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Send us Fan Mail With a story that's both compelling and inspiring, we sit down with author and seasoned leader, Ed Roberts, whose journey from non-writer to author of leadership book "Mile One: An Endless Journey to Effective Leadership" is truly an i...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how car dealerships make informed decisions when purchasing cars? Join us as we chat with Chris Adams, Matrix Operations Director at Car Offer, who provides valuable insights into the fascinating world of car market analy...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you combine a thrilling 2000 km electric vehicle adventure with the rugged beauty of Newfoundland? You get the captivating journey of our guest, Devin Sooley, a talented Canadian automotive marketer who recently embar...

Send us Fan Mail What if you could create a workplace culture where employees were not only valued, but truly cared for? Dive into the world of automotive leader Bruce Miller, as he shares his journey from sales to becoming his own boss, and how his ex...

Send us Fan Mail The first repeat guest on Auto Collabs. Of course we mean the one and only Rick Ricart, President and Chief Vision Officer of Ricart Automotive Group. Every time we get the chance to talk with Rick, the conversation is packed with insi...

Send us Fan Mail We threw some hard questions around. And Ron Smith aced them all. Ron is the Enterprise Sales Director of Stella AI, a fully AI telephone answering system for dealerships, and joins the show after winning a recent month of Pitch Tank. ...

Send us Fan Mail What do you get when you mix an automotive marketer, a graffiti artist, and meme expert? Jordan Cox, obviously. He's energetic, always smiling and full of ideas. In fact, he just won the Best Idea Award at David Kain's Clients and Frie...

Send us Fan Mail Here is how retail automotive can learn from Amazon. While Ben Ayed worked at Amazon, he learned that the customer was number one, and so even though they had over 1 million phone calls a day, every single call was answered. Fast forwa...

Send us Fan Mail What do mountain drives have to do with bachelorette parties in downtown Nashville? Plenty, if you’re using them as analogies for the customer experience. Alan Krutsch joins the show, complete with a black baseball cap to fit in. Alan ...

Send us Fan Mail She’s the new interim CEO of National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Melanie Wilson didn’t choose automotive, but she’s here! We caught up with her to talk about why she now loves the industry, what NIADA offers to its mem...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most measured men in automotive. Santosh Viswanathan is not only an auto dealer, but also the legislative chairman of the Delaware Auto Dealers Association. Delaware is currently considering outlawing the sale of ICE (intern...

Send us Fan Mail The winner of the 2022 Automotive News All Star for Fixed Ops Vendor. Amir Hever and UVeye have been growing leaps and bounds. The company was originally founded as a homeland security solution for scanning cars for potential threats. ...

Send us Fan Mail Like eating your own cooking or living in the house you built. A tech company that is using its product regularly is going to understand what the end user faces and make sure that it works well. So when DriveCentric started, they used ...

Send us Fan Mail This might be the most we’ve laughed on a podcast. Normally, Auto Collabs is hosted by Paul J Daly, Kyle Mountsier and Michael Cirillo, but during a special in-person recording in Atlanta, Paul and Kyle turned the tables on Cirillo, in...

Send us Fan Mail It’s an Auto Collabs first! We have 2 guests joining us today. Michael Lucki and Matthew Vollmers are NADA Academy Instructors, helping to mold and develop the next generation of dealers. They talk about their experiences in the progra...

Send us Fan Mail There’s a through line here somewhere. Mike Colacchio has gone from minor-league baseball to selling snowboards to Dealer.com to DealerInspire to AutoLeadStar, where’s an advocate for connected data and Customer Data Platforms. He join...

Send us Fan Mail A tech person for tech people. Ben Hadley has led an influential journey through automotive. He’s worked with Clarivoy and CreditIQ and helped found Auto Genius. He knows the definitions to all the big words and has a way of communicat...

Send us Fan Mail He might be the handsomest man in automotive. Durran Cage is someone you want to be around. He oozes kindness and has a genuine passion for people. He pours himself into his work, mentally and emotionally. As a consultant, he sees a lo...

Send us Fan Mail Tom Ryan likes change. And Tom Ryan knows he can navigate through change. He’ll figure it out. He’s been doing it his whole career, and figuring it out over and over again has given him a directness and an optimism that’s infectious. T...

Send us Fan Mail From the outside looking in, auto is a curious industry. Whether it's the dealership dialect of tech and service or that dealers bring home a variety of makes and models, retail auto is unique. And once you’re in and you’ve caught the ...

Send us Fan Mail When we asked Charlie Chesbrough about the key economic indicators he’s watching… We expected a completely different answer. Charlie, Senior Economist with Cox Automotive, pointed us to consumer-facing indicators. It was a real reality...

Send us Fan Mail You might not understand where Matt Jones starts in a conversation. But you’ll definitely know when he lands his punchline. He is a thoughtful and deep communicator, with analogies and illustrations to help drive his points home. He’s ...

Send us Fan Mail Here’s some numbers for you: 16 rooftops. 25,000 cars. $1 billion in sales. 15 photographers. 3 full-time web developers. 3 graphic designers. And another handful of people handling CRM, data analytics, social media, paid search and mo...

Send us Fan Mail Mergers and acquisitions. You’re seeing it more and more in the automotive industry. In 2021, there were over 750 of them. Alan Haig represents some of these dealers during their recent sales, and so has insights into the state of the ...

Send us Fan Mail A natural storyteller. When your family has been in the automotive industry for decades, you’ve seen some things and have some story. Rick Ricart joins the guys to talk about his family’s legacy, how cars and driving are cool again, an...