Entries by teamvelocity21

AutoSuccess Story: Vandergriff Hyundai

Staying Focused and Reinventing Vandergriff Hyundai Combines New Technology and Tested Fundamentals to Stay on Top of the Market When your dealership is facing stiff competition, the difference between success and failure comes down to two elements: you’ve got to stand out from the competition to get the consumer’s attention, and then you must treat […]

AutoSuccess Story: The Future of Fixed Ops

Historic Manly Honda Has Fresh Ideas for Long-Term Growth When a company has a long, storied history and has experienced high levels of success, the temptation is to go conservative, rely on what’s worked in the past and double down on tradition. Those are the companies that play defense and try to hold on to past […]

AutoSuccess Story: Lou Bachrodt Mazda

Turning in the Right Direction Les Nunez and Lou Bachrodt Mazda plot a course for future success and growth. Sometimes, to make a difference and turn things around, a leader must throw out the old playbook and write a new one. That is exactly what General Sales Manager Les Nunez did two years ago when […]

Mission Improbable

  There are so many excellent, innovative companies in this industry. I did not include our companies’ names because whether you feel we are leading in any of these areas isn’t relevant to this article. The point is, dealership managers are left to themselves to aggregate processes around at least 6 separate technology platforms. In our […]

Team Velocity Awarded AWA Vanguard Award at NADA – Releases First Automated Video Advertising Tool

Team Velocity’s technology platform, Apollo®, leads the industry with intelligent marketing automation. WASHINGTON, April 4, 2018 – The 9th Annual AWA Awards presented by PCG Companies, awarded Team Velocity with the Vanguard Award at NADA 2018. The Vanguard Award honors companies that continue develop impactful technology and captivating products in the automotive industry. Team Velocity […]

How one car dealer shows what’s best for the customer is best for business

“The whole notion of having to come to a dealership for service is outdated,” says Brian Benstock, general manager and VP at Paragon Honda, the largest certified pre-owned Honda dealership in the world. “If a customer doesn’t want to set foot in the dealership, they shouldn’t have to.” That’s a pretty bold statement for an […]

AutoSuccess Story: Morehead Honda

Equitable Deals from Equity Data Morehead Honda Finds New Ways to Drive Sales Founded one year after World War II, Morehead Honda is steeped in tradition. The family-owned dealership, located in Newburgh, New York, has served generations of drivers in the Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Monroe area. Through the years, the dealership has seen many changes […]

Brian Benstock of Paragon Auto to speak at NADA 2018

Don’t miss this innovative workshop! Saturday, March 24, 2018 • 10:30 – 11:30 AM Double Retail Sales With Frictionless Transactions As soon as your customers can get rid of you, they will, especially in today’s traditional dealership model to retain and gain customers, dealerships must create a frictionless transaction. In this workshop, Brian Benstock will […]

AutoSuccess Story: Huggins Honda

Continuing the Incredible Climb Huggins Honda Continues Year-Over-Year Growth, Always Searching for New Ways to Serve Its Customers. “People can be resistant to change, so you break that resistance down by embracing it, understanding it and putting focus on it. By embracing it, our team adapts to change pretty well.” – David Elattrache, 2017 When […]

Team Velocity Named One of Nine Partners in Oracle’s Auto Elite Data Marketer Program

Oracle Data Cloud Launches Data Marketing Program to Help Savvy Auto Dealer Agencies Better Use Digital Data Nine Leading Retail Automotive Marketing Agencies Are First to Complete Comprehensive Program, Receive Oracle Data Cloud’s Auto Elite Data Marketer (EDM) Designation REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., – February 21, 2018 – Oracle Data Cloud today launched an advanced data […]

AutoSuccess Top 10 Companies to Watch in 2018

10 Innovative Technology Companies Who Help Dealers Dramatically Evolve and Emerge The automotive industry continues to evolve around the way consumers research, buy and service vehicles. One thing remains the same in the highly competitive industry — dealers continue to implement marketing strategies and technologies to help drive new sales and service business while at […]

AutoSuccess Story: Rocky Mount Toyota

Out of the Red and into the Black Rocky Mount Toyota turns its future around after new leadership and fresh ideas return the store to profitability. At first glance, the odds seemed stacked against Brent Mattingly’s dealership as he took over as general manager last year: The underperforming store had been losing money and severely […]

AutoSuccess Cover Story: Brian Benstock (Paragon Direct)

The future can be a frightening place, especially for those not able — or willing — to adapt to changing realities and market conditions. While the auto sales industry has enjoyed several years of growth, change is on the horizon. Those dealerships locked into past models and old methods of thinking might not find that […]

Serent Capital Invests in CallRevu, Automotive’s Top Performing Call Management Solution

CallRevu, a leading provider of automotive dealer call management software that delivers dealership customers critical call performance data, has entered a partnership with Serent Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in high-growth technology and services businesses. CallRevu’s solution is comprised of data-rich interfaces supported by sophisticated functionality and machine learning that […]