#17 Shocking revelation about car dealer profits, Exploiting seasonality in the business, When CDG bought 100 cars with a credit card | Joel Bassam, President of Eastern Motors - podcast episode cover

#17 Shocking revelation about car dealer profits, Exploiting seasonality in the business, When CDG bought 100 cars with a credit card | Joel Bassam, President of Eastern Motors

Jul 07, 20231 hr 6 minTranscript available on Metacast
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In this episode, I'm speaking with Joel Bassam, President of Easterns Automotive Group. 00:00 - Intro 02:03 - Joel's background 05:15 - Easterns business model 13:06 - Weathering the current market 20:19 - Unit economics & Sourcing 30:37 - CDG's gov't auction story 36:21 - Revenues & Margins 42:28 - Marketing strategy 54:12 - Growth & Expansion 59:23 - Wrapping up Follow Joel: @jbassam2 on Twitter. Joel's LinkedIn. Easterns.com. Please take a moment to visit this episode's sponsor: ⁠Fullpath⁠ – Discover Automotive's Leading Customer Data and Experience Platform. Turn your first-party data into customers for life with ⁠Fullpath⁠.  Check out ⁠⁠⁠the website⁠⁠⁠ for more and follow me on Twitter ⁠@GuyDealership⁠! Interested in advertising with CarDealershipGuy? Join the sponsor waitlist ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions.