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New Cars Leads

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Newsletters

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Partners

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Used Vehicle Backgrounds

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New Cars Leads

While we’d all like to drive more leads with organic search and SEM, 3rd party lead providers are still a necessity among some dealers. With all of the various sources how many different sources are you using for new car leads (eg Autotrader New Car Leads, Cars.com New Car Leads, AutoUSA, Dealix, Autobytel, KBB, Edmunds, etc etc). With, for example, a smaller radius some of the lead sources can be a good source of incremental new car sales with respectable closing ratios. Thoughts?See More

May 20

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Eric Gidney replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

May 18

Eric Gidney replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

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May 18

Eric Gidney replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

May 18

Eric Gidney replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"We offer professional and creative background images for dealerships with fast turnaround time and competitive pricing. Many of our dealerships choose only to background the first image, however we can handle all exterior images. You…"

May 16

Chris Irwin posted a discussion

Newsletters

How many dealers are using an e-mail Newsletter? What vendor and what type of success? IMN, Outsell, 3 Birds? Do you use other targeted e-mail to your database in addition to the Newsletter (eg targeting customer who haven’t been in for service in 12+ months or haven’t bought in 2-3 years)?See More

May 9

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Criss Castle replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"http://www.nexteppe.com/proshots.aspx Having 'grown up' in the Midwest auto industry, these past two weeks in New York have shown me two things: dealerships everywhere face the same issues and the environments we are located within force…"

May 6

James Schaefer replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"George, They are the largest company, but not necessarily the best or only one. I would challenge any dealership to compare our staff to their staff, and our photography to their photography. DeliveryMaxx has two programs. We…"

May 5

George O'Sullivan replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"Dealer Speicalties is the only one that I know of"

May 5

James Schaefer replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"Chris, DeliveryMaxx specializes in providing backgrounds for dealerships to create the great looking inventory you desire. Check out this article. I believe it is exactly what you are looking for. In short, yes we…"

May 5

Rich Soviero replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"Yes i have two companies that can provide backgrounds. Feel free to call me at 954-658-2900 anytime Rich Soviero"

May 4

Mark Stringfellow replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"Dominion Inventory "Dealer Specialties" offers custom photo clipping at a cost effective price. Below is an example of a Chevy dealer utilizing this service for new inventory…"

May 4

Smit Shah replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Used Vehicle Backgrounds

"Hey Chis Have you considered branding instead of setting up a studio? A lot of dealerships spend a lot of money trying to figure out a way to make the pictures look nice, instead if you were to just add your dealership's logo, contact number…"

May 4

Bryan Elparin replied to Chris Irwin's discussion Partners

" Chris, try contacting Mark Sampson at Frank Smith Toyota. He has had much success in developing local business partners through a myriad of different medias. The store number is (956) 784-3300. Although he won't admit it, he is a guru…"

May 2

Chris Irwin posted a discussion

Partners

Does anyone have examples of dealers who have been able to develop partners with local businesses for special “employee” like pricing (Ford dealers this may be XPlan)? Anyone have any examples of websites that dealers have successfully developed for an initiative like this?How have you gone about approaching local businesses? Trying to do payroll stuffers, get into their newsletters, posters in break rooms alerting employees of special pricing available to them?Here’s one example-…See More

May 2

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Chris Irwin posted a discussion

Used Vehicle Backgrounds

Does anyone know of a company that you can use for standard used vehicle backgrounds (eg white so it looks like you’re using a studio)? Have you noticed an increase in VDP’s as a result? We have absolutely no space for a studio. The one company I have contacted is CGI backgrounds. Any help would be much appreciated.See More

Apr 22

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Which best describes you?: Dealership

What company do you work for (or own)?: Irwin Toyota Ford

What is your current position within your organization?: VP

What is your company website?: http://www.irwinzone.com

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