Leaving cash on the table. You’re all guilty.

 

You got ‘em! A shiny new customer just drove off your lot with a shiny new car. You spent a lot of money to get them to come into your showroom and really pushed your sales team to capitalize on that opportunity. Your website helped, too. Lot’s of great pictures of vehicles, great specials, and an up-to-date inventory all worked together to really highlight your dealership. Your retail game is on point and it just paid off.

But, are you satisfied with only 3.8% margins on that new vehicle sale? You shouldn’t be. You know your dealership truly sees its revenue flow in from that customer coming back, year over year, to your service department. In fact, according to NADA, service accounts for almost 60% of the profits for the average dealership.

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The Consequences of AdWords for Dummies [VIDEO]

Does your dealership (or your SEM vendor) run a fully automated SEM management platform? Sure, they’re easy and convenient, but the AdWords for Dummies approach misses several important factors that will help your campaigns be more successful. This week’s Wednesday Workshop video explains the elements that the automated platforms miss and explains why some human interaction in your AdWords account is vital to success.

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Car Dealers Should Stop Running SEM Campaigns Right Now

 

If you’re just going to let a machine do all the work, you might as well stop. The majority of SEM campaigns running for car dealers today are machine-based programs. Is this all bad? No, but there are consequences that come with “set it and forget it” SEM platforms.

Honestly, some dealers can afford to run SEM campaigns through automated systems that miss critical components for optimal results, but why would you want to? Let’s be fair… most dealers are not going to take the time to know how every digital marketing detail affects their bottom line. With that in mind, here are a few tips to fill the knowledge gap that will at least help you keep an eye on areas of importance.
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Local SEO Presentation From Confluence Conference

For this week’s Wednesday Workshop video, we’re sharing another recent presentation on Local SEO. I presented at the Confluence Conference in Oklahoma City recently, and this time they filmed my presentation. We’re sharing the video here on the blog so you can see the actual session – it’s almost like you were there!

The slides are a little dark in the video, so I added them in as an overlay so you’re better able to follow along. As always, if you have any questions, just drop them in the comments section below and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can!

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