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Taking the buyback mailer digital...

With targeted advertising that includes your own database (Facebook and email especially) you can put a message out that says "we need your <insert model> and will pay more for the next 4 we buy."

I have done this in email campaigns and had GIGANTIC response rates. Especially when the message looks as 1 to 1 as can be done. My best results were with mini vans when we really did need them. Always funny how the more genuine the message the better the results were.
 
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With targeted advertising that includes your own database (Facebook and email especially) you can put a message out that says "we need your <insert model> and will pay more for the next 4 we buy."

We have a product that sends these emails/letters - the response rate boggles my mind anytime someone does a properly targeted campaign.
Customers buy into the "they need my car, therefore they'll pay top dollar" pitch all the time.
 
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Dealers seek strategies to digitize buyback mailers for acquiring trade-in vehicles across SEM, Facebook, email, and Craigslist. The consensus recommendation is to use targeted email and Facebook campaigns directed at existing customer databases with authentic messaging emphasizing genuine inventory needs ("we need your car and will pay more"), which consistently outperforms generic campaigns. Respondents highlight that personalized, need-based messaging significantly boosts response rates—particularly when dealers actually require specific vehicle types—because customers respond to the perception that dealers will offer premium prices for needed inventory.

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