The document provides an interview with Ralph Paglia, the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet dealership in Phoenix, Arizona. It discusses how the dealership generates over 30% of its sales from its e-business department, which includes internet sales teams, a customer relationship center, and marketing efforts. It also details the various sources the dealership uses to generate internet leads, how it manages customer information, and challenges maintaining gross profits with internet sales.
Digital Dealer Magazine Interview with Ralph Paglia is Cover StoryRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a large Hispanic population and competitive auto market. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship, and finance teams. Courtesy Chevrolet generates 30% of its sales from these departments. Paglia discusses the dealership's website strategy, use of multiple vendors, and challenges maintaining profits with internet sales in a competitive market.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer MagazineRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing rapid
growth. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship center, and finance teams. These
teams generate 300-400 vehicle sales per month, accounting for 30% of the dealership's total sales. Paglia has
extensive experience in automotive internet sales, having worked for several dealerships and companies since
1981. He joined Courtesy Chevrolet in 2005 to develop their e-business department.
Social Media Marketing and Internet Reputation Management for Car DealersSocial Media Marketing
Social Media Marketing and Internet Reputation Management for Car Dealers...
For more information on various services available for car dealers, visit http://www.SocialAutoSales.com and join the online network set up by Ralph's ADP Social Media Reputation Management Team at http://www.ADPsocial.com
Ralph Paglia Interview is Cover Story in Digital Dealer MagazineRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's internet sales department, which generates 30% of the dealership's total sales. The department uses a variety of online marketing strategies and sources for internet leads, including the dealership's own websites and third-party sites. Closing rates vary by lead source, with internally-generated leads having the highest closing rate around 13%.
Courtesy Chevrolet eIntegrated MarketingRalph Paglia
Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona has become a leading internet retailer of new and used Chevrolet vehicles through an integrated marketing strategy. This involves dedicated business development centers, internet sales teams, and targeted online advertising. Over 18 months, Courtesy expanded its teams and online presence, increasing sales and customer satisfaction.
This document provides information about the staff and features of the May 2010 issue of Digital Dealer magazine. It includes the names and titles of the president, editorial director, publisher, and other staff of the magazine. It also lists some of the main articles in the issue, such as ones about internet sales, social media, and technology trends. The document contains contact information for advertising and mentions that the magazine aims to provide accurate information to help dealers. It lists Horizon Communications as the publisher.
Dealix Ralph Paglia Automotive Marketing Interview Part1Ralph Paglia
The document summarizes an interview with Ralph Paglia, the CRM/e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet, one of the top Chevrolet dealers. Paglia discusses how most online car buyers submit leads to multiple dealerships for different brands, which results in high lead defection rates. He also explains that Courtesy Chevrolet has adapted its lead management process to better pursue buyers who are considering other brands and models beyond their original submission.
Digital Dealer Magazine Interview with Ralph Paglia is Cover StoryRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a large Hispanic population and competitive auto market. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship, and finance teams. Courtesy Chevrolet generates 30% of its sales from these departments. Paglia discusses the dealership's website strategy, use of multiple vendors, and challenges maintaining profits with internet sales in a competitive market.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer MagazineRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing rapid
growth. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship center, and finance teams. These
teams generate 300-400 vehicle sales per month, accounting for 30% of the dealership's total sales. Paglia has
extensive experience in automotive internet sales, having worked for several dealerships and companies since
1981. He joined Courtesy Chevrolet in 2005 to develop their e-business department.
Social Media Marketing and Internet Reputation Management for Car DealersSocial Media Marketing
Social Media Marketing and Internet Reputation Management for Car Dealers...
For more information on various services available for car dealers, visit http://www.SocialAutoSales.com and join the online network set up by Ralph's ADP Social Media Reputation Management Team at http://www.ADPsocial.com
Ralph Paglia Interview is Cover Story in Digital Dealer MagazineRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's internet sales department, which generates 30% of the dealership's total sales. The department uses a variety of online marketing strategies and sources for internet leads, including the dealership's own websites and third-party sites. Closing rates vary by lead source, with internally-generated leads having the highest closing rate around 13%.
Courtesy Chevrolet eIntegrated MarketingRalph Paglia
Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona has become a leading internet retailer of new and used Chevrolet vehicles through an integrated marketing strategy. This involves dedicated business development centers, internet sales teams, and targeted online advertising. Over 18 months, Courtesy expanded its teams and online presence, increasing sales and customer satisfaction.
This document provides information about the staff and features of the May 2010 issue of Digital Dealer magazine. It includes the names and titles of the president, editorial director, publisher, and other staff of the magazine. It also lists some of the main articles in the issue, such as ones about internet sales, social media, and technology trends. The document contains contact information for advertising and mentions that the magazine aims to provide accurate information to help dealers. It lists Horizon Communications as the publisher.
