{"id":6728,"date":"2026-01-14T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:39:10","slug":"5-keys-to-sustained-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/5-keys-to-sustained-success\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Keys to sustained success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the January issue of UCD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brent Carmichael <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have the privilege and honor of traveling our great country and working with dealers of all shapes and sizes. But no matter where I am or the size or shape of the dealer, I always get the same question: What do \u201cthey\u201d do? The \u201cthey\u201d they are asking about are the successful dealers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the advantages of the used car business is that there are numerous ways to approach it. No one way will work for everyone everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem is that there are just as many ways to do it wrong. The dealers that seem to do it a little bit better than everyone else have a few common denominators. A few things that \u201cthey\u201d seem to do a tad bit better than the average Joe are the keys to their sustained success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is what \u201cthey\u201d do. From what I\u2019ve experienced, these are the keys to sustained success regardless of the current political or socioeconomic conditions. I can assure you that they didn\u2019t always do these things. They all realized at some point what it would take to be one of them. Most dealers I know do at least one of these. Some even two or three, but only a few do all of them. And do them well. How close are you to being one of \u201cThem?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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