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Profit By Action Quick Tip: Extent of the Service Opportunities for Franchise Dealers
Of the $350B Service business in NA, franchise Dealers only capture 27% of it. In this Quick Tip, Andy Church asks what are you doing to increase your service business?
100% Digital Doesn’t Mean 100% Coverage
In this video blog, CEO & Founder of Local Search Group Jim Flint shares why dealers shouldn't confuse their digital efforts with its effectiveness.
How Subscription Models Can Affect Dealership Valuation
Can the trend in dealership subscription services affect dealership valuation? Scot Eisenfelder shares his opinion in this video blog.
AI: The Future of Digital Marketing
In today’s digital world, if you want your audience to hear your message, it’s crucial to stand out among the flood of marketing communications hitting them at every turn. But all too often, marketers use a “one size fits all” mentality, sending messages on a standard...
Freebie Fridays: The Three Most Important Traits In Your BDC
In this episode of Freebie Friday, VP of Sales CDK Global Bill Wittenmyer shares the three most important traits that your BDC should have.
It’s Time to Harvest: Using Data to Find Service Customers
By, Jeff Clark, President of SOCIALDEALER Imagine the power of not only knowing every visitor on your lot, but also knowing if they visited your neighbor’s lot or independent service facility. The automotive kingdom is ruled by data sourcing. Consumer data directs all...
Car Wars and VinSolutions Announce Improved Integration, Partnership
The new partnership will allow for enhanced communication between the two automotive solutions, giving mutual clients heightened lead management capabilities. Dallas, Texas, and Mission, Kansas – March 7, 2019 - Car Wars and VinSolutions have announced an improved...
Five Cutting-Edge Tactics to Help You Succeed in 2019
Innovate or die. In today’s highly competitive market where modern-day dealers continue to face compressing margins, innovate or die is more relevant than ever, but how can you innovate at your dealership? Here are 5 areas where your dealership can both innovate and...
Why Integration Matters
DealerBuilt CEO Mike Trasatti shares why integration is more important than ever in an industry continuously coming up with new solutions.
When it Comes to Technicians, Dealerships May Need a Bigger Boat
In my last blog, Technicians are the Key to Dealerships’ Future, I discussed how the race to acquire technicians may just be outweighed by the difficult task of retaining the ones dealerships already employ. Of course, as consumers keep their vehicles longer and the...
Anatomy of a Phishing Attack
Do you believe your dealership is safe from phishing attacks? Here are two actual incidents that occurred at dealerships as a result of successful phishing attacks. One day a salesperson at a Ford dealership received an email. The subject line read: RE: 2015 Ford...
Digital Darwinism: What Dealers Can do to Market at the Speed of Life
When I look around the industry, I see a disconnect between how shoppers and dealerships leverage technology in the car buying process. Technology continues to disrupt everything we once knew and counted on. It’s reinventing how everything is bought and sold. It’s...
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