For any dealership, we know the importance of the F&I department. As Wards Auto notes, F&I is "one of the most important profit centers in any dealership" with primary duties being to control the sale and arranging financing for the customer. If our Business Managers can seal those deals, ...

Fresh Content Ideas for Your Dealership's Social Media Pages When it comes to social media efforts for your automotive dealership, it's important to keep it fresh. Sticking to a few tried and true topics with good opportunities for revolving content is an excellent way to gain and retain the ...

Staying up to date with the Finance and Insurance field is demanding. Look at it this way: F&I conferences are a yearly investment that reaps benefits in worker productivity and competence. These conferences also provide a venue for networking, promoting brand recognition through product ...

Car dealerships are faced with disadvantages in today's fast-paced market. The belief that car purchasing can be a painfully long process is based on many old traditions at car dealerships that persist today. Faster sales can be accomplished by improving in three different areas. Each of these ...

Many benefits accrue from partnering with a focus forward Finance and Insurance (F&I) provider when you are in the auto dealership business. With better-managed sales and F&I departments, you can expect high F&I profits for all your vehicle sales. Your company also retains customers due ...

Being an F&I Manager has never been easy—and the younger generations are making it more difficult than ever. Dealerships are becoming a last resort for Generation Z, who grew up through the recession of the late 2000s. Burdened by student loan debt and inflation, these younger customers often ...

Is Your Dealership Up on All of the Industry Trends? To stay ahead of the competition, it is critical that a dealership is keeping up with the latest news and trends in the industry. Automotive News reported the trends to watch throughout 2019. As the article states, "many shifts in the automotive ...

Changed to Speed Up Your F&I Sales Process with 3 Simple Steps SPEED IS KEY According to a study done by Autotrader, the average dealership takes 61 minutes (or the time it takes to learn 20 foreign words and phrases) to complete the finance and insurance portion of a sale. The study also ...

The two most important aspects to think about when purchasing a motor vehicle is how you will finance it and how you will insure it. The F&I Business Manager comes in handy when your customers have decided to purchase a certain car. They are the person customers are handed to by the sales ...

COMPETITION IS FIERCE With 2019's economy in full swing, consumers are out in force looking for great products and even better customer experiences. This is especially true for car dealerships as online markets pop up and offer the consumer the ease of car shopping from their couch.