2 Reasons Why Car Dealerships Use ActivEngage for Facebook Leads

2 Reasons Why Car Dealerships Use ActivEngage for Facebook Leads

Written By AE Staff

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 …

What Is Automotive Digital Retailing & Why Does it Matter?

What Is Automotive Digital Retailing & Why Does it Matter?

Written By Ted Rubin

What’s missing in automotive digital retailing? That’s a question many of us in the automotive industry have investigated for years, particularly in 2020. I interviewed some car dealers and found five digital retailing questions and concerns frequently brought up during the discussion on my quest to find out. Misconceptions and misguided assumptions are the enemy of a proper process and …

The Time for Change is Now: A Letter from our President

The Time for Change is Now: A Letter from our President

Written By Ted Rubin

Last week our nation shuddered when we watched the unnecessary and tragic death of yet another unarmed black citizen, George Floyd.  It is unbearable that his death is just the latest of others preceding him who have senselessly died because of inadequate training, outdated policies and unrelenting racism.   This feels like an impossible letter to write.  As part of a …

Customer Journey Optimization for Car Dealers: Part 1

Customer Journey Optimization for Car Dealers: Part 1

Written By AE Staff

Making the customer experience personal, seamless, and relevant is the new battleground. Studies show that for most of your customers, this is now a table-stakes expectation.  According to PWC, 59% of people will walk away after bad experiences, even when they love a company or product.  Your dealership might be feeling the harmful effects of a bad customer experience right …

Automotive Marketing: How to Win Over Multitasking Shoppers – Part 3

Automotive Marketing: How to Win Over Multitasking Shoppers – Part 3

Written By Carol Marshall

Welcome to the final part of our 3-part series on how to win over multitasking shoppers at the dealership. In part 1, we went over simple digital marketing tips that help distracted shoppers pay attention to your business during their automotive research. Part 2 was full of helpful ideas on dealership promotions and unique amenities that cater to multitaskers. Now that …

Automotive Marketing: How to Win Over Multitasking Shoppers – Part 2

Automotive Marketing: How to Win Over Multitasking Shoppers – Part 2

Written By Carol Marshall

Multitasking shoppers are complex car buyers, and therefore, difficult to attract for car dealers. The thing is, the vast majority of your automotive shoppers are multitaskers. How do you sell cars to people juggling their time and attention? In an effort to help your car business boom in the era of always-on consumers, we created a three-part series of automotive marketing …

Automotive Marketing: How to Win Over Multitasking Shoppers – Part 1

Automotive Marketing: How to Win Over Multitasking Shoppers – Part 1

Written By Carol Marshall

Do you ever have those days where you have a million things to do and haven’t the slightest idea how to get it all done other than to do multiple things at once? If you answered yes, you might not be surprised to learn that your online shoppers have this problem too. Time is of the essence, and we’re all …

How to Use Facebook Messenger Ads with ActivEngage

How to Use Facebook Messenger Ads with ActivEngage

Written By AE Staff

Since the inevitable death of organic social reach, dealers’ opportunity to reach and engage Facebook’s 2 billion users rests on paid advertising. Now that it takes a little more effort to promote your dealership on Facebook, those dealers who DO advertise will rise to the top. You can be one of them. If you’re familiar with Facebook Advertising, you know …

Dealership Service Department Best Practices

Dealership Service Department Best Practices

Written By Carol Marshall

We are well into 2021, and car sales continue to cool off despite the summer heat. As vehicle sales flatten, optimizing dealership service department best practices will play a critical part in maximizing dealership revenue. The service department brings in a large sum of money to your dealership, often accounting for a majority of the profit. Yet, it’s very likely …