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Mike Steinmetz: How Dealerworks Is Cutting Payment Costs and Saving Time for Dealers

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Dean Martin & Richard Lupo: How AI Smart Glasses Are Boosting Service Approvals

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Erik Zuniga: How ALLDATA Is Getting AI Right for Technician Diagnostics

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Tyler Stephens: How Dealers Can Modernize Last-Mile Parts Delivery

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Kaylee Felio: How to Reduce Obsolescence in Your Parts Department

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Paul Elliott: The Dealership Mistakes That Turn Into Expensive Claims

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Dave Anderson: The Scheduling Fix Behind a 20-30% Revenue Increase for Dealers

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Andrew Lee: How Alpha Drive AI Beat a Traditional BDC

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Tej Soni: How This AI Could Recover up to $10K a Month in Lost Service Revenue

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Matt Leone: How DriveCentric Connects Sales and Service to Recover Lost Profit

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Robert Wooden: The Blind Spot Costing Dealers Warranty Dollars

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Misty Tippets: The #1 Reason Dealerships Buy AI and Get Nothing From It

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Erik Zuniga: Why Your Dealership Is Invisible to Today's Car Buyer

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Gabe Schiffer: From $500K to $1M in 60 Days with Siro AI

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Melissa Terrell: You're Losing Service Customers To Reviews You Haven't Read

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Kim Saylor: What CDK's 2026 Service Advisor Report Reveals About Your Dealership

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Chase Southwick: How Northwood Students Run America's Biggest Outdoor Auto Show

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Karl Murphy: The New Mobile Service Model Dealers Are Using to Hit $750K a Year

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Chris Austin: The Leak in Your P&L That Selling More Cars Won't Fix

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Matt Leone: The CRM Lie That's Costing Dealers Millions

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Ari Polakov: How Flai Turned 30,000 Missed Dealership Calls Into Booked Appointments

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The AI Built Exclusively for Parts Departments Is Here with Kyle Johnson, Redline Connect

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Fixed Ops at Full Speed with Bill Demaree

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How This PR Agency Builds Brands That Dominate Across Automotive with Laurie Halter

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Why Fixed Ops Is About to Carry the Entire Dealership with Dan Shine

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The University That's Quietly Reshaping the Auto Industry with Kent MacDonald

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The Phone Call That's Worth $1,500 to Your Dealership with Anthony Giagnacovo

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Inside DART: The Program Lithia's CEO Is Betting the Next 80 Years On with Diego Rojas

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From Ford Technician to 5 Dealerships: What the Industry Is Missing with Luke May

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The AI Search Wake-Up Call Every Dealer Needs to Hear in 2026 with Brian Kramer

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Eliminating Wholesale Credit Risk: A Fixed Ops Roundtable Conversation with Dave Schell & Tully Williams

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The Fixed Ops Trust Gap: How Advisor Processes Are Costing Dealers Retention with Spiro Morogiannis

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How Dealer Pay Is Reshaping Dealership Payments, Compliance, and Risk Management with Travis Siebert

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How ALLDATA Is Changing Fixed Ops Through Better Data and Workflow with Erik Zuniga

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How Alliance Dealer Solutions Helps Dealerships Operate at Their Highest Potential with Brandon Hall

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The Myth of Fixed Costs: How Dealers Are Overpaying Without Realizing It with Steve Thompson

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How PayJunction Is Helping Dealerships Create Frictionless Payments in Fixed Ops Without Hurting CSI with Randy Modos

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What High-End Hotels Know About the Service Drive That Dealers Don’t with Joel Furno

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Service Retention Study: How BG Products Helped Dealers Increase Retention by 32% with Rob Leary

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The Warranty Money Dealers Are Leaving on the Table (And How to Get It Back) with Robert Wooden

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Why Fixed Ops Will Decide Who Wins in Automotive Retail in 2026 with Steve Greenfield

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The Hidden Risks Lurking in Today’s Dealerships (And How Smart Dealers Protect Themselves) with Paul Elliott of IOA

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The 3–5 Metrics That Matter Most in Fixed Ops (And Why Everything Else Is Noise) with Pete Carusone & Ed Roberts

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Why Video MPIs Are Now Table Stakes in Fixed Ops with Joe Shaker of TruVideo

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Why Fixed Ops Velocity Is the Missing Link in Dealership Profitability with Tej Soni

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The Future of Automotive Talent Inside Northwood University with Ed Roberts and Maureen Martin

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The Future of Fixed Ops: Technicians, Warranty, and AI with Curtis Gardner and David Reinicke

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The 90,000 Opportunity: What Brian Benstock Wants Every Dealer to Understand

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Why The Industry’s Next Leaders Will Come From Programs Like These With Mike Cavanaugh and Dr Matt Bennett

