The internet and social media have created a society of consumers who expect information immediately at any time of day or night. In an always-connected world, information is so readily available that our expectation of instant satisfaction has spilled over to our interactions with businesses. Customers just won’t wait for a response. Even dealerships with seemingly long … [Read more...] about How AI and Intelligent Messaging Help Dealers Increase Sales and Service Revenue
Lead Generation
What Is the True Price of a Lead?
The question of what is the true cost of a lead can be answered by different people in many different ways, but here we’re going to use the Conversica answer. We like to look at the lead cost as what we refer to of as an effective lead rate. There are a few factors that go in an effective lead rate: the number of leads, the engagement rate, and the per-lead … [Read more...] about What Is the True Price of a Lead?
More Engagement, More Leads, More Deals: All-New Autotrader Delivering More Value for Dealers
Atlanta — August 6, 2018 — Six months into its dramatic transformation, Autotrader is delivering the more dynamic car-shopping experience it pledged to car buyers and dealers at the beginning of 2018. For consumers, the optimizations have yielded a faster and more personalized online shopping experience with true price transparency, contributing to increases in traffic and … [Read more...] about More Engagement, More Leads, More Deals: All-New Autotrader Delivering More Value for Dealers
Top 8 Ways for Dealerships to Convert More Leads Into Sales
In this age of intense competition, dealers need to get back to the basics of responding better to leads to increase sales—and as of now, there’s a lot of room for improvement. Digital Air Strike recently conducted a Mystery Shop Study of more than 1,500 dealerships to gauge their response habits on leads from their website and social networks, and the results were less than … [Read more...] about Top 8 Ways for Dealerships to Convert More Leads Into Sales
A Look Back at Automotive Retail in 2017 Reveals the Path Forward for 2018
When we look back at 2017, the best word to capture the year in automotive retail is fascinating. Between the drop in the record-setting 2016 sales figures to the uptick in vehicle demand from the disaster-ravaged states in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, this past year’s seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) was nothing short of a rollercoaster ride. 2017 … [Read more...] about A Look Back at Automotive Retail in 2017 Reveals the Path Forward for 2018