So, why does the average dealer lack dedicated sales professionals for the service lane? Every dealer is going to earn sales from their service drive. However, it’s important you don’t hone in on how many service lane sales your store generates every month. Instead, shift your focus to sales you could have made, but fell[…]
Customer loyalty is becoming increasingly difficult to earn. Consumers simply aren’t as loyal to a specific store or brand as they were in the past. With the internet providing so many options available to them, your dealership may end up in a handful of locations they’re considering visiting. increase customer loyalty Years ago, consumers found[…]
When it comes to your business, there are key elements for creating customer loyalty. Many businesses fail to analyze the quality of their services. It’s perhaps one of the most essential ingredients to earning and keeping customers. Quality vs Poor Quality Service Customers may love your business and its staff, and continue visiting your well-designed[…]
In today’s retail automotive climate, customers have more access to information than ever before. Quite often, a properly prepared and researched customer comes into the dealership armed with more knowledge than the salesperson. This can cause friction, as the customer often interprets the salesperson as deceptive. But in reality, the salesperson may simply not have[…]
In today’s climate, consumers increasingly turn to family, friends, peers and even strangers to help make their buying decisions – decisions as broad as who to do business with, or as specific as which item to purchase. Having a solid strategy for creating brand advocates is more important than ever before, as too many bad[…]
In a very interesting dynamic shift, consumers are increasingly changing how they want to interact with businesses for customer support. Just five years ago, think about how irritating it was to navigate through phone trees, just to finally reach a support agent, explain the problem,then be transferred to another agent, repeat your story and hope they are the right person to resolve the problem. We[…]
While today’s businesses understand the need to provide an excellent customer experience, many don’t truly understand what customer experience means. What’s more, some don’t even realize they already have most of the things needed to provide a truly great customer experience. According to an article published by Which-50, 61% of marketing leaders stated that their company has a CXO (Chief Experience Officer), or equivalent position. This alone illustrates the importance[…]
The automotive industry, in general, has an employee retention problem. A BIG one. And especially big in dealership’s sales departments. Sure, there are exceptions. However, NADA reports that sales turnover in dealerships averages 70 percent. That’s a lot! I’m sure that dealerships would rather not have this issue — so why is it happening? Well, an article I recently read in Forbes shines[…]
In the wake of the backlash from the recent United Airlines incident, it has been widely reported that many airline CEO’s salaries are, at least in part, connected to customer satisfaction scores. In the case of United’s CEO Oscar Munoz, poor customer satisfaction ratings can cost him about $500,000 in bonuses. The CEOs of Southwest Airlines and[…]
The title of this blog post originated from a thought-provoking interview with Chad Mitchell, senior director of digital communications at Walmart. In the interview he lays out a philosophy that every industry – especially automotive – should embrace. The main point he makes is that our digital and physical world is evolving at light speed and, the[…]