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Survey at Delivery: A Road Map to Your Store

The survey that Joe Pistell is referring to he implemented when he worked for me. It works very well and use it quarterly when we make marketing and advertising decisions. Its simple and it works. I have toyed with the idea to make it digital but I think in this case you get better answers when people use the old fashioned pen. Many people write a paragraph or more in some cases and the feedback is very valuable.

Todd, we started that waaayyyy back in 2007-08. I am thinking that people are now so damn comfortable with smartphones and tablets, that a fully digital survey will work. Your IT team can build it and try it.

HTH
Joe
 
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25% of all sales connect to AutoTrader/Cars.com.


Anyone else interested in a this free survey at delivery for their store?

My Notes:
1). It's a high level report on shopper behavior.
2). You don't have to be a Dealer.com customer.
3). It's easy, a simple DIY webform
4). This survey gets added to the sales or F&I workflow, so you'll need buy-in from your stores leadership to make sure it gets done (leaderships get the report too).


HTH
Joe
 
Here's the goals of the survey, question by question


Question #2). Have you bought from us before?
(repeat buyer filter)


Question #3). Any close friends or family purchased from us before?
(1st degree of separation filter)


Question #4). How did you hear about us?
(How many "touch points" to your name?)


Question #5). how long have you been looking for a new vehicle?
(time in market)


Question #6). While shopping, you shopped for:
(influence of new & used to your shopper)


Question #7). While you were car shopping, where did you get most of your ideas?
(How many "touch points" for your shoppers and which is the most used? [see #4])?


Question #8). How many dealerships did you visit before you bought from us?
(competitive profile)


Question #9). Have you seen our [TV,Newspaper,Radio] ads?
(traditional media impact measurement, remove if N/A)


Question #10). Do you consider yourself a frequent internet user?
(internet user profile)


Question #11). Did you shop online at:
(Classified site impact)


Question #12). Did you visit our website?
(your sites impact)


Question #13). How did you find www.[DealerSiteName].com?
(path to your site)


Question #14). Do you use Facebook?
(how deep is the FB opportunity?)
 
Bump to the top. Just got data from the 1st one in. IT'S EYE POPPING STUFF (& costs you next to nothing).


I am looking for a few dealers that want to participate in a web survey, done at delivery.

Goal: Create a Road Map to Your Store.

Concept:
A high level look at your shoppers journey to gain insights into invisible parts of the car buying journey.

It's a web based survey. You'll need to come up with a system and oversee this. Your org will interview every buyer at some time before they leave your store. It can be done at F&I or by your reps. If you're interested, this takes effort for me and you, so only sign up if you have authority to make this happen on your end ;-)

PM me here or send me an email at joe [dot] pistell at dealer [dot] com
 

✨ AI Highlights

Joe Pistell proposes a post-sale delivery survey system to map the customer journey and identify which marketing channels actually drive sales, offering to host and customize surveys for interested dealers using SurveyGizmo. His data from running this survey at a previous dealership revealed surprising insights: 85% of sales came from customers who visited the dealership's website (many multiple times), 70% of sales were repeat buyers or referrals, TV ads had low effectiveness despite high awareness, and referrals/word-of-mouth proved far more valuable than dealers typically realized. The key insight is that delivering surveys post-sale when customers are relaxed yields honest answers that expose invisible but critical aspects of the buying journey, enabling dealers to make data-driven marketing decisions rather than relying on assumptions.

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