#435 - How One Dealership Saved $55,000 a Year in Collector Salary
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The episode discusses how a dealership saved $55,000 a year by implementing AI in their collections process.
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 beyond the pitch and into the practical. What You'll Learn: Why Blytz dropped "Pay" from their name — and what Blytz Collect and Blytz Insights mean for how dealers manage collections from end to endHow one dealership is running an AI collections agent across 300 accounts and what they've learned about the exact times of day customers actually pay Why 85% of customers won't answer the phone — and how the call-plus-immediate-payment-link combo is outperforming everything else in the collections motion How AI replaced a $55,000 salary not by firing anyone, but simply by not rehiring when a collector left The Blytz and Ituran GPS integration that automatically restores a customer's starter…
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