Bruce Miller shares his incredible life journey from salesperson to dealer. Find out why his motto is, "All Gas and No Brakes!"

He will inspire you to live your life right NOW! He explains why this is a core foundation for his everyday decisions and why. There is much to learn from this man who has been through incredible adversity throughout his life and managed to change his life course for the better. 

"The ups and downs are stepping stones to becoming a better person and partner with growth mentality", he says. Meanwhile, he sold over 700 used cars in his first year of business! 🏆

"Never stop learning" he says and you will understand why this is so relevant to all of us in a world that evolves at lightning speed!

He proves that adversities can propel you forward.

Bruce Miller, [email protected] | cell 504-615-9297

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The data is telling us to change our thinking about follow up!

Sharing some new mentality on your content drip!

Take a hard turn from obvious sales messaging to branding your value! Show off your team, dealership and you so when the car buyers are ready they think of you! 

Value based messaging! Yessss! 

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Kayla Kody, Vice President of Richmond Ford Auto Group is always thinking about the client experience. She challenges dealership processes to find more modern and efficient ways to save money, improve CSI and maintain happy team members! Hence, the focus on starting the sale using a digital retail tool AND implementing a 4-day work week! 

Imagine the talent they attract with all of this goodness surrounding improvements on peoples lives!

Her recent showroom sales process update is proving increased grosses and F & I product sales! She opens up about how it all works! 

Get inspired!

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Ready to learn some things that most car people do not know?

This is a great episode where we have a solution provider talking with one of the biggest names in dealer transportation! Learn how both dealers and transporters operate which impacts how dealers overcome inefficiencies from finding a reliable transporter to streamlined billing. There's so much we unpack!

Ever wonder how the dealership transportation and the logistics sides work?  We slide in from the transporters perspective today!

I have two guests! Dan Sperau, Co-Founder and COO of Autosled and Ty Thompson, CEO of Cars on the Move for 25 years! They will be discussing the obstacles and opportunities facing transporters today. Transporters & Dealers are interconnected- they need Dealers, but Dealers need the Transporters!

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LotLinx.com is a VIN Management Platform that enables precision automotive retailing via /AI/ technologies that improves dealership profitability.

Autosled.com is the next-generation automotive transportation logistics platform and marketplace.

 

 

Mentality of todays educators and coaches - How We Became Automotive’s Best! 

Get to know the guys training all over the country along with myself. Know us on a much deeper level. We chat about what it takes to be successful in the car biz! 

✅ The Why?

✅ What Brought Us to Automotive

✅ How Did We Survive Selling Cars?

✅ The Mentors That Motivated

✅ Hardest Lessons

✅ Greatest Rewards

What Are You Capable Of? What is your opportunity to grow? We hope to inpsie you in yoru journey.

Stay humble. Stay hungry. 😀

Dealer Talk with Jen Suzuki Podcast |[email protected] | 800-625-1590 | edealersolutions.com

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LotLinx.com is a VIN Management Platform that enables precision automotive retailing via /AI/ technologies that improves dealership profitability.

Autosled.com is the next-generation automotive transportation logistics platform and marketplace.

Your phone process can hold you back from selling cars. Not being prepared with effective questions will also prevent sales. Be sure you are updated and relevant right now! You don’t want to miss a deal! It’s happening in every dealership when there isn’t an updated game plan to handle todays headwinds.

I like the📱phone because they are buyers! Have a game plan for when you do and do not have the car. I’ll share my mentality with you along with my sales techniques. SO, be ready to take a lot of notes! 📝

Are you selling at MSRP?

What rates are you seeing?

What’s your markup?

What’s the residual?

I want a trade value and I live far away.

These are everyday questions that you need a plan to mitigate them and be confident enough to snapback and get this opportunity moving forward! I'm hookin' it up in this episode! 

