Evolving Automotive Technology: Consumer Desires and Demands, Part 1
For the next few entries in our Dealer Panel series, we’ve asked our panel how they deal with the changing pace of automotive technology and consumer demands.
Fixing Your Fixed Ops: Three Marketing Strategies to Rise to the Top
“Hey Siri, where can I get an oil change?” This type of search takes place more than a million times per month. In fact, according to Google Automotive Insights, service- and parts-related searches have increased by more than 400 percent over the past five years and now account for 28 percent of the total automotive
Your Marketing Check Engine Light Is On: Three Strategies to Get on Top of Fixed Ops
“Hey Siri, where can I get an oil change?”
This type of search takes place more than one million times per month. In fact, according to Google Automotive Insights, service- and parts-related searches have increased by more than 400 percent over the past five years and now account for 28 percent of the total automotive search market.
How to Build a Public Relations Position to Grow Customer Retention
How would you create a ‘wow’ buying experience for the customer after they purchased their car? How would you set up a brand new profit center by developing a public relations manager? I have had a few calls from people about last month’s article about using the “Apple Experience” in your dealership’s service drive to
USING CUSTOMER RETENTION TO DRIVE SALES
I visit about 250 dealerships a year and, from time to time, I hear different complaints about things that are not working the way we would like them to. Some are the usual — not enough sales, can’t find techs, heavy turnover in the sales department, etc. Sorry, no answer for these. However, I think