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Why Mobile Marketing Is a Must in the Service Department
Auto buyers consider many factors, both logical and emotional when they’re determining whether or not they will purchase a vehicle. Outside of the...
September Q&A: Mobile Marketing Provides a Constant Customer Connection
With smartphones and other mobile devices, we’ve reached the point where when we see someone who isn’t going through life constantly connected, we...
Artificial Intelligence: Provide the Ultimate Digital Shopping Experience
Today’s dealership faces ever-rising customer expectations. Across industries, shoppers actively seek out great service, with more than half willing...
How Mobile Marketing Advancements Influence the Car-Buying Process
The message-delivery methods to automotive consumers have drastically changed over the past couple of decades, when customer retention and...
Today's Automotive Data Science: The Future Is Now
There is a lot of discussion going on these days regarding how big data will be a benefit to dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers in the future....
Use CRM Training to Build a Staff of Winners
It’s an all-too-familiar story. A dealer realizes his sales staff needs a CRM — which, in my opinion, is the most important tool for a car...
Mobile Analytics and the Digitally Savvy Auto Consumer
It’s no revelation that auto marketers have turned their sights squarely to digital. The savvy auto marketer has incorporated nontraditional channels...
The Dealer's Dilemma: Spend or Invest?
Many dealers are caught up in deciding whether to spend more of their advertising budgets on digital, and reduce their traditional media efforts....
Lot Stocking: Sometimes Familiarity Isn't Your Friend
Familiarity is often a dealer’s friend. You arrive at work at the same time, greet customers the same way, negotiate deals the same way, and leave...
Why You Should Get to Know the Truck Accessories Market
Whether buying new or used, today’s customers accessorize their truck or SUV with aftermarket wheels and tires. It is the No. 1 way to personalize a...
Going Digital Doesn't Mean Giving Up the Personal Touch
The automotive industry’s move to digital can make the personal touch seem irrelevant. These days, people interact first with dealerships online...
Dealers and the New Art of the Transaction
The transaction process at the dealership has evolved. We have gone from a process where you need to get people to a dealership to the reality of...