Automotive Digital Marketing: Live Chat Helps During Slowing Car Sales

How to Make the Most of Automotive Live Chat in a Slowing Economy [PODCAST]

Written By Ted Rubin

You’ve invested a significant amount of time and money into optimizing your car dealership’s digital marketing strategy. Then, you’re told you have to make budget cuts because consumers aren’t buying cars like they were in 2016. What should you do? Well, maybe it’s easier to start with what you shouldn’t do. ActivEngage CEO on Live Chat During Slowing Car Sales …

ActivEngage and Dealersocket Partner for service appointments

ActivEngage, Inc. Partners with DealerSocket to Offer Omnichannel Service-Scheduling Options for Car Dealers

Written By AE Staff

June 12, 2017 (Orlando, FL) – ActivEngage, Inc., the most trusted brand in automotive live chat, is proud to announce a new service scheduling integration with DealerSocket, the automotive retail industry’s leading integrated technology platform. Under the new partnership, DealerSocket customers will now be able to leverage ActivEngage’s expertly-trained chat team to convert conversations into service appointments. Participating dealers will …

4 Key Skills Your Dealership’s Self-Managed Live Chat Team Should Have

Written By Carol Marshall

At ActivEngage, it’s no secret that we’re strong advocates of quality conversations. And we know our managed chat team does it best. But, if you’re considering building a self-managed chat team at your dealership, you’ll need a team ready to build relationships with online shoppers. That’s why today, I’m sharing four essential live chat skills you should look for and build upon …

6 Do’s and Don’ts of Mobile Chat Conversations

Written By Ted Rubin

The mobile shopping experience has been gaining precedence in the last few years, particularly in the last few months (Thanks, Google!), which is why in today’s blog I’ll be sharing some helpful tips about how to effectively assist mobile shoppers in chat. Here are 6 big do’s and don’ts of mobile chat conversations: 1. DO look over the shopper’s live …

Risky Business: 3 Ways a Bad Outsourced Chat Team Can Hurt Your Sales

Written By Carol Marshall

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: not all chat providers are the same. Vendor priorities vary, software technology can be user-friendly or not, not all providers hire chat teams within the US, and the quality of managed chat conversations are not equal. In fact, a bad managed chat service can be detrimental to your business! If the …

build rapport with shoppers

Use Live Chat to Build Rapport With Shoppers

Written By Eric Schlesinger

People buy from businesses they like, trust, and know—which is a big reason why establishing rapport is so important in the sales process, both on the showroom floor and on your dealership’s website. Qualified Sales Leads Start with Rapport The number one reason live chat will fail at your dealership is that of a lack of a quality conversation. Building …

Emotional intelligence sells more cars

Emotion + Information = Expert Selling

Written By Eric Schlesinger

They say people buy with their emotions. However, what actually happens is a mix between influential information and emotional cues. MarketingProfs provides some great insight about the different degrees of emotion and logic in the buying process. In this article, they discuss how the beginning and aftermarket stages of the buying cycle are the most emotionally-driven; once shoppers get closer …

Calling from a business phone

6 Do’s and Don’ts For Handling Calls to Your Dealership

Written By Eric Schlesinger

Incoming calls are some of the hottest leads for a car dealership. However, if best practices aren’t in place, these calls can turn from a blessing to a tragic mess. Bad phone practices will negatively affect your dealership reputation, your customer loyalty, and the acquisition of new customers. In today’s blog, we’ll discuss some Do’s and Don’ts your call dealership …

Chat customer service phrases to avoid

4 Phrases Your Online Shoppers DON’T Want to Hear

Written By Eric Schlesinger

Have you ever sat down at a restaurant, decided what you wanted to eat, and then as soon as the waiter comes by to take your order he tells you that the restaurant ran out of the main ingredient in your favorite dish on the menu? Strike one. You expected them to have the food they advertise. You’re not happy, …