Dealix Ralph Paglia Automotive Marketing Interview Part1Ralph Paglia
The document summarizes an interview with Ralph Paglia, the CRM/e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet, one of the top Chevrolet dealers. Paglia discusses how most online car buyers submit leads to multiple dealerships for different brands, which results in high lead defection rates. He also explains that Courtesy Chevrolet has adapted its lead management process to better pursue buyers who are considering other brands and models beyond their original submission.
The document discusses strategies and tactics for winning complex accounts. It defines a complex account as one involving multiple decision makers from different roles. Key strategies include developing a long-term focus on the account rather than individual sales, account mapping to understand needs and opportunities, and leveraging relationships through ongoing marketing and communication. Tactics covered include social media, publications, events, and customer relationship management tools to build name awareness and foster strong customer relationships.
AutoSuccess addresses the specific, researched needs of new car and light truck dealerships by providing entrepreneurial, cutting-edge, solution-based editorials to increase dealership profits and reduce expenses
AutoSuccess, magazine, sales, new, used, selling, salespeople, vehicle, dealer, dealership, leadership, marketing
For similar content visit http://www.autosuccesssocial.com/
Enterprise Car Share has lower traffic and engagement than competitor Zipcar based on a traffic analysis. Enterprise averages 113,558 monthly visits and 100,908 unique visitors compared to Zipcar's 1,516,666 monthly visits and 765,966 unique visitors. Enterprise could improve by adding 3D car tours to provide value and encourage longer visits by allowing users to explore vehicle options in detail.
ComCap is a boutique investment bank focused on commerce and capital markets. It hosted a guide for attendees of the Shoptalk 2016 conference, providing an overview of selected operating companies, investors, and profiles. The guide contained confidential information about analytics, e-commerce, and retail technology companies attending the event, including their services, funding amounts, and key facts. Attendees could contact ComCap representatives for additional information or to be included in future guides.
Wards Dealer Business Ralph Paglia ArticleRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia worked at several car dealerships before becoming the director of CRM and e-business operations at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix. Under his leadership, Courtesy has become a leading online retailer, ranking #2 on the Ward's e-Dealer 100. Paglia developed an online marketing plan that included teams for telemarketing, internet sales, and special financing. He spends around $91,000 per month on various online marketing strategies, such as search engine marketing, online lead referral companies, and targeted ads. Through these efforts, the dealership's internet department sells about 335 vehicles per month, a number Paglia hopes to increase to 400 in 2007.
I do not have enough context to summarize the full document. The document appears to be a presentation about Enterprise Rent-A-Car and discusses their history, operations, marketing strategy, competition, and focus on customer satisfaction. However, without viewing the actual presentation, I cannot provide a high-level summary.
This document introduces the Auto Payment Finder program which converts vehicle prices to monthly payments and syndicates them across websites to generate credit applications and phone calls for dealerships. Testimonials from dealerships discuss generating hundreds of applications and calls per month and selling dozens of vehicles at a profit. The cost of the program is $93 per day.
The document provides an overview of analytics tips and tricks for conversion goals and funnels, event tracking, real-time analytics, filters, custom reports, and content experiments in Google Analytics. It discusses common problems in setting up goals and funnels and offers solutions. The document also reviews new Google Analytics tools like advanced segments, demographics and interest reports, and Universal Analytics.
The document analyzes research on automotive shoppers in 2009. It finds that search plays a critical role in the vehicle research process, with 84% of buyers visiting automaker or third party sites. While OEM site visits declined slightly from 2007-2008, third party site visits grew. Nearly half of buyers used key shopping tools like "build your own" on automaker sites. The top automakers for site visits aligned with those having the highest retail sales. Overall search, websites, and dealerships were the top information sources for vehicle research.
The document summarizes two e-business models in Ghana - Baygh.com and elifegh.com.
Baygh.com operates a C2C e-commerce marketplace that allows individual sellers to list products and buyers to purchase them. Sellers and buyers coordinate payment and delivery in person. Elifegh.com provides m-commerce and payment solutions, allowing transactions via SMS, mobile web, POS machines, and bank ATMs. Both sites aim to boost commerce within Ghana and Africa by facilitating online and mobile transactions.
IX Rapporto sul Turismo Calabria realizzato dal SITR (Sistema Informativo Turistico Regionale), analizza le statistiche turistiche regionali, i contenuti della L.R. 8/2008, e approfondimenti su sistemi turistici locali, alberghi diffusi, mobilità, navigazione da diporto, turismo e sviluppo sostenibile, risorse archeologiche. La parte conclusiva esamina l’immagine e la competitività della Calabria, le opinioni dei turisti, e il progetto ‘South Italy’, per la valorizzazione delle risorse naturali e culturali del Mezzogiorno.
