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…
Maybe that question isn't fair because everything is relative. So let's establish what an effective car salesman is and is not. A true professional believes in his or her product, their abilities and the dealership where they sell. They close deals and deliver cars every month consistently. Everyone has a 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…