Why Your Business Should Have Live Chat
So, let’s talk about Website engagement. We spend thousands of dollars to drive traffic to our Websites, so why don't we proactively talk to 100 percent of our customers who go there? As a dealer or GM, would you want your sales people only talking to 50 percent of the customers who are on your lot right now? After you spent all that money to get them there, shouldn’t you engage the…
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Live Chat Software for a Fulfilling Customer Engagement Experience
There was a time not too long ago when the live chat icon on websites was both a rarity and a novelty. Inquisitive site visitors would notice the live chat software prompts in the form of a button on their favorite Internet hotspots but would be too scared to click them for one reason or another. Those days…
Added by Sam Jackson on May 7, 2013 at 2:30am — No Comments
ActivEngage is the Dealers’ Choice for Live Chat Three Years in a Row!
April 16, 2013 (Orlando, FL) -- Auto Dealer Monthly recently announced ActivEngage, the most trusted brand in automotive live chat, has been awarded the top-ranking Diamond status for live chat in the 2013 Dealers’ Choice Awards. ActivEngage was also awarded the Dealers' Choice Award in 2012 and 2011.…
Added by Rebecca Kon on April 16, 2013 at 10:30am — No Comments
Have You Seen YOUR EyeMap Yet?
ActivEngage has made perfecting your website easier than ever. With our free newActivEyeMap tool, we can help you find simple ways to improve your dealership’s onlineusability. This technology has already enabled us to help auto dealers make alterations to their sites that get more shoppers into your inventory and planning their next vehicle.…
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Handy Automotive's My Chat Story
The Handy Family of Dealerships has been around for quite some time. Established in 1952, Handy Automotive actually started out as Handy Truck and Trailer, a tractor trailer dealership. From this investment they were able to open John Deere farm equipment dealerships in Highgate Vermont. With time, they turned that dealership…
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Carfax, ActivEngage Partner to Provide Consumers with Vehicle History Information Through Live Chat

Centreville, VA, (December 18, 2012) - Carfax and ActivEngage, Inc., the most trusted provider in automotive live chat, have teamed up to help dealers provide Carfax Vehicle History Reports™ to online shoppers through live chat. Carfax-subscribing dealers can make extensive vehicle history data available to used car shoppers in real-time during a live chat conversation, therefore creating an elite consumer experience on…
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Will the Real VSA Please Stand Up?
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I feel that being imitated means the imitator lacks the creativity to come up with ideas on their own.
Virtual Sales Associates (VSA’s) has become a popular title in the chat industry lately. ActivEngage coined this term in 2007 and now other chat…
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Dealership Vendors "Free Live Chat Software" For Your Website
Fellow Dealership Vendors - Would you like the best Live Chat Software for your own website for free? No Problem, just contact me, and I will get you started.
There is no obligation at all to do business with us, just wanting you to see and use what we have created.
This will be our top…
Your Live Chat Service's Most Important Metric
30 seconds might seem like a very small amount of time to you – but how long is it, really? Try closing your eyes and counting to 30.
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In the time it took you to perform this exercise, Google added $30,000 to its revenues, 500 iPhones were sold, and beams of light …
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Is Your Dealership's Domain Name Under Attack?
I think we have a pretty great attitude in the auto dealer online community. For as long as I’ve been a part of it, I’ve observed dealers helping each other by sharing marketing tactics and Internet strategies. The daily…
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Misconceptions of Automotive Live Chat
As more consumers are using the web to research and communicate with dealerships before they decide to purchase a vehicle, it is important to understand the value of live chat and the power behind establishing a relationship between the…
Added by Ketty Colom on July 5, 2012 at 9:47am — No Comments
Stop Losing Sales! Discover the Power of Live Chat [Ebook]

In the ActivEngage blog, and in much of our other content, we describe the power of automotive live chat has to transform…
Added by Justin Braun on March 13, 2012 at 9:44am — No Comments
Seven Reasons Live Chat Fails [New Ebook]

ActivEngage has found the number one cause of automotive live chat failure is the misconception that simply adding a chat application to a dealership website will produce results. Last week we released a new ebook to help auto dealers learn how to…
Added by Justin Braun on February 27, 2012 at 10:03am — No Comments
Automotive Live Chat Best Practices: The Average Chat Participant
What if you could spot engaged and ready-to-buy shoppers as they browse your dealership website in real-time? How would that transform your Internet Business?
More and more auto dealers are …
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Car Sales Pizazzzz - It's perfectly OKAY to be on the same team!
I'm just an overly optimistic car guy who's dumb enough to think I can win, smart enough to hang in, and aggressive enough to make a difference!~
I ain't ashamed of my chosen career path, I was taught by the best in the business…
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Lot Porter First Mentality! Bottom Up
Lot porter first mentality: Means that nobody is missed, and those who serve the most menial of tasks are to be appreciated the same as those who produce the greatest of results.
Give your bottom performers or the least paid of workers a word of…
Added by Bobby Compton on February 13, 2012 at 12:54pm — 6 Comments
Dealer e Process Is Excited To Announce the Live Chat Challenge sign up starting in February
Chicago, Illinois – January 30th – Dealer e Process, the highest rated chat vendor in the country, is proud to announce the launch of the Live Chat Challenge. Dealer E Process is looking for 30 dealers who do not already have Dealer E’s award winning Proactive Managed Live Chat. These dealers will get Dealer E Process live chat on their website free for 30…
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Team players are extraordinarily,- ordinary!~
Do you want to be unique, special and extraordinary?
The world is filled with people set on changing the game rather than bettering it!~
Team players are extraordinarily,…
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