Digital Dealer April2007 Ralph Paglia Cover StoryRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a large Hispanic population and competitive auto market. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship, and finance teams. Courtesy Chevrolet generates 30% of its sales from these departments. Paglia discusses the dealership's website strategy, use of multiple vendors, and challenges maintaining profits with internet sales in a competitive market.
Digital Dealer April2007 Ralph Paglia Cover Story.Ralph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, one of the fastest growing cities. He oversees 60 employees across various internet sales teams that generate 300-400 vehicle sales per month, accounting for 30% of the dealership's total sales. While 25% of the new vehicle advertising budget is spent on digital marketing, over 50% of the used vehicle budget is spent online, as digital efforts drive both internet leads and showroom traffic for used vehicles. The department's lowest closing rate is on third-party leads at 5.15%, while internally generated leads have a higher closing percentage.
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a large Hispanic population and competitive auto market. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship, and finance teams. Courtesy Chevrolet generates 30% of its sales from these departments. Paglia discusses the dealership's website strategy, use of multiple vendors, and challenges of maintaining profits with internet sales in a competitive market.
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing
rapid population and economic growth. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's e-business department
which generates 30% of the dealership's sales through internet sales teams. The department has separate new
and used car internet sales teams as well as customer relationship teams that handle online leads. While
third-party internet leads have the lowest closing rate at 5.15%, internally generated leads have higher closing
rates and the department focuses on growing its own lead sources to recycle past customers.
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing rapid
growth. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship center, and finance teams. These
teams generate 300-400 vehicle sales per month, accounting for 30% of the dealership's total sales. While thirdparty leads have the lowest closing rate at 5.15%, internally generated leads have higher closing rates as the
dealership can better target customers and convert them. The department aims to increase the percentage of
sales and profits generated through internet and digital marketing efforts over time.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer MagazineRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing
rapid population and economic growth. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's customer
relationship center and various internet sales teams. These teams generate about 30% of the dealership's
over 11,000 annual vehicle sales. Paglia discusses the setup and performance of the dealership's internet
sales operations, including lead sources, closing rates, and challenges in maintaining gross profits with
internet sales.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer Magazine April2007Ralph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's internet sales department, which generates about 30% of the dealership's total sales. The department utilizes a customer relationship center, multiple internet sales teams for new and used vehicles, and an e-finance sales team. Courtesy Chevrolet obtains leads from various sources, including third-party providers, digital marketing campaigns, and recycling past leads. Closing rates vary by lead source, with internally generated leads having the highest closing percentage.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer Magazine April2007Ralph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's internet sales department, which generates 30% of the dealership's total sales. The department uses a variety of online marketing strategies and sources for internet leads, including the dealership's own websites and third-party sites. Courtesy Chevrolet aims to increase internet sales while maintaining strong gross profits through customer service initiatives like home delivery.
The document discusses strategies and tactics for winning complex accounts. It defines a complex account as one involving multiple decision makers from different roles. Key strategies include developing a long-term focus on the account rather than individual sales, account mapping to understand needs and opportunities, and leveraging relationships through ongoing marketing and communication. Tactics covered include social media, publications, events, and customer relationship management tools to build name awareness and foster strong customer relationships.
AutoSuccess addresses the specific, researched needs of new car and light truck dealerships by providing entrepreneurial, cutting-edge, solution-based editorials to increase dealership profits and reduce expenses
AutoSuccess, magazine, sales, new, used, selling, salespeople, vehicle, dealer, dealership, leadership, marketing
For similar content visit http://www.autosuccesssocial.com/
Enterprise Car Share has lower traffic and engagement than competitor Zipcar based on a traffic analysis. Enterprise averages 113,558 monthly visits and 100,908 unique visitors compared to Zipcar's 1,516,666 monthly visits and 765,966 unique visitors. Enterprise could improve by adding 3D car tours to provide value and encourage longer visits by allowing users to explore vehicle options in detail.
ComCap is a boutique investment bank focused on commerce and capital markets. It hosted a guide for attendees of the Shoptalk 2016 conference, providing an overview of selected operating companies, investors, and profiles. The guide contained confidential information about analytics, e-commerce, and retail technology companies attending the event, including their services, funding amounts, and key facts. Attendees could contact ComCap representatives for additional information or to be included in future guides.
Wards Dealer Business Ralph Paglia ArticleRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia worked at several car dealerships before becoming the director of CRM and e-business operations at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix. Under his leadership, Courtesy has become a leading online retailer, ranking #2 on the Ward's e-Dealer 100. Paglia developed an online marketing plan that included teams for telemarketing, internet sales, and special financing. He spends around $91,000 per month on various online marketing strategies, such as search engine marketing, online lead referral companies, and targeted ads. Through these efforts, the dealership's internet department sells about 335 vehicles per month, a number Paglia hopes to increase to 400 in 2007.
