CBT Automotive Network Podcast

Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/jeff-dyke-daily-automotive-newscast-december11-2019/

Today on CBTNews.com - Wednesday, December 11th, 2019: Sonic Automotive President Jeff Dyke Discusses Trends in the Auto Industry and EchoPark Expansion Plans On today’s show, we welcome back Jeff Dyke, President of Sonic Automotive, the fifth-largest U.S. dealership group. Jim and Jeff discuss how Sonic Automotive did as a whole for 2019, what's on the agenda for 2020, and their big plans for expanding.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/sonic-automotive-president-jeff-dyke-discusses-trends-in-the-auto-industry-and-echopark-expansion-plans/

On today’s show, we welcome back Jeff Dyke, President of Sonic Automotive, the fifth-largest U.S. dealership group. Jim and Jeff discuss how Sonic Automotive did as a whole for 2019, what’s on the agenda for 2020, and their big plans for expanding EchoPark.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/busywork-to-generate-business/

David says to stay busy, start developing a phrase he used when he was a salesperson and things got a little slow during the month, “busy work.” He suggests what goes into finding and creating “busy work” and shares several examples.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/attracting-auto-technicians-in-a-highly-competitive-market-don-reed-dealerpro-training/

On today’s show, we’re pleased to welcome back Don Reed, CEO of DealerPRO Training, one of the nation’s top fixed-ops training platforms for dealers.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/preparing-your-salespeople-to-communicate-virtually/

On today’s Tip of the Day, Glenn Pasch talks about the “virtual showroom” and how you should be preparing your salespeople and/or your BDC to communicate with the customer as virtual salespeople.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/the-importance-of-an-fi-specialist/

Nowadays, some sales managers are submitting deals to the bank directly, assuming that all they’re doing is streamlining the process. On this week’s episode of F&I Today, Becky Chernek discusses the importance of having an F&I specialist at your dealership.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/what-november-sales-numbers-indicate-for-the-close-of-2019/

Here to give us an overview of this November’s numbers and what we can expect from Q4 and beyond is Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist and senior director of industry insights at Cox Automotive.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/daily-automotive-newscast-december09-2019/

Today on CBTNews.com - Monday, December 9th, 2019: What November Sales Numbers Indicate for the Close of 2019 Here to give us an overview of this November's numbers and what we can expect from Q4 and beyond is Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist and senior director of industry insights at Cox Automotive. Watch Now The True Cost of Education For Your Team.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/7-customer-contact-selling-points/

On this week’s episode of the Weekly Tune-Up, Jim Fitzpatrick sits down with guest host Michael Roppo, President of Automotive Domain Results, to go over his seven fixed-ops customer contact selling points in detail.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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Originally posted on: https://www.cbtnews.com/how-to-be-productive-when-traffic-is-slow/

On this week’s episode of Straight Talk, David Lewis talks about some newer tools that you need to learn how to use in order to generate new business when times are slow.

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CBT Automotive Network is a multi-media platform for retail automotive professionals. With digital channels including a daily show, informative website, daily eNewsletters, monthly magazine, webinars and 9 network shows hosted by the industry's top trainers and thought leaders. CBT is your dealership's "go to" source from the showroom to the service drive.

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