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I am a salesman at a Chrysler Jeep and Dodge dealership in San Diego. All our new vehicles have a LIFETIME WARRANTY. I am not a fleet or internet sales person, I am just your average sales go who is wanting to find that extra mile and take it, what can I do drive more customers to me. I mean as far as generating new leads. Please help me!!!

My first advice, having done it for years, is to run from the car business as fast as you can. That is unless, which is rare, that you work for a store with a good pay plan and doesn’t work you like a slave.

As far as advertising, I recommend sites like Craigslist. It is free and allot of people read it. Put it in the cars for sale by dealerships section. You will have to repost it frequently, due to other salespeople flagging it.

Also, you indicated that you are just a regular salesman. If you think that way then you will starve. The difference between a salesman and closer are light years apart.

Work on becoming a closer and not a salesman. A closer makes a $100K a year and a salesman make $30K. Which one do you want to be?

Do ever fear a customer getting up and walking away. Be polite, professional, bold and don’t hesitate to call bullshit when the customer is dishing it out.

If they tell you they can get it for $3K less down the street, then the question that should be politely asked is, "Wow, with such a great deal, why are you hear?" They are their because that deal does not exist.

Closers call BS and nail people to the wall. Great movies on sales are "Suckers"; great for the car business and "Glen Gary, Glen Ross". The Alec Baldwin scene in particular. Both can be found at your local Blockbuster.

You have to have brass balls to close people. You have to be the mentally toughest person at the table. You also can’t close them all. You cannot overcome ignorance, stupidity or poverty on behalf of the buyers.

this would involve updating contacts made with my clients etc?

http://www.salesforce.com/crm/sales-force-automation/sales-tools/

Without paying them extra, it should really be a part of their job.

Review their compensation model.

If you want employees to sell, you need to ensure that a large part of their compensation is tied to their sales. So give them a small base salary and a large commission portion; that will make them try to sell more.

You can also make use of non financial incentives – such as recognizing an employee who has made a good sale, or has taken an account away from a competitor – and give them recognition before their peers. Call a general company meeting and acknowledge the employee, then give him/her a coveted parking space, or a small gift card, whatever. You will be pleasantly surprised how effective such non-monetary incentives can be. People always love being recognized before their colleagues – use that to your advantage and benefit. It’s a win-win situation for everyone.

im starting a new job and an incredicble opportunity at one of, if not the highest volume lexus dealership in the united states. I will be in the pre-owned section. Speaking to a couple of the other guys that work there, they all make 100k plus. i have never been in car sales, sales yes, but never cars. other than walk in and friends and family leads, what would do you do for leads/sales?

thanks im a little nervous but excited about this at the same time.

Realistically, there are few options. you can send out notices of your new position to former clients (people you sold other items to) and to members of any service or social organizations that you are a member of. You may also be able to purchase a small ad in your church’s weekly bulletin (if you are a member of the church). Unless the people actually know you, even if they see your ads they will not ask for you if they come to the dealership, so most ads that you would pay for would actually be subsidizing the other salesmen.

It will take a while to build a customer base. The best thing you can do is get in early and stay late. It takes a lot of hours (mostly sitting waiting for customers) to make it in the retail business A 70 hour week is normal

Have you thought about pay per click programs? The two biggest, I think, are Yahoo! and Google

A few free resources – check out the sources box for links:

1) Create a blog pertaining to your field

2) Use Yahoo! Local & Yahoo! Groups – Be sure to read the TOS for each one!

3) Write articles pertaining to your field and/or expertise.

4) Advertise on Craiglist

Also, consider signing up for an affiliate program. These programs enable you to advertise on other’s sites (your affiliates) and once a sale is made to you, your affiliates & the program are paid a commission.

I listed a few handy sites & articles relating to marketing, promotion & advertising. Here are some book titles that are relevant:

* The Complete Idiot’s Guide ® to Marketing Basics by Sarah White
* The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries, Jack Trout
* Creative Advertising: Ideas and Techniques from the World’s Best Campaigns by Mario Pricken
* Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide: Over 1500 Great Marketing Tricks That Will Drive Your Business Through the Roof by James Stephenson
* 301 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Ideas: From America’s Most Innovative Small Companies by Sam Decker

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

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I have a home based business, and am thinking of getting a car wrap to generate my own local leads. Most testimonials are about the quality of service. I am interested in hearing about results. Thank you all.

Hi,

I have a car wrap on my car now and I get a few leads per week, but not to many. But it’s there and people can always see it.

Try this site for some free leads

Are you thinking or paying someone for a sales lead, or do you want to be paid for delivering one? If either, I cannot say how much is appropriate. However, sales leads generated on the Internet and sold to insurance brokers and agents are not sold on a percentage basis. They are priced on a flat-fee basis, something like $30 for a real-time lead, $10 for a lead three days old, down to $5 or $6 for an older lead. For more information, try http://www.ileads.com