{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Fixed Ops Friday With Tully Williams, Dave Thomas, and Jim Sabino | Daily Dealer Live","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/fixed-ops-friday-with-tully-williams-dave-thomas-and-jim-sabino-daily-dealer-live","audioUrl":"https://chrt.fm/track/C6AG88/traffic.megaphone.fm/CREUR2491332010.mp3","description":"Today's show features: \n\n\n\n- Tully Williams, Fixed Operations Director of The Niello Company\n\n\n\n- Dave Thomas, Director of Content Marketing at CDK Global\n\n\n\n- Jim Sabino, Fixed Operations Director of All American Ford Paramus\n\n\n\nThis episode is brought to you by: \n\n\n\nFoureyes – Foureyes helps dealers turn data into action. Starting with a clean, connected data foundation across dealership systems, Foureyes empowers dealerships to use that data to drive consistent execution throughout their business. The data stays dealer-owned, vendor-neutral, and works with any tools or partners. 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