I do not have enough context to summarize the full document. The document appears to be a presentation about Enterprise Rent-A-Car and discusses their history, operations, marketing strategy, competition, and focus on customer satisfaction. However, without viewing the actual presentation, I cannot provide a high-level summary.
This document introduces the Auto Payment Finder program which converts vehicle prices to monthly payments and syndicates them across websites to generate credit applications and phone calls for dealerships. Testimonials from dealerships discuss generating hundreds of applications and calls per month and selling dozens of vehicles at a profit. The cost of the program is $93 per day.
The document provides an overview of analytics tips and tricks for conversion goals and funnels, event tracking, real-time analytics, filters, custom reports, and content experiments in Google Analytics. It discusses common problems in setting up goals and funnels and offers solutions. The document also reviews new Google Analytics tools like advanced segments, demographics and interest reports, and Universal Analytics.
The document analyzes research on automotive shoppers in 2009. It finds that search plays a critical role in the vehicle research process, with 84% of buyers visiting automaker or third party sites. While OEM site visits declined slightly from 2007-2008, third party site visits grew. Nearly half of buyers used key shopping tools like "build your own" on automaker sites. The top automakers for site visits aligned with those having the highest retail sales. Overall search, websites, and dealerships were the top information sources for vehicle research.
The document summarizes two e-business models in Ghana - Baygh.com and elifegh.com.
Baygh.com operates a C2C e-commerce marketplace that allows individual sellers to list products and buyers to purchase them. Sellers and buyers coordinate payment and delivery in person. Elifegh.com provides m-commerce and payment solutions, allowing transactions via SMS, mobile web, POS machines, and bank ATMs. Both sites aim to boost commerce within Ghana and Africa by facilitating online and mobile transactions.
IX Rapporto sul Turismo Calabria realizzato dal SITR (Sistema Informativo Turistico Regionale), analizza le statistiche turistiche regionali, i contenuti della L.R. 8/2008, e approfondimenti su sistemi turistici locali, alberghi diffusi, mobilità, navigazione da diporto, turismo e sviluppo sostenibile, risorse archeologiche. La parte conclusiva esamina l’immagine e la competitività della Calabria, le opinioni dei turisti, e il progetto ‘South Italy’, per la valorizzazione delle risorse naturali e culturali del Mezzogiorno.
Digital Dealer April2007 Ralph Paglia Cover StoryRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a large Hispanic population and competitive auto market. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship, and finance teams. Courtesy Chevrolet generates 30% of its sales from these departments. Paglia discusses the dealership's website strategy, use of multiple vendors, and challenges maintaining profits with internet sales in a competitive market.
Digital Dealer April2007 Ralph Paglia Cover Story.Ralph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, one of the fastest growing cities. He oversees 60 employees across various internet sales teams that generate 300-400 vehicle sales per month, accounting for 30% of the dealership's total sales. While 25% of the new vehicle advertising budget is spent on digital marketing, over 50% of the used vehicle budget is spent online, as digital efforts drive both internet leads and showroom traffic for used vehicles. The department's lowest closing rate is on third-party leads at 5.15%, while internally generated leads have a higher closing percentage.
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which has a large Hispanic population and competitive auto market. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship, and finance teams. Courtesy Chevrolet generates 30% of its sales from these departments. Paglia discusses the dealership's website strategy, use of multiple vendors, and challenges of maintaining profits with internet sales in a competitive market.
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing
rapid population and economic growth. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's e-business department
which generates 30% of the dealership's sales through internet sales teams. The department has separate new
and used car internet sales teams as well as customer relationship teams that handle online leads. While
third-party internet leads have the lowest closing rate at 5.15%, internally generated leads have higher closing
rates and the department focuses on growing its own lead sources to recycle past customers.
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing rapid
growth. He oversees 60 employees across internet sales, customer relationship center, and finance teams. These
teams generate 300-400 vehicle sales per month, accounting for 30% of the dealership's total sales. While thirdparty leads have the lowest closing rate at 5.15%, internally generated leads have higher closing rates as the
dealership can better target customers and convert them. The department aims to increase the percentage of
sales and profits generated through internet and digital marketing efforts over time.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer MagazineRalph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is experiencing
rapid population and economic growth. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's customer
relationship center and various internet sales teams. These teams generate about 30% of the dealership's
over 11,000 annual vehicle sales. Paglia discusses the setup and performance of the dealership's internet
sales operations, including lead sources, closing rates, and challenges in maintaining gross profits with
internet sales.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer Magazine April2007Ralph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's internet sales department, which generates about 30% of the dealership's total sales. The department utilizes a customer relationship center, multiple internet sales teams for new and used vehicles, and an e-finance sales team. Courtesy Chevrolet obtains leads from various sources, including third-party providers, digital marketing campaigns, and recycling past leads. Closing rates vary by lead source, with internally generated leads having the highest closing percentage.
