Mike theCarGuy, an authoritative voice in the retail auto biz?

With over 25 years in the retail auto biz, the last 15 being in senior level management, I consider myself somewhat of a knowledgeable person about this industry. As a Sales Manager one of my favorite parts of the job is training, I love sharing what I know to work with others and also love watching them take that knowledge and truly reach new levels of peak performance. Lately I have been thinking that my sights may have been a bit too narrow for quite a while, I mean why limit sharing what I know with only the few that I have working directly with me? I know as much about success in the car business as most of the big speakers and more than some; why not share my opinions, tips and techniques with as many as I can? The one thing I know about car sales for sure is that there is enough business for us all because not all of those in this business are improving themselves and are simply getting but so the room for true pros is unlimited. Rather than focus solely on my own staff I have wanted to be able to share with car pros all over the things I feel I have to offer, I have joined many forums and tried to participate in many threads in them and on Facebook etc however its impossible to stay on top of so many conversations while working full time for a dealership! Recently the awesome folks at Careers In Auto asked me if I would like to write a weekly column for their online magazine geared toward dealerships managers and I was honored and STOKED! Now I can offer some of my words of wisdom to folks on a reoccurring basis in one central place and not get finger cramps from logging into a gazillion forums and websites! We shall see where this goes, who knows if my weekly blog could turn into something bigger or not but for now I will keep sharing what I've seen work, the ideas I have for whats next and even a funny bit or two! Check out the site HERE, its a really great reference for dealerships managers at every level, even dealer principals can find cool stuff there. Let me know what you think about my newest venture too, I'm looking forward to some feedback! :)

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