TSLA338.910-3.36%
GM85.950-0.82%
F14.180-0.185%
RIVN14.860-0.5004%
CYD45.5100.27%
HMC31.9000.32%
TM189.175-1.935%
CVNA73.890-1.7%
PAG220.0400.19%
LAD377.070-0.48%
AN209.060-0.35%
GPI261.910-2.04%
ABG208.070-2.59%
SAH80.800-0.03%
TSLA338.910-3.36%
GM85.950-0.82%
F14.180-0.185%
RIVN14.860-0.5004%
CYD45.5100.27%
HMC31.9000.32%
TM189.175-1.935%
CVNA73.890-1.7%
PAG220.0400.19%
LAD377.070-0.48%
AN209.060-0.35%
GPI261.910-2.04%
ABG208.070-2.59%
SAH80.800-0.03%
TSLA338.910-3.36%
GM85.950-0.82%
F14.180-0.185%
RIVN14.860-0.5004%
CYD45.5100.27%
HMC31.9000.32%
TM189.175-1.935%
CVNA73.890-1.7%
PAG220.0400.19%
LAD377.070-0.48%
AN209.060-0.35%
GPI261.910-2.04%
ABG208.070-2.59%
SAH80.800-0.03%


Do’s and don’ts of customer surveys

Customer-survey feedback can tell dealers what they are doing right and wrong and even whether a salesperson during a demo drive took a woman car shopper to an empty parking lot behind a building.

That seemingly inappropriate behavior was revealed in the contents of a returned online survey sent to a dealership through its customer-relationship-management system, says Chad Perry, national director-account management at information-technology provider DealerSocket.

“It was kind of sketchy,” he says of the salesperson’s dubious idea for a test-drive route. “The dealership hadn’t known about it.”

Read More: Wards Auto


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