TSLA404.110-5.88%
GM72.630-0.47%
F13.0600.03%
RIVN12.900-0.45%
CYD50.420-0.02%
HMC25.3200.11%
TM185.470-1.9%
CVNA63.415-2.605%
PAG156.460-3.29%
LAD257.090-7.8%
AN178.590-3.35%
GPI305.470-11.71%
ABG177.5001.22%
SAH72.870-1.19%
TSLA404.110-5.88%
GM72.630-0.47%
F13.0600.03%
RIVN12.900-0.45%
CYD50.420-0.02%
HMC25.3200.11%
TM185.470-1.9%
CVNA63.415-2.605%
PAG156.460-3.29%
LAD257.090-7.8%
AN178.590-3.35%
GPI305.470-11.71%
ABG177.5001.22%
SAH72.870-1.19%
TSLA404.110-5.88%
GM72.630-0.47%
F13.0600.03%
RIVN12.900-0.45%
CYD50.420-0.02%
HMC25.3200.11%
TM185.470-1.9%
CVNA63.415-2.605%
PAG156.460-3.29%
LAD257.090-7.8%
AN178.590-3.35%
GPI305.470-11.71%
ABG177.5001.22%
SAH72.870-1.19%


The Sales & Marketing category delivers actionable insights and strategic guidance for dealership professionals focused on boosting revenue and customer engagement. From lead generation and CRM strategies to advertising trends, digital retailing, branding, and showroom performance, explore the tools and tactics that drive sales growth and marketing success in today’s competitive automotive landscape.

Sales & Marketing

DMS conversion

Help Your Dealership Prepare for DMS Conversion

- December 28, 2017
Changing a dealership management system (DMS) has been likened to getting a heart transplant for your dealership. For this reason many dealers are reluctant to switch DMS providers. However, just...
marketing

3 digital marketing steps your dealership should take in winning 2018

- December 28, 2017
  Tracking the research methods the millions of potential car buyers take these days and targeting certain demographics and markets with digital marketing is obviously important for you dealership. But there...
Facebook

Geo-Targeting Your Audience on Facebook

- December 27, 2017
Geo-targeting ads for your business can be an excellent way to maximize the effectiveness of advertising for your car dealership business, particularly when you advertise on Facebook. With Facebook’s large...
customer recognition

The Importance of Customer Recognition in Making the Sale

- December 26, 2017
The trendy term in the automotive industry for the past five years has been big data. It’s everywhere -- from car wifi to oil change alerts to sensors determining speeding. Fast...
auto retail

The Personalized Customer Buying Experience in 2018

- December 26, 2017
Joe Gumm speaks with David Kain the Host of Kain & Co. about the personalized customer experience and changes to come in 2018 in one-to-one customer engagement in the auto...
digital retailing

How to Become a Digital Retailer In 2018

- December 22, 2017
From research to purchasing decisions, consumers are becoming more interested in doing the whole process on their own. They prefer things to be entirely self-serviced with limited human interactions. For...
success

Discipline is The Key to Success in Auto Retail Sales

- December 21, 2017
  Jim Fitzpatrick discusses the key to success in auto retail with Rory Vaden, New York Time’s Bestselling Author of Take The Stairs: 7 Steps to Achieving Success and Co-Founder of...
trade-in leads

Triple Your Sales from Website Trade-in Leads

- December 20, 2017
For most of the dealers I encounter, leads from website trade-in tools are almost an afterthought. There is a belief, for example, that it doesn’t matter which trade-in form you...

Automotive Internet Sales Program Designed to Enhance Profitability

- December 20, 2017
Cory Mosley, host of Progressive Retail here on the CBT Automotive Network talks with Joe Gumm about the Automotive Internet Sales Accelerator Program. This program designed to help dealers create scale...
Dealer.com

Selling Quality Inventory by Increasing Your Consumer Reach

- December 18, 2017
According to Andy MacLeay, Director of Digital Marketing with Dealer.com, eliminating quality inventory on your lot might mean finding an effective marketing campaign that un-limits your dealership’s consumer reach. As dealers...


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