Ever think about what other profitable dealers are doing to stay ahead of the game? Mike Boyd, founder of vAuto’s iRecon sat down with Alex Andreus, COO of Murgado Automotive Group, to talk about the steps he takes to keep his business prospering.

They discuss actionable points that’ll get you thinking about your own dealership, like:

- The current market and its turning point

- The best tools and insights to make data-driven decisions

- What’s keeping dealers up at night

- Why building a good brand reputation is crucial

In this vAuto podcast episode, Paul Metrey, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, and David Regan, Executive Vice President for Legislative Affairs at NADA detail the association’s efforts on Capitol Hill to pass legislation that would provide relief from LIFO tax liabilities many dealers incurred this year. The conversation outlines why LIFO liability has become a problem for dealers, the reasons NADA’s lobbying efforts moved from the U.S. Treasury to Congress and where House and Senate bills currently stand in terms of bipartisan support. Metrey and Regan share steps dealers can take to encourage support for the tax relief legislation from their lawmakers.

In this vAuto podcast, Micah Tindor, Senior Director for Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer, discusses the importance of adjusting consumer acquisition processes to better align with consumers’ changing expectations. Tune in to learn how consumers are more aggressively price shopping, what they now expect/need, and how to position your dealership to win more vehicles.

No two dealerships look the same but one thing that is constant is change is hard.

Any good dealer knows that change is a necessity to keep growing and finding future successes. Join us as Mike Boyd, Founder of vAuto’s iRecon, and Sean Kelley, CEO of Car Motivators, discuss how to successfully bring change to your dealership. They’ll discuss the number one challenge dealers are facing in today’s environment (hint, it’s not what you think) and how to effectively coach to overcome this challenge. You’ll walk away with top tips on implementing change, how to measure success, and how to re-frame conversations with teams in the dealership to get everyone behind the change.

In this vAuto podcast episode, Adam Robinson, CEO of Hireology, highlights a growing disconnect between the way dealers are currently filling positions in sales and service, and the expectations of the people dealers are looking to hire. Adam shares best practices to help dealers address the disconnect—from rethinking what they expect of key sales and service team members to reinventing how they compensate new team members who aren’t solely motivated by money. Adam also outlines a multi-point game plan to help dealers ensure the candidates they seek will see—and respond to—the career opportunities dealers offer. Find out why Adam believes the hiring decisions many dealers make today will shape the level of their success in the coming year and beyond.

In this vAuto podcast episode, Brian Kramer, General Manager at Germain Toyota and Germain Lincoln of Naples, joins host Micah Tindor, Senior Director for Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer. During this episode, they discuss how Brian and his team have been acquiring inventory from customers directly from their service lanes – they have not bought a vehicle from an auction since 2018! Brian also discusses how his was the very first dealership to make a sale in the Metaverse! This episode’s a must-listen for dealers and teams looking to sharpen their acquisition methods outside of the traditional auctions.

Think your reconditioning process is good enough? Think again. Vehicle reconditioning is often considered a necessary evil of inventory management—a cost of doing business that’s less glamorous than selling cars. It historically hasn’t received the attention and oversight it should. As a result, dealers often don’t consider how much their reconditioning process affects their ability to effectively appraise and acquire cars, merchandise them in the most transparent way possible and provide a why-buy-from-us differentiator with retail customers. In this podcast, join Mike Boyd, founder of iRecon, to understand the link between reconditioning and how it impacts all other aspects of used vehicle inventory management. Mike will walk through how a less-than-efficient reconditioning process hurts a dealer’s ability to buy cars as well as the signs that signal you should consider tuning up your reconditioning process.

In this vAuto podcast episode, company founder and Cox Automotive executive vice president Dale Pollak shares an overview of new solutions and a book that will debut at the NADA 2022 convention in Las Vegas. Find out how the ProfitTime Global Acquisition system helps dealers manage multi-channel inventory sourcing efforts, enabling the application of key metrics to drive success in each channel. Dale outlines how Cox Automotive’s Upside solution will help dealers implement a new method to turn wholesale vehicle sales into a profit center. Dale also discusses key take-aways from his latest book, Whole Truth: A Fresh Money-Making Method to Wholesale, the Most Misunderstood Side of Your Business, which provided the vision behind the Upside solution.

Learn more by reserving your demo at the NADA 2022 Show in Las Vegas now: vAuto.com/NADA2022

It’s no doubt the way dealers source used vehicle inventory has changed in the past two years. In this podcast, Micah Tindor, Senior Director for Kelley Blue Book® Instant Cash Offer, discusses how dealers can improve their efforts to acquire more vehicles directly from consumers. Learn how you can more quickly engage customers with vehicles to sell or trade and ensure your first offer is your best offer to make the deal. This episode also provides a sneak peek of new solutions Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer will showcase at the upcoming NADA Show. Reserve your demo of Kelley Blue Book Instant Cash Offer at NADA 2022 now. https://bit.ly/3p3FNvL

In this podcast, our lives are becoming more digital, and the car business is no exception. Consumers spend an average of 7 hours doing online research and shopping in their car buying journey. For most shoppers, the media carousel is the first place they click when on the VDP – over 60% of VDP visits on dealership websites include engagement with the photo carousel. However, most dealers do little to nothing beyond providing high-quality photos to “sell” the vehicle or their dealership within the carousel. Dealers are wasting a prime opportunity with a captured audience. vAuto Intelligent Promotion helps achieve this by making it efficient for dealers to transform the media carousel experience so they can engage shoppers and win their business online.

Get your demo of Intelligent Promotion here: https://cloud.e.vauto.com/IntelligentPromotion