Effective Online Automotive Sales

January 2006 Effective Online Automotive Sales   VOLUME 5 ISSUE 1  
 
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Branded Auto-Responders
Nation's No. 1 Infiniti Store Hits 58% Show Ratio
How Many Serious Buyers Are in Your Market?
Dealers Embrace Paid Search Advertising
Boosting Your Appointment Show Ratio
Former NFL Star Tackles Internet Sales
Auto Dealer Monthly
Industry Reminders
Previously in the Dealix Dealer Newsletter
Immediate Lead Counts - On-Demand Lead Estimator
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NEWS
Branded Auto-Responders
Supercharging Your Customer Contact
by JohnHenry Giddings

For dealers, email auto-responders are the first possible chance to meet a potential customer. Progressive dealers win more customers by including their brand information in these messages, and making their dealership stand out. Industry consultants David Kain and Cory Mosley weigh-in on building a branded email.

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Nation's No. 1 Infiniti Store Hits 58% Show Ratio
Interview with Sales Manager Michael Silver

Michael Silver watched over thousands of youngsters as a school principal for 25 years. Now he’s watching over Internet sales for the No. 1 Infiniti dealership in the country as sales manager. And although this former educator has been out of the school system for some time, he has a lot to teach about superior customer contact.

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How Many Serious Buyers Are in Your Market?
Find out with the Dealix On-Demand Lead EstimatorSM

Why wait for serious buyers to find you, when you can meet and greet them right now? The Dealix On-Demand Lead EstimatorSM shows you how many leads you can get from hundreds of the Web’s best auto sites including: Edmunds, AOL Autos, Kelley Blue Book, Yahoo Autos, AutoTrader.com, MSN Autos, NewCar TestDrive, IntelliChoice, MotorTrend, ABC.com, Intelliprice, WomanMotorist and more. Select multiple franchises and set the size of your territory. Get immediate results via email.


 
Dealers Embrace Paid Search Advertising
New Survey Results

As paid search advertising, or search engine marketing, is proving to provide a more cost-effective way for dealers to connect with auto buyers, many dealers are eagerly embracing this new advertising tool to generate more sales leads, according to one of the most comprehensive studies to date on the subject. In the survey, dealers weighed in on how they’re investing in paid search advertising; how they measure the success of their program; and who they’d partner with to improve results.

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Boosting Your Appointment Show Ratio
Four Key Steps to Success
by Jennifer Suzuki

One of the most important things for dealers to remember is that they are not trying to close a sale in their first contact with an Internet prospect; they're trying to set an appointment. E-business trainer and consultant, Jennifer Suzuki of e-Dealer Solutions has the essentials to setting an appointment that will actually show up.

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Former NFL Star Tackles Internet Sales
Interview with Daryl Sanders, Top Internet Consultant

Daryl Sanders seems to have two central talents in life: competing and succeeding. The former NFL lineman is trying to foster these talents in online auto dealers with his company Internet Dealer Solutions, Ltd. Speaking with the former Detroit Lion, makes it clear that the competitive skills he honed on the grid iron are central to his consulting business. Sanders talks about how discipline, diligence, and consistency can lead your Internet team to victory.

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Auto Dealer Monthly
The Comprehensive Pay Plan Book

Do you wonder what other dealership compensation plans look like? AutoDealer Monthly’s Internet Pay Plan Book gives you 50 unique compensation plans to see how your department stacks up. Plus, you’ll get almost 200 other dealership pay plans. AutoDealer Monthly’s 148 page reference guide is a useful resource for any automotive industry professional.

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Industry Reminders

30th Automotive News World Congress
Dearborn, Michigan, January 16 - 19, 2006

Industry leading CEOs address and debate key topics in the automotive business.

AAISP Annual Conference: "The Internet Path to Profits"
Nashville, Tennessee, April 3 - 6, 2006

Discussions, seminars, and networking with the top minds in online auto retailing.

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Previously in the Dealix Dealer Newsletter

December

Interview: No. 1 Online Ford Dealer's Internet Director

Search Engine Marketing Drives More Efficient Sales

Selling the Value of Internet Marketing  

Becoming a Better Dealer

November

Search Engine Marketing for Dealers

How to Handle the Most Common Internet Objections

Best Practices from Internet Sales Director Don Graff  


 
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