Vehicle E-Commerce: Why Would Today’s Dealers Stay Relevant in the New Sales Dynamics?
Barath Ashokkumar & Anand Sethuraman The biggest revolution currently underway is taking place neither in the manufacturing plant nor in the innovation labs, but in people’s living rooms. What started off as a demonstration of online shopping systems in 1979 has now exploded into a world of e-Bays and Amazons. With every kind of retailer
Staffed Events: A “Go Go” or a “No No”?
In the fourth quarter, forecasting becomes tougher with seasonality and holidays. You never know when that blizzard or hurricane can hit, so it is always good idea to reserve a staffed event — either as an avenue to move old inventory, get that shot in the arm to make up a deficiency in sales tracking
Building Today’s Communication Tool Box
The ways in which we communicate are ever changing, and that means thriving businesses must always be on the lookout for ways to update and clean out their communication tool boxes.
Four Tips on Making Sense of Social Media
So, if it’s inevitable, why not embrace it and see what it has to offer? Much like boarding a boat pulling out from the dock, however, you need to get in or stay out; one foot on the boat and the other on the dock is not a position for success.
Bridging the Gap Between Data and Actionable Data
Complete the picture of the customer journey and you can deliver relevant messaging at the right time. How do we complete that picture? How do we turn raw, useless data into consumable information that we can act upon?
Don’t Blow Your Budget During Election Season: How to Make the Most of Your Ad Spend Until November 8
By Katie Barth, Marketing Manager PureCars Ten years ago, politicians relied primarily on traditional advertising to further their campaign efforts. Refocus on 2016: When is the last time you saw an advertisement for the upcoming election outside of television? Candidates are dominating across all mediums: from traditional to mobile, Facebook to Twitter, and YouTube to
Don’t Blow Your Budget During Election Season: How to Make the Most of Your Ad Spend Until November 8
Ten years ago, politicians relied primarily on traditional advertising to further their campaign efforts. Refocus on 2016: When is the last time you saw an advertisement for the upcoming election outside of television? Candidates are dominating across all mediums: from traditional to mobile, Facebook to Twitter, and YouTube to Snapchat. There’s one thing both candidates
The Seventh-inning Stretch In Recon’s Race For Relevance
If the history of vehicle reconditioning were a baseball game, it’s now the seventh-inning stretch. Anyone who’s sat through six-and-a-half innings in stadium seats knows its function — to stretch, catch one’s breath, and prepare for the game’s final critical innings. Dealers have been playing recon for many long innings now, and frankly, their teams
The Six Pillars of Professional Power: P.A.M.P.E.R. Your Way to Success
Look at yourself and your life. That is where you will find all the purpose you need to achieve fulfillment. Do your best each day to be the best you that you can be. There is hardly a better purpose than that.
Keeping Track of Goals, Keeping Track of Time
We’ve passed the midpoint of the year, which makes it a good time to stop and take stock of where you are. It’s a good time to mark your progress in achieving the goals you set for yourself and your dealership at the beginning of the year. Or, rather, it would be a good time,