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Bob Clements

Bob Clements is president of Bob Clements Intl. Inc. Clements is recognized as the premier management consultant for outdoor power equipment, agriculture and power sports dealerships. Bob Clements Intl. is a training and development company specializing in creating high performance dealerships and organizations. Clements is author of the book, The 8 Greatest Sales Secrets in the World. Over the last 25 years, Clements has worked with thousands of owners, sales people and businesses, giving them the tools they need to achieve personal and financial freedom.

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Maximizing Efficiency in Your Service Process: Increasing Your Billable Time

Create a service process that allows repairs to flow quickly and smoothly through your shop to boost customer satisfaction and overall sales performance.
By Bob Clements posted on August 8, 2016 | Posted in Rural Lifestyle Market
Create a service process that allows repairs to flow quickly and smoothly through your shop to boost customer satisfaction and overall sales performance.
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Achieving Peak Performance

Keeping Your Sales Funnel Full

Know how many customers you need to engage with to meet your sales goals.
By Bob Clements posted on August 6, 2016 | Posted in Dealership Marketing
The nice thing about working in a dealership is that just about everything that happens has a number associated with it. This allows you to measure and determine how each department or employee is performing. For example, in the service department, we look at recovery and service technician efficiency. In the parts department, we look at profit margins, fill rates, transaction times and transaction values. And in the sales department, we focus on profit margins, transaction values, closing ratios and sales funnels.
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How to Be a Dealership of the Future

Embrace technology and leverage your own brand to sell to a new kind of customer.
By Bob Clements posted on July 11, 2016 | Posted in Rural Lifestyle Market
The goal for myself and my organization is to help dealers get a jumpstart on their competitors by outplaying them in their markets. To that end, I challenged my team to share their thoughts on what might lie ahead for dealers based upon advances happening in other industries.
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RLD Best Practices with Bob Clements: Delivering Outstanding Service

Bringing Professionalism to Your Service Department: Part 2

By Bob Clements posted on May 24, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
The service department is the backbone of the dealership and has a big impact on the experience customers have both with the dealership and with the products you carry. I want to guide you to the next level of success in your service department, starting with how your team can be more professional.
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Best Practices with Bob Clements: Delivering Outstanding Service

Bringing Professionalism to Your Service Department: Part 1

By Bob Clements posted on May 23, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
The service department is the backbone of the dealership and has a big impact on the experience customers have both with the dealership and with the products you carry. I want to guide you to the next level of success in your service department, starting with how your team can be more professional.
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Achieving Peak Performance

6 Positions You Need in Your Service Department

Create the level of performance your customers expect and the level of profitability you deserve.
By Bob Clements posted on May 2, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices
A dealership’s service department is the backbone of the organization. No other department in the dealership, be it parts, wholegoods or rental, will have more impact — positive or negative — on a customer. That’s why I am so passionate about making sure they are profitable for the dealership and deliver a “wow” experience for customers.
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Achieving Peak Performance: Checking the Health of Each Department

Three simple numbers can help you quickly gauge performance.
By Bob Clements posted on April 23, 2016 | Posted in Dealership Marketing
Long before technology was available to detect lethal gases in coal mines, miners carried canaries into the mines with them to act as an early warning system. If the canary died, it meant the gas levels had risen to where the miners’ lives were in danger and it was time to evacuate. While we don’t actually use canaries in our dealerships to alert us of potential issues, we do have three simple numbers that warn us of impending doom.
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