Re: Salesperson Websites
Hi, Can anyone give me information on a good company to develop me a website specially for an auto salesperson ?
If I were back on the sales floor, I would no doubt have my own website / Wordpress blog. There's nothing more effective than personal branding (unless of course you're a complete asshole).
So so so many ways to brand yourself nowadays. Way more than what I had available when I moved over from service to sales back in 1998 - pre-blogging, Facebook, twitter, Tumbler, Video etc. etc. I had to teach myself HTML and how to use FrontPage. I personally took photos and uploaded each of every new and used car on the lot with my
Sony Mavica MVC-FD85. I was utilizing AOL chat, and generic lead forms for conversion.
I can go on and on.
My point being, there's so many resources and services available nowadays (FOR FREE), yet how often do you find a sales professional (or even service professional) truly leverage and utilize all the different Technologies and services available? I bet can count on 1 hand the numbers of sales professionals that have turned into mere industry rock stars by
simply leveraging a video camera, a like
video walkaround app, and a bit of courage to stand in front of the camera. Don't take that the wrong way, I'm in NO WAY discrediting these professionals. I know many of them on a personally and can attest to their level of knowledge and professionalism.
Another case in point - how many of you remember this "amazing up-and-coming" service called
DealerMouth? This were a topic of conversation here on DealerRefresh
all the way back in 2009. They provided websites for individual sales people, coupled with video and social media features.
Where are they now? According to their website, they're still on version 1.0.
I'm not saying they don't offer a great service or product, my point is how many in our industry go out of their way to invest in themselves? How many dealerships go out-of-the-way to invest in their own employees?
I'll stop ranting. Valerie, I guess you could look up DealerMouth and see what they have to offer. But if I were serious about this, I would be calling my website provider to see if they have any options available. if I hit a dead-end there, I would consider looking into a self hosted WordPress blog while utilizing a
theme like this.
Good luck Valerie. And please keep the community updated with your progress.