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

buyers

How to Get Buyers to Visit Your Dealership between Purchases

- December 8, 2017
Repeat buyers are the basis of success for any auto dealership. You spend a lot of advertising dollars to attract new buyers to your dealership, but the real secret lies...
online

5 Ways to Win Online

- December 8, 2017
I’m often asked at dealerships, seminars and 20 Group meetings what is the key element of success for selling cars online. My answer is always the same: First and foremost,...
expectations

Bob George, Dealer.com: How to Use Your Data to Convert In-Market Shoppers and Sell Cars

- December 7, 2017
Joe Gumm of CBT News speaks with Bob George, Senior Director-Products, Websites and discusses how the platform at Dealer.com is meeting the expectations of online auto shoppers by offering personalized...
cars.com

Whatever Happened to Promotion?

- December 7, 2017
Cars.com recently published their Guide To The 4Ps of Automotive Marketing™ with product, price, place, and person representing four primary pillars of successful auto dealer marketing. In times past, the last...
Steve Greenfield

Steve Greenfield: How Dealers can Sell Cars with Digital Marketing

- December 6, 2017
Steve Greenfield, CEO and Founder of CompetitorPro and winner of the 2017 DrivingSales Innovation Cup for VinFactor, sits down with Joe Gumm of  CBT News to discuss how dealers can...
digital marketing

The Hardest Role to Hire and Retain: Why You Need a Digital Marketing Manager

- December 5, 2017
One of the hardest positions to hire for, train and keep in an automotive dealership is a digital marketing manager. Owners spend thousands and, in many cases, hundreds of thousands...
lagging inventory

Jason Ezell: How To Eliminate Lagging Inventory

- December 5, 2017
Don’t get stuck with last year’s inventory after the first of the New Year. In this interview, Joe Gumm of CBT News speaks with Jason Ezell, VP of Product with Force...
Automotive sales totals

Automotive Sales Totals for November 2017

- December 4, 2017
CBT News Anchor Joe Gumm reports on U.S. automotive sales totals for the month of November 2017 at dealerships around the U.S. The seasonally adjusted, annualized sales rate for the month was...
advertising

Advertising Violations: Easy To Find And Hard To Defend Against

- December 1, 2017
There’s no doubt that the right advertising program can make you plenty of money. But as they say, it’s not how much money you make but how much you get...
self-branding

Self-Branding for Car Salespeople

- November 30, 2017
Regardless of your profession, chances are that you’ve been working on expanding and improving your self-brand, especially self-branding for car salespeople. Self-branding, in simple terms, just revolves around how other...


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