Economic Downturns: What Dealerships Should Not Do
Dealership pre-tax profits are down 33%. It’s a significant hit, and it’s got a lot of Dealerships worried. But what concerns us isn’t the decline itself – it’s the potential for Dealerships to repeat costly mistakes we’ve seen in past downturns. The Costly Mistake of Panic Cutting When profits take a nosedive, there’s a knee-jerk […]
Mastering Service Drive Sales: 5 Strategies for Success
In the fast-paced world of automotive service, making sales can often feel like an uphill battle. We’ve all been there – trying to explain additional services to a customer while juggling multiple appointments and dealing with the usual chaos of the Service Department. But what if we told you there are ways to make […]
How to address market based pricing increases with your customers
Today we’re talking about how to address market based pricing increases with your customers. If you’ve been out of your house in the last six months, you know that prices are escalating everywhere…and that includes the car service arena. I was in North Dakota a couple of weeks ago and a dealership there was charging […]
So, What’s the Actual Role of a Service Advisor, Anyway?
A service advisor plays a critical role at your dealership, and understanding what they do increases effectiveness for customers and technicians.
Dealership Valet Training for Service Advisors
I’m Chris Collins and this is Christian Lafferty and before we get started with our list, let’s talk about the news! Auto News Update #1: Solar Powered Vehicles Christian starts off by telling us the news, he announces, “We’ve got some good news. This was fascinating to me, there’s this article called […]
Questions Your Service Advisors Should Be Asking
Questions Your Service Advisors Should Be Asking.. Welcome everybody to Service Drive Revolution. I’m Chris Collins and this is Christian Lafferty. Today, we’re going to be talking about questions your service advisors should be asking. Additionally, we’re also going to keep you up to date on the latest news in our industry. […]
Service Manager Tips to Having Saturday’s Off
Get your notebook and pencil ready for you will be enlightened with Service Manager Tips from these two experiences finalists. On today’s episode of Service Drive Revolution, we have two of the finalists in the You versus You, Jeep challenge. We’ve got Christopher and Casey with some great interviews. If you work at a Dealership […]
Mastering the Power of Persuasion with Dr. Robert Cialdini
We have exciting conversations for you today with Dr. Cialdini, the author of Influence, The Psychology of Persuasion and Pre-Suasion. Dr. Robert Cialdini is an incredible teacher and fan of human behavior and this is the ramp up to our Top Dog event in October. Top Dog is an annual event we always look forward […]
Importance of Respect in the Workplace with Stephen Mason
Today on the show, we have a special guest, Stephen Mason, an incredible conversationalist. You’re going to want to listen to it until the very end. We will talk about the importance of respect in the workplace. Also, we’re going to answer your questions and much more, coming up on Service Drive Revolution. Sitting in […]
How Tesla Buying Experience Is Changing The Industry
Is the Tesla Buying Experience changing the world? Today on the show, Christian and I are going to talk about, should you automate service advisers or automate salespeople and are people still buying cars, even though they’re expensive? Is Christian actually an unaware pain in the customer? Do salespeople and service advisors add to […]
Motivating Employees In The Workplace With Michelle Elrod
We’re going to answer your questions. Remember if we answer your question on the show, the number is (833) 3-ASK-SDR , we will send you some swag if you do! Today we will be going over Motivating Employees in the Workplace and screening employers. Interestingly enough, one of the questions from our show today […]
How long should a used car reconditioning take?
Today on the show we talked about how long it takes people to perform used car reconditioning. Again, I’m Chris Collins. This is Christian Lafferty and that’s what’s coming up on Service Drive Revolution. It’s very clear that all of these rental car companies are going through bankruptcy because they’re a disaster. They […]
