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...
Jan 20, 2025 | Data Mining
I had the best Used Car Manager when I first started selling cars. Mike Jobson was his name and his way of stating the cold truths of the car business have stuck with me for three decades. When a fresh up was on the lot, but nobody had gotten to them, Mike would yell...
Jan 14, 2025 | Data Mining, Equity Mining
Vehicle Equity Trends: 2023 vs. 2024 Notably, while the average vehicle equity has seen a decline, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of customers who have fully paid off their vehicles. In 2024, the average vehicle equity was recorded at $8,724,...