By outlining a fixed operations marketing plan with daily, monthly and quarterly plans, industry expert Don Reed explains how dealers can realize a 20-percent increase in fixed operations traffic.

Year-end at an automotive dealership is undoubtedly the most stressful time the accounting office experiences. Accountant David Keller discusses measures dealers can take to lessen the stress at year-end and prepare for their CPA’s year-end fieldwork.

Why spend money to drive traffic to a site that doesn’t convert? Greg Wells, business development expert, offers tips to help boost a dealership website’s conversion.

Recent fraudulent emails to dealerships purporting to be from the FTC prompt attorney Tom Hudson to issue a word of caution to dealers: Make sure any "authorities" who approach the dealership are the real thing before taking any action.

In the buy here pay here business, deal structure must be sound, which means it makes sense for the dealer and the customer. Brent Carmichael, BHPH expert, explains the components that make up deal structure—term, payment, interest rate, back-end products, and vehicle.

The Durbin Bill, which was a part of the Dodd-Frank Act, regulates the merchant processing costs associated with taking certain types of debit-card payments. Technology Expert Allen Dobbins explains how the bill is lowering costs for dealers who accept credit and credit card payments.

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced today the introduction of Desk/Mate, an advanced F&I Desking System for auto dealers that is available as part of Auto/Mate’s dealership management system (DMS) software.

vAuto announces additional functionality for its Provision inventory management system to help dealers improve the acquisition and management of used vehicles.

Dominion Dealer Solutions announced today it has launched a dealer-branded consumer mobile app. The Be Back app, a white-labeled mobile application branded for each dealership, is a mobile glove box app designed to help consumers manage their vehicle’s maintenance needs from one device.

Dominion Dealer Solutions announced today it has launched an integrated inventory management offering for automotive dealers. The new application combines three critical inventory elements -- inventory data, analytics and merchandising – in one powerful and reliable product.

Dominion Dealer Solutions, industry leader in equity data mining, automotive marketing, CRM, lead generation, reputation and inventory management, today announced that its equity alert tool, DealActivator, has been chosen by Jaguar North America as a premier provider of equity mining solutions to its retailers nationwide.

Automotive Compliance Consultants, the only dealership-exclusive compliance experts in the auto industry, advises auto dealers to stay alert to how the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under new director Richard Cordray will affect auto dealerships.