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Hosted by Jeff Watson & Luke Godwin · leisure · EN · 504 episodes
A podcast for Independent Used Car Dealers to get help on how to improve their dealerships and their life. As current used car dealers, Luke and Jeff find the best advice from industry experts and other successful dealers. If you want to learn and grow your business with like minded used car dealers tune in each week. "Dealers Helping Dealers"
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast for Independent Used Car Dealers to get help on how to improve their dealerships and their life. As current used car dealers, Luke and Jeff find the best advice from industry experts and other successful dealers. If you want to learn and grow your business with like minded used car dealers tune in each week. "Dealers Helping Dealers"
The Independent Dealer Podcast is hosted by Jeff Watson & Luke Godwin. The show has published 504 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#42 - Monday Minute | Your Dealership Should Give You a Life, Not Become One" (19 October 2026, 6 minutes), "#453 - The Battle Plan Worked: Catching Up with Nathan Smith on Growth, Repos and Blytz" (15 October 2026, 33 minutes), and "#40 - Monday Minute | Shut the Door and Talk to Your Employees" (5 October 2026, 5 minutes).
The Independent Dealer Podcast publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 504 episodes.
Booking probability for The Independent Dealer Podcast is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Independent Dealer Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Independent Dealer Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Independent Dealer Podcast are Car Dealers. The Independent Dealer Podcast has a leisure audience.
Jeff Watson & Luke Godwin hosts The Independent Dealer Podcast, a leisure show with 504 episodes published.
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Episode #42
Welcome to the Monday Minute, brought to you by Auto Analytix — your 52-week guide to a better dealership. A quick reset to help you lead better, think clearer, and build your dealership with intention. Before we get...
Episode #453
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin check back in with Nathan Smith of Parker Auto Sales — the dealer who bought out his previous owner on a spreadsheet, circled a...
Episode #40
Welcome to the Monday Minute, brought to you by Auto Analytix — your 52-week guide to a better dealership. A quick reset to help you lead better, think clearer, and build your dealership with intention. Before we get...
Episode #451
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin are both in full tax season prep mode — and have a lot to say about it. Luke just walked the auction lanes for the first time since July...
Episode #38
Welcome to the Monday Minute, brought to you by Auto Analytix – your 52-week guide to a better dealership. A quick reset to help you lead better, think clearer, and build your dealership with intention. Before we get...
Episode #450
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin make an announcement they have been working toward for years — they are now investors in Auto Analytix, a business intelligence platform...
Episode #38
Welcome to the Monday Minute, brought to you by Auto Analytix – your 52-week guide to a better dealership. A quick reset to help you lead better, think clearer, and build your dealership with intention. Before we get...
Episode #449
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin sit down with Gill Florentino, Principle Owner of Mi Amigo Motors — a Dominican Republic native who watched his brother get murdered as a...
Episode #37
Welcome to the Monday Minute, brought to you by Auto Analytix – your 52-week guide to a better dealership. A quick reset to help you lead better, think clearer, and build your dealership with intention. Before we get...
Episode #448
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin are both catching you from the car — Labor Day weekend, no studio, no guest, just two operators talking about what is actually happening in...
The Independent Dealer Podcast
Welcome to the Monday Minute, brought to you by Auto Analytix – your 52-week guide to a better dealership. A quick reset to help you lead better, think clearer, and build your dealership with intention. Before we get...
The Independent Dealer Podcast
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin dig into the numbers, the legislation, and the industry shifts that every independent dealer needs to be paying attention to right now. No...
Episode #35
Welcome to the Monday Minute — your weekly reset to lead better, think clearer, and build your independent dealership with intention. Sponsored by Auto Analytix. The wrong hire costs you more than a paycheck. It costs...
Episode #446
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin sit down with Juan O'Campo, founder and owner of Family Auto in the Dallas-Fort Worth area — six locations, 3,000 accounts, 78 employees...
Episode #34
Welcome to the Monday Minute – your weekly reset to lead better, think clearer, and build your independent dealership with intention. Sponsored by Auto Analytix. Every pay plan in your dealership is sending a message...
Episode #445
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin check back in with Nick Markosian of Markosian Auto — a multi-location buy here pay here operator, NIADA board member, and one of the most...
Episode #33
Welcome to the Monday Minute – your weekly reset to lead better, think clearer, and build your independent dealership with intention. Sponsored by Auto Analytix. If you walked into your dealership today and asked every...
Episode #444
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin check in with Garrett Jones of Ella Boulevard Motors in Houston, Texas — a second-generation dealer who took over a 1940s gas station doing...
Episode #32
Welcome to the Monday Minute – your weekly reset to lead better, think clearer, and build your independent dealership with intention. Sponsored by Auto Analytix. If every decision has to come through you, every approval...
Episode #443
In this episode of the Independent Dealer Podcast, Jeff Watson and Luke Godwin sit down fresh off TIADA 2026 in Texas to break down one of the most debated topics in the independent dealer world right now — the hybrid...
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Chief Operating Officer of Alaska Airlines, EVP of Cargo at Alaska Air Group, Nolan Transportation Group
founder, Cork Whiskey Society
Chief Strategy Officer for FCA, founder of Fields of Faith, South Dakota State University
auto finance lawyer, chief legal and compliance officer, Ignite Consulting Partners
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