Refereeing the vendor barrage at a Ford dealership
“We faced a barrage of lead-gen salespeople. Nick helped us sort through what was working and what was not. We probably saved thousands over the years.”
The situation
A dealership president faced a constant stream of lead-gen vendors and marketing salespeople — every one with a pitch, a contract, and a report card they graded themselves. Nobody on the dealership's side had the time or the background to referee.
What we did
We built an evaluation framework and sat on the dealership's side of the table: set the targets, read every vendor report against real results, and sorted what was working from what was noise. Contracts that couldn't prove their keep got cut or renegotiated.
The result
Thousands of dollars in vendor waste eliminated over the years of the engagement — and a president who knew exactly what each line item bought.