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Witt’s Wise Words: Recalls Bring Opportunity
In this week’s episode of Witt’s Wise Words, Bill Wittenmyer discusses recalls and the opportunities that exist in your dealership to capitalize on them while helping your customers.
Sep 18, 2017
Hard Facts: Another Reason to Record
Still trying to figure out which way to film your Facebook videos? Then maybe it’s time to move your efforts over to another social platform… LinkedIn. As a newly added capability, video on LinkedIn allows you to not only use this visual
Sep 16, 2017
Tappable Sitelinks Are Here! How Will This Affect Your Advertisements?
Sitelinks are a Google AdWords staple. They take users to specific pages within your site, allowing searchers to find exactly what they’re looking for. I’ve always been a big fan of them for a number of reasons; dealerships who use sitelinks
Sep 15, 2017
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What The Game of Thrones & OEMs Have in Common – the Faceless Man
In the uber-popular television series (and books… which are way better), The Game of Thrones, there exists Arya Stark. She develops from a high-born girl into a trained assassin whose talent is to mimic anyone – a talent known as “the facel
Sep 14, 2017
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Engaging video needs to be quality video. Whether you’re making it with an iPhone, or a $10,000 camera, it’s important to make sure that a viewer (or viewers) can clearly make out what is being recorded. As personalized video and social media con
Sep 14, 2017
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Do You Have the Power to Know What You’re Losing?
The number of automotive reports dealership managers receive in a typical month drastically differs from the number of reports that empower them to take immediate action based on sales data only hours old. It’s as if dealers in today’s world have
Sep 11, 2017
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Traffic Attribution vs Sales Attribution: What’s the Holy Grail of Marketing Measurement?
Part 2: Sales Attribution In part 1 of this series, I discussed Web Traffic Attribution, how that works and why most dealers are using it as their primary measurement tool when making marketing spend decisions. While web traffic is certainly importan
Sep 11, 2017
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Solving the Disconnect: Your Dealership’s Many Systems and Teams
There has been a lot written about the “car buyer’s journey,” the path that a shopper takes in their quest to buy a new car. Through internet searches that turn into real contact, a user becomes a lead, who could then become a customer. Down th
Sep 8, 2017
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How Used Car Dealers are Getting Mileage Out of Social Media
Used Car Dealers Using Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to build trust and community linkage. Although most franchise dealers have finally boarded the train of progress into the digital age, used car dealers have been slow to buy a ticket. As a conte
Sep 7, 2017