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GEORGIA INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
INDEPENDENT
auto dealer

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020

2 | Message from the President: 8 | 4 Best Dealership Practices 28 | New & Renewed Members
A Changing Climate to Navigate an Uncertain 30 | The CARLAWYER ©
2 | Advertiser Index Market 31 | Car Dealership Test Drives Go
4 | Message from the Executive 10 | Keep Your Sales Pipeline from First to Last
Director: Honoring GIADA Flowing 32 | Auction Directory
V.I.P. Members 13 | Service Provider Directory 34 | Planning Your Legacy
4 | COVID-19 Updates 25 | Advertising Opportunities 36 | GIADA Staff
6 | Why Is Acquiring Used 26 | Add ‘Human Touch’ to Digital 37 | NIADA 2020 VIRTUAL
Vehicle Inventory So Hard? Auto Retailing Convention

SLATE OF OFFICERS

Chairman of the Board Sr. Vice President-at-Large
David Mosley • Cherokee Auto Group Dennis Pope • Peoples Financial Hiram
® Canton, GA • 770-345-0282 Hiram, GA • 770-948-6110
President Sr. Vice President-at-Large
David Johnson • Cherokee Auto Group Jason Reaves • Wayne Reaves Software
Canton, GA • 770-345-0282 Macon, GA • 478-474-8779
The magazine of the
GEORGIA INDEPENDENT President Elect First Vice President-at-Large
AUTOMOBILE Hudson Biondo • MasterCars Auto Sales Randy Mosteller, Microbilt
DEALERS ASSOCIATION Doraville, GA • 770-450-5000 Kennesaw, GA • 803-309-0909
GIADA.ORG First Vice President Second Vice President-at-Large
6903-A Oak Ridge Commerce Way Jack Carter • Turn & Burn Motors Glen Reeves • Reeves Insurance Agency
Austell, Georgia 30168 Conyers, GA • 404-297-7756 Douglasville, GA • 770-949-0025
T | 800-472-8101 or 770-745-9650
F | 770-745-9655 Second Vice President Third Vice President-at-Large
John Weir • Autostar Finance, Inc. Julie Dermer Colgate • WoodmenLife
Scottsdale, GA • 404-297-7756 Ellijay, GA • 678-447-1161
Third Vice President Fourth Vice President-at-Large
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | EDITOR Neill Waters • USAuto Sales Melanie McKinney, The Golden Rooster
Amy J. Bennett Duluth, GA • 770-280-3907 LLC
Lagrange, GA • 678-218-6618
Treasurer
For more information about the GIADA, Donnie Bazemore • Southeastern Auto Auxiliary Officers
topics addressed in this issue, or for additional Auction of Savannah President: Lisa Johnson
copies please contact GIADA, (800) 472-8101. Savannah, GA • 912-965-9901 Vice President: Laurie Higgins
Treasurer: Kate Christianson
Copyright 2020 Secretary Secretary: Wendy Brunn
Neill Rawls • Georgia Certified Motors
Conyers, GA • 678-906-3793

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