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It’s the Words, Not the Stars, that Make Impactful Customer Reviews
I'm "that guy." You know, the one who thinks that 4-stars is an amazing review coming from me, the one who hasn't rated anything a 10 out of 10 since my wife's Mediterranean pasta, the guy who wonders why his kid only got an "A" and not an "A+" on a test. There are more of us out there than you think, but there's a benefit to what I call…
You Must Fish Where The Fish Are!!
As we all know over 90% of consumers are online when researching and deciding which vehicle that he/she want's to purchase which leads to the inevitable that we must fish where the fish are. Research reveals that effective Internet advertising not only provides dealers with greater reach to car…
Automotive Sales - How to Increase Sales by 20 Percent Without Spending More for Advertising
The managers in your dealership must have a written job description with clearly defined responsibilities and expectations.
Having specific goals for the department is required. Daily action plans for selling, training, appointments, one-on-one coaching, save-a deal meetings, deal structuring, follow-up, etc will increase sales by 20 percent without spending more for advertising.
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Automotive Sales Training - Ten Tips for Winning in a Bad Economy
Posted by Mark Tewart on June 19, 2013 at 9:30am 0 Comments 1 Like
Unless you have been hiding in a cave somewhere, you have heard that the U.S. economy is doing poorly. Housing starts are down, the value of the dollar is down, car sales are down, real estate is down, retail is down, gas prices are up, food prices are up, bankruptcies are up and the sky is falling. What is a person to do?
1. Don't Drink the Cool Aid
The news is sensationalized and fear sells. Things are rarely as good as they seem and things are rarely as bad as they…
Dispelling the Misconceptions About Massive Social Media Followings
Posted by JD Rucker on June 19, 2013 at 9:00am 0 Comments 1 Like
A few months ago, we confronted one of our dealers that had our website solution about why they were putting a watermark of their logo on irrelevant pictures and posting them to social media. Apparently, their social media vendor had a theory.
It was a process, really, and it went like this:
- Find viral images on sites like Reddit, 9Gag,…
Are Your Desking Practices Putting Your Dealership At Risk?
Posted by Jim Radogna on June 18, 2013 at 10:09pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Despite NADA’s landmark victory in getting most auto dealers exempted from direct oversight by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), it looks like the agency has found a back-door way to make life more difficult for dealerships. The Bureau recently announced that lenders that offer auto…
How many leads and deals are OK to skip? Why 24/7 live chat makes perfect (dollars and) sense
Posted by Tom LaPointe on June 18, 2013 at 2:51pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Some say that a dealer doesn’t need overnight chat operators because some research shows that only 10 percent of dealership web traffic occurs between midnight and 8 am. They estimated that with a 3 percent chat rate that would extrapolate to only 15 chats per month with 5,000 visitors. Here’s why even if those figures are accurate,…
Business Rater-Online Reviews, Ratings & Survey Tool - Online Reputation Management, Reputation Services
Posted by MANNY LUNA on June 18, 2013 at 1:00pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
Business Rater of the US & Canada offers business resources inc. reviews, ratings & online surveys to help consumers identify great & not so great businesses.
BusinessRater.com is a consumer review site that helps consumers find great businesses & avoid not so great businesses by reading consumer reviews. Business Rater…
Automotive Myth Busting: One Size Fits All Advertising
Posted by Michael Cirillo on June 18, 2013 at 12:27pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
It’s Saturday! Blow up the Balloons, blow up the squiggly air man thingy, get your game faces on and get ready. Barely anyone will walk on to your lot today. Any ideas why?
Before you continue reading this article, do me a favor right…
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ActivEngage is Awarded Best Place to Work in Central Florida
Posted by Ketty Colom on June 18, 2013 at 10:36am 0 Comments 1 Like
From day one, owners Ted Rubin and Todd Smith built ActivEngage to be employee-focused. In addition to providing free medical, dental, and vision benefits, ActivEngage proves that it truly values its employees with free gym memberships to promote workplace wellness, an on-staff licensed massage therapist to relieve work-related stress, bi-monthly food trucks, and a lounge…
Are Hand-Me-Downs Acceptable at Your Dealership?
