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Do you TRUST your 3rd Party Lead provider?
Dealers are always questioning the quality of 3rd Party Leads the Lead Providers they come from – OEM programs are NOT excluded. WE KNOW – we (dealers) get sold duplicate leads from time to time. WE KNOW – we get sold recycled leads from time to time. WE KNOW – we get...
Think Like Your Customers: Their Most Influential Sources
Automotive shoppers, now more than ever, have a wealth of knowledge available at their fingertips. Where can a dealer place their offerings to find the right customer at the right time? The options in the digital space are virtually unlimited — pun intended. As part...
How to Become a 5 Star Dealership Part 5: Managing Your Online Reputation
Today's shoppers are online before they are in your store, especially when it comes to shopping for a vehicle. One of the first things they do before contacting a dealership is checkout their online reputation. What other people are saying or aren't saying matters. It...
How’s Your Site Post-Mobilegeddon?
It is safe to assume that by now we have all heard that Google rolled out a “mobile-friendly update”(1) on April, 21 2014. It is important to understand these changes as they are the beginning of the way our websites will be accessed by our customers. We are moving...
Don’t Let Mismatched Socks Get in the Way of Understanding Data and Today’s Car Buyer
I had the pleasure of attending the Digital Summit 2015 at Google’s headquarters this spring. The event was sponsored by Haystak and it provided managers from 100 dealerships the chance to visit the Googleplex and participate in a full day of activities. We heard from...
Facebook Instant Articles: What’s In It For Advertisers?
Heard stirrings about Facebook teaming with publishers? Columnist Andrew Waber explains how it works and what it means for marketers. Earlier this month, Facebook took the wraps off of its new Instant Articles offering. Another content-focused play for Facebook,...
The Future of Automotive Marketing is Open Data
None of us is as smart as all of us. When it comes to digital marketing, nothing could be more true. The more information you have about a customer, the more likely you will sell them a vehicle. If you know exactly what they want, what they have been searching and...
Data-Driven Marketing Drives Profit and a Better Customer Experience
In the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to speak with dozens of dealers at industry events, advisory panels, and on their showroom floors. In these discussions, two topics typically emerge—profit and the customer experience. In regard to profit, the discussion...
Increase Sales through Conquesting Consumers Motivated by Open Recalls
Following tremendous pressure from the NHTSA, Takata has expanded the recall on its faulty airbags. In fact, it just doubled the number of vehicles that are subject to recall to 34 million – that’s one in seven vehicles on the road today – and the largest recall in...
Vboost “My Lead” Program for Auto Dealer Salespeople Turns more Cold Leads into Warm Bodies
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., May 26, 2015 -- Vboost Inc., (www.vboost.com), today announced that, in response to high demand from auto dealers, the company has expanded beyond its core service as a leading auto industry viral marketing company, and launched “My Lead”...
3 Ways Technology Drives Dealers to Succeed
I’ve worked with automotive manufacturers and dealers for more than 20 years, and the same challenges surface over and over again. Corporate teams struggle to successfully roll out new programs and initiatives across their network of highly dispersed dealerships....
Want to Be a Leader? 3 Simple Ways to Act Like One
Being a successful leader is about equal parts skill, intellect, inherent talent—and how you’re perceived. Here are a few simple ways you can adjust your approach, and boost your perceived authority and credibility amongst leadership, and the teams you manage. 1. Beef...
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