Dealer Talk with Jen Suzuki Podcast |[email protected] | 800-625-1590 |edealersolutions.com

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🤔 What does it mean when people say focus on the basics of selling? There are some basics like building relationships, identifying client needs, pipeline management, closing deals, call planning, qualifying and so much more! In this episode I touch on some of these!  

I will help you consider important parts in your sales process right now. 

Be sure you are ready to sell when you show up! This chat will get you in the mood! 🥇

Dealer Talk with Jen Suzuki Podcast |[email protected] | 800-625-1590 |edealersolutions.com

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LotLinx.com is a VIN Management Platform that enables precision automotive retailing via /AI/ technologies that improves dealership profitability.

 

Tim Kraemer has achieved BMW of North America's highest honor not once but 9 times...the Center of Excellence Award. Only given out to top 32 dealerships for delivering exceptional sales, service and customer experince.  But, that's just one accolade, he's undeniably well-respected and you will see why in this interview!

He was a former Senior Vice President and General Manager in Minnesota's most prestigious automotive group. He has gained so much experience since climbing his way to dealership Partner. Tim is on 🔥fire🔥 and he drops a lot of great advice, lessons and actions to further develop people and organizations. On the drop of a dime, I ask him to give me his top 10 Must-Do's Everyday - find out what they are! 

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A new year presents new opportunities to grow and prosper. Building a strong team is on the mind of so many right now as the auto industry pivots again.    feeling inspired talking with Bill Carmichael, former CEO of Summit Automotive Partners who led 14 years in this role. He started as a vehicle salesperson and rose through every rank to become CEO.  This casual chat will endorse leaders who are carefully growing their business, teams and self.    Bill shares many lessons learned that are so relevant in todays times.    “Stay curious. Stay humble. If you see a problem, fix it so it’s sustained."   "Build a culture so strong that the people within will defend it. If you don’t want to be part of the culture, they will reject you. That’s a transfer of ownership, so we don’t have to remind people anymore.  When you can get proper buy in at this level, our jobs are easier, customers are happier and we can create the magical high performance team.”   - Bill Carmichael    Bill's Favorite Books:

Service-Profit Chain, James Heskett, W. Earl Sasser, Jr, Leonard A. Schlesinger

7 Habits of Highly Successful People, Stephen Covey

- “With People, slow is fast and fast is slow”

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell

Changing Minds, Howard Gardner

Difficult Conversation, Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Shelia Heen

The 5 Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni

4 Disciplines of Execution, Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Harding

Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Punished By Rewards, Alfie Kohn

Drive, Danial Pink

Multipliers, Liz Weisman

The Way of Integrity, Martha Black

As the Man Thinkith, James Allen

The Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday

From Strength to Strength, Arthur C. Brooks

The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale

How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie

  Dealer Talk with Jen Suzuki Podcast |[email protected] | 800-625-1590 | edealersolutions.com   Check out our sponsor!  LotLinx.com is a VIN Management Platform that enables precision automotive retailing via /AI/ technologies that improves dealership profitability.

To all the dealership leaders out there! This one is for you! You likely have been thinking about getting your store to it's next level! So, here we go! I've got plenty of areas that will get you there in this episode. 🔥 All results-proven through time spent on each example given in my clients dealerships. 

Some things will need a bit of TLC this year! I share multiple areas that have been game-changers for my dealer clients. If you are rethinking onboarding, pay plans, mental health team member support, team training, building a team, those save-a-deal meetings and even simplifying your sales process...I packed a quick chat on all of this for ya! 

Dealer Talk with Jen Suzuki Podcast |[email protected] | 800-625-1590 |edealersolutions.com

Check out our sponsors! 

LotLinx.com is a VIN Management Platform that enables precision automotive retailing via /AI/ technologies that improves dealership profitability.

Autosled.com is the next-generation automotive transportation logistics platform and marketplace.

STELLAautomotive.com is an artificial intelligence digital voice assistant that answers your car dealership's inbound service calls.