How to Sell More Cars with 10 Creative Dealership Promotion Ideas

Written By Eric Schlesinger

With everyone glued to the internet these days, it’s become increasingly difficult for car dealers to capture people’s attention by traditional means. Wild and exciting tactics of the past don’t cut it anymore in today’s instant gratification society. While the inflatable tube man on the side of the road is eye-catching, it fails to explain why your dealership is different …

Why Your Dealership Needs a “No Bull” Messaging Provider

Why Your Dealership Needs a “No Bull” Messaging Provider

Written By Eric Schlesinger

If you work at a dealership or are in dealership marketing, you are without a doubt pummeled daily with vendor marketing emails selling you a dizzying variety of products. We would know. After all, we’re an automotive managed messaging company that sends some of those emails! Eventually, you get desensitized and ignore these emails. No hard feelings; it happens. It …

An Excellent Customer Experience Needs the Human Element

An Excellent Customer Experience Needs the Human Element

Written By Carol Marshall

This article was originally created for Dealer Marketing Magazine by ActivEngage’s COO, Carol Marshall. Think about the last time you had a really great conversation. When I think about a great conversation, my mind goes to those a-little-too-long lunches with business colleagues. Game night with friends on the weekend. Laughing until I cry until the wee hours of the morning …

Is Your Automotive Live Chat Provider…Providing?

What Is Your Automotive Live Chat Provider Providing?

Written By Carol Marshall

Based on the conversations we’ve seen over the past year and a half, it’s clear that people are craving connection. So much so that shoppers seek digital touchpoints during their entire customer journey, like live chat, to get their needs met. In conjunction with this trend comes the sudden boom in online car buying, which is no longer just a …

How Carvana Shifted Customer Experience in the Automotive Industry

How Car Dealerships Can Outpace Carvana

Written By Carol Marshall

In this blog, you will:  See how Carvana has disrupted the automotive industry. Get insight as to where consumers stand when it comes to purchasing a vehicle online. Learn how you can match (and beat!) Carvana’s unique brand of automotive customer experience. If you haven’t heard of Carvana by now, you aren’t paying attention.  Eight years ago, Carvana was born …

Responding to Customer Reviews in the Automotive Industry

How to Respond to Customer Reviews for Car Dealers

Written By AE Staff

The year is 1999.  The internet is young and still figuring out what it wants to be. E-Commerce is on the cusp of exploding, and a new age of digital retailing has been ushered in.  And with it:  The Online Review. Back then, the roster of retail entities which allowed online reviews were small (Amazon and eBay were among them …

Omnichannel Messaging Advantage for Customers

How to Increase Customer Retention as an Automotive Dealer

Written By Eric Schlesinger

Brand loyalty is exactly what it sounds like- a customer’s loyalty to a brand. But, there’s more to it. “Acceptance” is level one, “preference” is level two, and finally, “allegiance” is level three, and by far the most important level of loyalty, where we give all of our trust to a brand, to the extent that we aren’t willing to …

Bots vs. Humans: From the Perspective of a Customer Engagement Expert.

Automotive Chatbots vs. Human Guidance

Written By Ted Rubin

(From the perspective of a CEE, AKA a Customer Engagement Expert) “Is this a chatbot?” “Am I speaking to a living person?” “How do I know you’re real?” These are just a few of the questions we get daily from hundreds and hundreds of conversations with car buyers. Consumers have come to know what to expect when it comes to …

7 Tips for Dealership Marketing

7 Tips for Car Dealership Marketing

Written By Carol Marshall

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 …