Marjorie Latulippe

Posts by Marjorie Latulippe

Loaner Fee Recovery: How to Protect Your Fleet and Your Profit

Loaner Fee Recovery: How to Protect Your Fleet and Your Profit

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Stop Losing Money by Fixing Your Dealership's Service No-Shows & Missed Appointments

You look at the schedule for the day. It’s packed. The bays are supposed to be full, your techs are ready, and the numbe …

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Text to Pay is the Missing Piece in Your Dealership

You know the scene. It’s 5:00 PM. The techs have worked hard all day on ROs, cars are lined up out the bay, and you’ve g …

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The Ultimate Fixed Ops Solution for Dealerships Using PBS

You know the daily grind in the service lane.

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The Best SMS Solutions for Your Dealership

How much of your day or your employees day is spent playing phone tag?

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How to Reduce Your Fixed Ops Staff Workload

How much of your service advisors’ day is spent actually advising?

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How to Increase RO Approval

You know the call. Your advisor has a $1,500 estimate. They dial the customer, take a deep breath, and try to explain ov …

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How to Increase CP Revenue

Let’s be honest. Nobody likes the traditional upsell. Your advisors feel like pushy salespeople, and your customers feel …

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How to Improve Service Affordability

Picture this. A customer comes in for an oil change. Your tech finds they desperately need new brakes and tires, a $2,00 …

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How to Reduce Service Lane Wait Lines and Fraud

You did it. The service was perfect. The car was fixed right the first time, washed, and ready to go ahead of schedule. …

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How to Maximize Loaner Fleet Profitability

Ah, the loaner fleet. The necessary evil of the service department. It’s supposed to be a tool for customer satisfaction …

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The Ultimate Guide to Car Dealership Fixed Ops

Let’s be real for a minute. The sales floor is getting tougher. Margins are getting squeezed tighter, and customers are …

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Choosing the Right CRM for Your Car Dealership

Running a car dealership is a wild ride. You’re juggling sales leads, keeping customers happy on the phone, managing ser …

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How to Improve Your Dealership's Customer Communication

Let's talk about something that, honestly, can make or break your dealership: Communication I'm not just talking about a …

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How to Reduce the Bottlenecks Impacting Your Dealership's Fixed Ops

Your fixed ops department generates 50.5% of your profit but represent just 12.4% of your total dealership sales. It's w …

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How To Turn Declined Service to Revenue Opportunities for Your Dealership

Every dealership service advisor knows this scenario: You present a repair estimate, the customer reviews the details, p …

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Here's How Your Dealership Can Actually Nail Customer Experience

Let’s be honest. Selling and servicing cars isn’t easy. Customers are expecting a lot, competition’s fierce, and margins …

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What is a Dealership Engagement System & Why You Need One

Too many dealerships treat fixed ops like an afterthought, when it should be a major growth engine. If you want to win i …

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Is Flat Rate Pay Costing You Mechanics and Customers?

You're probably looking to grow your service drive's profit margin. That's great, but let's not forget that your mechani …

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