All ADM Blog Posts Tagged 'call' (23)

Occasionally, when creating a great customer experience a business will have to go above and beyond for its customers. These little WOW moments can easily take a repeat customer and make them loyal, or even take a loyal customer and make them into a brand…

“The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.” — Roy H. Williams

72% customers today want to connect with businesses through multiple channels (www.thebridgecorp.com). Call and online…

Have you ever tried to call a dealership – whether it’s to inquire about a vehicle or schedule a service appointment – just to get placed on eternal hold or thrown into someone’s voicemail? Many consumers have and, just like you, they don’t like it.

People are busy. When they pick up the phone to schedule…

I visit and review at least 100 automobile dealer’s website every day. It has become clear to me that every dealer is doing a variety of things to get customers to knock on their door, to engage with the dealer and give the dealer permission to make contact with the customer. Big red buttons that say “Apply Now!” Or pop…

Dealer websites today are filled with conversion widgets. In most cases, customers will choose only one form or call-to-action (CTA) to convert on. If the CTA that they chose was “value my trade,” then you can be pretty sure that the value of their trade-in is their hot button. Or perhaps they filled out a…

There’s no doubt that video marketing is exploding in popularity with businesses and consumers. Both Facebook and Twitter are investing heavily in video and, in the case of Facebook, rewarding those who upload their video straight onto its extended reach advertising platform.

The days of reading long text…

What's the most creative reason you've heard from a customer who is leaving your dealership lot without purchasing?

Sure there are the typical, "have to check with my spouse," and "have to pick up my kids at their soccer game." Then there are the…

When was the last time you tried calling into your own--or another--dealership? Chances are high that the phone went unanswered, you were put on hold, routed into voicemail or were told that the sales or service person you're trying to reach is out to lunch.

The latest data collected from our call center agents is overwhelming: car dealers are missing way too many sales and service opportunities from lost phone leads. Behind showroom ups, these are the highest value inquiries…

AutoLoop Introduces Engage™ Call Center Solution Proven to Increase Sales and Service Profitability for Auto Dealers

Clearwater, FL -- AutoLoop today introduced Engage^TM, a call center solution proven to engage customers and increase sales and service profitability for auto dealers.

Building on twenty years of call center experience…

Lead > Contact > Show > Sell (LCSS).

That is the very definition of Automotive Inbound Marketing.

Have you ever noticed that the vendors in the automotive marketing space who are minimizing…

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How Many Leads Can An Automotive Internet Sales Coordinator, BDC Rep Or Car Salesman…

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Would you give me $50,000 for some advertising if I told you I had no idea if it worked or not? Dealers to this…

Think Tank Tuesday- Are You Missing Sales With The Wrong Messaging? from Potratz on Vimeo.

Are you missing out on sales because your marketing message is focused only on price points?  If you're only focused on price, you are not connecting with customers…

The Dealer Principle, Executive Staff and Department Managers are mired in daily tasks more than ever as our industry recovers---most have downsized dramatically in reaction to the recent struggles and find the leadership team is now required to do 150% or more of the duties they once did.



Concurrently, automotive Sales and Service customers have continued down the path of "Choosing" their providers from a safe distance. The internet remains the…

Automotive Dealerships have been amongst the companies that had to book the highest losses due to the worldwide economic crises and it's aftermath. Since then they have managed to make a huge comeback especially during 2011; both manufacturers and dealers are expanding their businesses at a large pace and business' are recovering to pre-crisis…

In today’s market, many dealerships are leaking money. They are unknowingly minimizing, rather than maximizing, the effectiveness and profitability of their marketing efforts. The source of this leak is a brilliant invention more than 130 years old. It is also the instrument used for endless marketing efforts, oftentimes by some of lowest paid

(and least trained) employees in a company. I am referring, of course,

to the telephone. The good news is this leak can be…