by The Alpha Dawg | Jul 13, 2016 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Jim's Thoughts
You’d have to have been in a coma since 1991 if you haven’t seen that clip from “A Few Good Men.” Tom Cruise is grilling Jack Nicholson in court. “I want the truth!” says Cruise, in the role of the smarmy lawyer. Nicholson, playing a battle-hardened Marine colonel,...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jul 5, 2016 | F&I and Showroom, Jim's Thoughts
Writing about leasing requires that I don several hats, as it’s important that I clarify the processes and move dealerships to a better strategic policy. When wearing my sales or desk manager hat, I need to know the best way to present my leasing vs. retail figures to...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jul 3, 2016 | Featured, Internet Battle Plan, Jim's Thoughts, News, Seminars
View and download the full class schedule for Internet Battle Plan XX in Myrtle Beach at the link below! Internet Battle Plan XX Class Schedule
by The Alpha Dawg | Jun 14, 2016 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
Life really sucks if you’re a salmon in the Upper Northwest. They’re just trying to get home to start a family. As if the journey wasn’t perilous enough, a long line of grizzly bears is waiting to eat two out of three of them before they get upstream. Poor bastards....
by The Alpha Dawg | May 13, 2016 | Data Wars, F&I and Showroom, Jim's Thoughts, NADA, News, TrueCar
They came dancing into our lives back in the mid-’90s and totally transformed our industry. In fact, I recall the first time I saw Autobytel exhibiting at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)’s convention. I shook my head and said, “That ain’t gonna...
by The Alpha Dawg | May 7, 2016 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts
I have visited five cities in three weeks, traveling to the North, South, East and West through some of the worst and most erratic weather of the year. I went from warm weather with pollen raining down everywhere to the snow, cold temperatures and wet, windy weather...
