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Getting Promoted and the Water You Choose

Are you getting promoted? Have you recently been promoted? Would you like to receive a promotion? Then determine which water you want to become. Often, people believe the best thing they can do when getting promoted is to impose their will upon those they are managing. Their responsibilities shift and, so too, does their demeanor…. Read more »

Joe Webb • August 20, 2025
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Grow Your Business Through the Art of Reciprocation

You’ve sold a customer a car. Now decide if you want them to be your customeror the dealership’s customer. If you’re planning to make this a career, recognize every customer you sell is an opportunity to grow your business.  How you stay memorable is just as much a process as how you got them to… Read more »

Joe Webb • August 9, 2025
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Wedding Wishes and CRM Utilization

I recently had the chance to fly to Dallas Texas and witness the nuptials for two industry friends who were getting married (Veronica Dunford and Gary May). Along with the beautiful ceremony and reception, as wedding couples tend to do, they offer their friends and family to give their wedding wishes in the form of… Read more »

Joe Webb • May 22, 2025
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Sales Tip #2: The Value of Paying Compliments

“Everybody likes a compliment.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Sometimes, the best way to close a deal isn’t a cleverly constructed sales pitch that influences the customer to make a decision. It is making the customer feel good about themselves in that moment. Paying compliments can bring customers to your side. Maybe it is giving them credit… Read more »

Joe Webb • February 4, 2025
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8 Clear Cut Ways to Tell if the Blog You’re Reading Was Written by ChatGPT

I fancy myself a writer. My college degree was in the school of Journalism and Mass Communication (while my major was Public Relations) and I have been writing stories since I was a little kid. I wrote my first article for Dealer Magazine (and Digital Dealer Magazine) somewhere around 2005-2006. Since then, I’ve written 603… Read more »

Joe Webb • January 16, 2025
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Regulators, Mount Up!

No, this isn’t about Warren G and Nate Dogg’s 1994 hip-hop magnus opus “Regulate”. Nor is it about the Casey Siemaszko speech from 1988’s cowboy flick Young Guns. (Are my references getting too old for you?) This is about how negativity (both internal and external) is infectious and kills car deals. (Emotional) Regulators, Mount Up!… Read more »

Joe Webb • November 11, 2024

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