Yes and No. Yes, less demand for your brand means less of that brand sold in relationship to other brands in your market area. That's a given. However, the demand for your brand does not have to limit your individual dealership’s performance. Your dealership can increase market share even when demand for your brand is down in a couple ways:
The car business is unlike any market in the world. You are in a business where you sell something people want and need. The potential for big success is highly probable, unlike a lot of businesses that have a low probability for success (restaurants for example). That being said, car dealerships will not run themselves and most assuredly can fail. There are many reasons that dealerships fail, but almost all of them can be narrowed down to one issue: a lack of planning and the ability to pivot...
So, you have decided to try and give your dealership a leg up on local competition by implementing multi-channel digital marketing (a very wise choice).
Google Analytics doesn’t always recognize where a web visitor came from or the device they used. When that occurs, the analysis says “direct/none” even though the visitor may not have come from a direct source. There are ways to analyze the data anyway, and certainly ways to fix the issue so more data can be reported accurately. Nearly every Google Analytics report has something that looks like “(direct)/(none) source” and the meaning behind this can be misleading. Visiting Google’s help center...
Edifice Automotive stands out from the competition because we have a laser focus on helping dealerships sell more cars. When you partner with us, you can be assured that we have helped dealerships increase their sales by with our Multi-Channel Marketing Solutions. Edifice harnesses the power of Big Data so that you can get more foot traffic to your dealership, an increased sense of trust from potential car buyers, and more monthly sales as a result. You won’t get these results from a digital...
If you’ve been having a hard time finding new leads, you may actually be sitting on some pre-existing leads that you’ve been overlooking. Have you checked your customer relations management (CRM) data lately?
Are You Focusing Too Much On Attribution and Conversion? The way that people buy cars today has drastically changed as digital marketing itself keeps evolving. Just a decade ago, auto dealers used to buy leads that were hastily thrown together with only about a 3-5% conversion rate on account of most people filling out entry forms for sweepstakes rather than being interested in buying a car. The lead giant Autobytel sold millions of leads to dealerships around the country, but conversion was...
Why Reviving Your Dead CRM Data is Worth It If you’ve been having a hard time finding new leads, you may actually be sitting on some pre-existing leads that you’ve been overlooking. Chances are that you’ve had several people come to your dealership and seem interested in buying a car, but who then didn’t follow through with a purchase. Those same people may actually be thinking about buying a car now, and you just don’t know it.
Client: Atlanta Kia Dealer Market: Atlanta, GA Campaign Term: 12 Months Campaign Type: Targeting Conquest and Retained Customers Multi-Channel Marketing Strategy:
