Tracy Myers, Owner Of Frank Myers Auto Maxx, Named To Top Forty Under 40 List

Frank Myers Auto Maxx, a Winston Salem, NC used car dealership, announced today that owner Tracy Myers was named one of the Triad¹s 40 Leaders Under Forty award recipients for 2011. The award honors the Triad area's emerging leaders who are shaping its future. The Business Journal and UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics, the sponsor of this year¹s awards, thanks all of the winners for their dedication to making a positive difference in the lives of others by driving success for their employers and empowering their respective communities by giving of their time and talents.

At his award-winning car dealership, his customers commonly refer to him as The Nations Premier Automotive Solutions Provider. His industry peers often call him "a marketing genius", adding that "he has an old marketing soul that's reminiscent of a P.T. Barnum". While others have said that he is "a visionary...possibly to be compared to a Walt Disney for a new generation."

"Tracy has been instrumental for our successful ability to pull-through the recession while continuing to expand our Automotive Solutions Team and our revenues," said Credit Miracle Worker Rich Little. "We are grateful to have such an inspiring and cutting-edge leader as our employer, as our leader and as a member of our team. I am proud he has been chosen as a winner of this prestigious award and can think of no one as deserving as him." For more information about Tracy Myers, visit http://www.frankmyersauto.com/letter.html

“I am flattered and humbled to have been chosen as a winner of the Triad¹s 40 Leaders Under Forty award”, said Myers. “I give God all of the glory and the honor because with Him I can achieve anything. Without him, I can achieve nothing.”

About Tracy E. Myers:
The original Frank Myers Store was started more than 83 years ago by Frank Myers, the Great-Grandfather of the current owner Tracy Myers and the Grandfather of the previous owner, Franklin Myers. Tracy has spent the past 15+ years trying to change the landscape of the car business and the bruised reputation of car salespeople all over the country. Tracy was one of the first 100 Certified Master Dealers in the Nation, a NIADA Eagle Award Winner and was the youngest recipient ever to be honored with the highest available distinction in the used car industry…the National Quality Dealer award. Frank Myers Auto Maxx was recently recognized as the #1 Small Business in NC by Business Leader Magazine, one of the Top 28 Independent Automotive Retailers in the United States by Auto Dealer Monthly Magazine, one of the Top 10 Internet Auto Retailers in the Nation & one of the Top 3 dealerships to work for in the country by The Dealer Business Journal. Tracy is also the Co-Creator of the “Everybody Rides” program and author of the best selling book “Car Buying Secrets Exposed: The Dirty Little Secrets of a Used Car Dealer”, available at Amazon.com and better bookstores. He is a Christian Business Owner whose goal is to run his business “By the Book”. The dealership specializes in helping people find, qualify for and own the vehicle of their dreams with little or no money down…even with less than perfect credit.

Contact Information
Frank Myers Auto Maxx
4200 North Patterson Avenue
Winston Salem, NC 27105
SALES PHONE#: 336-767-3432
SERVICE PHONE #: 866-629-7585
SERVICE WEBSITE: http://www.frankmyersauto.com/winston-salem-auto-repair.html

Tracy Myers, Owner Of Frank Myers Auto Maxx, Named To Top Forty Under 40 List

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Winston-Salem, NC Used Car Dealership Named To Top 100 List

RALEIGH, N.C. – Business Leader Media is proud to reveal the Top 100 Small Businesses in North Carolina for 2009-2010.

Frank Myers Auto Maxx was recognized as one of the Top 100 small businesses in the entire state for the third year in a row. The hugely successful and nationally recognized used car dealerships, owned by Certified Master Dealer Tracy Myers, realized an astonishing 1 year growth of 42% and a 5 year growth of a whopping 153%. What makes these numbers even more remarkable is that the automotive industry as a whole has been in a downward spiral the past few years.

"The honor of once again being named one of the top 100 small businesses in North Carolina is simply a testament to my father’s belief that if you surround yourself with good people, they’ll push you to the top," said Tracy Myers. "If anyone deserves the credit for this recognition, it is my incredible staff because they continue to push me to the top."

The 2009-2010 winners were ranked based on revenue growth, business achievement and community involvement and were chosen from more than 500 finalists. The rankings and profiles of the companies will appear in the June issue of Triad Business Leader magazine and will be recognized at an awards ceremony on June 24, 2010. In 2009, Frank Myers Auto Maxx placed #27.

