DEALERSHIP GAMIFICATION, NADA 2016 LAS VEGAS
After one of the more memorable NADA Conventions comes to an end, let me briefly recap for those unlucky souls who couldn’t attend this year. We held multiple Dealership Gamification workshops focused on engaging employees to increase morale and productivity. “Dealership Gamification is a hack that will enable you to quickly become the leader you […]
TECHNICIAN TRAINING, SHOULD WE TRAIN THE TECHS? NADA 2016
We’re midway through NADA Las Vegas and I’m losing my voice now. I just completed my third Gamification workshop on how to convert in the service drive. NADA is trying out a new interactive workshop style. No stages or rows of chairs to make the experience more interactive and fun! One important key in my technician training […]
WHATS THE COST OF INSTANT INSPECTION? NADA 2016
“What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay here” – the unofficial slogan of NADA 2016. It’s Day 3 of NADA and I just completed another successful Gamification workshop. By now word has gotten around how awesome the workshop is and unfortunately we had to turn people away because it was PACKED. It was fun seeing full […]
DLYNN PROCTOR SPEAKS TO THE CHRIS COLLINS ELITE GROUP
Service Industries all share the same goals, and the good ones share the same principles. At our last “Elite Coaching Group” Meeting we had DLynn Proctor from the Documentary SOMM as a guest speaker. He shared his lessons learned on Performance, Customer Service, Mindset, Increasing Sales and Margins. Here’s a part of the interview for […]
NEED WAYS TO MOTIVATE A SALES TEAM? TRY GAMIFICATION!
Welcome to Chris Collins, Inc.! I’m Chris, “The Bulldog,” and I specialize in finding ways to motivate a sales team like nothing you’ve ever seen. Of course, I employ comprehensive and in-depth analysis of my clients’ businesses; we dig deep to learn exactly what sales team behaviors are the true drivers of profits and performance. […]
BEST PRACTICES FOR MOTIVATING A SALES TEAM
When it comes to motivating a sales team, not just to sell, but to sell the right items to maximize their company’s profits – not to mention just to come to work on time every day, and not move on and add to expensive turnover – there is no tool more powerful than gamification. Let’s […]
17 BASIC TRUTHS OF LIFE AND BUSINESS
After arriving home from my 2015 Top Dog Event In Vegas—which took me about a week to recover from—I grabbed a tall coffee, threw on a Massive Attack album, and sat back with my bulldog, Bacon, to meditate on what I call my 17 Basic Truths of Life and Business, which I’ll share with you in […]
EMBARRASSING STORY—BUT IT MADE SALES EXPLODE…
Here’s an embarrassing story that shot a Ford dealership’s sales through the roof… but not ‘til after I was red in the face… 1993. My band had broken up—my dreams of touring the world crushed—and I was working as a service advisor at a dealership in Seattle. A consultant approached me and said, “Chris, you’re […]
SALES SECRETS OF A FARTING BULLDOG
I have a big sales lesson for you today from my farting bulldog… I’d just gotten back from being interviewed by Howard Stern on his radio show and was helping my friend Big Mike with some of his sales systems… Big Mike owns a company that sells hydroponic nutrients to pot growers, and since I’ve […]
KILLER SALES TRAINING ACTIVITIES THAT MOTIVATE AND INSPIRE
Hello and welcome to Chris Collins Inc. I’m Chris. “The Bulldog,” Collins, and I want to show you a few killer sales training activities that can really turn your business around. I use a technique called “gamification,” which applies the basic principles that make video games so compelling and motivating, to sales training, and even […]