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A Customer Experience Solution for Female Car-Buying and Selling

As influencers within the automotive retail industry, women should have tremendous power.
3 Min ReadJul 31CDK Global
How Your Dealership Can Set —and Keep — Appointments

How Your Dealership Can Set —and Keep — Appointments

It’s not you – it’s us. Our beloved automotive industry does some things very well and, yet, other things have been a struggle for decades.

3 Min ReadMay 23Jon Purdy
Automotive BDC

3 Metrics to Measure Automotive BDC Performance

Does your dealership use an external BDC for sales calls? Many managers like to keep control of their sales process...
4 Min ReadFeb 27CDK Global
Protecting Your Dealership from Cyberattacks in 2019

Protecting Your Dealership from Cyberattacks in 2019

The majority of IT professionals at dealerships across the country agree that it’s not a matter of if, but when your dealership will fall prey to targeted attacks involving malware, ransomware, data exfiltration, or phishing.
5 Min ReadFeb 13CDK Global

10 Things you need to know about Service Connect

Service Connect is the FASTEST way for you to get CDK Support — AND it’s much faster than the phone. There's no waiting on hold, trying to remember your CMF number or wading through endless prompts. There’s so many great advantages of Service Connect, but here are the top 10 things you need to know.
1 Min ReadJan 9CDK Global
Why Dealers Need to Make the Switch to SD-WAN

Why Dealers Need to Make the Switch to SD-WAN

With the help of CDK Global, Audi Coral Springs is molding themselves in the way the customer wants to do business.
3 Min ReadDec 14CDK Global
How Automating Accounts Payable Yielded Money-Saving Results

How Automating Accounts Payable Yielded Money-Saving Results

Paying bills. No one likes doing it, but imagine the responsibility of cutting about 2,500 checks each month — but only after the General Managers and Department Managers have approved every expense — across five stores.
3 Min ReadNov 19CDK Global
CDK Cloud Connect Helps Grieco Auto Group with Growth

CDK Cloud Connect Helps Grieco Auto Group with Growth

When Michael Grieco Sr. opened his first new car franchise in 1995, installing a network with maximum uptime, dependability, cost efficiency, and simplicity were all concerns.
3 Min ReadOct 18CDK Global
GROW YOUR SERVICE BUSINESS THROUGH YOUR BDC

GROW YOUR SERVICE BUSINESS THROUGH YOUR BDC

Most dealerships use a Business Development Center (BDC) to help fill the pipeline for vehicle sales. But a much smaller number of dealers take full advantage of a BDC to deliver more Service business.
7 Min ReadOct 9CDK Global
women talking

Women: We're Stronger Together

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m fiercely passionate about supporting and empowering women in automotive.
3 Min ReadJul 3Kathy Gilbert
Five Habits of a Successful Dealer Principal

Five Habits of a Successful Dealer Principal

The success of a dealership depends in large part on the leadership of the Dealer Principal. Check out the five habits of a successful Dealer Principal.
3 Min ReadMay 31Mike Stoll

Automotive Retail in the Age of the Empowered Customer

Forrester's recent report on "The Age of the Empowered Customer" really gets you thinking. Chief Customer Experience Officer, Tony Graham penned his thoughts about what the auto retail industry can do to serve customers in this new era.
1 Min ReadMay 14CDK Global