What's Important In Digital Marketing for Car Dealers: Top Lead Handling Tips
Aug 17, 2020 by Director of SEO
What Is Important in Digital Marketing for Car Dealers?
7 Lead Handling Tips That Drive More Sales
Do you know what is the MOST important part of your automotive digital marketing strategy? Other agencies may preach that there are particular Key Performance Indicators (or KPIs) within your campaigns or SEO strategy that you can measure to determine if you have been successful or not. However, we know that if all of those measurements do not translate to more car sales, then we were not truly successful.Our automotive SEO strategy goes a step beyond our competition by offering car dealers custom lead handling analysis. We provide our dealers with a snapshot of how their sales team is handling all of the potential customers we are sending them and we provide them with insights on how they can continue to improve. Our SEO Team has spent countless hours testing and compiling the top 7 lead handling tips that will drive more car sales for your dealership that are shown below:
1. Respond Quickly
With your customers being more informed and more demanding than ever before, it has truly become a race for who gets initial contact with the customer. Studies show that if customers are not contacted back within five minutes of showing interest, the risk of losing them is very high. In fact, the risk of losing a customer after ten minutes of no-contact is as high as 80%.
2. Have An Always On Model
While your dealership may be open from 9 am to 5 pm, your digital storefront is
open 24/7! It is critical in this day and age to have a plan for after-hours at your store. Setting up systems like live chat, automation, and more can ensure that you’re not losing out on sales, even when you’re sleeping!
3. Personalize Your Response
We all know that every customer is unique and different! So, why are you sending every customer the same templated reply? During initial contact, it’s imperative that you determine what the customer cares about and cater to your reply to their needs. Try adding in a personalized walk-around video for your customer of the vehicle they inquired about!
4. Stay Engaged & Never Give Up
By not following up on leads after a certain number of days or lack of responses, you could be leaving dollars on the table. For most customers, the car buying cycle is an average of 45 days, meaning you could be missing customers at the most critical time of their buying process.
5. Answer The Customer’s Original Question
It's likely that when your customer submitted their lead, they submitted an inquiry about the vehicle they’re looking at or have a question about the car buying process. It is imperative that you make sure to answer the customer's original question they submitted. This can cause frustration and a lack of interest if not handled properly.
6. Capture the Customer’s Information Quickly
If you are on the phone with a potential customer, it is important to ask for the customer’s name, phone, and email address. This is a fail-safe in case the call gets disconnected, but also allows you to remarket those customers with ads even if they do not purchase from us that day.
7. ALWAYS Ask to Set An Appointment
Creating an appointment sets an obligation with the customer to follow through and come to the dealership. You have reserved a spot on their busy schedule and are more likely to see success because of it. Set and Show percentages are a crucial piece of measuring the success of your lead handling efforts over time!
Automotive Lead Handling Experts
At Click Here, our automotive lead handling experts evaluate your dealerships’
Watch the video below of our Director of Account Services explaining the importance of analyzing your lead handling processes and the top ways that you can improve today!
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