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Sept. 3, 2024

#115 The biggest trends in dealership hiring, Demystifying pay plans,…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Steve Adragna where we discuss: The biggest trends in dealership hiring, Demystifying pay plans, Rise of the $1M manager, Hottest automotive roles ...

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Aug. 29, 2024

#114 Building a marketplace for 30M monthly car shoppers, How dealers…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Matthew Crawford, Chief Product & Innovation Officer at Cars Commerce. We discuss: How he designs retail experiences for 30M car shoppers, best pra...

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Aug. 27, 2024

#113 The $30B market hiding within dealerships, How private equity va…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Pomella, Vice President at SAB Capital where we discuss: The $30B market hiding within dealerships, How private equity values car lots, Dealer...

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Aug. 22, 2024

#112 Transforming Subaru into a 'cult brand', Guiding explosive growt…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Tom Doll, Ex-CEO of Subaru of America where we discuss: How Tom Doll transformed Subaru into a cult brand, Guiding explosive growth over two decade...

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Aug. 20, 2024

#111 Why dealerships are still selling at record pace, Best and worst…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alan Haig, President and Founder of Haig Partners where we discuss: Best and worst auto franchises right now, Why dealerships are selling at record...

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Aug. 15, 2024

#110 From PhD to selling teslas, Becoming a top 10 used EV dealer, De…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Alex Lawrence, CEO of EV Auto where we discuss: From PhD to selling Teslas, Why EV mandate should end, Decoding Elon to beat the market and much …

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Aug. 13, 2024

#109 Most costly mistakes dealers are making, Why the FTC is coming a…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Brad Miller, Head of Legal at ComplyAuto where we discuss: The most costly mistakes dealers are making, Why the FTC is coming after car dealers, To...

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Aug. 8, 2024

#108 Building a 9-figure sales training enterprise, How an F5 tornado…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Andy Elliott, CEO of The Elliott Group where we discuss: How an F5 tornado changed his life, Getting raided by the FBI, Walking away from a $1M …

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Aug. 6, 2024

#107 Building an iconic dealer group, Where he's investing his wealth…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Fred Beans, owner of Fred Beans Auto Group where we discuss: his iconic career in the car business, wealth-building tips from Warren Buffet, the jo...

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Aug. 1, 2024

#106 Rise of the A.I. employee in car dealerships, Hack to converting…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Eric Rea, CEO of Podium where we discuss: The rise of the A.I. employee in car dealerships, Hack to converting 99% of customers, Raising $420M for ...

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July 30, 2024

#105 Secrets of the #1 auto lender, How to scale to 100M customers, W…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Sanjiv Yajnik, President of Financial Services at Capital One where we discuss: Secrets of the #1 auto lender, How to scale to 100M customers, What...

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July 25, 2024

#104 Dealer Tech Expert: How car buying is evolving, #1 killer of car…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Chase Abbott, VP Sales at Cox Automotive where we discuss: How car buying is evolving, the future of dealership technology stacks, the #1 killer of...

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July 24, 2024

CDG EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Moreno on EV mandates, auto dealerships, digita…

Bernie Moreno, US Senate candidate, joins the Car Dealership Guy podcast to discuss the car market and why he should be the next Senator from Ohio. Bernie Moreno's campaign website: https://berniemoreno.com/ Interested in adv...

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July 23, 2024

#103 CDG Market Update: Are inventory levels back to the “new-normal”…

Welcome to the third episode of The Car Dealership Guy Market Update—Brought to you by Edmunds. This segment is a monthly discussion with automotive industry experts and dealers about where our car market is today -- and wher...

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July 18, 2024

#102 Electric Vehicle Expert: Inconvenient truth about electrificatio…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Chris Nihan, President of EVready Energy where we discuss: The inconvenient truth about EV charging stations, whether the US power grid can handle ...

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July 16, 2024

#101 Dealership Data Wiz: Beating the algorithm to sell cars, How to …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jeremy Nowling, Head of Digital Retailing, Rohrman Auto Group where we discuss: Beating the algorithm to sell more cars, How to "sell to zero", dea...

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July 11, 2024

#100 Wholesaling 1.3M cars a year, Why the gap between buyers/sellers…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Shiv Dutt, President, U.S. Marketplace at OPENLANE, where we discuss: Wholesaling 1.3M cars a year, buying cars at 2:00 AM, why the gap between buy...

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July 9, 2024

#99 The Car Ad Maverick: Secrets to dealership profitability, Racing …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Len Short, co-founder of Lotlinx where we discuss: The secrets to dealership profitability, racing Porsches with VCs, Markdown doom loops, Is there...

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July 4, 2024

#98 The Dealership Mogul: Leading a $2B dealer group, Addictions in t…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Aaron Zeigler, President of Zeigler Auto Group where we discuss: Leading a $2B dealer group, how anyone can run a $100M business, addictions in the...

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July 2, 2024

#97 The Auto Tech Whisperer: The Next $300M Exit, Future of dealershi…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Mark Boyd, a prolific automotive tech entrepreneur where we discuss: the next $300m auto tech exit, Why great ideas don’t = success, should dealers...

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June 27, 2024

#96 The TikTok Dealer: Livestreaming Car Negotiations to 1,000s, How …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with George Saliba, Dealer Principal at J&S Mitsubishi where we discuss: why he's livestreaming car buying to thousands, how dealers can kill on social ...

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June 25, 2024

#95 Cyber attack testing a trillion dollar industry, “Spearfishing", …

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this special episode, I'm hosting a panel of cyber security experts, dealers, and industry insiders where we discuss: A cyber attack testing a trillion dollar industry, "spearfish...

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June 20, 2024

#93 Killing the dealership 'courtesy shuttle', Evolving the experienc…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Charles Mizrahi, Head of Automotive Partnerships at Uber, where we discuss evolving the customer experience at dealerships, killing the courtesy sh...

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June 18, 2024

#93 Why automakers are building in the US again, What car brands make…

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Jennie Newman, Editor-in-Chief of Cars.com where we discuss: Why automakers are building in the US again, What car brand makes the most American ca...

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