Nov 15, 2019 | CRM, Lead Response, Virtual BDC
Need an Internet Sales Department But Can’t Afford One?We got you. It has never been more important to properly respond to internet leads and engage your customers with first quality responses by phone and email. You never get a second chance at a first...
Nov 15, 2019 | CRM, Desking, Digital Retail, Lead Response
In the mad dash to perfect digital retailing in automotive, many dealers are skipping a few (hundred) fundamental steps. Instead of diving head first into the deep end of an Amazon-esque purchasing model, why don’t we make small improvements to your existing...
Oct 7, 2019 | CRM, Email, Lead Response, Marketing
CRM systems are not doing themselves many favors with their lack of transparency into how many emails are being received by customers. Some, like eLead, try to show a delivery rate, but it is buried and difficult to see which customers are receiving emails. Nearly...
Sep 11, 2019 | CRM, Desking, Digital Retail, Lead Response, Websites
Instant gratification is the desire to experience pleasure or fulfillment without delay or deferment. Basically, it’s the Veruca Salt complex. Whatever you want, you want it now. Businesses that embrace solutions designed to satisfy human impulsiveness will...
Sep 4, 2019 | CRM, Email, Lead Response
If you ain’t first you’re last. I never would have thought that any valuable internet sales training information would result from a Will Ferrell movie, but here we are. Reese Bobby got it right when he mused that being FIRST is all that matters. Especially when we’re...
Aug 21, 2019 | CRM, Email, Lead Response
Want more leads?Knee-jerk response? Absolutely! But why?While there is no denying that the more opportunities you cram into the top of the proverbial funnel, the more will trickle out of the bottom. Let’s not forget, however, that typically more leads equal...
Aug 15, 2019 | CRM, Lead Response, Marketing
Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? I don’t know and I don’t care. Sure, that’s a great punch line, but its not so funny when you realize that these are two main characteristics of the teams at odds in your dealership. As an automotive solutions...
Aug 14, 2019 | CRM, Digital Retail, Lead Response, Marketing
“Advertising is based on one thing – happiness.” Mad Men buffs will remember that Don follows that pearl with the revelation that, “happiness is the smell of a new car.” Damn if that ain’t the truth. So, we know...
Aug 7, 2019 | CRM, Email, Lead Response, Marketing
Originally posted on DealerRefresh If you ask your Internet leads for a phone number before answering their question or providing a price, you’re doing it wrong. And how many damn times do you need to be told this 101 crap? That’s my summation on this...
Jul 1, 2019 | Digital Retail, Marketing, Websites
A few years ago, tech company managers were sitting around a room, and someone started lamenting about a bad experience they had buying a car… and someone else nodded their head… and by the end of the meeting, they had decided that customers don’t want to buy cars...
