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.
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Episode 8: Talking Closing Ratios, Employee Turnover, And More!
Send us a text Welcome back to the Car Guy Simple Podcast! Super charge your skills and knowledge in the auto industry with Joe Levine. We discuss how “Fade” creeps in and how to combat it. Don’t let yourself, your employees, or even customers fail because Fade crept into your behaviors and dealership. We also look at the data on the topic of “Tonnage”. Don’t succumb to spending more time and money to reach more leads that aren’t quality leads. As quality erodes, so does time on site and the…
Episode 7: A Sit Down With 3rd Generation, Multi-Rooftop, Dealer Principle Rob Sickel
Send us a text In this episode Joe of Car Guy Simple sits down with 3rd Generation, Multi-Rooftop Dealer Principal Rob Sickel of the Pine Belt Organization in New Jersey. At Car Guy Simple we bring you information, concepts and talks with people that are shaping the industry. The Pine Belt Organization has been owned and operated by the same family for 88 years, and as such we talk with Rob about the successes of Pine Belt, it’s stumbles, and what it believes is a winning path forward for de…
Episode 6: Improve Your Phone Skills with Industry Legend Tom Stuker
Car Guy Simple welcomes Special Guest and Industry Legend Tom Stuker! Tom’s extensive 50-year career in the automotive industry has been one of the most transformative of any kind. From revolutionizing the BDC to sales training Tom has been shaping the auto leaders for generations. Tune in as we deep dive Stuker’s history for those of you who are new to the industry, and after the break Joe and Tom will teach you how to sell more cars PERIOD! From improving your phone skills to...
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.