Ralph Paglia Interview Digital Dealer Magazine April2007Ralph Paglia
Ralph Paglia is the e-business director of Courtesy Chevrolet in Phoenix, Arizona. He oversees 60 employees in the dealership's internet sales department, which generates 30% of the dealership's total sales. The department uses a variety of online marketing strategies and sources for internet leads, including the dealership's own websites and third-party sites. Courtesy Chevrolet aims to increase internet sales while maintaining strong gross profits through customer service initiatives like home delivery.
Dealership Websites; One Is Not Enough! by Ralph PagliaRalph Paglia
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing costs. The document concludes that multiple targeted websites and landing pages are far more cost-effective for converting visitors to calls and sales than traditional advertising methods.
Automotive Microsite Stratehy Dealership Websites; One Is Not Enough!Ralph Paglia
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing spending. In conclusion, the document advocates that multiple targeted websites and landing pages are far more cost-effective for converting visitors to leads and sales than relying on a single all-purpose dealership website.
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing spending. In conclusion, the document advocates that multiple targeted websites and landing pages are far more cost-effective for converting visitors to leads and sales than relying on a single all-purpose dealership website.
Automotive Microsite Strategy One Is Not Enough Dealership WebsitesRalph Paglia
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing costs. The document concludes that multiple targeted websites and landing pages provide higher conversion rates than traditional advertising methods.
Automotive Microsite Strategy One Is Not Enough Dealership WebsitesRalph Paglia
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing costs. He concludes that multiple targeted websites are a more cost-effective strategy for selling cars online than other forms of advertising.
Dealership Websites One Is Not Enough!Ralph Paglia
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing costs. The document concludes that multiple targeted websites and landing pages are far more cost-effective for converting visitors to calls and sales than traditional advertising methods.
Dealership Websites One Is Not Enough!Ralph Paglia
The document discusses how having multiple dealership websites is more effective than a single website for digital marketing success. It explains that 75% of car buyers spend much of their online time shopping, and over 65% research vehicles online. The author details how his dealership significantly increased internet-generated leads and sales by implementing additional websites focused on specific topics and audiences, growing revenues over 200% with a 40% increase in interactive marketing costs. The document concludes that multiple targeted websites and landing pages provide higher conversion rates than traditional advertising methods.
This document is a magazine issue from June 2010 focused on digital marketing and technology for auto dealerships. It includes articles on internet sales strategies, website design, CRM systems, and other topics. The issue also provides news briefs on new advertising networks, analytics tools, and other industry announcements. The magazine aims to help dealers master online sales and leverage emerging technologies.
Automotive Digital Advertising Strategy Workshop for Kenny Ross Auto GroupSocial Media Marketing
Digital advertising can drive traffic to dealerships through various online methods like search engine ads, display ads on websites, and mobile ads. The presentation discusses how digital ads work, why dealers should use them, and how to measure their effectiveness. Key metrics to track include cost per lead, cost per sale, and how digital ads impact showroom traffic, phone calls, and website leads. Case studies show that digital campaigns increased dealers' sales volumes by 20-30% by bringing in more leads and customers. The presentation provides examples of successful digital ad campaigns and discusses how dealers can implement them.
Digital advertising can drive traffic to dealerships through various online methods like search engine ads, display ads on websites, and mobile ads. The presentation discusses how digital ads work, why dealers should use them, and how to measure their effectiveness. Key metrics to track include cost per lead, cost per sale, and how digital ads impact showroom traffic, phone calls, and website leads. Case studies show that digital campaigns increased dealers' sales volumes by 20-30% by bringing in more leads and customers. The presentation provides examples of successful digital ad campaigns and discusses how dealers can implement them.
Paul Sansone Jr. – Relationship Selling – Developer of Technology for today’s...Sean Bradley
1) The document discusses how the auto sales industry has changed from a relationship-based model in the past to a more online and price-focused model currently.
2) It promotes the EZ Referral Network program which provides training and technology to help salespeople generate their own leads through relationships, referrals, and networking rather than relying on dealership leads.
3) The goal is to change the sales culture to one where salespeople are business owners who can grow their customer base organically and make more money through relationship-selling and repeat/referral business.
This document discusses digital advertising and how to measure its effectiveness. It explores new ways for dealers to engage car buyers online and debunks the myth of the $20 lead. The presentation will showcase actual dealership case studies that saw increases in sales volumes attributed to digital advertising. Key metrics to analyze for a digital ad campaign include costs, impressions, click-throughs, leads generated, and vehicles sold.
