Marketing & Strategy
Stop Spinning the Wheels of Customer Service—Start Wowing Women!
How great is your customer service? How is your customer satisfaction? These are fairly common questions when it comes to marketing folks, and I'm...
Reaching Generation C—More than Just Millennials
Google calls today’s modern digital consumer Generation C. This generation is not bound by an age demographic, instead they are bound by their use...
Generation Y for Dummies
If you were born between 1980 and 1994, you might not like what you’re about to read. If you start to read it and your blood begins to boil, at...
Why Is CSI Cancelled?
Have you heard the news? CSI is cancelled! No, I’m not talking about the popular forensic crime scene TV show. I’m referring to the customer...
Are You Ready for the Mobile Marketing Revolution?
Although it wasn't called it at the time, the first smartphone to come to market was the IMB Simon in 1993. The Simon was the first phone to...
Four Ways for Auto Dealers to Capture the Mobile Consumer
Is your dealership ready for the rise of mobile devices? If your dealership prides itself on meeting customer needs during in-store visits, make...
Are You Taking Full Advantage of What Facebook Offers?
By now, chances are that you have a Facebook account for your car dealership, and are aware that online marketing can be effective for your...
Responsive Email Design Part Two: Show Me the Results
Responsive email design is a critical part of any complete, forward-thinking mobile strategy. As we discussed last time, responsive email design...
Measuring Customer Retention
Would you agree that customer retention is an important goal? Designed to retain customers — to keep them from drifting to other dealerships or the...
Making Profits & Happy Customers in the Service Department
A lot has changed in the auto dealership industry in the last few decades, but one fact is still true: the service department can and should be one...
Service Your Social Reputation
Do you focus all of your attention on the sales department and forget about the department that has the most transactions every day? Your service...
Five Expert Insights on Content and Mobile in 2013 and Beyond
For this month’s column, I interviewed Justin Cerone, founder and CEO of the newly formed Lincoln Digital Group (formerly: Business Writing...