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Send us Fan Mail MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our 7th episode, we're joined by special guest Ian Pentland as we dive into the world of being a one-man band in car sales. We'll discuss how to make the most of your time when you're working solo, strategies for purchasing cars without extra fees, and tips for building a strong online presence in the competitive car dealership industry. Wheth...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT EPISODE 10 - James Baggott - Car Dealer Magazine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Joe Betty,  James Harding, David Gott and this weeks special guest James Baggott the Editor in Chief of Car Dealer Magazine. To keep up with everything James gets up to check out his YouTube channel @CarDealerMagazine Check out Car De...

Send us Fan Mail MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our 6th episode, we talk to Dave Brown who has recently started trading cars as an addition to already very successful family Ecommerce business. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for Dealer Only CarWow Auctions here: https://www.carwow.co.uk/partners/shi.. . --------------------------------------------...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT EPISODE 9 - Daniel Horner - Octane Finance Director --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for Dealer Only CarWow Auctions here: https://www.carwow.co.uk/partners/shifting-metal ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Joe Betty,  James Harding, David Gott and this weeks s...

Send us Fan Mail MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our 5th episode, we talk to Martin Hughes who left a long career as a fleet acr remarketer behind and too the leap to set up a used car sales business. Martin has some really interesting sources of stock, presents his cars really well but does he need to bite the bullet and starting paying the heavy advertising costs most dealers are used to? ---------------...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT EPISODE 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 90% OFF Quickbooks for 7 months! https://quickbooks.partnerlinks.io/2vadiff9ayii ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Joe Betty,  James Harding, David Gott and this weeks special guest Simon Ainscow, owner of https://www.cheshi...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our 4th episode, we talk to Mark Brantom who has started a used car business. Bella Auto LTD: https://www.bellaautos.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20% OFF history checks:https://vehiclescore.co.uk/?ref=SHIFT... OR use CODE: SHIFTINGMETAL20 ------------------------------------------------...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT EPISODE 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20% OFF Pick and Mix!  USE CODE: METAL20 https://pickandmix.com/shiftingmetal ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Joe Betty,  James Harding, David Gott and this weeks special guest Nikolay Kumchev, owner of http://www.lovelyca...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our 3rd episode, we talk to Sam Watts who has started a used car business. The Family Car Guy:  https://familycarguy.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for Dealer Only CarWow Auctions here: https://www.carwow.co.uk/partners/shifting-metal ----------------------------------------------...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT EPISODE 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up with GlobalCharge here!: https://portal.globalcharge.com/register ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Joe Betty,  James Harding, Theo Cook and this weeks special guest Liam Corcoran, head auctioner at  @G3VehicleAuctio...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our 2nd episode, we talk to Gary Martin who has started an EV only car sales business. Modern Heroes Car Sales came off the back of his personal interest and YouTube channel based around again EVs and some of the misinformation and knowledge gaps in the market. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT Join Joe Betty, David Gott, James Harding and this weeks special guest Theo Cook of Bowens Garage. We discuss a load of things from low mileage cars, running 2 sites and mental health in the motor trade. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found it useful or interesting? You can now show your support and buy us a coffee 👍...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: MOTOR TRADE MENTORS In our first episode, we talk to Nick Bamford who wants to start buying and selling used cars but budget and the deadline of a work contract coming to an end are hanging over him! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get 90% OFF Your first 7 months with Quickbooks: https://quickbooks.partnerlinks.io/2va...

Send us Fan Mail DEALER CHAT Join Joe Betty, Rob Cubitt and this weeks special guest James Alford of Platinum Car Centre and Platinum Trade Centre. We discuss absolutely loads, from crazy customers going vigilante to how you can save money on advertising and get better results!  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found it useful or interesting? You c...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: DEALER CHAT Join James, Dave and Joe as we discuss our week so far in the motor trade plus this week, we're joined by Rob Cubitt of Cubitt Cars. We discuss Robs rise from selling Fiat 500s to Ferraris and Aston Martins. Plus Dave shares with us his troubles with buying a new business premises! ---------------------------------------------------------------------...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: DEALER CHAT This week Dave is off camping so it's just James and Joe. We catch up on what's been happening in the week, discuss finance companies and customers who are either oblivious, or hide the condition of the their part exchanges! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Harding: https://www.youtube.com/...

Send us Fan Mail A NEW SERIES: DEALER CHAT Join James, Dave and Joe as we discuss our week so far in the motor trade plus talk about a given topic each week . This week Dave's had a car stolen, Joe has been given a bill for £4000 from a finance company and James has knackered his Barchetta engine!  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hardin...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I'm basically waffling about how sometimes we end up doing things for reasons we can't really explain if we stop and think about it. I guess it's scary how easy it is to get caught up and stuck on a path that was meant to be temporary! I hope you enjoy the podcast, don't forget you can find the audio version anywhere that you normally l...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Real Torque podcast, I'm joined once again by David Gott of the Lovely Car Company and the Car Dealer Pro Podcast. Since our last chat, Dave has started his own YouTube channel 'Car Dealer Pro' which has already proved incredibly popular, amassing over 2000 subscribers in just a couple of months! We chew the fat about what's been happenin...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I have a bit of a ramble and a moan about how the year hasn't started great for me and how it's affected my mental health. This served as a bit of a vent for me but also I wanted to share the fact that I have suffered with anxiety for years and still managed to be successful.  So if you do too, you are not alone!  If you want to hear how I manage...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I share with you some of my most common mistakes to avoid when you go to a car auction. I've made most of them myself so learn from my mistakes! As always, let me know your thoughts in the comments below! EXCLUSIVE 20% OFF history checks: http://www.vehiclescore.co.uk/?ref=SHIFTINGMETAL20 OR use CODE: SHIFTINGMETAL20 VEHICLE TRANSPORT QUOTES: berrowmo...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Real Torque, I'm joined by David Gott, owner of The Lovely Car Company and the host of Car Dealer Pro Podcast. I've been listening to David's podcast since it's inception during the first lockdown of 2020.  Over his conversation with car dealers across the country, operating on all different levels, there is so much information to be...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode I have Matt from High Peak Autos/Property/Clothing on the podcast. We had a great chat about YouTube, the motor trade, property and what drives us as entrepreneurs. What really strikes me about Matt is his humility, in the face of his great successes so far. You can tell he'd be hesitant to publicly dish out advice but equally, once we'd stopped f...

Send us Fan Mail In todays episode I speak with the charismatic James Harding of CG Cars AKA Chop's Garage. We discuss Youtube, selling cars and customers unrealistic expectations.  Find James on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok - Chop's Garage. Don't forget to follow me on instagram for day to day extras and behind the scenes https://www.instagram.com/shifting_metal/ LOOKING TO SELL Y...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we get to know some of the Berrow Motors team and discuss things like Our first, favourite and worst cars. Plus the worst things we've found in part exchange cars Instagram names: Joe: @shifting_metal Dan: @dwick01 Jordan: jxy_b25 Support the show