In the old days of traditional advertising, best practices advised that a consumer needed to hear or see the message three times before they remembered it. The same concept applies to all dealership marketing — including on-the-lot. When it com

Understanding the factors that influence a customer’s purchase decision is such a thorny issue that our industry devotes an entire conference focused solely on analytics and attribution. Dealerships continue to invest in tools that provide only a p

Which automotive brands do Cars.com mobile consumers visit the most? Which ones do they cross-shop while they are on someone else’s lot? Cars.com tracks the answer by applying our patented On-the-Lot technology. For our July report, Toyota and BMW

Unless you have been ignoring Social Media, Industry Conferences and Publications for the last year you have probably heard how great Facebook can be for selling cars. At the same time, you are probably thinking the same thing 95% of the other salesp

Search engine optimization is one of the most misunderstood marketing strategies in the automotive industry. Why? It’s because many dealerships limit the scope of their SEO strategy to non-branded keywords; in other words, they ignore search terms

Should you focus more on your top producers, or help build up your lower producers? ELEAD1ONE Partner Bill Wittenmyer answers this question with some advice about managing your sales team in this week’s edition of Witt’s Wise Words.

The rules of email marketing have changed. ELEAD1ONE Partner Bill Wittenmyer explains the importance of targeted, relevant email content in this edition of Freebie Fridays.

A recent blog article by myKaarma CEO & Founder Ujj Nath, posing a great question, “Are QR codes  a technology asset or failure?” motivated me to respond with my own viewpoint on this matter, as it is a divisive topic for sure! I have been i

There’s a lot of buzz around subscriptions as a new ownership model, with various industry pundits forecasting major disruptions for dealers. I see things differently. I believe there are several major barriers to subscription growth for non-dealer