Category Archive For "selling cars"
More Effort vs. More Skills
I’ve seen 8-car guys have a 20 or 30-car month because they put in a ton of extra effort. But it can’t be maintained, because it’s based on a ton of extra effort instead of a ton of extra skills. The better option is to develop more skills to improve even some. It’s math; selling …
Developing Skills
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 …
My average is 23 & doubled my gross!
“Hello Joe, it’s been a little over a year and a half since my first improvements when I first started selling cars, and I just keep improving my units and gross profit. I would like to thank you and the entire Joe Verde team for creating an amazing training program on JVTN®. Because I developed …
Set Goals For Success in 2021…
Joe’s book…“Get Everything YOU WANT Goal Setting For Salespeople” “I used to take the Joe Verde training that was provided to me for granted. I looked at it as a daily task I had to do, that may prevent me from potentially getting a customer on the lot. I was given Joe’s book Get Everything …
Gross is Up!
Dealers are telling us ‘gross is up’. Why? They say it’s because people don’t want to shop several dealerships with the COVID outbreak to buy a car, so they’ll pay more. But customers always felt that way and most of them would have paid more. The difference is, most salespeople don’t follow the basics, they …
When You Can’t Change “What Is” You Have To Let Go Of “What Was”
And that’s the problem some people are having… When it comes to adapting and adjusting, some can, and some can’t. Because we talk to so many dealerships every day, we hear both, ‘I can’ & ‘I can’t’ – even in the same markets, with the same issues. Even with the pandemic shutdowns, safety and sanitation …
Career Makes Good After Stint In Army
Congrats To Joe Baucco… “After I got out of the Army, I was looking for a new adventure where the sky was the limit. As I was going through your training, I realized I was following in your footsteps from the military into sales, and was very lucky to start at a great dealership that …
It’s Your Career – How far will you take it?
There is a ton of opportunity to grow for 2 reasons… 1. Experts say to expect 17’ish million units again this year, people got tax cuts, companies got breaks and can keep more employed or raise their pay. 2. 80% of the salespeople down the street are below average. That means your competition isn’t very …
Service to Sales…
“From ‘service’ to ‘sales’ with 200 units my first 8 months.” “Joe, I’ve been in the car business over 24 years and recently made the switch from service to sales. I knew a lot about cars, but selling them was a whole different process and I was lucky that my dealership subscribes to your online …
200 units in 8 months…
“From ‘service’ to ‘sales’ with 200 units my first 8 months.” “Joe, I’ve been in the car business for over 24 years and recently made the switch from the service side to the sales side. I knew a lot about cars, but selling them was a whole different process and I was lucky that my …
Developing Your Skills
If you’re training on JVTN® or attending our sales workshops so you can sell more, let’s talk about how you can turn knowledge into skills. We retain… • 10% of what we read• 20% of what we hear• 30% of what we see• 70% of what we discuss w/others• 80% of what we experience So …
0 to 20 in 90 days!
Congratulations To Chris! “I was brand new when I attended your sales workshop and started training on JVTN® at the same time. I was lucky to choose a dealership that values training and has a management team that fully supports it. Since day one, I dove into the courses in your online training. I believed …
Set to make $150K for 2018…
Joe – only 5 months in the car business and I’m on track for 150K this year!” “Joe – before getting in the car business I spent 5 years in security, working a lot of hours and not making a lot of money. In my first 5 months of selling cars I’ve already made way …
Making More in 4 Months Than Last Year!
In 4 months I’ve already made more than I did last year. “In the four months after reading your books, ‘How To Sell A Car’ and ‘How To Earn $100K’, I’ve already earned more money this year than all of last year’s earnings. Before selling cars I was a counselor working with troubled teens, met …
Sell More When The Main Thing Stays The Main Thing
Isn’t it great when you’re on a roll and having that great day, great week or great month? When you’re ‘on’, doesn’t everything you do or say just seem to come out right? What makes that happen? When you’re selling cars, making money and talking to prospects all day, your mind slips into automatic and …
Get Ready For 2018
Customer Retention Is The Secret To Continuous Growth The average 9 unit salesperson… earns under $40,000, works long hours, 23-26 days per month, talks on the phone to a few people each day, makes an appointment now & then – and now & then some show, doesn’t usually talk to any service customers each day, …
Tricks, Traps, Treats…
The “Tricks” below are 5 traps salespeople fall into that cost you sales. The best “Treat” I can give you is my FREE BOOK – Earn Over $100,000 Selling Cars Every Year. There’s an entire chapter on avoiding the traps, and 15 other chapters full of career-improving information. Click here to order your free book …
Your Next $1,000,000
I know salespeople who’ve been selling cars 20 years, and are still just waiting until something better comes along. They haven’t made a commitment or learned enough about selling to start earning big bucks. What a waste of 20 years. A Million Dollar Decision In my book, “Goal Setting for Salespeople”, I remind everyone that …
