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  1. Rob McCartney

    Top 30 vehicles with shortest days on market

    As far as I know, that is correct. It used to be called eCarlist, than DealerSocket bought them, than DealerTrack bought DealerSocket. I believe you are spot on here Troy. I have not had any use as of this point with CarStorys product. At the dealership I was at before I always just checked...
  2. Rob McCartney

    Top 30 vehicles with shortest days on market

    Troy, No, it only shows on what current vehicles you have on your lot or what vehicles you are appraising. However they are clearly getting this data from somewhere? Maybe someone at DealerSocket and tell you were they are populating their data for "TrueTarget"?
  3. Rob McCartney

    Top 30 vehicles with shortest days on market

    Our current software with Inventory+(DealerSocket) provides "TrueTarget" which vehicles are preforming well when doing trade/purchase evaluations. It gives short hand answers on what to "Buy" or units that are labeled as "Poor Performers" It also shows all the same make/models within 250 miles...
  4. Rob McCartney

    Text Us message conversion from Website and VDP?

    If your internet department already has a system of taking 25-30 pictures of used units... why break the habit on new? Maybe its my OCD, but I prefer to approach every vehicle the same sway, a standard practice for all vehicles, doesn't matter if its new or used. We, as humans, are mostly...
  5. Rob McCartney

    Text Us message conversion from Website and VDP?

    I think its more of people want to see the actual physical car they could be driving. If they didn't care about stock photos than everyone would just use the manufacture site. Seeing the actual car/truck that they could be in helps them visualize them actually driving in it. Not only that, but...
  6. Rob McCartney

    New Toyota MAAP Pricing Trainwreck

    I might not be with Toyota anymore, but I know you can list the MSRP and than all cash backs + any incentive rates for that period. While I was with Toyota our plan was to create two spots on the VDP for Request Sale Price + Text for Sale Price. While yes, this is going to be a hassle at first...
  7. Rob McCartney

    Text Us message conversion from Website and VDP?

    Agreed. We didn't have luck with managed chat, so we are going to try and do in house text messaging after the launch of our new websites. Granted we are a smaller dealership so I don't know if the volume would be as high was what @BHavican experiences.
  8. Rob McCartney

    Text Us message conversion from Website and VDP?

    I would attend to agree with @derrickwoolfson. We used a company for a while to manage and interact with our chat. It drove more customers away than it brought in. Sure it gives the appearance that you have someone ready to answer any question, but when they can't answer that question they give...
  9. Rob McCartney

    How do you streamline dealer trades?

    Lee, Cool solution! Looks pretty simple to use.
  10. Rob McCartney

    CarGurus wants in your DMS...

    Shame, was very curious as to what they were after.
  11. Rob McCartney

    CarGurus wants in your DMS...

    Could you expand on that more? What data where they looking for? What was your resolution?
  12. Rob McCartney

    Tangible ROI in Social Media

    Clint, I have never implemented it, was just a thought. I'm just big on being transparent and giving the consumer as much information up front as possible.
  13. Rob McCartney

    Tangible ROI in Social Media

    Good afternoon. I thought I might chime in here cause I'm familiar with your area (I used to work for Cornhusker Toyota & Honda in Grand Island) and I have been by your lot a few times. I honestly think adding something that requires a user to enter information before they get any type of...
  14. Rob McCartney

    Will you buy a .car .cars or .auto extension?

    Would this even really be a debate if .car, .cars & .auto were 40 dollars a year instead of 3K? Most likely not, the domains would of been purchased and either parked (waiting for more hard data) or simply forwarded to a different domain.
  15. Rob McCartney

    Marketing Agency

    As @Ed Brooks said, your Linkedin profile says you are currently employed by them. Not "doing some work with them". There is a difference between consulting/freelance and being on payroll.
  16. Rob McCartney

    Will you buy a .car .cars or .auto extension?

    I know how to use google also... https://ceo.xyz/rank-in-google/ Like I said its all debatable. And pointing to an article written 8 months ago doesn't really shed a ton of light on the issue. Even more so when @Ed Brooks just posted one composed just this month that shows different results...
  17. Rob McCartney

    Will you buy a .car .cars or .auto extension?

    I think its a bit early to just throw this idea away and say its a waste of money. Even more so in areas with a high saturation of dealer websites. In my opinion its going to take time and testing to see how search engine are going to rank these extensions. Besides, my OCD loves the ability...
  18. Rob McCartney

    New Car Specials - What REALLY Works?

    I may be a bit off topic here as its not a "special" but I use our Service Department to generate new car leads. I will check once a week to see what cars they have coming in. If there is something that is 3-5 years old with lower mileage that I know is in hot demand I go to work. First I check...