Mike Gorun's Blog – May 2013 Archive (4)

The Longer You’re Married, the Harder You Have to Work

Creating a loyal customer is sort of like getting married. The introduction is followed by a period of courtship and, if all goes well, commitments are made. Loyalty in the automotive world is something that everyone battles from the OEM level to the dealership. Did you know, however, that the longer you’ve had a customer the harder it is to keep them?

 

Logic…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 28, 2013 at 9:27am — No Comments

Selling in the Service Drive with a Twist

It’s not a new idea to have one of your salespeople working the service drive. Opportunities and circumstances exist where it may be beneficial for the customer to trade-in their car that needs to be repaired. Having someone who can not only identify those opportunities but who also knows how to present it to the customer properly is rare.

 

That being said,…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 21, 2013 at 10:57am — 1 Comment

Five Keys to Increasing Customer Retention at Your Dealership

Dealerships today spend most of their marketing budgets on acquiring new customers. Those ads in the newspapers aren’t really meant for current of past customers, they are meant to attract new customers. The cost of customer acquisition ranges from 6 to 10 times more than the cost…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 14, 2013 at 7:46am — No Comments

Three Easy Ways to Analyze Your Dealership Marketing & Increase Its Effectiveness

In today’s world of constant noise, it’s more difficult than ever to market your dealership. Dealers are constantly trying to guess where the best ROI is when considering how to spend marketing dollars. How much money do I invest in traditional marketing? Online marketing? Direct mail marketing? The rep from each medium will tell you that their media is the best to use for…

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Added by Mike Gorun on May 7, 2013 at 11:37am — No Comments

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