Selling cars on craigslist
Here is another example of creating your own ad and posting it on craigslist. This example was done by using a vehicle in VinSolutions VinManager.
1) Copy the VinBrochure of the car you want to list Note: Because craigslist only excepts 30,000 characters, I needed to delete some of the pictures and not include the optional [...]
Are you giving mixed messages?
Many discussions have been started about sending prices or not sending prices to Internet Leads. There are of course many things to consider when doing this and you need to have a strategy when it comes to online pricing and sending prices. I believe in sending prices but before we even go into that, based [...]
2008 Car Dealer Insider interviewed Chris Hanson
Live chat and video e-mails give dealership business a big boost
Car Dealer Insider interviewed Chris Hanson, March 1st, 2008
What do you get when you add live chat to a dealership website? For one Texas auto group, it has meant consistently closing vehicle sales with 50 percent of the customers who use it. Its well-received video [...]
Writing comments sells cars!
Are you doing everything you can to have your cars noticed on Autotrader.com, Cars.com and other websites where your cars can get lost in the mix?
Notice with the two ads below, one has custom comments and one has default comments. See how “One of a kind spec B!” catches your eye on the top [...]
Internet Used Car Phone Script
Below you will find a phone script to use with any website where you have your used car inventory like Autotrader.com, Cars.com and . There is a reason for the wording and the flow of the script so you are best to follow it word for word. It will guide and compliment the Internet shopper [...]
Haggling Starts to Go the Way of the Tail Fin
Did you see this article in BusinessWeek? CLICK HERE
The timing is now for the Automotive Shopping Cart. Do you have yours?
I enjoyed reading the comments as well so I pasted them below:
Return to Story
Nickname: Al
Review: Finally. I'm 67 years old and have had 10 new cars and several used ones. The only time [...]
Create a Be-Back CD
I created an audio CD that I would give to prospects who didn’t purchase a car from me. As they were leaving, I would hand them my Be-back CD and say: “I know you have some questions about what you should buy and who should buy from so I put together some information on this [...]
Recent purchase from the Shopping Cart
Recently we had a very interesting purchase from the shopping cart that I would like to share with you.
June/07 – This past June, we had a woman send in a lead via our Dallas website. She followed up by not responding to the salesperson's email or phone calls. Below you will find the details of [...]
Internet Used Car Phone Up
When someone calls your 800# from AutoTrader, Cars.com or some other website where we have our inventory posted, how should the call be handled?
I have listened to a lot of phone calls from many different dealerships around the country and I have to say for the most part I think salespeople forget why the person [...]
Video eMail
I'm always try to be unique and innovative to set myself apart from the competition. You will find several things on this website that are just that, unique and innovative . And the best part is, they sell more cars!
Sometimes getting someone to reply to your email or answer their phone when you call is [...]
Under Construction, Please Pardon The Dust!
Welcome!
Share your thoughts..