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David Hein (davehein)
40, Male
United States
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
About Me:
Dave Hein is the leading retail automotive consultant providing services to manage sales teams, empower managers, guide dealers and general managers through the ever changing retail marketplace. Mr. Hein is a syndicated writer within the Industry, having features published in many of the leading publications.

His background includes entrepreneurial activities including founding Everything Automotive, Auctionauto.com and BDC Management Group, leading the sales and marketing efforts for Proquest as the Chief Marketing Officer of Motorcycleworld.com and extensive sales training independently and with ADP's Traver Technologies.

Today, Mr. Hein provides independent services to some of the fastest growing dealerships in North America. Focusing on integrating traditional advertising with online performance and delivering consistent results in conversion of Internet leads to showroom buyers at the sales level.
Website:
carfolks.com
Dealership Relationship
Work for a Car Dealer, Work with Car Dealers, Blog about Car Dealers, Shop Car Dealers, Just interested in Car Dealers
 

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New Version of carFolks.com launched

Based on feedback from current users of the online social network dedicated to car dealership employees and their customers, carFolks.com has been relaunched with new functionality and increased navigation.

The site is designed to give car buyers the ability to rate their experience with individuals they work with at a dealership location. As such, it helps to promote the salespeople (and their dealership) that have a proven ability to contin…

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Posted by David Hein on July 15th, 2008 at 7:55am — 1 Comment (Add)
 

Should Car Salespeople Market Their Skills?

I am working on a series of articles for one of the leading publications in our industry that will focus on how salespeople can focus their efforts to grow their personal market share and income without having to rely on the manufacturer or dealership advertising.

What makes a dealership in any market different than the rest? Everyone has cars, everyone sell them at about the same price, right? The only difference that a customer realizes is the quality of service that is delivered to…

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Posted by David Hein on March 11th, 2008 at 10:02am — 1 Comment (Add)
 

Was there ever brand loyalty?

I just returned from the JD Power Internet round table event in Las Vegas.

It was a shock to hear that the majority of the discussions throughout the event were about Social Networking and User Generated Content (UGC) in it's many forms. I was shocked because of my recent decision to invest in a social network for the Industry that promises to inject many tools to customer centric organizations throughout the marketplace.

I think that over the past 25 years, dealers have had…

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Posted by David Hein on October 24th, 2007 at 11:28am — 8 Comments (Add)
 

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At 9:04pm on January 9th, 2009,  Emmett said…
I think you can obtain the ultra leverage when you learn about the products have for you....

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At 7:17am on August 23rd, 2008,  Ben Muchnik said…
Hey David sorry for the delayed response.
This site is great!
Finally we have a place where people in the industry can connect with each other online!
How is Cleveland treating you?
At 7:48am on August 8th, 2008,  Antonio said…
Hey David thanks for the add I hope everything is going well for you. When you get some time check out http://www.upyoursale.com
At 12:16pm on August 7th, 2008,  Ben Muchnik said…
Great site!

I hope it continues to grow.

What is it you do?
At 5:45am on July 17th, 2008,  Andy Artessa said…
Did not realize it, I deleted one. Thanks for the heads up...
At 8:41am on July 15th, 2008,  Tracy E. Myers, CMD said…
Hey David,
Thanks for the invite to CarFolks. I have attempted to create a profile for my Winston-Salem/High Point stores on the site but it doesn't list them. It does list my World Suzuki of Hickory store. Tell me how to get them on there and we'll get right on it. Thanks!
At 8:01am on February 15th, 2008,  Spencer Zimmer said…
Dave, I learn something new everytime I log on this site.
Ever in Wichita,KS??
At 1:36pm on January 24th, 2008,  Bill Pemberton said…
and furthermore... LOL

I need to talk to car guys about a social media interface we are designing for dealers. Please any and all email me at bpemberton@wieck.com
At 1:35pm on January 24th, 2008,  Bill Pemberton said…
hey David, I need to get some dealer oriented input on a new Web 2.0 interface we are designing. Let me know when you have a few minutes we could talk. I can call you. Thanks.
At 10:13am on January 24th, 2008,  Stan Sher said…
I love the new site. It is different and interesting.
 
 

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