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This document discusses reputation management strategies for car dealerships. It explains that a dealership's reputation is formed through search engines, review websites, social media, blogs, and forums. It recommends that dealerships develop a reputation management plan to control positive content on search engine results pages, major review websites, and social networks. Specific tactics include claiming and updating business profiles, asking satisfied customers to post reviews, responding to reviews, publishing helpful articles and videos online, and engaging customers on social media. The goal is to populate search results and distribute positive content across the internet to attract more customers.
Google Display Marketing Jargon BusterRalph Paglia
Google Display Marketing Jargon Buster provides definitions and explanations of various buzzwords thrown about so effortlessly by sales reps, trainers and presenters.
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This document is a crossword puzzle containing common terms from digital marketing. Across and down clues are provided to fill in the boxes with terms like: search engine marketing, traffic acquisition, mobile device, pay-per-click, organic listings, URL, social media, unique visitor, session, ranking, landing page, search engine optimization, link, paid listings, and query. Completing the crossword requires knowledge of these fundamental digital marketing concepts and terms.
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This document provides a checklist of digital growth strategies for e-commerce businesses, including branding, social media management, email marketing, content marketing, search engine optimization, online reputation management, and digital advertising strategies like pay per click advertising and search engine advertising. It also includes recommendations around ecommerce website development, mobile commerce, warehouse integration, analytics, and ensuring a complete digital presence and strategy.
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Ralph Paglia: e-Business Director, Courtesy Chevrolet
by : Digital Dealer
In 2006, Arizona was the fastest growing state in the country, and Phoenix is currently the fastest growing city in
the state. Growth isfueling an extraordinarily strong, vibrant economy and a boom in theHispanic population.
Twenty-four percent of all auto sales in themarket are from Hispanic buyers and Courtesy Chevrolet reports that
45percent of its sales come from the Hispanic population. The marketfinds 13 very aggressive Chevrolet stores
competing for marketshare. Ralph Paglia, the e-business director at Courtesy finds his team underattack by the
online efforts of his hypercompetitive counterparts.
When did you come aboard the Courtesy Chevrolet team and how is your department is set up?
I was recruited and hired by the Gruwell family to be theCRM/e-business director at Courtesy Chevrolet in the
summer of 2005. Myresponsibilities include the development and supervision of several diverse teams within
Courtesy Chevrolet’s e-business department, including a customer relationship center (CRC), a new car
Internetsales team, two distinct used car Internet sales teams, an e-finance sales team and two full-time CRM
administrators. All in all, I have responsibility for approximately 60 Courtesy Chevrolet employees who produce
300 to 400-plus vehicle sales per month.
Have you been in the business for awhile?
I started selling cars in 1981 in San Diego, CA, at Kearney MesaVW-Peugeot. After six years I went to work for
Bob Lewis VW-Peugeot in downtown San Diego and stayed a couple of years at that location. After a few stints at
dealerships in Texas and New York, I worked for anational sales training company (RBI) and then accepted a
position with Cyber Car, a division of the HAC Group, which also owned the AutoMark Dealer Web Site
Company and the Half-A-Car Trade Cycle Technology consulting company that specialized in short-term leasing
for customer retention.
While working for Cyber Car, I installed over 100 Internet sales departments in dealerships throughout the
country. Those first years at Cyber Car were a real eye opener as we tried many different processes and
organizational designs while seeking the “secret sauce” for creating Internet sales departments that produce results.
In May, 2000 the Reynolds and Reynolds Company acquired HAC Group. After the acquisition, I focused on
developing e-business consulting and training programs for various car companies and enterprise level
dealership groups.
How many Internet sales team members are on your staff?
Courtesy Chevrolet is a single point Chevy dealer with a fully staffed CRC that has two teams, a used car team
with 12 CSRs and a new car team with another 12 CSRs. Each CRC team has a leader (Vernon Intara and Steve
Clemens) and the CRC has a manager (Joel Matteson). The CRC handles a variety of inbound leads from Internet
sources higher up in the sales funnel, as well as inbound sales calls. The Internet sales teams handle leads from
sources further into the buying cycle. We have a new car Internet sales team with 14 Internet sales specialists
(ISS) led by George Salman; a used car Internet sales team with 10 ISSs led by Bryan Long, and an off-site used
car Internet sales team with eight ISSs led by Adrian Fajardo.
Are floor and Internet sales separate?
Yes, every Internet sales specialist is forbidden from taking fresh floor ups, although we have at times provided the
sales teams on the showroom floor with lead lists generated from our many online marketing sources.
Is the department part of a business development center?
The BDC is part of the e-business department and each Internet salesteam is part of the e-business department. I
serve as the director of the e-business department with financial statement responsibility and each team’s manager
reports to me.
Do you have appointment setters?
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The primary role of the BDC is to schedule appointments, but the Internet sales specialists also focus on setting
appointments as well. For all the teams within the e-business department the setting, tracking and handling of sales
appointments is a major part of our existence. If an Internet sales specialist is having a tough time getting in contact
with a lead by telephone, then the CRC backs up the ISS by having designated customer service representatives
(CSR) who make ongoing repeated attempts to contact that prospect while the ISS moves on to the next lead.
