by The Alpha Dawg | Jan 26, 2016 | Featured, Internet Battle Plan, Jim's Thoughts, News, Seminars, Training, Video
Jim Ziegler and Debbie Ziegler and the entire Alpha Dawg Posse are coming to Houston with Internet Battle Plan XIX March 9th and 10th at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Houston, TX. 20 experts on Internet sales and marketing, SEO, SEM, video, youtube, BDC sales,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Dec 23, 2015 | Featured, Jim's Thoughts, WardsAuto
Just a guess, but my observations tell me as many as half of the F&I managers working in dealerships have never attended F&I training classes. I would go so far as to say upwards of 90% of sales managers haven’t a clue as to how to properly disclose a contract...
by The Alpha Dawg | Dec 9, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
My wife, Debbie, finally took a long-overdue trip to Phoenix to visit her sister. It was an opportunity for both of us to face our fears. She had yet to take a trip by herself since we got married. I hadn’t been home alone for more than 20 years. I arranged for...
by The Alpha Dawg | Nov 11, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts, News, VW
In the television version of “The Incredible Hulk” back in the ’70s, Bill Bixby portraying Bruce Banner used to say the show’s famous tagline: “You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” You won’t have to read between the lines or guess what kind of mood I’m in as I write...
by The Alpha Dawg | Oct 12, 2015 | Featured, Jim's Thoughts, News, Seminars, Training, Video
THIS COMING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH… It’s going to be Me, The Alpha Dawg, Jim Ziegler and my friends Shaka Dyson and Tony Dee will be performing our first broadcast in a continuing series of educational BLAB Broadcasts by the Jim Ziegler, the #AlphaDawg. For...
by The Alpha Dawg | Oct 8, 2015 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
If you have never read “Elvis Is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself,” do yourself a favor. It’s an incredible book by the late Southern humorist, Lewis Grizzard. You couldn’t live in Atlanta for the last 30 years and not be aware of our hometown boy and the wisdom...