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Automotive Manufactures Site Control - What is it?
Unfortunately these are trying times for many domestic automobile dealers for a number of reasons. The depth of the problems has much to do with the brand, the market and the dealers' personal situation. For many, losses or a lack of profits is starting to take its toll not just on the bottom line but on the operators and their families, their relationship with the factory and their employees. I have some examples that, unless witnessed, can be hard to appreciate. Hopefully my description will shed light where it is needed, understanding where it must and empathy where it should.

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What Counts Most
You'd think investors would rate superior performance as the most important factor in choosing an investment dealer.

Are you Untouchable
In January 2003 The Cleveland Plain Dealer ran this headline – “Ohio lost 200,000 manufacturing jobs”. They blamed competition from India and China.

CONSUMERISM
LET THE DEALER BEWARE

Using the web to drive sales
This article is a short but illuminating example of how a car dealer has used Google to their advantage.

Mubarak Abdullahi’s home-made helicopter takes Nigeria’s Kano Plains by storm
Yahoo! News (among other sources) carries a story from October 21st about Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi of the Kano Plains of Nigeria who has built a working helicopter over the last 8 months using scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed Boeing 747.

Dealer Incentive Programs
You hear about them on the television all the time, mostly with cars, but not always. Still, what is a dealer incentive program and how could one possibly benefit you? To be perfectly honest, and I can be because I'm not selling you anything (wink) the term dealer incentive program is a little more broad than getting cash or prizes for buying something. In a very real sense a dealer incentive program can bolster sales, reduce sales costs, reward loyalty to your brand and help launch new products. From a pretty simplistic standpoint, let's look at all four of these.

Fred Wilson and the Venture Capital (Non-)Cartel
When a capitalist says that he is pleased to see profits increase as his competitors disappear and the remainder hold the line on price is that a cartel? How is it different from the CEO of, say, Honda, gloating about the elimination of other auto companies, and then asking the remaining companies to hold car prices?

Is Leadership Success 99% Failure?
During an interview, when asked the secret to his leadership success, Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda Motor Company and one of the most respected business leaders in the world, responded that success is 99% failure.

Who Should You Use to Raise Your Capital?
Caution! It may be illegal to compensate a non-licensed broker/dealer.

Improve Channel Partner Performance - How to Engage and Collaborate With Partners to Improve ROI
Manufacturers, in their quest to increase the brand loyalty and mind share of dealer employees, look for ways to increase dealer engagement and collaboration. Engagement is the employee's positive emotional attachment to the organization. Collaboration is the ability of the dealer employee to interact with both manufacturer and other dealers for problem solving and best practices ideas. If you can do a better job of engaging and collaborating with your dealers, they will do a better job representing your brand and selling your product, increasing your return on investment (ROI).

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