In today’s age of the customer, dealers must compete on more than just price in order to win the sale. Yes, part of that is providing an exceptional consumer experience, but there’s also a huge opportunity to earn a customer’s business by getting involved in the community. According to a CarGurus survey, 45% of CarGurus shoppers said they were somewhat or very likely … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Your Dealership Benefits From Driving Difference in Your Community
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Behavior Prediction Tech Can Improve Stores’ Marketing ROI
A dealership owes its existence to retaining as many of its existing customers as it can and replacing those who defect with new customers. That is plain to anyone who has ever spent any time around the car business … or pretty much any business for that matter. Keeping the customers satisfied is a business goal so transcendent that it has been memorialized in song. Yet keeping … [Read more...] about Behavior Prediction Tech Can Improve Stores’ Marketing ROI
Why Now is the Time to Revisit Your SEO Strategy
Your Customers Attitudes, Behaviors and Expectations Are Changing I’ve chosen to look at COVID 19 as a ‘great reset’. It’s been said that problems are opportunities-so then what exactly is the opportunity for the Tier 3 dealerships in this new normal? Kantar, a leading worldwide research firm, canvassed over 100,000 people’s opinion in over 60 markets and published … [Read more...] about Why Now is the Time to Revisit Your SEO Strategy
4 Best Dealership Practices to Navigate an Uncertain Market
The automotive industry is no stranger to change, but COVID-19 cast us into a situation we’ve yet to experience. With stay-at-home orders and tight business restrictions over the first few months, the market saw an immediate impact. But now, as those orders and restrictions begin to loosen, many are preparing to resume business activity. However, the rules and processes you’ve … [Read more...] about 4 Best Dealership Practices to Navigate an Uncertain Market
3 Things Your Dealership Can Learn From a Blockbuster CEO
On Monday morning, June, 28 2007, John Antioco sat down at his desk and shuffled through his notes. Nearly ten years as the Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Video, today Antioco was to deliver a company update to eager-eared lenders buzzing on a conference call. The largest movie rental chain on planet Earth, Blockbuster was plowing through another quarter, swatting down … [Read more...] about 3 Things Your Dealership Can Learn From a Blockbuster CEO