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Inside the Classroom That’s Redefining the Future of Automotive Leadership with CDK’s Mike Stoll

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Stop Guessing Who to Hire: Go Trego’s Data-Driven Way to Build High-Performing Dealership Teams With Cobi Collins

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The Blueprint for Building the Next Generation of Automotive Pros with Jennifer Ness

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“Convenience Is Kindness”: How Zapmoto Is Revolutionizing the Remote Service Experience with Clint Curtis

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How One Platform Can Simplify Your Entire Dealership Marketing Stack with Matthew Wilmsen of Affinitiv

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What Really Happens to Your Data When You Trade In Your Car with Merry Marwig (Privacy4Cars)

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Inside Dealer Pay: What Every Dealer Needs to Know About Payment Solutions with Sandy Nyiri

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Why Every Dealership Should Pay More Attention to Parts Managers with Kaylee Felio

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How Bozard Ford Turned Fleet Headaches Into a Profit Center with Ed Roberts and Shawn Concannon

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The Hidden Cost of Bad Integrations in Fixed Ops (and How to Solve It)

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The F&I Mistakes Costing Dealers Repeat Customers with Mickey Quinn

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How Capital One’s Chat Concierge Is Changing the Dealer-Customer Relationship with Tim Mullins

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How Uber for Business Is Helping Dealers Cut Costs Overnight with Christie Wilson

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What’s Next for Dealers? with Christopher Walsh (CEO Reynolds & Reynolds)

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What Most Dealerships Get Wrong About Their Technicians with Marco Zwanenburg

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How RevolutionParts Is Changing the Way Dealers Sell Online with Ibrahim Mesbah

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The 29% Retention Lift: What BG Products Discovered Across 263 Dealerships with Rob Leary

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The 95% Conversion Blueprint: Inside Today’s Top BDCs with Scott Davis

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How to Build a High-Trust, Low-Turnover Dealership Team with Brett Sutherlin

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Can We Really Fix What’s Broken in Fixed Ops? with Andrew Wright

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Used Car Prices, EV Struggles, and the Inventory Crisis Ahead with Steve Greenfield

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How to Make Your Parts Department More Profitable Without Adding Headcount with Thomas Bednarczyk

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How to Future-Proof Your Dealership (and Yourself) with John Traver

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How AI, Recalls, and Reconditioning Are Changing Fixed Ops for Good with Laurie Halter

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Why Streaming TV is a Game-Changer for Automotive Marketing With Owen Moon

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How to Legally Maximize Warranty Reimbursement in 2025 with Leonard A. Bellavia

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Why Technician Videos Are the Secret to Doubling Service Revenue with Liza Borches

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Why the Future of Service Is No Longer in the Dealership with Nolan Armpriester

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Beyond Exceptional: The New Blueprint for Automotive Customer Experience Success with

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How Dealerships Can Boost Profit and Speed in 2025 with Randy Kobat

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Top 10 Ways to Supercharge Your Online Parts & Accessories Sales in 2025 with Aaron Watters

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How UVEye Is Creating Trust and Efficiency in Dealerships Through Automated Vehicle Inspections with Rob Hubbell

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How Dealerships Are Boosting CSI & Revenue with Lyft, with Jared Levi

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Derek Simonds: How Numa Is Transforming Fixed Ops with AI-Powered Agents

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David Roemer: Why Collision Trade-Ins Are a Goldmine for Dealerships

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John Traver: How to Build an Engaged, High-Performing Team in 2025

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The Fixed Ops Power Play: How BG Products is Helping Dealers Win Big with Tim Allbritten

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Ryan Maher: How Top Dealers Are Using Recalls to Drive More Revenue in 2025

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Run Toward the Fire: David O’Brien on Culture, Coaching, and Dealership Success

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Matt Gray: Is Your Dealership’s Customer Experience Ready for 2025?

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John Fairchild: The 90-Day Game Plan for for Dominating Fixed Ops in 2025 and Beyond

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Where’s My Car? Revolutionizing Transparency in Fixed Ops with Colin McElhatton

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Bethany Johnson: The Secret Science Behind Better Appraisals (and How to Get It Right!)

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Turning Reconditioning into a Profit Powerhouse with Dennis McGinn & Josh DeYoung

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How to Transform Your Dealership's Fixed Ops with Smart Technology

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Bill Demaree: How to Build a Winning Fixed Ops Team

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Jason Fayling: How Skaivision’s Visual AI Spots and Solves Inefficiencies Across the Dealership

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Brian Kramer: Lessons from Carvana to Future-Proof Your Dealership

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Tom Kline: Are Your Dealership’s Hidden Risks Costing You Millions?

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Tyler Nathan: Avoid Costly Warranty Mistakes

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Tim Jackson: Dude, Where’s My Flying Car?