What percent of your dealership’s overall sales are generated from the Internet, and do you see this
increasing?
In 2006 Courtesy Chevrolet sold more than 11,000 vehicles, over 7,700 of them were new Chevrolets. The
e-business department was responsible for generating 3,882 of those 11,000-plus sales, so we produce about
30 percent of the store’s total sales volume. Our volume contribution margins fluctuate when you break those
numbers down to new cars, used cars, credit score categories and model line distribution with e-business
contributing over 50 percent of the store’s volume in some categories. We have recognized online interactive
marketing as one of the most effective means of attracting higher credit score prospects as we attempt to increase
our total loan mix portfolio’s average creditscore.
What part of your dealership’s overall advertising and marketing budget is dedicated to the Internet?
While the advertising budget allocated toward online and interactive campaigns has been increasing since the
Internet department was started, I am beginning to question how we look at the allocation of results. For example,
when we put up 15 outdoor billboards around Phoenix that feature a URL message such as “2007Tahoe.com –
AZ’sLargest Tahoe Inventory,” primarily intended to drive people to one of our specialty micro-sites, is that
Internet advertising or outdoor advertising?
Well, of course it is what it is, outdoor advertising, but the results are phone calls and Internet leads that go to our
BDC and Internet sales teams, and a significant amount of floor traffic that goes to our showroom sales teams.
Likewise, when I use the e-business advertising budget to place dealership display ads on over 800 different web
sites, geo-targeted to Phoenix car buyers, and a large amount of floor traffic is generated, along with some Internet
leads and phone calls to our BDC, is that pure Internet advertising, or is there some recognition of the branding and
floor traffic being generated by those dollars that purchased the web site display ads?
About 25 percent of Courtesy Chevrolet’s new car ad budget is spent on digital marketing, and over 50 percent of
our used car ad budget is spent on digital marketing. The reason for the differential is that used car digital
marketing drives as much showroom traffic as Internet leads and incoming phone calls.
Where do you get your Internet leads?
One of the greatest success stories we have experienced at Courtesy Chevrolet has been our ability to grow and
diversify our base of lead sources. Our greatest growth in the past year has been in finding ways to generate new
leads on our own, and to recycle old leads into fresh opportunities. An example of recycling old leads is to
datamine leads from 2003 and 2004 into categories that indicate the prospect purchased a vehicle from another
dealer. Our CRC then contacts these customers by e-mail and phone to communicate with them that we know it is
likely that they will soon be replacing that vehicle they bought from another dealer, and Courtesy Chevrolet would
like to make it worth the customer’s time to let us show them how much we do not want to miss their business this
time around. Last year 34 percent of our leads were from third-party sources, 27 percent were from proactive BDC
and recycled leads, 19 percent were from digital marketing generated inbound calls, 3 percent from GM, and the
remaining 17 percent from our full-featured web sites, various micro–sites and landing pages.
What are the closing rates for the different sources?
Like many dealers, Courtesy Chevrolet’s lowest closing ratio is on leads purchased from third-party lead
providers, which were at 5.15percent for 2006. This is to be expected given that the cost of generating leads has
risen to above a level where lead providers can sell a lead once for $20 and generate profitable business. In
frank discussions with our lead providers, after busting many of them sending “our leads” to other dealers, they
have admitted to selling the same lead multiple times to multiple dealers within a given market area. Courtesy
Chevrolet has learned to accept that fact as a new reality in the marketplace and we work within that reality by
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adjusting our processes for third-party leads. Courtesy Chevrolet has changed our lead management process to
optimize our response based on the knowledge that these particular customers will be getting several responses
from our local competitors of the same brand. We also know that third-party lead providers “churn” leads to
generate additional sellable leads from the same customers for other brands of similar vehicles to what the customer
initially selected as their preferred vehicle. This works both for, and against us, as we get leads (for example) on
Tahoes from people who initially indicated a desire to get a price quote on a Toyota Sequoia, and vice versa. So,
we simply accept the fact that we will have more competition for a customer’s business when they come to us via a
third-party lead provider than if we generated the lead ourselves using digital marketing, our web sites or one of
the many micro-sites that Courtesy Chevrolet owns and operates internally. Leads from our network of web
properties close at about 13 percent and leads from GM’s CID program close at over 9 percent.
What percent of your Internet sales are for new vehicles and what percent are used?
Up until this past year, Courtesy Chevrolet consistently produced more new car sales from Internet leads than used
car sales. After we developed and expanded our off-site used car Internet sales operations, and added the e-finance
sales team, that balance shifted to where we are today, which is about a 50/50 split in total volume depending
on month. The used car sales seem to run fairly consistently, while the new Chevrolet sales fluctuate for a variety
of reasons.
