The Car Guy Simple Podcast
The Car Guy Simple Podcast, hosted by Joe Levine , uses over 50 years of combined automotive experience to talk every aspect of the franchise car dealership environment from the dealership floor to the service drive.
This podcast is powered by PMD, a full-service automotive advertising agency. Find out more for yourself at pmdusa.com
Recent Episodes
Episode 11: How to Boost Customer Attention, Retention, and Sitting Down with PMD's Brianna Conlon
Send us a text Buckle up for this one as Joe of The Car Guy Simple Podcast gives you the secret sauce to boost your dealership’s web presence! We’ll be going over how to Boost Customer Attention and Retention. Joe deep dives on the Importance of a Why Buy page on your website and the most important dos and don’ts of it. He’ll also teach you how to Customize the Buying Experience to capture customers attention and keep them in your funnel! In the Second-half of the episode Joe sits down with …
Episode 10: Building Cultures That Work With Automotive Veteran Bill Brunner
Send us a text In this Episode of The Car Guy Simple Podcast Joe sits with Auto Industry Veteran Bill Brunner. Joe and Bill discuss the secrets to running a successful dealership, tackling the ins- and outs of Fixed-Ops departments, Fixing in dealership culture, and much more. Bill was born into the auto industry, beginning by working in his grandfather’s auto shop which would go on to become to become a dealership he himself would run. Bill eventually shifted away from running a dealership …
Episode 9: The 4 Pillars of Dealership Success with Legendary Tom Stuker!
Send us a text The Car Guy Simple Podcast welcomes back Industry Legend Tom Stuker! In our last episode with Tom, we talked about how to improve your phone skills. TODAY we discuss the 4 Pillars of Dealership Success! Listen in and get your notepads ready as Tom provides you the path to properly hiring and training your salespeople for a SUCCESSFUL career with your dealership. Don’t just hire the first person who comes in, take your time and train right so your salespeople become 20 plus uni…
About the Host
Joe Levine
Joe entered the automobile business in 1975 as a technician and has held virtually every position within a dealership, all the way to General Manager. In addition, Joe has been deeply involved in the advertising industry at both the creative and media buying levels.
During the mid ’90s, Joe became a Chevrolet Dealer in New Jersey, and was a board member of the Bergen/Passaic Chevrolet Dealer Advertising Association. After selling the dealership back to General Motors via Project 2000, he continued to focus on the success of his automotive consulting firm, Progressive Dynamics, Inc. Joe was a regular on-air personality with ASTN (Automotive Satellite Television Network), a Primedia-owned CNN affiliate and continues to be a valued public speaker in the automotive community.
After repeated requests from many of the clients of Progressive Dynamics to provide a forward and effective environment for advertising and marketing, Joe launched Progressive Marketing Dynamics (PMD) and still stands today as its President and CEO.