All Blog Posts Tagged 'Automotive' (433)

Video Statistics: The Impact of Video Compiled by Invodo

eCommerce Video Drives Conversion, Sales and Traffic While Reducing Returns

Online retailer Living Direct found that videos boosted conversion as well as increasing time on site by 9%. (Internet Retailer, October 2010).
Internet Retailer reports that visitors who view product videos are 85% more likely to buy than visitors who do…

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Added by Tom Rocha on February 13, 2011 at 10:56am — No Comments

New News on Newspapers

Warren Buffet recently announced he is leaving the board for the Washington Post Co. after almost a 40 year run. On another note Rupert Murdoch's News Corp just launched the first i-pad only newspaper last week which it plans to charge 99 cents per week or $40 per year to read. There has also been talk that the New York Times, the most visited news publication on the internet, will also start charging for it's on-line paper.

Dealers and agencies both know traditional newspapers have… Continue

Added by Paul Potratz on February 10, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Promoting Your Service Department with Location Based Marketing

Service department marketing is something that often falls by the wayside in most dealership's and dealer group's marketing campaigns. However, with today's location based marketing applications and social media networks it's easier than ever to give your back end of the dealership the attention it needs. Here are a few quick ways you can utilize these new media elements:

1. Set Up Facebook Places and Deals for your Dealership Business Page - We've just actually completed a webinar on… Continue

Added by Paul Potratz on February 9, 2011 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Why Mobile Marketing is better than Twitter for Business

Twitter is for Social Use. Mobile Marketing Is for Business...…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on February 3, 2011 at 12:30am — No Comments

As Superbowl Spots Near, It's Time to Extend Your TV Conversation

As the Super Bowl draws near, the creativity of television campaigns are at its yearly high. In every workplace across America, Monday's water cooler talk will be dominated by the commercial spots that run during the nation's biggest event. Extending a brand's conversation past that :30 second TV spot is a big challenge that most dealerships and dealer groups struggle with when they decide to run a television campaign. Now more than ever, your dealership can utilize new media to provide an… Continue

Added by Paul Potratz on February 2, 2011 at 12:39pm — No Comments

The Basics of Automotive Live Chat: How to Master Quality Automotive Lead Generation Through Your Website

No matter your dealership location, franchise, size, or overall rating, you probably will agree that the success of any dealership is measured in the number of sales. In order to obtain sales, you depend on a combination of repeat business, referral business, and of course, automotive lead generation.

With repeat and referral business, there really is no secret to it – other than having a good amount of follow up, and capitalizing on the things that make you different…

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Added by Shereef on January 14, 2011 at 10:49pm — No Comments

Increase Open Rates for Your Automotive Email Marketing Campaigns

The shotgun approach to automotive email marketing is the best way for your dealership’s message to end up being marked as spam. Working with our dealers we have found that targeting email messages to customer based on their specific vehicle models tend to have higher open rates than those blanketed approaches do. Below are three ways your…

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Added by Paul Potratz on January 13, 2011 at 11:43am — No Comments

Becoming a Motivational Leader

Create a big vision

To become a motivational leader, you start with motivating yourself. You motivate yourself with a big vision, and as you move progressively toward its realization, you motivate others to work with you to fulfill that vision. You have to have that carrot in front of the horse!

Set high standards

You exhibit absolute honesty and integrity with everyone in everything you do. You are the kind of person others admire and respect and want to be like. You set a… Continue

Added by Paul Hardy on January 6, 2011 at 12:18pm — 5 Comments

Mobile Marketing at Your Dealership

Does your dealership have a Mobile Marketing Campaign in place yet? Cell Phones have become necessities in every day life and are beginning to replace the more traditional land lines. Your dealership now has the power to get your Sales & Service Incentives directly into your customers hands via their cell phone.

The most pivotal ingredient of any Mobile Marketing campaign for Car Dealers is Text…

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 21, 2010 at 10:44am — No Comments

QR Codes for Automotive Text Message Marketing Campaigns

QR Codes for Automotive Text Message Marketing Campaigns

Text Message Marketing with QR Codes

Text Message Marketing is a great way for an Automotive Dealership to promote inventory and service to your valued customers. Much like E-Mail Marketing, Text Message Marketing requires customers to opt in before they are given updates from your Dealership. Starting a Text Message Marketing Campaign for your dealership is a bit easier when using a QR Code.