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About Tracy Myers, owner of Frank Myers Auto Maxx:
The original Frank Myers Store was started more than 83 years ago by Frank Myers, the Great-Grandfather of the current owner Tracy Myers and the Grandfather of the previous owner, Franklin Myers. Tracy has spent the past 15+ years trying to change the landscape of the car business and the bruised reputation of car salespeople all over the country. Tracy was one of the first 100 Certified Master Dealers in the Nation, a NIADA Eagle Award Winner and was the youngest recipient ever to be honored with the highest available distinction in the used car industry...the National Quality Dealer award. Frank Myers Auto Maxx was recently recognized as one of the Top 28 Independent Automotive Retailers in the United States by Auto Dealer Monthly Magazine, one of the Top 10 Internet Auto Retailers in the Nation & one of the Top 3 dealerships to work for in the country by The Dealer Business Journal. Tracy is also the Co-Creator of the world famous "Everybody Rides" program and author of the best selling book "Car Buying Secrets Exposed: The Dirty Little Secrets of a Used Car Dealer", available at Amazon.com and better bookstores. He is a Christian Business Owner whose goal is to run his business "By the Book". The dealership specializes in helping people find, qualify for and own the vehicle of their dreams with little or no money down...even with less than perfect credit. http://www.frankmyersauto.com/

Spring Cleaning Means Found Money At Frank Myers Auto Maxx

NOTE: The following interview will appear in the May issue of The Good Life. Enjoy!

Winston-Salem, NC - For many local residents, spring brings with it some familiar chores that must get done around the house.

You know… the dreaded "Spring Cleaning." But what if you could start your spring cleaning… and CASH IN??

Recently I had a chance to catch up with Tracy Myers, owner of Frank Myers Auto Maxx who has created a very unique way for my readers to really profit from the necessary evil of spring cleaning.

"Last weekend I was out doing the ‘dirty deed’ and I uncovered some old junk laying around the house that I wanted to get rid of and it got me thinking… I bet lots of people have stuff hanging around the house that they’re thinking about getting rid of… maybe should have gotten rid of a long time ago or are going to pitch when they do spring cleaning," joked Myers.

But Myers was only half kidding. He's one of the few local businesses that has continually marketed his business even during tough times and works hard to come up with fun and exciting ways to deliver value and solve problems for people every month.

This month is no different. His latest innovation is the Spring Cleaning Trade In Event which gives all Winston-Salem residents an opportunity to get rid of their old stuff and get money for it. This money is used as a discount on any nicer, newer Certified car from Frank Myers Auto Maxx.

Tracy's inner salesman came out when he told me, "So here’s the deal: you can bring in anything… and I mean anything and I'll trade for it. So get to your Spring Cleaning Right Now because it means found money for you during my Spring Cleaning Trade In Event."

I guess you could say that your junk has never been worth more as long as Myers is around. Whatever you've got… Myers says, "I want it."

"I'll take whatever stuff you got and put it toward a nicer, newer vehicle for you. Whatever you can dig up during your Spring Cleaning is A-OK with me – and it’ll come right off the price of any vehicle. It's like free money for doing your chores," says Myers

I asked Myers to give me some examples of what he expects to trade for. Here's a short list of some of the items he thinks he’ll see:

CDs, DVDs, old cell phones, video game systems, sporting equipment, furniture, household items, lawn equipment, guns, antiques, power tools, boats, motorcycles, your old car and whatever else you can trot, tug or tow down here.

Myers quipped, "Keep you kids and your pets. I'll take anything… as long as it's legal and doesn't eat."

The Spring Cleaning Trade In Event at Frank Myers Auto Maxx will even feature an antique appraiser who can tell you what some of your older stuff might be worth. Myers told me it's going to be like the "Antique Road Show" but not everything has to be worth something for you to get money for it.

"Your junk is worth a fortune right now at Frank Myers Auto Maxx… antique or not," boasted Myers

On top of all this, regardless of the value of your junk, just for playing along, when you drive home in a nicer, newer vehicle from Frank Myers Auto Maxx, they will pay a guaranteed $1,000 for your junk. Can you imagine turning all your old junk into a whopping one thousand dollars (or more…)? I guess one man's trash really is another man's treasure.

Credit challenged residents are not left out of this opportunity. I specifically put Myers to the test and asked the hard questions about credit issues and getting approved in the current financial environment. Here's what he had to say:

"My EVERYBODY RIDES program is designed specifically to help people who have been through tough situations in the past that have kept them from being able to get a nicer, newer vehicle. My program is like Mr. Clean for your credit -- yeah, the bald, muscular guy in the white t-shirt."

Myers says he can do the deals that other dealers can't because his process is centered around finding the bank that best matches your scenario… instead of just depending on a yes or no from a single bank.

His EVERYBODY RIDES Program as he calls it, also puts the person back into the financing equation, not just the past credit history. Myers believes this is what makes his program different and gives local residents the best possible chance of being approved anywhere… PERIOD.

"If Your Junk Is Valuable… Think What Your Old Car Could Be Worth," Myers told me, almost getting giddy about it.

"I already told you during this special event I'll trade for anything. That's right anything LEGAL! But if I'm willing to trade you for your junk… imagine what your old car could be worth. There will never be a better time to get the most money for your trade. Whether it's junk or not so bad, I'll take it off your hands this week and give you some real $$$ for it," added Myers.

