All Blog Posts Tagged 'dealers' (244)

CARS Acquires CreditIQ Automotive Fintech Platform, Enabling Instant Financing For Consumers, Dealers and Lenders

Transaction Highlights:

  • Advances CARS’ growth strategy and expands TAM into the multi-billion dollar Auto Finance segment, which is rapidly growing as online car buying transactions accelerate 
  • Builds additional revenue streams and strengthens attribution for CARS while expanding end-to-end transaction platform capabilities…
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Added by Allison Phelps on November 4, 2021 at 4:12pm — No Comments

CARS Appoints Jenell Ross to Board of Directors

Auto industry veteran with strong connection to dealership communities

CHICAGO, April 13, 2021 – Cars.com Inc. (NYSE: CARS) (“CARS” or the “Company”), a leading digital automotive marketplace and solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Jenell Ross as a member of its Board of Directors.

Ross is an auto industry veteran, with 28 years of experience, and was recently named one of…

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Added by Allison Phelps on April 13, 2021 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Guidelines for aspiring car dealers – how to open a dealership

You’re not the only car enthusiast who dreams of becoming a car dealer. And you have many reasons to start a business in the automotive industry because it’s one of the titans of the world economy. There will always be a need for cars (new and used), at least until people come up with a more efficient mean of transportation. Who knows, maybe one day we’ll get from London to Barcelona in 10 seconds with the help of a portal? But for now, vehicles are the best…

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Added by Cynthia Madison on April 8, 2020 at 5:58am — No Comments

So TIRED of This!

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Added by Keith Shetterly on April 3, 2020 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The Experience, Dream, and Reality

If you take downward pricing pressure at high inventory levels in the automotive industry to mean that we are in a commodity environment, then keep reading. Otherwise, stop.

Here’s how 2020 stacks up.

The Experience

Most…

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Added by Jim Flint on January 31, 2020 at 11:00am — No Comments

Automotive Advertising Podcast - Episode 16: Reputation Management

How does reputation drive gross? 

When it comes to your online reputation, the good will inevitably outweigh the bad. Learn how on episode 16!

Added by Jim Flint on January 29, 2020 at 10:34am — No Comments

Lower Sales Tension With Hot Wheels

Added by Shaun Raines on January 27, 2020 at 2:15pm — 4 Comments

Buy Hyundai Replacement Parts

Are you looking for Hyundai replacement parts? Looking to improve your Hyundai’s performance? Browse our online Hyundai parts catalog to find Hyundai performance products to increase your vehicle’s efficiency, or aftermarket…

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Added by Terrel Watkins on June 11, 2019 at 2:30am — No Comments

Shifting Winds Reveal Service Revenue Opportunity

After an unprecedented period of sales volume growth, the prediction for a flat Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) in the coming years has significant implications for dealerships. As competition for new vehicles heats up, front-end margins will continue to decline, forcing more dealers to focus on back end profitability.…

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Added by Scot Eisenfelder on November 2, 2018 at 10:41am — No Comments

How Being “Lazy” Can Be Productive

There you are, working on your to-do list, trying to create content for your dealership. You sit there and contemplate what you can write that will be relevant and interesting to your customers. But no ideas come to you. The more you think about it, the more frustrated you get, until you simply give up trying and move on.

 

Content marketing can be frustrating.…

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Added by sara callahan on October 30, 2018 at 10:23am — No Comments

Controlling “Post-Sale” Reconditioning by Richard Keeney

Salespeople, Managers and Dealers:  Stop losing time and money because it’s easier to say…

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Added by Richard Keeney on September 27, 2018 at 3:55pm — No Comments

ELEAD1ONE Receives 7 DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards

Ranked #1 in Dealer Satisfaction, ELEAD1ONE Receives 7 Award…

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Added by Bill Wittenmyer on February 7, 2018 at 9:44am — No Comments

Women’s 2017 Top Rated Car Brands when Purchasing

According to Autodata,17.6 million new vehicles were sold last year, setting a record for cars and trucks. One distinct group of consumers contributed an estimate 8.0 million units to that total: women buyers.

Dealers seeking to sell more to this critical market segment can start taking new actions and, in the process, collect data to improve the purchasing, service drive and shopping experiences for this powerful buyer.

By the Numbers

From our…

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Added by Anne Fleming on May 3, 2017 at 1:07pm — 1 Comment

Clever Interactions with Customers Create Customer Loyalty

As consumers increasingly shift their shopping online, choosing to skip visits to traditional retailers, it’s become difficult for businesses to get that all important relationship-building face-to-face time.

 

In the automotive industry, a similar shift is happening. Industry disrupters are taking the whole purchasing process online, forcing major automotive…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 2, 2017 at 9:57am — 1 Comment

Sexting - from Congressman to car dealerships

The rapid development of communications technologies in the last quarter of a century has indeed transformed how people interact with each other — unfortunately, sometimes new technologies introduce inappropriate behavior. Sending sexually explicit text messages is one of these behaviors, it is called sexting.…

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Added by Thomas F. Jung on April 21, 2017 at 5:03am — No Comments

Congrats You Opened A Dealership Now What?



Congrats You Opened A Dealership Now What? 

To be in the automotive retail, training and consulting business for 14+ years one would tend to pick up some important business life lessons. At Dealer eTraining I have always kept an open mind when it comes to seeing how a dealership operates. I was fortunate to sell…

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Added by Stan Sher on April 11, 2017 at 2:48am — No Comments

Women’s #1 Digital Destination is Your Website | 7 Ways to Engage

An estimated 8.2 million new cars will be bought by women this year. It is critical that dealers’ websites cater to this substantial segment of the market.

The good news? The #1 digital resource women report using first is their local dealership’s website. In our 2017 US Women’s Car Dealership Report, 76.3% of women said it was “helpful or…

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Added by Anne Fleming on April 5, 2017 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Chatbots are Here, They’re Necessary, and They’re Surprisingly Inexpensive

Chatbots are Here, They’re Necessary, and They’re Surprisingly Inexpensive …oh, and for car dealers, chatbots are moving metal!

Time for some quick level-setting with the car dealer readers out there:

  1. Facebook is not going away;
  2. Most of your customers are already there;
  3. Your kitten pictures and inventory vomits aren’t being read; and
  4. Facebook Ads work, but you need to start communicating with these prospects!

Because…

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Added by Steve Stauning on April 4, 2017 at 6:59pm — 2 Comments

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