Apr 14, 2025 | Data Mining, Equity Mining, FRIKINtech, Service Drive
We are in a loyalty crisis. The benchmark that 35% of your monthly sales should come from people who have spent a dollar with you is far from achieved. In 2024 and into 2025, loyalty rates are hovering in the low 20% territory. Dealers who were religiously seeing 30...
Apr 14, 2025 | FRIKINtech
June 2025 marks my 15th anniversary as a vendor. From 1989 to May 2020, I was a car dealer (21 years for those who don’t like math). One thing the car business teaches you is how hard it is to pay the bills on commissions from the general public. People are...
Mar 26, 2025 | CRM, Email, Lead Response, Marketing
We have used our many years of answering leads in a car dealership to develop email templates that any dealer can plug into the CRM or send manually. These free email templates are available to anyone looking for fresh ideas and new ways of engaging their internet...
Mar 13, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
I made it up – gotta admit that. But I didn’t just pull it out of my… hat. My wife’s older SUV used to cost us roughly $1,500 in annual repairs. Financially, that equated to $125 in “monthly payments” on that car we held the title...
Mar 13, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
What is conquesting the service drive? Conquesting service refers to converting service customers—those who did not purchase their vehicle from a particular dealership—into potential sales leads. This approach is vital for dealerships looking to expand their customer...
Mar 3, 2025 | Data Mining, FRIKINtech, Marketing
It is sad to say, but not a surprise that we have a loyalty crisis in car dealerships right now. At NADA 2023 I sat on a panel with some very sharp people. One of those people was Brian Pasch who can be quite polarizing. He said something that stuck with me as it was...
Feb 26, 2025 | Data Mining, Equity Mining, FRIKINtech, Marketing, Service Drive
See the Benchmarks One of my favorite times of year is looking at all the stats we track for an annual benchmark on customer engagement with our products and dealers. 2024 is a special year for this as we developed a deeper view of the customer. In years prior, we...
Feb 19, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
In the competitive landscape of automotive sales, dealerships often overlook a significant opportunity: their service customers. With 63% of dealership service customers not having purchased their vehicles from the same dealership, there exists a substantial potential...
Feb 16, 2025 | Digital Retail, Lead Response, Marketing, Websites
SALESiQ has been a franchise dealership tool since its inception. And now it not only is affordable for Independent dealers, it also generates incredibly engaged leads at a pace far faster than we’ve seen on franchised dealership websites! For example, we...
Feb 10, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
As the average age of cars on the road reaches 12.6 years, the financial burden of maintaining these vehicles is becoming increasingly significant. The average repair costs for cars older than 10 years stand at approximately $610. This figure reflects the growing...
