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Chris Hanson (thecarguy): 39, Male
United States

Hometown:: McKinney, TX

About Me:: Chris Hanson has been in the car business for 11+ years selling cars on the floor, Internet Manager, Sales Trainer & Director of eCommerce for two different Dealer Groups. Hanson is currently eCommerce Consulting Director for VinSolutions where he is helping dealers grow their eCommerce Departments.

Hanson also writes about how to sell more cars online & build a loyal customer following on his blog "Daily Automotive eCommerce Success" at FollowUpForSuccess.com.

Here are some key points in Hanson's career:

♦Recognized "as one of an elite group of the most successful DaimlerChrysler sales professionals"
♦Assisted Chrysler with two required training courses for Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep salespeople to become certified. “Developing Your Business” and “Prospecting For Success”
♦Featured writer for AutoSuccess Magazine for two years
♦As an Internet Sales Trainer, I have helped dealers, double, triple ++, their online sales
♦46% of the sales for 2007 for the David Thomas Auto Group came from our Internet Department
♦Director of eCommerce for Subaru of Plano, Subaru of Dallas and Park Cities Auto Leasing
♦Director of eCommerce for Saturn of North Texas: Saturn of Irving, Saturn of Lewisville and Saturn of Plano.
♦Doubled the used car sales at Saturn of North Texas
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CHRIS HANSON IN THE PRESS
♦2009 Guest Speaker for Ai-Dealer at NADA
♦2008 Chris gives Two Day Internet Sales Workshop for ISM's from around the US and Mexico
♦2008 The Internet Marketing Report writes an article on how Chris is using 800 tracking numbers
♦2008 Car Dealer Insider writes an article on how Chris is using Video eMail and Live Chat to sell more cars
♦2008 Internet Marketing Report Interviews Chris about how he is using a Shopping Cart to sell cars
♦2007 Car Dealer Insider interviews Chris about Car Shopping Online
♦2006 Guest Speaker for AutoSuccess at NADA
♦2006 Chris Hanson speaks at the AutoSuccess Summit IV
♦2006 Featured writer for AutoSuccess Magazine
♦2005 Recognized by Chrysler as one of the top ten salespeople in the country
♦2005 Chris Hanson is picked for Subject Matter Expert in Developing Your Business Web Course for DaimlerChrysler Academy (DCA)
♦2005 COMPUTERWORLD interviews Chris for an article on how he is using Video eMail to sell cars
♦2005 Picked as one of the elite group of the most successful DaimlerChrysler salespeople for the development of Prospecting for Success web course
♦2005 Featured writer for AutoSuccess Magazine
♦2004 The Daily Tribune interviews Chris Hanson for a feature story "Perseverance pays off for local automobile salesperson
♦2004 Cobalt invites Chris Hanson to speak on a panel at NADA
♦2004 Car Dealer Insider writes a cover story about Chris
♦2003 Cobalt releases a three page Case Study on Chris because of his high closing ratio and strong Internet sales numbers

Website:: www.followupforsuccess.com

Dealership Relationship: Work with Car Dealers, Blog about Car Dealers

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ATTENTION All Dealers, GMs and Managers

It’s Time You KNOW and OWN Your Internet Process As I travel around the country helping dealers set up and build their Internet Departments, one of the things I have really been focusing on, is involving the Dealer, GM and...

Do you have dead links on your website??

When was the last time you clicked on ALL of the links and pages on your website to see it they all worked properly? Click and click until you have covered every page and every link, you might be surprised.....

Success Story: From ZERO cars to over 50 cars & over $100,000 in gross

January 2009, Ed French, Director of Operations hired Chris Hanson for eCommerce Consulting and utilized his monthly V.I.D. Program (Virtual Internet Director). "Low cost training that brings DRAMATIC RESULTS" At the time they were selling ZERO cars online. Five months...

Testimonial from HUMMER of Columbus

Chris Hanson has been a big part of my success as Internet Manager at HUMMER of Columbus. He was a big part of our Internet start up 3 years ago. He implemented tools and procedures that have taken our department...

Video on AutoTrader works!

AutoTrader performed a study of dealers who had videos on their site that they started June of 2008, and it showed that vehicles on AutoTrader with video receive 15% more emails, 3% more map look ups, 15% more printable vehicle...

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Are you making the most of VIDEO at your dealership?

Started this discussion Mar 14 2009

I would like to share with you some things I am working on with one of my clients. This is something we started just two weeks ago and is moving along very nicely. Below are several ways we are usi... Read More »

Tagged: inventory, youtube, video

If you want a thing badly enough..

Started this discussion Mar 12 2009

"CAN" - Dick and Rick Hoyt. Check out: www.TeamHoyt.com "If you want a thing badly enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace and your sle... Read More »

Average Annual Salesperson Compensation!!!

Added a post Feb 8 2008

My guys make $55K plus their first year and once they have the first year under their belt, they make between $70K to $100K. Their pay plan is 100% commission. Yes, you need a pay plan that makes s... Read More »

Tagged: salesperson, compensation

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Proven Ways to be Unique and Innovative in Today's Market

I'd like to share a few tips and ideas I've learned that have helped me advance my career. These were things I did everyday and most importantly, they worked. I had one goal I'd try to achieve with every customer: what is the best vehicle for them that will fit their needs, budget and wants. It's like a puzzle. If I take my time and listen to them I gather very small pieces that will help me piece together the puzzle. Some of them are very hard to find so I need to take my time an…

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Posted by Chris Hanson on February 12th, 2009 at 11:08am — No Comments (Add)

How will the coming months effect your business??

Are you making the most of what you already do?

I think its safe to say, that as an industry, we are not going to sell more cars. If that's the case, how do we make sure that we get more than our share? Are there things we can do so we get more than our share or do we have to just take what the industry gives us? I think we can all agree, when the going gets tough, the dealers/salespeople that are on top of their game, get more than their fair share! What can…

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Posted by Chris Hanson on November 17th, 2008 at 8:05pm — No Comments (Add)

New to this space

Just signed up today when I came across the site. Read through some posts, looks good. I am currently Director of eCommerce for the David Thomas Auto Group which is currently Subaru of Plano and Subaru of Dallas. I've sold cars on the floor and Internet so I'll try and add regular posts to add some tips on both.

I also manage a blog www.followupforsuccess.com where I have some info from when I was doing sales consulting and from day to da…

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Posted by Chris Hanson on November 25th, 2007 at 11:44am — 2 Comments (Add)