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Blog - September 2012

Play the Right Movie

Here's a math lesson and a different way to look at closing ratio. There are only 2 possible closing ratios for each individual customer opportunity you get. Either 0% or 100%. They either buy from you or buy from someone else. If a customer shops around and meets 5 salespeople working at 5 different dealerships they still only buy one car so 4 salespeople get 0% and one gets 100%. Over a month or year IF everything was equal (skills, personality, and product) we would expect that if all customers shop at 5 places then the average closing ratio would be 20%. Here's the problem. Everything is not equal. Some salespeople will achieve significantly lower than 20% due most often to weakness in skills, attitude, or leadership.

Anticipation

We always talk about client follow-up as the key to the next sale. Anticipating client needs before they happen or being top of mind when they do happen, significantly increases your odds of a repeat or referral sale. Here's a good sales story from this week...

That't Just The Way It Is...

One of the most frustrating things for people like us working in automotive training and dealer staff development is the inertia we encounter with long held beliefs. Many dealer principals and staff in our industry are resistant to or have an inability to accept change. These changes can be happening with markets, customer expectations, or technology. Too often it takes a radical loss of volume, profitability, or client retention before a dealership hurts bad enough to make needed changes.