by The Alpha Dawg | Dec 30, 2013 | Auto Dealer Monthly, Featured, Jim's Thoughts, NADA, News
There’s something magical and mystical about New Orleans. I lived there for a year once. I was only 20 at the time, and every day was an adventure. Of course, I celebrated my 21st birthday on Bourbon Street. Young, dumb, intoxicated and … Well, you get the picture....
by The Alpha Dawg | Jul 24, 2013 | Jim's Thoughts, NADA, News, WardsAuto
I’m paralyzed with disbelief that the National Automobile Dealers Assn. has scheduled Hillary Rodham Clinton as the keynote speaker at its annual convention in January. Let me make it crystal clear: This is not an attack, but rather a criticism of an organization I...
by The Alpha Dawg | Feb 27, 2013 | Jim's Thoughts, NADA, WardsAuto
Debbie and I have attended every National Automobile Dealers Assn. convention since 1987, and I have given a speech or conducted a workshop at almost every one of them. Since I first walked into a dealership in 1976 and told the sales manager I’d like a job as a car...
by The Alpha Dawg | Feb 18, 2013 | F&I and Showroom, Jim's Thoughts, NADA, TrueCar
It was slightly after dark on a September night when two buddies and I climbed the fence behind Duval Ford in Jacksonville, Fla. We hopped over with our fingers crossed, hoping no dogs were hanging around back there. No, we weren’t burglars or vandals. The year was...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jan 25, 2013 | Internet Battle Plan, Internet Sales 20 Group, NADA, News, Seminars
Hi, this is Jim Ziegler with a lot of exciting news. Just returned from Houston where I was a featured speaker at The Digital Marketing Blitz that was tied into the Houston Auto Dealers Annual Car Show. You know it’s still a thrill after all of these years to watch an...
by The Alpha Dawg | Jan 19, 2013 | F&I and Showroom, Jim's Thoughts, NADA
The movie opens with a feather wafting whimsically in the breeze. The picture then fades to a scene with a General Motors executive sitting on a bus stop bench telling a nurse next to him his life story. Then, in a very British accent, he tells her that life is like a...
