Trace Ordiway's Blog – July 2011 Archive (2)

CONFESSIONS OF A MYSTERY SHOPPER - PT 9

They don’t trust you.

 

We both know it’s largely unfair, but they don’t trust you. 

 

You’ve seen all the polls where buyers say if they could bypass the dealership and buy directly from the manufacturer they would.  They trust the OEM, but they don’t trust you.

 

A couple weeks ago, I heard a Ford maven say this (I’ll paraphrase): “The more your outgoing emails resemble Tier 1 emails, the more prospects trust you.”   By gawd, he’s on to something.…

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Added by Trace Ordiway on July 24, 2011 at 11:11am — No Comments

CONFESSIONS OF A MYSTERY SHOPPER - PT 8

Our team’s official Ford Motor Company job title is Digital Marketing Consultant. Sounds cool. I like it.



But it’s actually a misnomer as it suggests that we want to sell you SEO/SAO, website development, lead generation and other services. And we don’t.



For some time now I’ve been telling people that our real title should be Best Practices Consultant: Internet-based Retail New Car Sales. But besides being too long, it’s also inadequate because it suggests (to me, anyway)… Continue

Added by Trace Ordiway on July 10, 2011 at 8:58pm — No Comments

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