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How Opportunity Affects Company Culture

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
Jun 28, 2019

3 Ways the Netflix Marketing Model Can Benefit Your Dealership

Netflix is one of the most successful disruptors of the digital age. How did they do it? By developing a business model built on customer obsession and personalization at scale. So take note of their strategy: here are three takeaways from Netflix’
Jun 27, 2019

Social Selling: Why Dealers Should Adopt It

Let’s go back in time for a moment. 16 years ago, in 2003, there was a brand-new highline dealership. This dealership was getting very little walk-in traffic. Despite having 10 salespeople on the floor, they were lucky if even one customer came in
Jun 27, 2019

Selling to the Connected Consumer

The “always connected” shopper trend continues to grow. In the last year alone, the number of consumers using mobile phones to research vehicles jumped 11 percent. It’s safe to say that 99.9 percent of the people who walk on your lot have searc
Jun 26, 2019

How to Maximize Your Digital Ad Spend

The shift from traditional advertising to digital advertising continues to grow. Today, it’s common for 90 percent of a dealer’s budget to be spent on digital channels. Yet, it’s very difficult for most dealers to directly attribute phone calls
Jun 26, 2019

Car Segments Show High Depreciation

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Market Insights Rep
Jun 25, 2019

Firing Your Agency? Do These 4 Steps First

Let’s face it, if a dealership is firing their digital marketing agency, it is a last resort after working to improve results. Ideally, the dealer can identify campaigns that are not performing, audiences that are not being properly targeted, or cr
Jun 25, 2019

Why Selling OEM Auto Parts Online Isn’t About Margins

The auto parts business in the USA is about an $8-10B a year industry, of which more than $1B include OEM parts. The year-over-year growth of this market is about 13%, and the percentage of sales that occurs online is already at about 85%. This is th
Jun 24, 2019

How to Solve a Big Challenge in Service

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
Jun 24, 2019