Why Worry: Disrupting the Disrupters

in Apr 10, 2019

The customer experience at your dealership is more important than ever before. With start-ups aiming to take away sales by luring customers with promises of a hassle-free buying experience, customers are starting to realize that they no longer have to sit at a dealership for hours. In fact Amazon France just sold a car completely onlineand[…]

Read more

Paying It Forward

in Apr 08, 2019

Auto dealers are well known for their huge support to local communities. Especially around the holiday season when they do many good deeds including toy drives, donations to food banks and a variety of other activities that have special meaning to those particular dealers. It’s noble not to “brag” about the great things we do[…]

Read more

Lack of Time Can Be Costlier Than You Think

in Mar 15, 2019

Working retail in the auto industry can certainly be taxing. Salespeople work 60-70 hour weeks to make a paycheck. Sales managers do so while also having to manage the sales team, create multiple reports and handle a multitude of tasks — and the service department is just as overloaded. Not surprisingly, frequently the excuse, “there’s[…]

Read more

Don’t Let Your Loyalty Program Backfire!

in Feb 13, 2019

The intention of a loyalty program is to show your customers that they are appreciated and encourage them to choose your business over any competition. These programs can create value and generate lifetime relationships with customers — as long as the experience remains consistently pleasant. However, a trend currently rearing its head in the loyalty[…]

Read more

The Science Behind Customer Loyalty

in Jul 06, 2018

One challenge all businesses face is creating loyal customers. As business owners, we try to analyze our customers to figure out what methods we can use to build that base of customers which is so important to future growth. Without loyal customers, your efforts at customer acquisition quickly go from growing your business to replacing defecting[…]

Read more