Posted by JD Rucker on June 18, 2013 at 9:00am 0 Comments 1 Like
Look, I get it. I understand that it’s hard for vendors and OEMs to produce a social media solution for their dealers that scales properly while still bringing in good content. I do not, however, understand the concept of not even trying to mix things up. There’s an easy road and a hard road for automotive social…
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What is the best “Why Buy” you’ve seen for a dealership? New “Why Buy”? Used vehicle? Service? Financing?
Which is More Important: Social Media Marketing or Reputation Management?
I can already hear one of the arguments.
"They're one in the same. A good strategy applies both simultaneously."
While I agree with the statement, one that I've heard many times, I still would like an answer and discussion about one or the other.
For this discussion (so we don't get into the topic of definitions), social media would be the art and science of promoting the dealership and…
Breaking News: Changes at AutoTrader
Chip Perry, who has been with AutoTrader.com since its inception has been admired by Dealers and the AutoTrader team has announced he was leaving the Autotrader Group effective May 1. Chip served as president and CEO of AutoTrader.com, was the company’s first employee in 1997 when asked by Manheim to launch the company. Since then, AutoTrader.com has grown to become the world’s largest automotive marketplace and Chip Perry has become widely recognized as a pioneer of the…
Who moved my cheese?
I took a break today and read the book again called " Who moved my Cheese? " It is a timeless classic to say the least. You know maybe it is time for dealers to make this book required reading again. When I first started in management it was required reading for me.
There is way too much time spent in the past and blaming other people, other applications and not enough time spent getting back to the basics of being a hunter and a farmer in the sales profession and looking for…
Cars.com and Auto Trader, Get Rid of One?
Currently our dealership advertises on both Cars.com and Auto Trader. My GSM is convinced we do not need to be on both, and that we will sell the same amount of cars if we drop one. I have a lot of hesitations about this. Over the past 6 months we have sold 11 cars from Auto Trader and 15 cars from Cars.com; not to mention the cars we have sold from our website due to the traffic from Auto Trader and Cars.com.
Since we are locked in with lower rates with Auto Trader he…
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A BDC that only does OUTBOUND calls?
Started by Jessica Heusinkveld in Ask an AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONAL. Last reply by Shaun Weissman on Monday. 12 Replies 2 Likes
I'm starting with a small sales BDC (only two people) and I'm hoping to expand over time but my GM will only let my BDC do out bound calls. So, that means no incoming calls and no internet pops!I'm hoping to 'wow' them enough with my talented reps that he will at least give us the incoming calls. I trying to figure out how to compensate them enough so that they'll stick around and be motivated to make outbound calls all day. Has anybody ever worked an only outbound BDC and what incentives did…Continue
New Internet "Manager" Needs Help/Advice
Started by Shawn Lane in Dear Abby (dealerELITE) - Advice Needed. Last reply by Jb Floyd on Monday. 3 Replies 1 Like
Hello,After being in sales for almost two years, I have been in the "internet department" for about a year (off and on at first) while our dealership went through a couple of managers. Our last internet director left the dealership in March and I was now tasked with taking on not only achieving my monthly sales goals, but to also do the behind the scenes work at the dealership for the internet department and a bit of CRM management and clean-up of processes and templates for the internet…Continue
How to increase conversions on mobile website
Started by Tommy Russell in OTHER - Does Not Fit Any Predefined Category yesterday. 0 Replies 1 Like
What are some good strategies for increasing conversions on our mobile website? Our mobile conversion rate is dramatically lower than that of our desktop conversion rate and we are looking for ways to improve it. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Continue
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Automotive General Sales Manager at Wilson Hyundai KIA
