In search of service revenue, dealerships turn to randomly scheduling service appointments regardless of shop capacity. Or they take everyone that drives up. This can easily overwhelm the service department. It leaves customers frustrated and causes a LOSS in service revenue from both new/drive-up customers and customers with appointments.

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Transportation of goods between countries takes place for many reasons. The majority, however, is for reasons of increasing the value of the goods. With the rapid growth of e-commerce, a large number of smaller businesses now require international transportation. In this article, we aim to explain the different steps you should be aware of before you book your first shipment.

Booking agents, shipping lines, customer house…

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Beep, a Florida-based autonomous mobility solutions company, today announced it has appointed Clayton Tino, Ph.D., as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Tino will focus his efforts on defining and managing Beep’s product strategy and delivery.

Tino has extensive technology experience in platform design and software development. Prior to joining Beep, he…

Grapevine, Texas, December 10, 2019 -- DealerBuilt, an enterprise Dealer Management System (DMS) for automobile…

Host Dane Saville dives into the details for creating diverse new and used car campaigns for your dealership's paid Facebook strategy.

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Welcome back to our video series, Ali Reda’s Road to Sales Success! We’ve been taking a close look into the sales process of my good friend, Mr. Ali Reda! You see, we’ve been working on a new program - one…

In last week’s video from the series, Ali Reda’s Road to Sales Success, we began to learn more about using your social network to market your business. You see, working with Carlos has not only been a…

In our video series Ali Reda’s Road to Sales Success, we’ve been exploring every bit of a process that we want to use to help you accomplish your dreams and goals. It worked for Ali, it’s working for…

Here we are again with the video series, Ali Reda’s Road to Sales Success. We’ve been learning all about the social world for the last few weeks - uncovering the possibilities that lie right there…

Host Dane Saville conjures up the power of Hulkamania to talk about a remarkable paid social media strategy that speaks to varied audiences with tailored ads and messaging.

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In a race to bring leads to dealerships, Facebook and Google – via YouTube, too—are next into the leads space.

On the surface, it’s more or less the right thing to do. Until you go below the surface--where it’s a fast track to competing and swimming with Autotrader, CarGurus, and…

First, I’ll preface by saying I have great admiration for managers, upper management and dealers.  They are usually very intelligent, courageous, and have worked hard all of their lives.  They are usually great stewards of the money and got where they are making a lot more good decisions than bad.  Read further…

It’s that time of year when many dealerships struggle to keep repair order count high. My favorite way to build repair order counts is to perform outbound calls with open safety campaigns. If this is a daily exercise repair order growth never seems to be a struggle and customer retention is never a concern. During a recent…

Due to a technical error, we had to delete and repost the latest KPI Cafe -- but it's back!

Host Dane Saville brings back Reunion Marketing's CEO Dave Spannhake to share the results (CPC, CTR) of dealerships using the Intelligent Social approach, which is a strategy built on these three pillars: ad…

"Back to the Future" is a fantastic film franchise. I'm just going to put my bias for it right out there from the get-go. I’m not sure about you, but I am particularly fond of 1980s science fiction movies. The 1985 classic was visionary, and the sequel where they go 30 years into the future is shockingly accurate with its technology predictions. It predicted…

Study reveals that auto groups could significantly increase customer pay revenue by marketing to used off make buyers who purchase from sister stores

Chicago, IL—December 3, 2019— As auto groups continue to ramp up used-car sales in response to consumer demand and shrinking new vehicle margins, they are overlooking opportunities to service a significant percentage of their used car buyers, according to Affinitiv’s…

In our video series, Ali Reda’s Road to Sales Success, we’ve been hearing about all the things that shaped and grew the business model of Mr. Ali Reda. We’ve heard about Carlos, the five pillars of high…

New platform offers cost-effective, fast solution for creating videos that promote auto manufacturers’ incentives

Urbandale, IA—December 2, 2019—Flick Fusion introduces Dynamic Marketing Videos (DMVs) for auto dealerships, greatly reducing the time and expense associated with creating marketing videos that promote manufacturers’ incentives. The DMV platform allows…

Albany, N.Y. – December 2, 2019 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced today it has successfully completed all dealership management system (DMS) integrations with Storm Kiosks Inc., the industry’s leading supplier of automotive express service kiosks for auto dealership service departments. Auto/Mate’s DMS customers can now seamlessly access and monitor kiosk activity including drop offs, pick-ups, promotional…

Recall completion percentages have been increasing, but despite increased communication attempts, that increase is hitting a plateau.

A recent trend reveals that many vehicle owners are very interested in mobile services. Currently, the percentage of independent repair shops that offer mobile services dramatically outweighs franchised dealers.…