Are Your Sales and Marketing Strategically Aligned

Are Your Sales and Marketing Strategically Aligned

If up to 80 percent of the customer buying journey is conducted online and through digital media content, your sales and marketing teams need to be aligned and executing from the same “playbook.” Today, more companies are managing sales and marketing through the same...
How Will You Grow Your Revenue Next Year?

How Will You Grow Your Revenue Next Year?

It’s October, and we are well into the fourth quarter of another strong new vehicle sales year. During the previous six years, we have experienced year-over-year growth in new vehicle sales. The year 2016 will most likely be a strong one. But even with incentives near...
The CFO View of Optimizing Sales Returns

The CFO View of Optimizing Sales Returns

Typically, a company’s CFO or senior financial executive is a fiscal-planning resource. He can contribute a comprehensive viewpoint and appreciation of the company’s financials. The CFO offers a clear view of the fully burdened cost of resources—including sellers and...
Creating an Appointment Culture

Creating an Appointment Culture

Are you familiar with the Anna Karenina Principle? This theory was first mentioned in a book of the same title by author, Leo Tolstoy in 1877. The first sentence of the book reads, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is different in its own way.” How...