-By Sally Whitesell For AutoSuccess Magazine Your phone is ringing. It’s your most important customer calling. Your dealership has spent a lot of money to get the phones to ring. Every poorly handled call is a lost opportunity that you can’t afford. When service advisors – who are already working at a frenetic pace – […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Magazine Customer satisfaction surveys have trained us as consumers to scrutinize every aspect of our customer service experience. You can’t make a purchase without someone asking you to fill out a survey. I could spend 2 minutes in a store and feel perfectly satisfied because my visit was quick and […]
By Sally Whitesell for Fixed Ops Magazine. As a professional trainer, my goal is to help you increase production, retain customers and employees, and boost CSI. Yet many times I’ll be training at a dealership and notice that the foundation needed to build these wins aren’t in place. Here are some crucial questions to ask […]
Sally Whitesell, president of sw Service Solutions, joins the AutoSuccess Podcast to discuss how you can make your training sessions pay off. Listen now:
By Kristopher Hampton for Auto Success Magazine. Imagine for a moment that you are the coach of your favorite team and getting ready for a new season. You have the right players and talent to go all the way to the championship with hard work, focus, preparation, and training. This is going to be the […]
-by Sally Whitesell for Dealer Service Magazine. Never underestimate the importance of a professional greeting! Nothing sets the tone for an exceptional service experience more than a warm welcome. I’m not just referring to your client’s experience, but also your advisor’s experience with each individual. When we start off by making clients feel like a […]
-by Sally Whitesell for Auto Success Magazine. Are you conducting training sessions without getting results? Are you having problems getting your team to retain information and effectively implement your processes? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you may not be presenting material in a way that triggers the memory banks of 90% […]
-by Sally Whitesell for Dealer Service Magazine. Every time I do a seminar I am reminded about how confused advisors, and even managers, can be about the true responsibilities of a service advisor’s position. We simply need look at the title “Service Advisor” to get a clear understanding that this job is to advise every […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Magazine. Is your top performer good enough to set the standard for your entire department? If everyone settles for reaching that advisor’s performance level, will your store truly be great? If having all of your advisors step up to your top performer’s level is your dream come true, you need to […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Magazine. When a potential guest calls your store, they want your store to be the place they will spend their money. The sale is yours to lose. Unfortunately, we often think of phone calls as something we need to “get handled” and hire a minimum wage employee with a nice […]
5 Keys to Building Customer Loyalty -by Sally Whitesell for Fixed Ops Magazine. These days we’re all focused on making sure our guests are completely satisfied. We seem to think that if they are, they will become loyal clients. This simply isn’t true. Loyalty is not built through a satisfactory experience, it is built through […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Magazine. Does your team dress for success? If they want to be treated as professionals, they must look like professionals, so it’s time to suit up. We’d all love to wear our comfortable weekend clothes to work, but if we want to be treated with respect and taken seriously, we […]
-by Sally Whitesell for Autosuccess Magazine. Keep your customers by keeping your employees. Employee turnover in the automotive industry has increased to 43%(1). We know that turnover takes a big bite out of our profits in every department, but in the service department, it’s also costing you customers. Your clients like to see the same […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Dealer Service Magazine. In my two previous articles (Part 1 and Part 2), I shared the importance of creating the right environment for your female clients on the drive, in the waiting area and even in the restrooms. Why? Because women are the primary purchasers of almost everything! Decades of […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Service Magazine. For today’s client, convenience is everything. Just ask the top online retailers; Amazon, Walmart.com, Apple, and Staples. Fortune.com reports that 51% of all purchases in America are made online and that number increases every year.¹ This is proof that Americans are growing more and more accustomed to shopping […]
Joe: Sally Whitesell has spent more than two decades providing service advisor training in service departments across the country. Her professional training products have been utilized at dealerships by individuals, service teams, managers, and of course, at the corporate level. She is the founder and CEO of sw Service Solutions, and also, which we love, […]
-By Kristopher Hampton for AutoSuccess Magazine. When we’ve been in the automotive business for a long period of time, it can be hard to relate to what our guests are experiencing. But when I go into automotive service facilities as a customer, I often end up with some extremely valuable insight. Recently I took my […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Service Magazine. You know from Part 1 that women are crucial to your business. So are you making women a top priority? If you meet the expectations of women you will exceed the expectations of everyone. Please keep this in mind as we focus on the importance of your waiting room and […]
Joe: Sally Whitesell has spent over two decades providing service advisor training in service departments across the country. Her professional training products have been utilized at dealerships by individuals, service teams, managers and at the corporate level. She is the founder and CEO of sw Service Solutions, and also a contributor to CBT news. We […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Magazine. These days you cannot walk into a supermarket or fast food restaurant without getting asked to fill out a survey. “You might even win a prize!” However, most of us do not take the time to fill out surveys unless we have had a bad experience or someone has […]
Joe: Sally Whitesell is the CEO and founder of sw Service Solutions and Fixed Ops University. She has provided service advisor training in hundreds of drives across the country for more than 23 years at an individual and corporate level. She is also a contributor to CBT News, and we welcome her, and now Sally, […]
-by Sally Whitesell for Fixed Ops Magazine. I recently spoke at a conference in Orlando. After my presentation, I noticed a workshop on the schedule: “How to recruit and keep your technicians.” I ran down the hall to a room packed like sardines. The conference-goers were anxious to attend because someone was finally going to […]
-by Sally Whitesell for AutoSuccess Service Magazine. Why should we focus on women? The facts may shock you! There has been a lot written about the importance of catering to your female clientele. Unfortunately many dealerships don’t completely understand why this is so crucial to current, and more importantly, future business. I’m a woman who […]