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What Are “Active Customers” and How Should We Communicate with Them?

When someone chooses to do business with your dealership and brings their vehicle in for service, they are no longer a prospect anymore, they have become an “active customer.” Chances are, you did many things right and well to make them an active customer, but if you aren’t proactive and you fail to change the …

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Are incentives dead? How do we advertise now?

We all know banner ads are only effective in an incentive-driven world. There are too many spammy emails to be effective with numerous email blasts. Google ads will eventually be passed over, by consumers, for more relevant organic results. Do we make our inventory look so good online that we are basically driving the car out of the monitor and onto their lap? Do we get on the forums, blogs, FaceBook pages and follow consumers on Twitter? Do we build relationships instead of being marketers?