Your social media presence is the face of your dealership that reveals your personality. As a well-known local business with a large following and fan-base, you have the power to influence and make changes in your community by allowing your followers to see who you are, at heart. While ultimately your social media strategy is[…]
Let’s Not Forget About Personality and the True Reason Social Media is so Attractive
By Brian West Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, Philosophy, Uncategorized Jun 09, 2016
Humanizing Your Dealership
By Subi Ghosh Automotive Social Media, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized May 09, 2016
Would you like to know why your consumers are walking-in with their walls up and other dealers are finding it easier to sell? It’s because you are the stereotypical salespeople behind those walls and the other dealerships no longer have walls because they’ve humanized their team and made them more approachable. Fortunately for you, there’s[…]
Are You Using World Events to Assess Marketing?
By Subi Ghosh Automotive Content, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized May 04, 2016
How often are we really paying attention to the world around us? Whether it be locally, nationally or internationally, the things that happen around us, affect us all. This includes our customers, as well.
Facebook v Snapchat: Dawn of Streaming Video
By Willis Williams Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, News, Uncategorized May 02, 2016
Three years ago, someone said a powerful word to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg that he probably doesn’t hear often. The word was “NO”. That someone who said it was Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel. Spiegel, 23 years old at the time, rejected Facebook’s bid to buy Snapchat at 3 billion dollars. Many people thought it was[…]
Dealers, It’s Time to Get ‘Touchy-Feely’ with Your Website Content
By JDRucker Automotive Content, Dealer Tips, Dealer Websites, General, Uncategorized Apr 28, 2016
The year was 2009. We were working on building out website content for a client and we wanted to get to know the different departments in order to personalize the content to make the visitors more likely to do business with them. A savvy General Manager taught me a lesson that stuck with me throughout[…]
Ignore Domain Authority? Really?
By Jeff Glackin Automotive SEO, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized Apr 25, 2016
I was recently involved in a discussion on an automotive industry Facebook group where an industry friend was told by his current SEO provider that he shouldn’t be concerned with Moz’s Domain Authority ranking system. The actual quote was:
Car Dealer Social Media Done Right
By JDRucker Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized Apr 03, 2016
Dealers who are ready to utilize aggressive, proven strategies for selling cars through social media are looking for Dealer Authority. Our hands-on style of building a true partnership with our clients combines nicely with the cutting-edge techniques that have made our company grow tremendously since our formation in November, 2013. Here are four differentiators that[…]
Facebook Update
By Willis Williams Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized Mar 30, 2016
Facebook has been making some noise lately with several new features that have definitely changed a user’s experience. The most noticeable ones right now are with video, insights and emoji-likes. If you’re a savvy digital marketer, these changes can be used as an essential part of your campaigns. Here’s the basics of what you should[…]
Dealers, Don’t Get Locked Out of Exclusive SEO
By JDRucker Automotive SEO, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized Mar 21, 2016
In the very beginning of our journey, we knew one thing for certain. We wanted to offer automotive SEO solutions that were exclusive to a market. It’s not that you can’t do SEO for more than one dealership with the same brand in the same metro area, but it doesn’t make sense to have more[…]
A Little Perspective on the Evolution of Car Sales
By JDRucker Automotive Content, Automotive PPC, Automotive SEO, Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, News, Philosophy, Uncategorized Dec 03, 2015
Some of our readers may have noticed that I haven’t been posting very much on the various automotive networks since August. This wasn’t the result of an extended vacation or a trip around the world. My thoughts and efforts have been squarely placed on the evolution of the automotive industry and how that will affect[…]