Most finance managers will do anything at the end of a presentation except ask for the business.
Adrian Anania says finance managers undercut themselves at the close by hedging instead of asking for the deal. His fix: present two concrete options and ask which one makes sense, assuming the business is yours unless they say no.
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"What's it gonna take. When can we get you in this?" That's not closing, that's begging.
A high payment customer walks in with a pre-approval from their credit union. Most managers panic
You are the author of your own story. Every deal, every choice in the box is a page you're writing,
Every new manager walks toward the same hole. No real training. No loop. No one watching the deal
You bought the best training program in the country. Six months from now, it won't matter.
Someone drew a fancy graph on a whiteboard, capped the marker, and called that my F&I training.
Most of your PVR is won or lost in the first six minutes, before the customer ever sees the menu.