Started by JoAnna Weber in Employment Listings - SOUTHEAST (KY, TN, NC, SC, GA, AR, LA, MS, AL, FL) HELP WANTED. Last reply by JoAnna Weber yesterday. 1 Reply 2 Likes
General Sales Manager Are you an Elite Automotive Sales Manager? Are you searching for the dealership that is RIGHT FOR YOU? Are you not earning what you are TRULY WORTH?SIX-FIGURE EARNING POTENTIAL! Wilson Hyundai KIA is currently looking for experienced Automotive Sales Managers with an interest in becoming a Automotive General Sales Manager! We are looking for a high energy, aggressive applicant who is receptive to new ideas and concepts. Previous Automotive Management experience IS…Continue
Automotive General Sales Manager - Santa Maria Area Dealership
Started by JoAnna Weber in Employment Listings - PACIFIC (NV, CA, HI) HELP WANTED. Last reply by JoAnna Weber yesterday. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Automotive General Sales Manager Are you an Automotive Sales professional? Are you struggling to find the career that is right for you? Are you not making what you are truly worth?SIX-FIGURE EARNING POTENTIAL! We are a Santa Barbara / Santa Maria area dealership looking for experienced Automotive Sales Managers with an interest in becoming a General Sales Managers, overseeing two dealerships! We are looking for high energy individuals with previous Automotive Sales Management experience.…Continue
Rapport Building
Started by Bruce LaVerdiere in General Forum for dealerELITE Members on Saturday. 0 Replies 1 Like
In my 20 years as sales manager, I have seen them come, and seen them go. Plenty of them. Made many into successful managers and top performers. I train on rapport building as "part" of salesmanship, but have never seen a salesperson take rapport building TOO far. Until now... I have counselled and discussed that rapport building is great but TOO MUCH RAPPORT CAN BE LETHALLY DEADLY to a car deal. That being said...I am not looking so much for a discussion, as I am some material, articles, etc…Continue
Agents and Employees - Sub Prime Direct Marketing - Multiple Locations
Started by Ben Misra in Employment Listings - NATIONAL HELP WANTED on Friday. 0 Replies 1 Like
DEALER MARKETING- SUBPRIME ADVERTISING Markets That Are Open:ChicagoLos Angeles FresnoWashington DCAtlantaCincinnatiDetroitBostonDenverSeattleSan DiegoBirminghamOklahoma CityRaleighNashvilleMemphisSan AntonioPhoenixSt LouisKansas CityDallasHoustonYou must live no more than 50 miles from any of these cities You must currently be representing one of these products: 1) Sub Prime/ Secondary Finance Advertising or Marketing 2) Sub Prime Internet Leads 3) Sub Prime or Secondary Finance Company…Continue
VDP
Started by Chris Irwin in OTHER - Does Not Fit Any Predefined Category 19 hours ago. 0 Replies 1 Like
What is the best converting VDP on a dealer’s website that you have seen?Continue
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Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG spied with minor changes
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
Despite looking fresh and fancy as ever, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is nearly four years old now. Its design was first shown to the world at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, and judging by these spy photos, it looks like a couple of small changes are in order for Merc's gullwing baby (or not, seeing as how the test car spied this time around happens to the the Roadster). The timing of the update is interesting, seeing as how Mercedes introduced a new GT model that effectively replaced the standard car last June. The SLS AMG GT didn't receive much in the way of optical attention, however, so perhaps this is just the Three-Pointed-Star keeping things fresh.
The only real camouflage on the test car seen here is found up front, where it looks like the SLS' fascia has undergone a slight nip/tuck. The grille shape has been modified a tiny bit, and it appears that the lower lip gets the majority of the changes. Our spy shooters tell us that we shouldn't rule out more changes down the road, possibly to the headlamps and taillamps. Of course, there could be further massaging under the hood or inside the cabin, but it's unclear if any of that is going on based on these photos.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG spied with minor changes originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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