Effective Online Automotive Sales

March 2007 Effective Online Automotive Sales   VOLUME 6 ISSUE 3  
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Top Trainers on Online Used Car Marketing
Rallye BMW: Offering a Top-Flight Sales Experience
Five Owner Marketing Ideas
Meet All the Serious Car Buyers in Your Market
More on Reputation Management
Creating a Value Bundle
Internet Training and Industry Reminders
Most Requested Vehicles
Previously in the Dealix Dealer Newsletter
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Top Trainers on Online Used Car Marketing
Marketing Inventory, Per Lead vs. Subscription, and More

What’s the best thing about used car sales? High margins. What’s the best thing about online marketing? Dramatically lower costs per sale. It follows that effectively marketing your used car inventory online is a great way to make your used car business even more lucrative. This month we spoke with five industry trainers/consultants on how dealers can maximize this opportunity.


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Rallye BMW: Offering a Top-Flight Sales Experience
Interview with BDM Shaun Weissman

At Rallye BMW (part of the Rally Auto Group), which comprises four Long Island stores selling BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Acura, and Lexus, sales aren’t as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. As we learned from Shaun Weissman, manager of business development, success requires hard work, a razor-sharp focus, and careful strategizing.


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Five Owner Marketing Ideas
Keep Your Existing Customers Coming Back

Whether you’re still familiarizing yourself with “owner marketing” – marketing to your existing customer base - or whether you already have an owner marketing plan at your dealership, these five campaign ideas can help you gain long-term repeat customers.

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Meet All the Serious Car Buyers in Your Market
Let Dealix Help You Harness the Power of the Internet

With 70% of consumers going online during their car buying process, the Internet is the place to find car buyers. Dealix partners with the best auto sites on the Web, from Edmunds and KBB to other top automotive properties, many of which are exclusive to Dealix - all to bring you the most serious buyers and the highest quality leads on the Web.

Find out how many buyers, from these top sites and more, are in your market instantly with the Dealix On-Demand Lead EstimatorSM.


 
More on Reputation Management
Learning from Bad Reviews, and Earning Good Ones

Reputation management is a key buzz topic for any business marketing and selling products online, and that includes dealerships. This month we’ll drill down into how you can better manage your reputation by making online consumer reviews work for you and your dealership.

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Creating a Value Bundle
Go Above and Beyond to Win Sales

Last month, we covered some key components to include in your initial response emails to Internet prospects. This month, we’re taking a look at a more targeted email and overall marketing topic: the “value bundle.”


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Internet Training and Industry Reminders
Upcoming Events

Don't miss The Cobalt Group's Breakfast of Champions, the 2007 AAISP Digital Dealer Conference and Exposition, Dealer Marketing Magazine's Nail the Competition Seminar, and Auto Remarketing's Used Car Manager conference.

Click Full Story for details.


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Most Requested Vehicles
What Do Consumers Want to Drive?

Consumers are often driven by the latest trend or a passing fad. So, it’s only natural that car dealers wonder what their car buyers are most interested in. The Dealix Most Requested Vehicles IndexSM tells us that many of the usual suspects were the favorites with some brands dominating entire vehicle categories.


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Previously in the Dealix Dealer Newsletter
Popular Articles from Our Archives

February 2007


Kain: Used-Car Managers Should Utilize Internet


Marketing Experts Outline Success Strategies in ‘07


JD Power Roundtable and NADA ’07 Take Aways


Reputation Management


Effective Email Templates


Succeeding on the Edge of the World




January 2007


Interview with Automotive Sales Expert Paul Miller


Ralph Paglia of Courtesy Chevrolet Interview Part 2


The Future of Dealer Websites


Ask Gilbert: Should I Invest in a Spanish Language Web Site?


New Developments for Third-party Sites


The Top Ten for Q4 2006


 
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