But don't wait long. In one of the few serious moments during our conversation, Myers told me that he was only going to be holding this Spring Cleaning Trade In Event until May 31st.

"If you snooze you lose," Myers stated. "So, start your spring cleaning right away and cash in. Bring me your stuff and I'll trade for it."

Visit Frank Myers Auto Maxx at 4200 North Patterson Avenue in Winston-Salem or call 336-767-3432 to make an appointment to have your stuff or your current vehicle appraised.

Economy Soars, North Carolina Car Dealer Ready For The Flight

The economy grew at a faster-than-expected 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter, the quickest in more than six years, as businesses made less-aggressive cuts to inventories and stepped up spending.

The Commerce Department said on Friday its first estimate put fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth at its fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003. The economy expanded at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast GDP, which measures total goods and services output within U.S. borders, growing at a 4.6 percent rate in October-December period.

"The announced growth mirrored what we've been seeing at our used car dealership. Since October of 2009, we've been selling more cars...buying more cars...and more people have been shopping for cars," said Tracy Myers, the owner of Frank Myers Auto Maxx in North Carolina.

"Wow, great number. It's very solid and gives us a running start into the second half of the year when we can't rely on government stimulus," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank in Chicago.

"That's part of the plan, to get us moving as fast as possible so when life support is removed we'll have a pulse."

Getting the economy on a sustainable growth track remains one of the key challenges facing President Barack Obama, who on Wednesday outlined a raft of measures to create jobs and nurture the recovery.

Growth was boosted by a sharp slowdown in the pace of inventory liquidation, a factor that could mask the strength of the economic recovery from the longest and deepest downturn since the Great Depression.

But even stripping out inventories, the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.2 percent, accelerating from the 1.5 percent increase in the third quarter, reflecting relatively strong performance from other segments of the economy.

Business inventories fell only $33.5 billion in fourth quarter after dropping $139.2 billion in the July-September period. The change in inventories alone added 3.39 percentage points to GDP in the last quarter. This was the biggest percentage contribution since the fourth quarter of 1987.

For the whole of 2009, the economy contracted 2.4 percent, the biggest decline since 1946, the first year after the end of World War II.

In the last three months of 2009, consumer spending increased at a 2 percent annual rate, below the 2.8 percent annual pace in the prior quarter when consumption got a boost from the government's "cash for clunkers" program.

In the fourth quarter, consumer spending contributed 1.44 percentage points to GDP.
Consumer spending, which normally accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity, has been held back by the worst labor market in a quarter century.

Business investment in the fourth quarter grew for the first time since the second quarter of 2008 as the drag from the troubled commercial real estate was offset by robust spending on equipment and software.

Business investment rose at a 2.9 percent rate after falling 5.9 percent over the previous three-month period.

Export growth outpaced imports, leaving a trade gap that contributed half a percentage point to GDP growth in the last quarter.

Separately, employment costs in the United States rose 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter, Labor Department data showed.

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the Employment Cost Index to increase 0.4 percent in the three months ending in December 2009, after it inched up an unrevised 0.4 percent in the prior quarter.

Wages and salaries, which make up about 70 percent of compensation, and benefits were both up 0.5 percent, the Labor Department said.

- Portions of this article written by Lucia Mutikani and appearing in Reuters.

When Honesty Doesn't Quite Cut It

The last few years have certainly exposed us to a fundamental breakdown of trust in our society. While honesty is still alive in most American institutions, the lies and deception of these times has created an overwhelming climate of caution and mistrust. Trust takes many years of actions over words to establish. Admittedly, there is no substitute for honesty in business. But sometimes, honesty alone just isn't enough, not the only key to good decisions. An honest doctor can make the wrong prognosis, an honest broker can make a bad investment recommendation, and an honest car dealer may not offer the best value in a used car!

Knowledge and experience, coupled with integrity, usually results in good advice, good value. Here at Frank Myers Auto Maxx in Winston-Salem we take enormous pride in not only the way we run our business with integrity, but also in the enormous value that each and every one of our customers derive from the decades of experience and knowledge that we bring to the table for you. We've accumulated this vast amount of knowledge and experience from the Myers family serving the people of the Traid for more than 82 years. We've assisted tens of thousands of good folks, just like you, with top notch financing for the transportation your family needs. We never have, and never will indulge in the fast profits that come from slick and deceptive sales promotions. We always have, and we always will, be here to serve you and your family, every day. With honesty, integrity AND experience!

Simply put, there is no one else in the car business that can offer you the value that we do. We just have the years and years of dedication to this community, the car business, and our customers that profoundly stands above the rest. We have the used cars, trucks, and SUV's that you really want, and we have the experience to help you get the best value available for your hard earned dollar.