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  • G
    I approached a Sales Manager today and asked him, "When developing a philosophy on how you negotiate your deals, can you have both gross...
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  • tomwhitejr
    Seriously - I'm just a guy trying to figure out this crazy business just like the rest of you... I work at a car dealership and my...
  • tomwhitejr
    OMG - Group Hug???
  • L
    @Ralph No need to apologize because I did get a kick out of it but thank you anyway. You showed me your knowledge about social media...
  • DigitalRalph.com
    Layton, I apologize for ranting and raving in what I had intended to be some sort of sideways compliment. My post was in bad taste and...
  • L
    Wow Ralph you have some balls good to see that! I am glad to see that you are in the anti-Layton camp which I am sure there are more...
  • DigitalRalph.com
    I wanted to chime in just one more time... Regarding Layton Judd. If anybody thinks that Layton Judd expressed an opinion because he...
  • J
    Sorry guys, you can spin this 16 ways, but this behavior from a leader is unacceptable. For every brave soul like Len Critcher that...
  • Eric Miltsch
    @Ralph, What a great, genuine post from you. Your comments bring more clarity & sense to an issue that can simply be reduced to a few...
  • DigitalRalph.com
    I have been enjoying this post and the comments for too many reasons to list, but then Jon Groenig had to go and call me an "Arrogant...
  • J
    Wow, I am glad Mike wrote in to clear things up. I was unable to attend the DD9 conference this year, but by the time the rumor got to...
  • K
    You know what, I think some of us, including me, are guilty of piling on Mike Roscoe here. Have I been upset with him? Hell yes. The...
  • L
    Jeff Collins- I don't even know who you are but you don't know my reputation to well if you think I am posturing, don't need to do that...
  • J
    Jerry Evans @inspire replied to the thread Rumors from the 2010 Vegas Conferences #DD9 #DSES #JDPAIRT.
    Holy Crap! What a storm in a teacup! Don't you wish you could get this kind of comment stream from a blog post or article?! Loving the...
  • JCollins
    At the end of the day I do appreciate the diplomacy demonstrated in this forum. My point of contention is with how Mr.Roscoe chose to...
  • L
    First Joe do you have any idea what ESPN pays the NFL, I can assure you a hell of a lot more in comparison to what anyone pays to get...
  • J
    The narcissist writes: "Guys, a dealer wouldn’t allow a competitor’s salesperson on their lot to sell to their customers and potential...
  • M
    Mike Benavides (blog) replied to the thread Rumors from the 2010 Vegas Conferences #DD9 #DSES #JDPAIRT.
    I have attended every one of all three events since their inception and feel that they each have their place in the automotive digital...
  • G
    This has been the most entertaining and engaging conversations I've read on here. Contrast this to the CRM bake-off where one of the...
  • L
    Well put Cliff and agreed we don't have to see eye to eye on everything but we do need to keep this professional and compete hard. At...
  • C
    Despite the fact that Mike instructed us not to respond on the blogs to all this nonsense, I've got to weigh in here. I think I have a...
  • L
    I am glad to see the comments becomming more rational here. Digital Dealer and Driving Sales each have their place, dealers you have to...
  • R
    ryan thompson (blog) replied to the thread Rumors from the 2010 Vegas Conferences #DD9 #DSES #JDPAIRT.
    Wow this is a lot of drama!! I could only wish we could have a proper conference in Canada. They tried to do one the past April in...
  • Eric Miltsch
    @James - that's a unique thought; a dealer conference "multi-pass" would be interesting. @Dean - While I'm a self-admitted DSES...
  • J
    ” I do hope that speakers are not forced to decide between one conference or another as so many dealers are working with tight budgets...
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