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Originally published here. This is a different twist on a case study. Mason McFalls, the Digital Marketing and Sales Manager at Kraft Nissan, didn’t switch to TradePending’s SNAP. Their dealership was already using SNAP for website conversions on trade-in leads. They were seeing solid inbound lead flow and conversion rates, but still managed incredible growth. What changed?
What Mason did was simple…but let’s back up one step.
Mason’s simple, yet ridiculously powerful approach? Look at each vendor, cut what wasn’t needed, and maximize the potential from the remaining software providers.
For TradePending, that meant attending our education and customer training webinars, and then putting those ideas into practice.
“I saw how much free advice that TradePending provides their customers, and how much untapped potential we still had with SNAP. I could see we still had room to grow.”
And along the way, he cleaned their CRM and marketing databases, implementing new processes to keep the data clean in the future.
These emails were plain text with a casual tone, relevant to their market, and that anyone could relate to. The results were astounding.
Within 24 hours of the first email, they’d received 100 new trade-in leads. Their 2nd email brought in nearly that same amount.
Kraft Nissan concluded May with 529 trade-in leads, up from 99 the previous month, achieving 434% lead growth, all from implementing best practices and utilizing their existing in-house expertise.
“To handle the number of leads coming from TradePending and our marketing efforts would require two full-time positions”.
Writing and sending an email campaign is straightforward, with the real magic coming from a well-maintained CRM and relevant messaging to the market.
“Why spend thousands of dollars paying other companies to email our market, when we can easily handle that ourselves? The key is making sure our data was clean, and having a killer conversion tool on the other end like SNAP”.
What Mason did was simple…but let’s back up one step.
BACKGROUND & BEST PRACTICES
Mason joined Kraft Nissan in the Fall of 2020, with no prior automotive experience. He quickly proved his worth at this Tallahassee dealership, translating his skills from the financial industry. Today, Mason leads digital strategy at the dealership.
Mason’s simple, yet ridiculously powerful approach? Look at each vendor, cut what wasn’t needed, and maximize the potential from the remaining software providers.
For TradePending, that meant attending our education and customer training webinars, and then putting those ideas into practice.
“I saw how much free advice that TradePending provides their customers, and how much untapped potential we still had with SNAP. I could see we still had room to grow.”
And along the way, he cleaned their CRM and marketing databases, implementing new processes to keep the data clean in the future.
RESULTS
With help from TradePending and his Regional Sales Manager David Lowitz, Mason crafted a series of email marketing campaigns, designed to create more trade-in opportunities.These emails were plain text with a casual tone, relevant to their market, and that anyone could relate to. The results were astounding.
Within 24 hours of the first email, they’d received 100 new trade-in leads. Their 2nd email brought in nearly that same amount.
Kraft Nissan concluded May with 529 trade-in leads, up from 99 the previous month, achieving 434% lead growth, all from implementing best practices and utilizing their existing in-house expertise.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PROBLEMS TO HAVE
While other dealerships may begin to feel the pinch of inventory shortages, Kraft Nissan is hiring additional BDC agents to handle their growth.“To handle the number of leads coming from TradePending and our marketing efforts would require two full-time positions”.
Writing and sending an email campaign is straightforward, with the real magic coming from a well-maintained CRM and relevant messaging to the market.
“Why spend thousands of dollars paying other companies to email our market, when we can easily handle that ourselves? The key is making sure our data was clean, and having a killer conversion tool on the other end like SNAP”.
