Sell More Cars with Stories Have you ever heard the saying “stories sell”? If not, you should pay close attention because there is merit in that saying. I am not saying you must make up tall tales or spin a yarn. You should collect your customers’ stories and tell them Read more…
You can sell more cars but may need to make a few changes. You have developed habits if you have been selling vehicles for any time. I am not talking years and years, although it can be. You may only have been selling cars for a living for a few Read more…
I don’t think we ever talked about Joe Girard here on Car Sales Professional. Maybe it’s because I assumed everyone knew he was the best car salesman. Anyway, Joe Girard has held the Guinness World Record for selling the most cars by a car salesman. In 1973 Joe Girard sold Read more…
If you thought you could become a better car salesman by simply talking to customers and selling cars when people want to buy you are in for a rude awakening. Being a professional car salesperson requires more than experience and you can see the proof of that by taking a Read more…
Being a successful car salesman requires many attributes, but there is a very common saying when it comes to selling cars for a living that most people don’t think about very much. That saying is: “Sell yourself, the car and the dealership. I am sure you’ve all heard that from Read more…
Are You An Effective Car Salesperson? Maybe that question isn’t fair because everything is relative. So let’s establish what an effective car salesperson is and is not. True professional believes in their product, their abilities, and the dealership where they sell. They close deals and deliver cars every month consistently. Read more…
Take a look out on the showroom floor of any 100-car dealerships around the country and you would probably be lucky to find 75 car saleswomen. What was typically a profession that was once considered suitable only for a man is slowly changing, but it is changing. Ten or fifteen Read more…
You can read Part One, Part Two and Part Three Not Asking for the Sale You’ve probably heard this before, but not asking for the sale is one of the biggest hurdles to success for new car salespeople. It sounds simple, but there are salespeople showing cars, going for test Read more…
You didn’t really think I was going to write about a bunch of car salesman secrets here for the whole world to see, did you? This is published on the Internet and the last thing I want to do is let the public in on some of our selling secrets Read more…
Can you do a better job as a car salesman? Of course you can. You know that you can be a better car salesman. You know that you could take a few more ups, close a few more deals, get a few more bumps in payment which translates to a Read more…
I have seen it more times than I care to remember. The car salesman is talking, talking and talking until they talk their car buyer into becoming a “Be Back”. This car salesman tip is about shutting up because it is one of the most powerful tools that the car Read more…
A successful car salesman thinks differently than the average car saleswoman or car salesman. They have learned a few things either by selling cars for years or some other life experiences they have had in their past. They are calm, cool and confident of their ability to sell cars. They Read more…
Are you telling your customers or are you selling them? Telling is not selling and being a car salesman requires you to sell your customer rather than tell them. Most people are very skeptical when it comes to believing what other people say unless they are a trusted and respected Read more…
Closing Ratio Selling Cars By The Numbers When we talk about selling cars, it concerns the closing ratio numbers. Everything we use to determine our success when selling cars for a living is a number. How many cars were sold this month, how many ups, gross, average front and back Read more…
You know the old saying; “When you work on commission and you’re not in front of a customer, you are unemployed”. That is one of the points of this car salesman tip, what is the best uses of your time when you have a professional car sales career? When you Read more…
We are always looking for ways to get a car customer to feel more committed and obligated, one way to do that is to take them on a service walk. Walking through your service department is a one of the great car salesman tips to get your customer more involved Read more…
Have your heard of this Old School saying; Two people Meet and one gets sold? If you think about this for a minute, it is so true. People will tell the car salesman almost anything. When you get a Fresh Up, either you succeed in getting them to buy a Read more…
Over the years one thing that I have learned to do is stop judging or pre-qualifying potential car buyers. When customers come into your dealership they are really saying; Sell me a car, Mr. Salesman. Unless they are coming in for parts or service, they are interested in a car. Read more…