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A Change That Extends Your Dealership’s Reach on Facebook

Facebook recently announced a change to its algorithm that prioritizes posted comments in a manner that can be very beneficial as far as gaining more exposure to your customer’s networks. According to Social Media Today, Facebook has changed how it
Jul 16, 2019

2 Strategies to Bump Up Service Business

By Steve Laureys, National Account Director for CallRevu’s CallVision DNI technology platform Rising interest rates and stagnant incentives point to a slowing new vehicle market through the end of the year. NADA predicts new vehicle sales will
Jul 16, 2019

Hard Facts: View Your Website History – Wayback Machine

This week's #HardFacts is live from Google HQ in #NYC. Samantha chats with Google team members about what it means to be a #Google Partner. She also gives some strategies
Jul 15, 2019

The Power of Managing the Now: Radically Improving the Vehicle Sale

By Dave Bowling, Automotive Product Specialist, Reynolds and Reynolds You have plenty of tools and processes to help you manage before the sale. Your ad budget is robust, your website merchandises your inventory well, you capture leads, and you send
Jul 15, 2019

Optimize Your Digital Marketing and Advertising Campaigns

By Erica Danford, AVP of Managed Services, Dealer.com Great marketing is never accidental. Think back to what campaigns have stuck with you over the years. What do you remember about them? In all likelihood, it was the content, presented in a compell
Jul 12, 2019

Shifting to a Razor and Razor Blade Business Model

In the last seven years, new vehicle gross margins have declined from four percent to two percent. If that pace continues, profit margins will be wiped out by 2025. It appears that the front-end grosses dealers enjoyed 10 or 15 years ago are never co
Jul 12, 2019

A Simple Way to Capture Additional Service Revenue

In a quick review of dealership’s websites, I find that many are almost entirely sales focused and tend to neglect the one department that brings the most significant percentage of profit… service. Go ahead. Take a look at a few dealership websit
Jul 11, 2019

Service Marketing: To Reach Younger Drivers, Go Beyond Recommendations

Though every vehicle today comes with a recommended maintenance schedule from the manufacturer, many consumers don’t follow them. What’s worse, some may not even know they exist! We recently surveyed 1,000 auto dealer customers and found that you
Jul 11, 2019