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Tips to Improve Follow-Up With Car Buyers

It’s a classic sales question: to keep momentum going and make the sale, you need to follow up with leads in a way that will engage and move them farther down the pipeline. But how do you know if or when your customers really want to hear from you? It’s not that prospects don’t want …

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Connecting Digital and Physical Front-Line Ready

Reconditioning is a critical step in getting a vehicle prepared for sale, both online and instore. If not done efficiently, this tends to be the stage that costs dealers time, money and engagement. Delays in reconditioning can create delays with merchandising, unless you have a process for getting vehicle merchandised through a proactive, phased approach. …

A DealerRefresh Forum Recap: iOS13, Facebook Reactions, Loyal Service, Cox and Rivian

Quarter three has wrapped up, and we’re heading into Q4 with some exciting DealerRefresh topics and some much needed changes to the dealer forums on the horizon. Maybe you have a gameplan ready to go to close out the year on a high note, or maybe you’re still looking for industry insights. Either way, September …

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The Kumbaya Strategy – Why Your Ineffective Internet Team/BDC Thinks They’re Doing a Good Job

The Kumbaya Strategy – Why Your Ineffective Internet Team/BDC Thinks They’re Doing a Good Job Imagine a world where no one ever told you “no.” Relaxing and enjoyable, right? Now imagine working on an internet sales team or in a sales BDC and never hearing a prospect tell you “no” over the phone.

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What Dealerships Can Learn From Ecommerce (And No, It’s Not Selling Cars Online)

Instead of overhauling the retail car shopping experience to be fully online, start by taking some of the best marketing tactics from ecommerce and putting them to work for automotive. Here are two major strategies to steal from ecommerce that will personalize your marketing to better engage leads and improve the sales process at your dealership.

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Is Your Service Center Invisible in Google Search?

Auto service centers thrive on Google Search, typically ranking for dozens of local search terms like “oil change near me,” “service center open now,” and “best mechanic in Tallahassee.” However, if you only have one listing for both your service center and your showroom you could be missing out on free traffic from Google. Luckily, …

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“Just OK is not OK”, inspired by the recent AT&T commercials

An “op-ed” piece https://www.ispot.tv/ad/IiKe/at-and-t-wireless-ok-movers As the infamous vendor in the automotive space struggling with the balance of bringing bold innovation while also staying relevant for dealerships, this commercial resonated with me (seriously, watch it). Dealerships have good processes in place– you invest in SEM with an agency, you have a working website (most of the …

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The Three Truths About Vehicle Merchandising

Even after years of presenting at different auto conferences and show, I love speaking with dealers and partner clients about the state of the industry and the impact of vehicle merchandising. I learn just as much as I teach. During a recent presentation, I revealed the three truths that remain constant in the realm of …

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How to Sell Cars via Facebook – Real Social Selling

How to Sell Cars via Facebook – Real Social Selling At this very instant, there are vehicle salespeople on Facebook enjoying 25 or more sales a month just by talking about their accomplishments and taking pictures of their lunch. Marketing themselves via Facebook has made a huge difference in their results; and all they’ve had …

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Stop Trying to Netflix and Chill Your Customers

Maybe I’m not the ideal person to make this analogy. After all, I haven’t been single for almost 20 years. That was before smartphones. Before Google. Before social media. Wifi barely existed. There was no Kindle, we actually read paper books. And Netflix wasn’t even an idea. Regardless, the phrase “Netflix and chill” has become parlance for …