Is there life after being an F&I manager? The answer is yes. But the work of an independent agent and trainer isn’t for everyone. A reinsurance expert and former dealer lists five prerequisites for what could be a highly rewarding career change.
The customizable training platform takes Marcom’s expertise from over 30 years of training automotive professionals and helps dealerships plan, organize, and execute a strategic training initiative that will drive operational efficiency and accountability across their store.
CNA National is offering live, online training in coordination with Reahard & Associates.
The automotive industry is going through rapid change, facing additional costs associated with personnel, benefits, and retention, and depending on a steady stream of additional customers to replace those customers that have defected. So how do you change how you conduct business to meet the current challenge?
Consumers and dealers alike have turned to digital retailing in spades as we all adapt to being virtual during these challenging times. Two digital experts sat down with AE to discuss the evolution of menu selling, the need to bridge the traditional F&I sales model with digital retailing, and best practices for agents.
We’re clearly operating in a new normal, but one thing is clear – the dealership that provides the most support and instills the highest level of confidence in their customers will ultimately succeed in the coming months.
The goal in discipling employees is not to punish but rather to affect a positive change in the employee’s conduct or performance, and should remain compatible with that goal and reduce the number of times someone says, “you’re not the boss of me.”
In an effort to further engage automotive professionals and provide valuable content, JM&A Group recently launched JM&A Insider, its own, on-demand collection of automotive resources.
The status quo bias is present in every transaction, and if it isn’t discussed early and throughout the acquisition process, you could be setting yourself up to receive some bad news when you least expect it.
GMs need to keep employees excited, not just present.
Set your salespeople up for long-term success at your dealership.
Agents can and should help dealers design, install, and enforce their federally mandated CMS. Luckily for everyone involved, the instructions are freely available.
If the future is video, why is F&I stuck in the past? Top trainer shares a three-step process you can use to inject new technology and enhanced personalization in your F&I training program.
American Financial’s Dwayne Wiggins wants you to interview — but not interrogate — every F&I customer. Refresh your approach with smart, pointed questions that demonstrate value and preempt objections in this powerful Tip of the Week.
IAS is offering a new, complimentary infographic for the leadership, sales, and finance teams who want to take an active role in boosting the dealership’s per-copy average.
More than 160 dealers, agents, and industry executives took part in the inaugural West Coast Compliance Summit, one of three concurrent events featured at Industry Summit 2016. And more than 80 of them successfully completed the event’s compliance certification component.
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