your workshop! “Hey Joe, I’ve been selling cars for two years, and your sales workshop was exactly what I needed. I had fallen into a 10 to12 car slump…I knew I could do better, but just wasn’t sure what I needed to change. At the workshop, I learned …
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 …
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 will you treat your next prospect?
A. Do you assume everyone is a buyer, and head out with a smile on your face and a spring in your step, as you ‘welcome’ them to your dealership? B. Or do you kinda stand back, watch them for a minute or two to see what they’re looking at, while you decide whether you …
How do I plan my day to be more productive?
This is one of the most important questions I get – because having a productive day, especially in sales, is a combination of lots of stuff… An effective day in sales ‘to grow’ is made up of critical activities… PLANNING IS BIG! Please understand I can hit the highlights here, but there’s no room to …
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 …
Small Paycheck Or Big Paycheck?
After 50+ years of selling and training, I know most salespeople don’t realize how lucky they are to work for a dealer who provides them with training on how to sell more, because 80% do not offer training. Unfortunately, too many salespeople in our industry are taught less about selling than fast food workers are …
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 …
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 …
To Grow – Build Your Repeat & Referral Business
How do you maintain relationships with friends you don’t see but every few years? You stay in touch by phone, text or email. How do you make future sales to the customer who just bought from you? You stay in touch by phone, text or email. You can’t control the number of leads you get …
Thomas Boosted his Sales By 50%!
“My sales are up 50% after attending your Closing and Negotiating Workshop.” “Joe, I just wanted to say thanks! I attended your 2-day Closing and Negotiating Workshop, and it was jam packed with more ways to make more money! Your ‘budget focused’ negotiation process is the way to go, and when I got back, I really …
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 …
‘Group think’ goes both ways…It can be good & bad
Bad is when the negative people who know almost nothing, try to convince you that everyone else is wrong and want to hold you back. Whether it’s about selling cars and your peers at work, or any other subject that goes against their ‘negative group’ beliefs, they do their very best to shout it down …
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 …