Ted Ballinger Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Az, Us

United States

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

United States

Davenport, Iowa, United States

After six years as a trainer I am making the transition to the sales team and as a previous user of the Promax system during my automotive career I am excited to share my knowledge and success with other Automotive professionals. Give me fifteen minutes and let me show why Promax Unlimited is the best choice for your dealership!

Phonenix Arizona

Making good use of my over 13 years automotive experience and working for the best CRM in the industry. I am based out of Phoenix, AZ but also visit dealerships anywhere in the United States. I have used Promax for the majority of my automotive career and enjoy the opportunity to share this knowledge and experience with other automotive professionals!

Omaha, Ne

Regional Sales Manager for 14 states and over 150 clients. Conducted webinars on a weekly basis for client training and sales presentations. Traveled to territories visiting clients and potential clients. Landed many large accounts including the Public Library of Albuquerque New Mexico, Public Library of Abilene TX, and Public Library of Longview TX.

Stuart, Ia

Southwest Iowa's newest Chevrolet Dealership right off the Stuart, IA exit. Very excited about this oppurtunity and getting this dealership up and running at full speed! So far we have added over 15 different lenders, a new internet lead program, and working on several other programs to improve the experience for our customers.

Council Bluffs, Ia

Starting a brand new department from the ground up. Have added four new lenders to our dealership and a new website for secondary finance. Currently working on SEO to increase traffic to that website to generate more leads and increase business.

Created a data base system for tracking internet sales leads for a company with no internet presenceOver $150,000 gross sales thus farAnswers all GM interent leads within a one hour, however has a 4.6 minute response time overallMy response time has positioned our company in the top ten for our entire district (about 50 dealerships)Sales territory expanded by almost 25% Accurately track our advertising budget to allow for more accuracy

Extensive sales training to memorize their sales presentationsSet sales appointmentsProvided customer support for both new polices and explaining policies in place for current clientsObtained insurance license for the state of IowaMet initial 3 month goal in less than 3 weeks

Automotive sales and Special Finance manager Mutual agreement this was a temporary position while studying for insurance Was in top 5 sales position each monthPromoted to Special Finance Manager at their Chevrolet store. Tripled sales within first monthResponsible for structuring the car deal, getting the credit application approved, contracting the customer, packaging the car loan for the bank, and making sure itthe deal funded

Assisted with setup of this brand new dealership.Programmed our financial system(Reynolds and Reynolds)Created partnerships with national and local lending institutions, and with the leading credit application management system in the industry. Held position of finance manager, used car manager, and new car manger at whenever neededFinal position Special Finance Manger, but continued to back up the above positions. As the special finance manger I was responsible for advertising, structuring the car deal, getting the car deal approved, packaging the deal for the bank, and getting the deal funded. While I held this position I was able to help one of my salesmen get second place in a store wide sales contest.

Recruited by the owner to run the Special Finance DepartmentInitially responsible for three sales people and running a profitable departmentTurned the department around from losing money Within 6 months, created an advertising budget of $10,000 which turned into a monthly sales gross of $100,000, many times exceeding the used car department with 2 managers and 10 sales associates and a budget of $25,000After 18 months was promoted to used car manager where I was responsible for managing 10 sales associates while still running the special finance department.While in this position I maintained consistent monthly sales of $200,000 in gross Held on of the best averages for front end and back end grossDuring this time the two previous managers were relieved of their positions so I averaged about 65-70 hours a week with only one day off/week

Established the special finance department for this dealershipCreated partnerships with lenders for this department and creating the advertising Shortly after I created this department, I was promoted to Finance Manager and managed both departmentsI was directly responsible for structuring the car deal, getting the car deal approved, packaging the deal for the bank, and getting the deal fundedAt the end of every month I needed to provide an accurate ledger for all financial transactions within my department

Responsible for getting the car deal approved, packaging the deal for the bank, and getting the deal fundedConstantly maintained an average back end gross of about one thousand to twelve hundred. Brief in this position as the dealership was to move to a new location that was to dramatically increase businessCompany hired a 2nd finance manager in preparation for the new business, however, was the dealership did not have enough business in the new location yet to support two managersTook a position in Carroll, IA where I was living

Responsible to connect with target Fortune 500 companies and other large companies to find out who was in charge of their employee incentive programs and customer retention programsUsed a lead management system to input all information we learned from the clientGathered information and made into a custom power point presentation and present these presentations in person for the clientWhile in this postion I landed the largest customer retention program the company had ever had generating over $100,000 in quartely salesWhen I started my position, there were 12 employees and no customer data baseWhen I left, there were over 800 employees and offices in Manahttan and Omaha, and I had nearly 1000 shares of stockThe company ended up merging with Giftpoint.com , and the current CEO was let goAfter a 60% staff reduction, I elected not to keep my stock options and left the company (It was a great experience and I am glad I can say I was involved in the big "internet start boom" before it came crashing down)

Associate Degree, Computer & Information Sciences

Computer Science

Diploma