The Independent Dealer Podcast

Luke Godwin, Jeff Watson

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Booking Overview

This weekly podcast helps independent used car dealers improve their operations and personal day-to-day—by learning from other dealers and industry experts. It’s a practical, dealership-focused platform where guests share proven approaches to growth, process, and risk/collections realities on the ground.

Metrics

Episodes: 469

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.6k subscribers

Contact Information

info@theindependentdealer.com

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Host

Luke Godwin - Hosts The Independent Dealer Podcast with Jeff Watson, helping independent used car dealers improve their dealerships and their life by finding best advice from industry experts and successful deal...

Jeff Watson - Hosts The Independent Dealer Podcast with Luke Godwin, focusing on practical help for independent used car dealers to improve their dealerships and their life using guidance from industry experts a...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Independent used car dealers and dealer operators with measurable operational experience (often recognized in dealer awards/nominees), plus industry experts/vendors whose solutions are implemented in real dealership workflows (e.g., collections/payment tools) and can describe results.
Required Achievements:  
Dealer award nomination/recognition, Demonstrated operational improvements (cost savings, staffing efficiency), Implemented technology integrations with measurable outcomes

Recent Guest Discussions

Jenissa (Auto Liquidators) - Practical Rollout And Performance Learnings From Using Ai-powered Collections Across Customer Accounts.

Robyn (Blytz team) - Blytz Product Naming, Ai-powered Collections At Real Dealerships, Collections Workflow And Customer Payment Behaviors, Integrations And Analytics.

Bill Hancock - Dealer Career/business Path, Buying Cars Right, Wholesaling/retail Mindset, Lender/credit Realities, Community Involvement.

Recent Topics

Automotive, Dealership, Business, Sales, Operations

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Independent Dealer Podcast
:

#24 - Monday Minute | 100% of the Product, 100% of the Time

June 15, 2026

Welcome to the Monday Minute — your weekly reset to lead better, think clearer, and build your independent dealership with intention.Front-end margins are getting squeezed. The spread between wholesale and retail is tighter than ever, competition is aggressive, and if your dealership is surviving on front-end gross alone, you're one bad month away from a real problem. That's why your F&I office isn't just extra profit — it's the profit stabilizer that can make or break you...

#435 - How One Dealership Saved $55,000 a Year in Collector Salary

June 11, 2026

In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin sit down with Robyn and the team from Blytz — live from Caesars Palace at BHPH United 2026 in Las Vegas — for a candid conversation about what Blytz is building, why they dropped "Pay" from the name, and what the future of AI-powered collections actually looks like on the ground at a real dealership. Joined by Jenissa from Auto Liquidators, who's already running it in her operation, this one goes beyo...

#23 - Monday Minute | Random Process, Random Results

June 08, 2026

Welcome to the Monday Minute — your weekly reset to lead better, think clearer, and build your independent dealership with intention. Every dealer has a sales process. The question is whether it's intentional or accidental. If it's not written down and trained consistently, every salesperson on your lot is making it up as they go — and the path of least resistance is never the path to growth. One customer gets a great experience. The next gets confusion. One lead gets followed up. The...

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