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

fundamentals of selling

Selling Fundamentals: A Guide for New Salespeople

- November 9, 2017
A career in the car business can be fun and rewarding. Life in the dealership is often high energy and fast-paced. It may be overwhelming at first, especially if you...
auction

How to improve the auction to online process

- November 9, 2017
Say you buy 17 cars a month from auction and you're incurring holding costs at $30 per day. It takes you eight days to get the car. It has to...
customer service

Finding Balance Between Modern Marketing and Traditional Customer Service

- November 8, 2017
Customers prefer to begin their car shopping experience online in the digital realm. That’s been proven by Cox Automotive in their 2017 Car Buyer Journey Study, showing that the average...
commercial inventory

5 Tips for Marketing your Pre-Owned Commercial Inventory

- November 8, 2017
Commercial vehicle sales are good business. This business is a great way to incrementally increase your monthly sales volume in a new niche, without cannibalizing business in other areas. For...
website

Steve Stauning: Goals with website leads

- November 8, 2017
You spend a lot of money on advertising and marketing, but when it comes to driving potential car-buyers to your website, what's the ultimate goal to growing website leads, calls,...
customers

Alex Vetter: Tech that helps customers get to know salespeople

- November 7, 2017
Today, customers will research your dealership for hours and hours online, making sure they have the right dealership and vehicle they want. Those same customers might use certain apps on...
consumer engagement

Increasing Consumer Engagement and Trust: Five Ways Dealers Can Support Their Local Communities

- November 6, 2017
According to a 2015 Nielson Global Corporate Sustainability Report, 66 percent of consumers are willing to spend more money with a company that has a sustainable brand. Regarding millennials, the...
bottom line

Luxury Trims and Add-Ons Boost Your Bottom Line

- November 6, 2017
New car sales have been affected significantly by low gas prices and an influx of SUV and truck sales. From 2015 to 2016, new car sales were down 9 percent...
selling cars

5 Strategies to Increase Sales

- November 3, 2017
It is a manager’s favorite line: “We need to just get back to basics.” While there is certainly something to be said about the benefits of mastering the basics, it...
marketing

Brian Pasch: Marketing Manager Qualifications

- November 3, 2017
How do you know your marketing manager is taking the right steps of optimizing your dealership's return on ad spend? How were they even hired as your marketing director and...


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