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 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 10, 2025 | CRM, Data Mining, Lead Response
What is attribution? The dictionary definition of attribution: noun the action of regarding something as being caused by a person or thing: the electorate was disillusioned with his immediate attribution of the bombings to a separatist group. the action of ascribing...
Feb 4, 2025 | Data Mining, Service Drive
In 2024, the average amount customers paid for service was $515. However, the frustration point at which customers decided to trade their cars for something newer was slightly higher at $518. This indicates that service customers have made multiple high-dollar visits...