QR Codes…

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 17, 2010 at 2:29pm — 1 Comment

Yahoo! Local for Auto Dealers

Yahoo! Local for Auto Dealers

Yahoo! Local has created an algorithm to gather content from local blogs, newspapers and local retailers to create another great opportunity for Auto Dealers. Although this service remains as a Limited Beta there are more cities being added rapidly. This is an attempt by Yahoo! to aggregate deals from sites like Living Social and Groupon with content from authors writing in the community.

For those Automotive Dealers that already optimize…

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 13, 2010 at 11:32am — No Comments

Social Media Index for Dealerships

A great Social Media Campaign for Automotive Dealers requires a bunch of essential components. There’s more to a Social Media Campaign than to have your dealership’s profile created on a billion networking sites. After reviewing a bunch of Social Media Index results for dealerships across the country I’m starting to see what separates great Social Media Campaigns from mediocre ones.

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 10, 2010 at 5:04pm — No Comments

Mobile Marketing for Car Dealers

Mobile Marketing comes in many forms and each can be beneficial to your Car Dealership. Text Message Marketing (also known as Short Message Service Marketing or SMS Marketing), Mobile Websites and Smartphone

Apps are the three dominate forms that Mobile Marketing comes in.

Considering 85% of Americans own a cell phone, while only 80% have a

land line, it seems that Mobile Marketing is worth looking into.

Text…

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 1, 2010 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Mixing Up Your Automotive Marketing on Facebook

Automotive Marketing on Facebook creates the possibility to build relationships in your local community. We say that “Facebook is a cocktail party” and urge dealerships treat it as such. It is important to build the number of likes that your public page has, but that doesn’t

mean that you have to do it on your own.

Creating social relationships with other businesses such as restaurants, not-for-profits, colleges and other local businesses and…

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 1, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

LinkedIn- Harnessing The Power Of The Super Influencer PODCAST

Welcome to the 4th episode of Automotive Social Media – The Podcast! In this episode I will share with you the tips and tricks of LinkedIn and how you can connect with the super influencers in your market. If you’re not using LinkedIn with you Automotive Social Marketing then you are missing out. Keep in mind that if you are a sales person, you don’t have to wait till your dealership says its mandatory, start now, take your future into your own hands!…

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Added by David Johnson on November 29, 2010 at 11:41am — No Comments

What Dealerships Can Expect from Facebook's "Modern Messaging System"

Automotive Dealers looking to connect with Car Buyers using Email Marketing or Social Media Marketing might want to take a look at Facebook’s "Modern

Messaging System." This new Messaging Platform uses @facebook.com

addresses to allow users to send messages to people using conventional

e-mail and Facebook urges that their new messaging system is…

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Added by Paul Potratz on November 23, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Ford’s Social Media Fiesta

The Ford Motor Company’s large Social Media footprint coupled with their “One Ford” philosophy has helped the company come back from potential

bankruptcy. Ford just announced their Best Third Quarter Ever, which

marks their sixth consecutive quarterly gain. Currently the company is

on track to paying off their debt by the end of 2010, one year ahead of

schedule, and…

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Added by Paul Potratz on November 18, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

Start Using QR Codes at your Dealership

How Your Dealership Can Start Using QR Codes to Drive Traffic

There are countless ways to integrate QR Codes into your Dealerships Automotive Marketing Campaigns. QR stands for Quick Response and they are essentially a two dimensional…

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Added by Paul Potratz on November 17, 2010 at 2:16pm — No Comments

Claim your Dealerships Venue Using FourSquare!

Geomarketing is becoming more and more viable for Car Dealers with availability of Smart Phones that come equipped with GPS. If your Car Dealership isn’t

already listed on…

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Added by Paul Potratz on November 16, 2010 at 2:54pm — No Comments

AUTOMATED MENU SYSTEMS-

Dozens of newly created automated menu systems are popping up on Internet sites and

through sales vendors claiming their use will vastly increase dealer profits

while limiting liability. Of course each system is “the best one available!”

Can you believe the advertising…

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Added by Rebecca Chernek on October 7, 2010 at 2:15am — No Comments