Marketing
Scarcity is The Best Thing to Happen
Right now vehicles are selling at all-time record profits, salespeople are able to make a good living, and store net profitability is more than most...
One Size Does Not Fit All: The Importance of VIN-level Targeting
It’s always exciting when you purchase a one-size-fits-all shirt: it serves many purposes, anyone in your family can sport it, and you don’t have to...
Did You Know This? Latest Hispanic Car Buying Preferences
There are over 60 million Hispanics are living in the United States and their purchasing power hit $1.7 trillion in 2020, up from $210 billion in...
Streamlined Metrics, Open APIs, in-house Marketing, Oh My!
Let's finally talk about it. The automotive industry as it stands today will never be tech-first-- and dealerships will not operate as technology...
4 Reasons Why Industry Awards Are Marketing Gold — and How to Leverage Them
As a business leader, you understand the importance of recognition. It's not just that it feels good to be celebrated for your hard work and...
Four Ways to Create a Fire Hose of Branded Content
I've been working with tech companies in automotive public relations for more than two decades and in that time have watched communication styles...
Get More Traffic to Your GMB Pages with User-Generated Content
If your goal is to grow the number of searches and referrals you see from your Google My Business pages, step one should be to see what to expect as...
Interview with Experian & Amy Hughes: Customer Acquisition after a Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated preexisting digital retail trends in the auto industry, and focusing on creating a clear digital retailing &...
Dealerships, do you even CPO? A Simple & Beneficial Approach
One of my favorite calls receive are from former customers or friends who know I am in the car business. They call asking me how they should buy...
Social Media Strategy: Top Performing Storytelling Posts
"Storytelling" is all the rage on social media right now amongst professional marketers. The truth is, this is nothing new. Before "storytelling"...
Why Your Dealership Needs To Actually Use Your Blog
If you want to keep a secret, secret... If you'd rather not air your dirty laundry in public... If you don't want anyone ever to find out what you...
Smartphones Becoming an Essential Marketing Avenue
Among the many ways that COVID-19 has changed our lives is the rapidly rising profile of the smartphone as an automotive marketing and selling tool....