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

competitive advantage

Think You Can Hold a Creative Competitive Advantage?

- November 2, 2017
There’s a belief among many in the industry that “innovative” dealers can somehow gain and hold a marketing or technological advantage over their competition. This belief is so strong among...

October 2017 Auto Sales Totals

- November 2, 2017
CBT News Anchor Joe Gumm reports on U.S. automotive sales totals for the month of October 2017 at dealerships around the U.S. The seasonally adjusted, annualized sales rate for the month was...
confidence

5 Strategies to Increase Your Confidence as a Sales Professional

- November 1, 2017
There are many experts out there who will teach you how to be confident, but at the end of the day, confidence comes from within. It is wise to learn...
connect with customers

Thinking Outside the Dealership: Unique Ways for Sales Professionals to Drum Up Their Own Customers

- October 31, 2017
It’s no secret that success in auto sales requires much more effort than simply taking ups on the sales floor. You cannot let your own success be determined by how...
momentum

Momentum: Getting It & Keeping It

- October 31, 2017
The excitement that comes when things click on an individual and business level is indescribable. There are plenty of customers, tons of leads flowing and customers saying, “let’s do the...
seamless

Can one big product make car buying seamless?

- October 31, 2017
If the goal is to eventually create a seamless end-to-end car shopping experience, wouldn't the solution be to build one mega-product that would tie all of these systems together? In...
car buying

The Move Toward Digital Transactions: 4 Ways Dealers Can Embrace A Paperless Car Buying Process

- October 30, 2017
According to a study by ACI Worldwide, 56 percent of bills were paid online in 2016. Over 50 percent of Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers all participated in digital...
display ads

Display Ad Design Best Practices for The Automotive Industry

- October 30, 2017
With over 179 billion U.S. dollars generated in 2016, it’s no surprise that the U.S. is a global leader in the advertising industry, followed by China, which generated 53 billion...
sales success

David Lewis: The secret to your sales success

- October 27, 2017
If you work at a dealership, you know there can be many pieces of selling a vehicle. However, at the end of the day, with all of the tools and...

Change Your Mindset and Achieve Anything | Colin O’Brady

- October 26, 2017
In this epic TEDx Talk, Colin O'Brady, explains his journey back from a tragic burn accident only to ascend to the 7 tallest mountains and two poles on earth -...


CBT News
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.