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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
John,
You are so right, the skills and time needed to populate a blog are not found among sales staff. It's a lot of WORK. But...
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John Gale replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
The idea of dealer blogs is a non-starter. After being an Internet Sales Manager for 7 years, I can tell you than no one at the...
Paul Rushing replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Managing blogs can be a very time consuming job, however the net rewards can be huge in terms of SEO for your main site and linking...
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Ryan Gerardi replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Alex,
That is a good philosophy. Getting PR and marketing behind it is important. I classify dealer blogging as a tool for CRM which...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
In my opinion, a dealer blog requires a somewhat unique situation for success. I think a single-point store that does not engage in...
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Laura Cooney replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
I'm glad to see some discussion on this topic. I am a long time proponent of the web 2.0 technologies. fyi - here is another dealer...
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Ryan Gerardi replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
That Ward's article was good. One of the site's referenced, Earl Stewart on Cars, had a great vibe to it. I am an advocate of dealer...
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Pam Hoffman replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
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Oscar Vanderkooij replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Our dealership uses iMagiclab and I do like their feature of checking for duplicate leads although it is far from perfect. The problem I...
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Greg replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
How many lead providers charge on a per lead basis vs a flat monthly fee regardless of the number of leads?
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Chris Olson replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Allan,
Two things. First, you're right about the bad leads and this is something we're addressing, and secondly, the $399 is not a...
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Allan replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Problem with I-Lead Control is it only does dupe checking. What about leads that have bad contact info that you shouldn't be paying for...
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Steve Williams replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Keith has a great point, however, I have found that crm/ilm tools that return the lead automatically either don't always get credited...
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Richard Keith Latman replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
this is a great concept which we built into our tools 3 years ago. All of our systems dup check the leads and automatically return the...
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Bill replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
For video on your web site and your used car walk around check out www.unityworksmedia.com They have a great solution. The videos go...
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Kevin Frye replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
Thanks to all for your input, especially to Ralph Paglia of Courtesy Chevrolet who emailed over several examples to me to look at. We...
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Laura Cooney replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
Hi Kevin, we do video email campaigns for dealers here at CIMAsystems -- from filming the video itself to emailing it out to the...
umer.autojini replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
You can search google and youtube for terms dealer, inventory, cars... and see some samples. Like Jeff said you actually don't send the...
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Jeff Larsen (blog) replied to the thread Internet Sales State of Emergency?.
It's amazing when 90% plus of all car buyers start the process of shopping on the internet and in most dealerships there is only a 3 day...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Internet Sales State of Emergency?.
I assume that the mystery shopped dealers are not participants on DealerRefresh. It seems like the people commenting here are on their...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread How do other dealerships count Internet deals for pay?.
Chris, I agree. I worked at a Chevrolet store as Internet Marketing Dir. for 3.5 years & always suspected that the customers PREFERED...
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Chris Hawley replied to the thread How do other dealerships count Internet deals for pay?.
I have always help design my own pay plan and my team's pay plans. Depending on the dealer and set up, I have always tried to have a...
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Chris K replied to the thread How do other dealerships count Internet deals for pay?.
I just started new at this dealership last month, but saw a few sales made by "floor people" of customers that should have gone to our...
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Chris K replied to the thread How do other dealerships count Internet deals for pay?.
I just started new at this dealership last month, but saw a few sales made by "floor people" of customers that should have gone to our...
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Star Galvez replied to the thread How do other dealerships count Internet deals for pay?.
we also have the 72 hour rule if we sent emails or have left messages with in 72 hours of the customers arrival is a Inet deal who's to...