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AutoDisrupter: The John Michael Montgomery Appointment Attempt (Digital Dealer Exclusive)

I make fun of reps during training when they do this but we have all done this. The lukewarm appointment attempt. It raises doubt and you lose credibility when this happens. Go for the kill and ask for the appointment​
Apr 19, 2018

Negative Reviews Can be Sales Gold!

Study after study finds that word-of-mouth is the single greatest influencer when it comes to sales. Providing a consistently excellent customer experience, then having those customers go out and tell their family and friends about it is the marketer
Apr 18, 2018

Hard Facts: How to Create a Social Strategy and Content Calendar

Social can be a hard thing to master when it comes to your marketing. There are updates constantly and many are still standoffish about taking advantage of all the opportunities it offers. I want to make it easy for those of you who still aren’
Apr 18, 2018

Is Facebook Marketing Still a Valuable Strategy? Absolutely.

Recently Facebook announced that it will stop using data from third-party data aggregators to supplement its own data that it uses for ad targeting. What does this mean for car dealers? Until this announcement, Facebook collected data from three sour
Apr 18, 2018

How Localized Programmatic Advertising Can Work for Dealerships

The auto buyer’s path to purchasing a new car is extended and complex. There are 24 average touchpoints, 19 of which are digital (Google). In order to reach an engaged car buyer and increase foot traffic, it’s essential to adopt multiple targetin
Apr 17, 2018

Do Trade Shows Improve Sales?

There’s always another trade show to sponsor or attend, and the costs add up quickly. The question is “do trade shows improve sales?” In a recent survey of 100 Business Owners and Marketing Managers, 48% said they didn’t calculate their Retur
Apr 16, 2018

Think Tank: What CEOs Could Learn From Reality TV

While it may seem like reality TV comes up empty-handed in terms of educational programming, it did teach us something very interesting about what consumers considers valuable. Companies and their executives could leverage this lesson into sales, and
Apr 16, 2018

How Facebook’s Latest Announcement Will Impact Your Ad Targeting

As a dealer, you need to know that the way you advertise on Facebook is about to change. On Wednesday evening, March 28, Facebook made this brief announcement: “We want to let advertisers know that we will be shutting down Partner Categories. This
Apr 12, 2018

Hard Facts: 3 Ways to Leverage Facebook Targeting Changes. How to Avoid Being Screwed By Facebook!

Facebook is responding to the backlash concerning their privacy policies by making life for marketers as difficult as possible. But, fear not! In this industry, we’re far from new to updates like this– but it’s always a little unner
Apr 12, 2018