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  1. Tallcool1

    Email Client Advice

    I monitor 5 different email inboxes, and I am about ready to pull my hair out...well, the hair I have left anyway. Has anyone used an Email Client to boost productivity and get control of you Inboxes? Here are a couple I have looked at. SUPERHUMAN SPARK I get so much damn email that I am...
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    Announcing: LVL Up Auto - Vendor Management Platform

    As a smaller Independent Dealer, I find it really frustrating when I am looking for solutions for my dealership. Say I want a CRM, I Google, call each one of them, have to book a demo, we fall in love with each other, and then I find out that they are far too high maintenance for me. So I move...
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    Announcing: LVL Up Auto - Vendor Management Platform

    Jon, this is cool! I see the Landing Page says over 300 Vendors. Is there a list of Partner Vendors that you could share? Good work! I see dealerships buying this.
  4. Tallcool1

    First Post New Dealer in Oregon!

    Good advice. I have had many people over the years wanting to move from curbing to being a car dealer. They want to ask questions and figure out what it takes to be an actual dealer. None of them made the jump.
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    First Post New Dealer in Oregon!

    Hi Marvin Welcome to Dealer Refresh. I am in Nebraska and also an Independent Dealer. I will go through your post quickly and give a little feedback. You can get a Website for $99/month and some are even cheaper. I will find out which ones that would be. I don't remember off hand. The benefit...
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    From 80-100. My store's journey to 100 units a month

    We are using all 3. If the Vehicle of Interest is sold, we always include alternative inventory. I honestly can't say that we do that in all instances. That is something I need to look at closely especially on Facebook Paid leads. Those leads are never on my website so only see one vehicle...
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    From 80-100. My store's journey to 100 units a month

    Every time I see you talk about this Bill, I migrate a little closer to your process. I started out chasing the hell out of these people for 45 days. What a waste of time and focus. Right now I am down to Days 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 30. The difference is that we don't mark them Lost. We put them in...
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    Has 10DLC Registration shut down your CRM Text Messaging?

    If a business has been verified, and wishes to add an additional Toll Free Number, must that business be Verified again when the new number is added? Same for Standard Number, if the business adds another number, should the 10DLC Registration need to be done again? Thanks
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    Has 10DLC Registration shut down your CRM Text Messaging?

    Anything less than a week is a win!! :cool:
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    Has 10DLC Registration shut down your CRM Text Messaging?

    Just a sidenote for everyone struggling with this 10DLC issue, Toll Free Numbers are exempt from these regulations.
  11. Tallcool1

    Has anyone used or hear of Lead Zen CRM?

    When we set this up on our website, it was really just another lead form. We would get the lead notification and simply start texting from one of our personal cell phones. Now that I have a CRM, these flow into there, and we message through the CRM. The majority of the Text Messages that we...
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    Has 10DLC Registration shut down your CRM Text Messaging?

    Twilio. However, Twilio is not the issue. I say this because as soon as a CNAM is changed in Twilio, it immediately shows with most Mobile Carriers. I tested one about 3 minutes after the Twilio Update, and it was updated with US Cellular. My goal certainly wasn't to stump you or in any way...
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    Has 10DLC Registration shut down your CRM Text Messaging?

    Just a few complaints that I dug up in about 15 seconds. I thought maybe you would have some insight here. I would gladly update these CNAM records directly with the carriers/central database. The problem is that Verizon doesn't seem to want that to happen. It is not an issue with other mobile...
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    Has 10DLC Registration shut down your CRM Text Messaging?

    Thanks for the reply. Oddly enough, I do have a question for you! Vonage handles Voice as well as Messaging, so I am certain you probably send me down the correct rabbit hole here. We update the CNAM Databases each time we add a Phone Number so that the receiver of the call will see ClockTower...
  15. Tallcool1

    Using AI To Purchase Wholesale Inventory At Auction

    To a degree, that is what vAuto does with some of their product lines. I can't remember the names of their products, but someone in here surely knows.
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    Has anyone used or hear of Lead Zen CRM?

    Checking the DMS to see if the vehicle is available would rest on the DMS side. If the DMS would send a new FTP Inventory file every 10 minutes (or whatever time period), I would update your inventory every 10 minutes. Or you could ask Carpro Live to send an Inventory Feed every time a deal is...
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    Has anyone used or hear of Lead Zen CRM?

    I did @Dan Sayer . I was bored one night so I just knocked it out in my spare time. (Maximum Sarcasm Here) I came from the Franchise side and was the CFO for a dealer group for about 20 years. When I opened my Independent Dealership 12 years ago, I didn't really need a CRM and honestly they...