Alternative Revenue Streams – Car Washes as Profit Centers

By Trevor Gile, Managing Partner, Motorcars Honda; and Partner, RFCarwash Consulting & National Carwash Solutions Traditionally, car washes have always been viewed as an expense by dealerships. Taking into account the poor cleaning performance, c
Aug 7, 2019

What My Mattress in a Box Taught Me About the Future of the Automotive Industry

By Eric Giroux, Director of Product, DealerSocket I did it. I pulled the trigger. I bought a foam mattress that arrived at my front door, compressed in a box, from a company I had never heard of. I didn’t know anyone who owned one. I had never touc
Aug 6, 2019

AI: Challenging the Path to Purchase

By Eric Brown, CEO, inSearchX What if you woke up tomorrow and the path to purchase no longer existed? Today, we use our internet-connected devices to visit websites and curate content we find interesting. But this process is getting INVERTED as our
Aug 2, 2019

To BDC or Not to BDC?

By Christine Beougher, Director Digital Strategy & Sales, Digital to Dealer Direct While digital marketing has taken the world by storm over the last decade so has the rise of the BDC in car dealerships. For the average-sized dealership, having a
Aug 2, 2019

Video…You Can Do It

By David Hudson, Executive Producer/Director, D Hudson Productions Video is a very important element when marketing your dealership, but not every video needs to be a big-budget production. And by integrating various types of video content to your sa
Aug 1, 2019

Digital Retailing: A Practical Transition for Car Dealerships Today

By Ted Rubin, Founder and President, ActivEngage, Inc. In August of 1994, Phil Brandenberger went shopping for a compact audio disk, paid for it with his credit card, and made history. This was, by all accounts, the first online transaction. That CD
Aug 1, 2019

Why Dealers Are Turning to Digital Wholesale

By Ben Caffee, Senior Director, Offsite Solutions at Manheim Pressure is mounting on auto dealers’ retail margins. As vehicles last longer (the average life of a car is now a record of 11.8 years) new-car sales have plateaued. Dealers now have to l
Aug 1, 2019

Advertising in Today’s Market: What to Do When You Can’t Do Everything

By Mark Sokal, President, Sokal Advertising in today’s market is challenging. Buyers consume more media than ever before – changing the way they make purchases, especially when it comes to cars.  Understandably, this meant that the way deale
Jul 26, 2019

How to Use Google’s New Features to Attract Users to Your Showroom

By Christine Smith, Director Digital Strategy & Sales, Digital to Dealer Direct If you own a dealership or are a BDC/internet manager, you likely use Google to deliver pay per click (PPC) ads or display ads. These are effective ways to advertise
Jul 26, 2019