Social Media

Jake Wittler, Senior Product Marketing Manager with Cars.com, joins us on CBT News to talk about Cars.com's recent product launch, Social Sales Drive. Social Sales Drive combines inventory solutions from Cars.com, Dealer inspire's product 'Conversations', and Facebook Marketplace in order to connect customers with dealers...

Less than a decade ago we were discussing how businesses can focus their marketing strategies for millennials. But as millennials are now well into their adulthood, marketers are turning towards their next consumer demographic, the Generation Z. The oldest Gen Z’ers have already graduated...

How a customer perceives your business is vital to the dealer’s everyday operations. It’s important because customers will be sure to research your business online before they even arrive at the dealership. Star ratings, like the ones you’ll find on sites like Google+, Yelp,...

There is no slowing down for Facebook and Instagram. By 2019, Facebook, the world’s largest social network with 2.2 billion monthly active users, will account for 11.3 percent of all U.S. ad spending (compared to 10 percent for print). Instagram recently zoomed past the 800...

When selecting a social media strategy, one of the first significant decisions to make is which platforms you will invest time in. Many make the mistake of thinking they should be on all social media platforms. Focusing on too many without a solid plan...

Deciding where to put your dealership’s marketing budget and strategies can be challenging. The world of technology has brought about many options, but with each one there are pros and cons to seeing it through. Dealers have always had third-party sites like Cars.com or...

Over the past decade or so, the automotive industry has been through some major changes. A large part of this change stems from the rise of the Internet and social media. In this Amazon Prime era, as an automotive dealership, you need to be...

On average we spend an hour on social media platforms each day, even revisiting these sights up to eight different times. Jake Wittler, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Cars.com joins CBT Automotive Network to tell us how they are bringing your dealership's inventory to where...

While your focus is on the sales floor, waiting for customers to walk in, customers are rolling in all day in service. According to Laura Madison, Director of Sales and Training with Alan Ram's Proactive Training Solutions, dealerships aren't taking full advantage of the...

How do you create a barrier-free car buying experience for customers, especially when everything about the process can be done on a mobile device? Roman Dobrik, CTO and Co-Founder of uQuote, says in the age of technology, avoiding most barriers can be done by...