Car Dealership Guy Podcast

Fixed Ops Friday w/ Eddie Palomba, Chris Wood, & Andrew Batenhorst | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Eddie Palomba, Parts and Service Director at McGovern Automotive - Chris Wood, VP Client Strategy (Automotive) at LocalIQ/USA Today - Andrew B

Digital Retailing Was a Broken Promise. Here's What Finally Fixed It | Noah Lee, Director of Product Consulting for Multi-Solution Sales at Cox Automotive

Online car buying was sold to dealers as a way to sell cars on the internet, but for years it delivered little more than a souped-up lead, and the idea became a dirty wor

Wilkins on VinSolutions, Dortch on Processing Rates, Strong on VW | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Jason Wilkins, Dealer Principal at Joshua Tree CDJR & Victorville Mitsubishi - Charles Dortch III, Senior Vice President of Sales at CrossCheck

Why This 50-Year Dealer Group Grows by Shutting Down Stores & Why It Works | Jay Healey, Chief Marketing Officer at Healey Brothers Automotive Group

Jay Healey is the Chief Marketing Officer at Healey Brothers Automotive Group, the largest dealer group in New York's Hudson Valley, with 10 stores, more than 750 employe

Miles on Pre-Owned, Pulluaim on Absorption, Stapleton on 3x Sales | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Kip Miles, Director of Automotive Operations at Tom Wood Group - Korey Pulluaim, Vice President at Pocket20 - Ben Stapleton, GM at McGraw Ford

Fixed Ops Friday w/ Greg Johnson, Scott Painter, Mark Payne & Joseph Ruppel | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - David Thomas, Director of Content Marketing at CDK Global - Greg Johnson, General Manager at Mohawk Honda - Mark Payne, President at Total Dea

"It's All Going Away!" Why Your Dealership's Software Stack Is About to Collapse (+ What Replaces It) | Mike Gilson, CEO at Conversica

Mike Gilson believes that five years from now, the car business will look back and laugh at the software dealers run on today. Groups with 50 to 100 stores often juggle

Preston on Turnarounds, Saylor on Service, Shivers on Community | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Bobby Preston, President at Preston Auto Group - Kim Saylor, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Fixed Operations at CDK Global - Mark Shivers,

The Coin Flip That Built an 11-Store Dealer Empire | Jim Speck, President of Circle Auto Group

Jim Speck walks through how he turned down a $125,000 job in Arizona for $4,000 a month plus 8% of a profit that didn't exist yet, and argues that a young operator trying

Seale on New, Kent/Salicco on co-marketing, Meisinger on Fixed | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - James Seale, Managing Partner & General Manager at Parkway Family Auto Group - Jamie Kent, Chief Strategy Officer at Overfuel - Michael Salicc

Fixed Ops Friday w/ Wilson, Grajewski, Goerlitz, Martin & Egan | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - CJ Wilson, Owner and GM at Porsche Fresno - Sarah Grajewski, Chief Operating Officer at PureCars - Luke Goerlitz, Service Manager at Napleton

Why Putting Every Ad Dollar Into Google Is a Trap (+ How to Fix It) | Jason Goldberg, General Manager of Automotive at The Trade Desk

71% of the brands a car shopper will ever consider are already in their head before they type a single search, and Jason Goldberg says that's exactly why dealers putting

Kramer on Ignite 2026, Pucillo on OSHA, Sporn on Saving $1M | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Brian Kramer, EVP, Dealer Growth & Success at Cars Commerce - Ben Sporn, CMO at VIP Automotive Group of Long Island - Zach Pucillo, Regulatory

What Jim Koons Taught Alex Perdikis, And What He’s Doing Next | Alex Perdikis, Owner/CEO at Koons Motors Inc

Alex Perdikis walks through how his AI texted service customers about selling or trading their car and drew a 60% response rate at his Ford store, with cars bought the sa

Keenan on Accounting, Steiner on Trade, Wilmeth on Sales | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Alex Keenan, Corperate Head of Market Strategy (CHoMS) at Ewing Automotive - Marc Steiner, Founder & CEO at Turn Automotive - Eric Wilmeth, VP

Fixed Ops Friday w/ Dennis Gingrich, Cody Short, & Travis Graddon | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Dennis Gingrich, Platform / Group Executive at The Niello Company - Cody Short, CRO at The Laundry Guy - Travis Graddon, General Manager at Wi

"I Was Devastated!" His Dad Sold the Store Out From Under Him. He Built an Empire Instead | Michael Brown, Owner at Empire Automotive Group

Joining host Matthew Haiken today is Michael Brown. Michael was running his father's Jaguar and Porsche store on Long Island when his dad sold it out from under him in 19

Triolo on Running 3 Dealerships, Franco/Raghav/Kennedy on Cyber Threats | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Vaughn Triolo, Platform GM at Pedder Auto Group - Peter Franco, Head of P&C Acquisition, Direct Markets at Zurich U.S. - Mahima Raghav, AVP/Se

The Hidden Reason Car Buying Still Feels Broken (+ How to Fix It) | Aaron Baldwin, President at Mobility Global, Sales Solutions

Aaron Baldwin estimates that coordination between dealers, automakers, and vendors is maybe 10% effective today, and argues that a bad car buying experience doesn't start

Frehsée on Negative, Reutsky on Advertising, Webb on Throughput | Daily Dealer Live

Today's show features: - Andrew Reutsky, Business Student at Harvard - Eric Frehsée, President at Tamaroff Group - Spencer Webb, General Manager at Audi Salt Lake City