Marketing
No Inventory? No Problem. Marketing Tips From the Field for Your Dealership’s Success
The automotive industry is consumed with the inventory shortage-- while gross is higher than ever, dealerships are finding it hard to strategize...
Dealer Websites: When Gaming Google Hurts
It’s been nearly 6 years since “Dieselgate” broke and Volkswagen was busted by the EPA for gaming their diesel car emissions tests. When the vehicle...
Zero-Click Search Is Important, but Web Clicks Have Not Gone Away
There has been an increase in discussion of late (blog posts, conference sessions, etc.) talking about the Zero-Click search trend related to Google...
How to Set Up Google My Business (GMB) Nested Department Listings for Car Dealerships
Leveraging the power of Google My Business can place your store before the right customers, increase your sales potential and grow your dealership...
The Automotive Website Tragedy Still Exists and Frankly, I’m Shocked
We’re halfway through 2021 and we’re still seeing website tragedies in automotive. And yes, it really is a tragedy. When a dealership spends that...
A Guide to Getting More From Your Digital Retailing Tools
When I joined the automotive industry, the Chevrolet Celebrity was the top-selling car in the U.S. A lot has changed in the intervening 35 years....
Combat Your Cookieless Future by Creating Your Own First-Party
You’ve seen it and have read the headlines circulating your feeds and emails. The topic about a cookieless future. And while yes this can be jarring...
Building Customer Relationships with Tactile Action-Based Marketing
If you’re like most dealers, you invest thousands of dollars each month into various marketing channels. Some of which you may be deploying right...
Dealership Inventory Crisis: Marketing Lessons From the COVID-19 Crisis
It’s obvious that fluctuations in inventory are going to dominate the automotive narrative for the rest of 2021. And while it seems like we’ve just...
Reputation is Everything. Hispanic Car Buying Preferences Survey Review
In my first article on Hispanic Car Buying Preferences, I gave a broad overview of our 2020 and 2021 surveys. For this article, I will focus on...
3 Pieces of Content Your Car Dealership Needs Today
Let me ask you this: What content is your dealership creating every day? More often than not when I ask that question I get pulled into conversations...
2021: Will Your Car Dealership Go From Success to Hot Mess?
I’m not one to sugarcoat a crisis, but the pandemic has created at least one happy consequence for car dealers — vehicle shortages. With people...
