{"id":6375,"date":"2025-10-08T11:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6375"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:22:55","slug":"independent-dealer-podcast-celebrates-400th-show-before-bhph-dealer-forum-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/independent-dealer-podcast-celebrates-400th-show-before-bhph-dealer-forum-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Dealer podcast celebrates 400th show before BHPH Dealer Forum session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While running dealerships more than halfway across the country from each other, Luke Godwin and Jeff Watson have brought dealers together each week through their Independent Dealer podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, the hosts will celebrate their milestone 400<sup>th<\/sup> show, where they share their thoughts and practices with their fellow dealers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godwin owns Godwin Motors in Columbia, South Carolina, and Watson is the owner of 4 Seasons Financial\/Auto dealership in St. George, Utah. Their show has gathered a strong following since launching in December 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-1536x1113.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-380x275.jpg 380w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-550x399.jpg 550w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-800x580.jpg 800w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2-1160x841.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Luke-and-Jeff-2.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we go places, we run into people who say, \u2018Hey, I listen to you every single Thursday. I don\u2019t miss. I run my whole dealership based on what you guys say,\u2019\u201d Watson told UCD about the show. \u201cIt\u2019s flattering. Here, I was thinking I was having a conversation with my buddy, and people were listening. But if people are making real business decisions off our information, that\u2019s just a little scary. It\u2019s not a production. We\u2019re not trying to sell a product, and we\u2019re not professionals. This is a hobby. But it does make you look at it. We\u2019ve got to be professional and make sure we\u2019re giving out good information because people enjoy listening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After airing their 400<sup>th<\/sup> show, the duo will be the hosts of the \u201cRoundtables Best Ideas\u201d session at the NIADA BHPH Dealer Forum in Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 11. It will be their second straight year to present the best ideas gathered during the dealer-led roundtable discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with sharing ideas and tips to help dealers in the businesses, the pair will also be awarding a free registration and hotel stay at the Gaylord Rockies Resort in Aurora, Colorado, sponsored by AutoZone for the NIADA Convention and Expo, June 21-24, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration remains open for the NIADA BHPH Dealer Forum at <a href=\"http:\/\/niada.com\/bhphdealerforum\">niada.com\/bhphdealerforum<\/a>. The early-bird deadline is Friday, Oct. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Independent Dealer podcast is available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and the <a href=\"https:\/\/theindependentdealer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independentdealer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While running dealerships more than halfway across the country from each other, Luke Godwin and Jeff Watson have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[44,3,8,43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-best-practices","8":"category-industry","9":"category-niada-news","10":"category-training","11":"cs-entry","12":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}