What’s The ROI on my Digital Advertising?
We have different piggy banks in the automotive industry. Dealers need to deposit local, profitable sales and service transactions into their piggy banks to measure growth and success. I wrote this article in hopes of gaining feedback and insight on a subject where I believe our industry could improve.
Dealership Managers Were Set Up to Fail
Dealers have been increasing digital marketing investments for years but more recently the online marketing machine is running out of gas. Dealers are spending more on marketing and selling fewer vehicles. Net profit margins are down as healthcare, insurance and financing costs increase.
Organic Traffic is Misunderstood By Auto Dealers
When automotive marketing professionals invest the time to configure Google Analytics (GA) properly, new insights can be obtained into their marketing strategy. Data analysis can inspire new strategies to increase showroom traffic and profits. When marketing managers look at all the channels that are producing conversions and highly engaged traffic on their dealership Website, reports often
Google Offline Conversions are Driving “The Why” in Paid Search Strategy for Auto
The day Web marketing was born, so too was optimizing for it. The recent trend from desktop search to mobile search has driven a rise in phone calls, and with that increase in calls has come the attention to offline conversions — specifically appointments set on phone calls created by paid search campaigns. Leading dealer
