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The Three Pillars of Success
Running a business is a constant struggle to make sure all pieces are working together. I have come to realize while there are many facets to a successful business, they can all be grouped into these three pillars. They need to be working in conjunction with each...
LEASE CREDIT APPROVAL RATES DIP SLIGHTLY TO 68.4% IN JUNE
Secondary Marketplace Activity Picks Up With Shoppers Looking to Avoid Dealer Down Payments CINCINNATI, OHIO (July 11, 2018) – Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, reports car lease credit applicants registered a 68.4% approval rate entering...
The 5 Essential Components to Running a Solid PPC Campaign
PPC (Pay-Per-Click) is an extremely effective way to drive legitimate, bottom of the funnel buyers into your dealership. Here are the 5 essential components you will need to run a solid PPC Campaign. 1. Identify Keywords That Under-Perform or Perform Incorrectly...
5 Tips for Switching CRMs
The decision to switch to a new CRM is not one to be taken lightly. On a daily basis, your sales team relies on your CRM for new leads and opportunities, to remind them what needs to be done, guide them through car deals and keep them on track to meet business goals....
Customers Like the Easy Button: Use it to Increase Sales
It’s probably not news to you that, while customers like having new cars, many dislike the dealership experience. And, that dislike often immediately begins from the first moment they arrive and are basically accosted by 10 salespeople approaching their vehicle as...
The Three Buckets of Service Customers
Scot Eisenfelder explains the three buckets that service customers fall into and how best to reach out to them.
Ask Jim: A Service Focused Q&A
“Ask Jim” is an ongoing question-and-answer series with Jim Roche, Xtime’s senior vice president of marketing and managed services, on the pressing topics and issues within the fixed operations world. Question 1: Jim, I want to make investments in technology when it...
Think Tank: Why You NEED A Facebook Show | Starting A Social Media Show
Digital is the way of the world-- and yet so many business owners can't figure out an alternative branding strategy to their ? TV & Radio ? advertising-- it's like the necessary evil in every quarter's strategy. That's why I was so surprised when my friend, Ryan...
Consistent Trends in Four Weeks
Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market Insights report shows where...
Incentivization & Teamwork: The Keys to Increased Profits
As there are several different departments in dealerships, each with their own goals and targets, it is quite common for inter-departmental fighting to occur – a woe of many a manger. This happens because each department attempts to preserve revenue within their own...
Dominion eliminates DMS friction points with complete suite of fixed ops tools
July 10, 2018, Norfolk, VA -- Dominion Dealer Solutions is presenting the most complete fixed operations solution in its new cloud-based DMS, Dominion VUETM. The first of its kind, Dominion VUE is the only DMS in the industry that features browser-based, tablet-ready...
Hard Facts: How to Use Pinterest for Business | Tips to Drive More Seasonal Pinterest Traffic
Pinterest is a massively undervalued asset when it comes to social media platforms to leverage. It has the capacity to drive massive amounts of traffic because it's increasingly being used as a search engine. You can use Pinterest to drive traffic directly to your...
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