Clicks Don’t Buy Cars — HUMANS Do!

Clicks Don’t Buy Cars — HUMANS Do!

Yes, I’m “attacking the clicks” again: Because Clicks Don’t Buy Cars–HUMANS Do!™ The is no competitive advantage to clicks, only to vehicle sales. And clicks just keep on being some asinine and sales-distracting measurement. You have to dig DEEPER to get your competitive advantage. Examples: I just had a dealer client with 4,000 clicks from website visitors who had never visited before–maybe sounds good, right? And the “click vendor” involved

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Leading Us On . . .

Leading Us On . . .

AN UNKNOWN LEAD VENDOR CONVERSATION THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED TWO DECADES OR SO AGO (or last week) IN THE CAR BUSINESS . . . Mike: “Hey, Jimmy, I gotta’ GREAT idea to make crazy money on the few real leads we have for dealers while charging them even more money. Before we starve.” Jimmy: “I’m sure it’s crazy, Mike, but shoot! I’m hungry.” Mike: “You know we’re trying to sell

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Co-Op Digital $$$: “Competitive Advantage” or “Expensive Participation Trophy”?

Co-Op Digital $$$: “Competitive Advantage” or “Expensive Participation Trophy”?

OEM “co-op” digital advertising programs can far too often be a useless “Participation Trophy” that isn’t “free” because the OEM reimburses you–No: YOU Still Pay The Bill For Them by losing competitive sales. Especially in geos with lots of stores from the same OEMs, digital co-op programs can too easily render NO or little useful competitive advantage. Or even drag you backwards in sales. What?? Yes. Lemme ‘splain: If you are one

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Online Automotive Advertising is NOT a “Participation Trophy Contest”

Online Automotive Advertising is NOT a “Participation Trophy Contest”

It’s far too easy for a digital advertising service or agency to send traffic to your website, wash their hands of the situation for sales after that, and hand you their invoice. Or, they also give you some “custom” reporting that shows how great they are—and how much YOU suck—and hand you their invoice. What happens when you question that invoice? Good things, always, but sometimes surprising things, too. We had

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YES, Your PPC and SEO Traffic CAN be Easily Faked

YES, Your PPC and SEO Traffic CAN be Easily Faked

About fake PPC and SEO traffic. YES, it happens. I’m not talking about fake clicks on ads to reap PPC payment, I’m talking about agencies who provide false clicks to get paid for PPC and SEO services that they DO NOT REALLY DO. Read on, but overall, if you don’t do these services in house, then you must engage and monitor/hold accountable REPUTABLE PPC and SEO companies. That’s your best

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GMs: You Have a “Green Pea” Website. And Here’s What to Do About It.

GMs: You Have a “Green Pea” Website. And Here’s What to Do About It.

General Managers: Do you realize that modern “Ad Car” is your website? And not just the “Digital Front Door” people talk about? The website, like the old ad cars, is supposed to generate calls, leads, and lead to visits to your showroom. It most likely doesn’t do that very well. At all. Instead, it drives sales opportunities away like your worst green pea salesperson. And it never sleeps–unluckily for you–doing

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