Dealer marketing has gotten a lot harder in the post-pandemic world. People have adjusted their spending priorities and changed where and how they shop. Unless you change your training and strategies to match, your brand will end up in the dust. It’s all about digital platforms now, and the trend shows no signs of slowing anytime soon. More people who …
11 Automotive Social Media Marketing Strategies
This blog was updated on 3/21/2024 Are you thinking about your automotive social media marketing efforts? In 2021, nearly 63% of the entire world’s population actively used social media for almost 2.5 hours a day. This statistic is simply staggering, and there is something pretty invaluable for those in the automotive industry to infer from this: Those people drive cars. …
7 Car Dealership Advertising Ideas
Okay, so you know you need to put out car ads, but you’re not sure where to put your efforts. Maybe you’ve run a few campaigns with minimal success. Maybe worse, you dumped a respectable amount of money into a car ad platform that returned nothing but a few wishy-washy leads. Dealership marketing isn’t easy, but you’re not alone! If …
How to Respond to Reviews in Automotive Reputation Management
Now that almost every business has an online presence, getting online reviews is a normal part of everyday life. Still, it can be challenging to know the best way to respond to customer feedback. And with automotive reputation, unfortunately, being historically mediocre, you’ll likely run into a few difficult customers when you have increased review quantity. There’s always a temptation …
NEW! Social Advantage 2.0: Better Facebook Ads for Car Dealerships
ActivEngage has become a digital engagement leader by helping auto dealers connect with their customers through multi-channel messaging options. We stay committed to helping our clients make the most of their time and resources, so we’re always working in the background to ensure that everything is running smoothly. From managed messaging to integrated add-ons, upsells, and other features, ActivEngage never …
A Closer Look at ActivEngage Quality – Featuring Randy Jeffrey
When we talk about quality as a concept, a few things usually come to mind. Some describe it as the degree of excellence of something (or someone!). Others may say it’s about meeting certain expectations. Vague at best. But when we talk about quality in a chat evaluation, it’s important to know what characteristics you’re measuring and why. ActivEngage Director …
2 Reasons Why Car Dealerships Use ActivEngage for Facebook Leads
It doesn’t matter how you sell; your dealership can thrive with Facebook leads on the bottom line. If you’re still not convinced about investing in automotive marketing on Facebook, here’s a quick snapshot of why you should: Facebook still has the largest user database out of all social platforms, with 2.32 billion monthly users as of the end of 2018 …
The Problems With Chatbots & Car Dealerships
Back in 2017, chatbots for car dealerships were the “next big thing”; they promised to provide more qualified sales opportunities at a lower cost. However, once bots started handling conversations for car dealers, it was clear to see where the communication gaps existed. From impersonal interactions to unhelpful responses, it was clear that chatbots could not stand in for dealerships …
Committed to Our Customers During COVID-19
Thank you very much for entrusting your customer-facing communication to ActivEngage. We take this responsibility very seriously, making sure that we deliver detailed and quality conversations to your customers each day. Many of you are closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and the state of its impact on our country and businesses. At ActivEngage, we’re monitoring it closely as well. Because …