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Cameron Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
201 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

So

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

It actually can be an advantage to be in a small market.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

The other thing is that we still got plenty of competition.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

Everybody can go buy a car everywhere.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

We just happen to have been in business a really long time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

So my great-grandfather started selling Model Ts in 1925.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

And then he started the dealership here in Roanoke in 1938.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

So when you have time on your side, that helps a lot of things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

And you're always hustling, though, too.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

There are plenty of dealerships or other businesses that have been around longer than us that don't do well or that have failed and have gone out of business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

My average is around 350 per sale.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

So if I'm selling 200 cars a month, I'm spending 70,000 in advertising, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

So I'm probably... 10 years ago, I made the decision to get out of the newspaper.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

We spent zero in the newspaper.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

All of our competitors are still in the newspaper.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

And so all of our competitors are still in the newspaper.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

We outsell all of them combined.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

So clearly, their return on investment is not very good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

But our...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Does This Ford Dealership Sell The Most Cars Ever? with Cameron Johnson Ep 9

Our breakdown is about probably 50% online.