AutoDealerTarget is a unique provider of digital marketing solutions for automobile dealers. After careful planning and preparation, AutoDealerTarget has just announced the release of their Conquest Email Program.… |
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Stop the Profit Leak
ANSWER THE PHONE!!
With the next Digital Dealer Conference promising to be chock full of the latest in Digital and Social Marketing strategies, I can’t help but ponder the obvious. We are learning great new ways to drive traffic to our dealerships with the commitment that the buying experience will be extraordinary. And the good news is its working! For too many of us, the bad news is the same…..its working.
With…
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What is Google+?
Google+ is the latest social networking service that lets users create a personalized online profile to interact with the people in their lives. The idea is to build upon what’s already available from social networking services like Facebook and…
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Michael Tyman of Professional Success, Inc. is a leading consultant who works directly with car dealers to help improve their sales and marketing processes. He views…
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The Manus Group is not exactly a highly recognized brand like Toyota or Chevrolet. You might be in the same boat or your might just want to stand out from the other name brand dealer down the street. Social Media Marketing is about standing out and being popular. Yes, it takes us all back to those high school days where some of us excelled at…
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We have been working with salespeople, managers, service staff, and business development representatives for many years now. All of the people we work with including sales and service managers at dealerships understand the importance of multiple phone numbers.
If you had multiple phone numbers for every customer, could you reach more customers in a day?
Would you sell more cars and set more service appointments?
Then why is it that when you get a customer on the…
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For most auto dealers navigating Facebook can be tricky subject. For other dealers it's a flat out waste of time. For you it should be another channel that you embrace to build your reputation and promote your dealership.
What you can't expect is to throw up a Facebook fan page and think people will "like" you because you created a page. You need something social and enter-active that keeps people engaged and coming back for more.
Facebook is great for images and videos, so…
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Social Networking has transformed from a way that college kids could keep in touch to a main stream tool for capitalism. Social Media is one of the newest tools available to the global economy as more and more businesses are adopting Social Media Marketing Plans. With an audience of over 500 million users, Social Media has become the platform for engaging with clients and prospects on a real time and…
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The first step to Social Networking suicide is to use this media as a place to make the sale. Social Networking is a relationship building network and not the shopping network. A network when used as a verb is defined as: to cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally, especially in finding employment or moving to a higher position. With this in mind, a Social Network is a place for…
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Proactive Dealer Solutions works with large and small dealership groups all over the world. We get asked all the time when we work with BDC Manager and Internet Managers what we recommend for dealerships.
Social Media is the biggest opportunity, or challenge facing your business today.
The first step is to get a sense, what we like to call a Social Media Health check or benchmark for your dealership.
There is no point in putting together a Social…
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During a sales meeting, the question of why the company no longer has a stock pile of tri-fold brochures to hand out to potential clients came up. I scratched my head and looked puzzled, since we have not used a single tri-fold brochure in over a year. As a company, we moved away from outdated marketing tools and adopted high tech and interactive tools to meet the requests of our clients. It was then…
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The word “social” in social network can be a bit misleading when building an online brand for your company. Social networking was born out of the concept of sharing one’s personal life and not professional endeavors. Today, people as well as companies are using social media to drive personal and professional branding. Social networking is still a format that is deeply embedded in personal…
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Word of mouth advertising – it’s not almost a cliché, it IS a cliché. But it’s one we must be mindful of, because it’s the one thing in advertising that not only hasn’t changed, but is even more important today than ever.
With the Internet and digital advertising, Social Media and Dealer Reviews, word of mouth advertising rules. Everything we say and do can…
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Take a stroll through any search engine for a new car and see what you find. There is an array of results varying from the pay per click to the simple organic search. The generic search would show vehicle postings, dealership reviews, website links and video links.
The average consumer is inundated with information pertaining to their search. Dealerships are plagued by a multitude of links that provide information unfortunately, not all the information is accurate. Nevertheless,…
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Remember that girlfriend or boyfriend that was just too clingy for you? Insecure, always seeking approval, or going overboard in trying to make you happy? Or worse yet, one date, and the person treats the relationship as if you're married.
Apparently, Toyota has the same problem -- only it's the one in the relationship being overly clingy, according to Stanley Bing, columnist for Fortune magazine.
He recounts in his latest column,…
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The newest keeping up with the Jones’s marketing trend is Social Media Marketing. Social Networking has found a home in American Capitalism as the twenty-something crowd has become a strong demographic in today’s enterprise. Business hours have been replaced with 24/7 virtual access to your dealership. Social Media Marketing has become a channel for customer support, service and satisfaction. …
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Social Media is not kids play any longer. Social Networking has found a home outside of the college dorm and into main stream capitalism. More and more businesses globally are adopting Social Media Marketing Plans. Social Media is one of the newest tools available to the global economy, but how does it affect your business? Why should you invest some of your marketing resources in the…
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