What is your dealership’s web site address (URL)?
Courtesy Chevrolet has three full-featured web sites that each display both new and used vehicle inventories in
different formats, targeted to different marketing segments. We also have more than a dozen micro-sites and
landing pages that we use for a variety of digital marketing purposes such as search engine marketing
(SEM), model-specific search engine optimization (SEO), specialized demographic targeting, geographic targeting
and stealth sites that we use to compete with third-party lead providers in capturing leads from people who may not
visit a dealership web site. The three full-featured sites are the BZ Results site: www.Chevrolet-USA.com,
Reynolds WebSolutions: www.LatinoChevy.com and GM PowerShift Site
(Cobalt): www.Phoenix-Courtesy-Chevrolet.com.
What company designed or currently hosts your web site?
We are currently using four different vendors to produce web sites and micro-sites for Courtesy Chevrolet. BZ
Results is our primary full-featured web site developer and digital marketing partner. We intentionally drive more
traffic to our BZ web sites than our other sites because of its consistently high visitor-to-lead conversion rates. The
people we deal with at BZ have a tremendous amount of respect for Courtesy Chevrolet and we always feel like
they are more of a business partner than a vendor. BZ does a great job of dealing withour requests regarding our
web sites and the landing pages it producesfor us, but more importantly it stays in communication with us on
an ongoing basis and provides consulting and training services that ensure we don’t get locked into a stagnant
comfort zone.
We use Reynolds Web Solutions for our Spanish language web site at www.LatinoChevy.com and we find RWS
to be an exceptionally competent organization from a pure technology perspective, but Reynolds does not stay in
contact with us, or find ways for us to improve our results in the manner that BZ Results does. However, Reynolds
does provide what we believe to be technically the best web site in the industry. The fact that Reynolds Web
Solutions uses technology that generates a separate web page for each vehicle in stock, with a unique URL that can
be submitted for indexing by search engine spiders is an incredible technical advantage for dealers that use RWS.
Reynolds handles and displays dealer inventory better than other dealer web site providers. Our Internet sales teams
often discuss a “dream team” web site vendor,which would be the people and processes from BZ Results and
the technology utilized by Reynolds Web Solutions.
We also use The Cobalt group for our GM PowerShift web site, which is a GM mandate for dealers who want a
live hyperlink from GM.com and Chevrolet.com to the dealer’s web site. In fact, the leads from our
GMPowerShift web site are the lowest cost leads of any type that we geteach month. Our local Cobalt
representative, Peter Orlando, is a great guy and we really enjoy the service and support we get from him.
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Do you use an outside service to take photos of your inventory?
We use Dealer Specialties and we highly recommend the local DealerSpecialties franchisee, Doug Eggleston. We
have also tried Kelley BlueBook’s CDM Data Company, which offers some great products.
In addition to your own web site, do you post your inventory on any other third party web sites?
Yes, that is a big reason why we use Dealer Specialties. Doug Eggleston helps us find ways to push our inventory
data to more and more websites on a continuous basis. One of the top priorities within our overall e-business
strategy is to push our inventory data for both new and used cars to more and more web site hosting companies.
This is an especially big challenge for Courtesy Chevrolet since we are handicapped by the closed system that UCS
provides to us. If it were not for UCS’s painfully archaic data management restrictions, and lack of responsiveness
to our inventory data needs, we could sell significantly more cars through online marketing.
You will find our inventory on many sites such as Autotrader.com, cars.com, eBaymotors.com’s local edition,
UsedCars.com and others. We are constantly seeking additional sites and operators such as Google’s Froogle.com
to get more eyeballs on our inventory every week. DealerSpecialities is now taking multiple pictures of our new
vehicles that go over 90 days in stock that we push out to dozens of online inventory display web sites.
What challenges do you face in maintaining strong gross profits with Internet sales?
Let me be very clear in responding to this question… Courtesy Chevrolet is a high sales volume focused
dealership. Sure, we hold on to grossprofit every chance we get, but we will not lose a deal over price toanyone…
period. If another Chevy dealer lets its customer talk to us, that other dealer will never see that customer again.
We use convenience and service as a differentiator that helps us to hold on to sales profits within our Internet sales
teams. I believe that our Internet team members have better product knowledge than the averageChevy salesperson
and we leverage that expertise to maintain grossprofits.
We also offer car buyers several options including delivery. If acustomer does not enjoy spending time at the
dealership, then fine… wedeliver. Our highest gross profits and CSI scores consistently comefrom customers who
pick out what they want from one of our web sites,ask for a quote, respond that they’ll take one of the vehicles
wequote, and then ask us to deliver the car and all documentation totheir home or work location. Those are by far
the best deals because the customer knows that they have received a level of personalized service that 90 percent of
all car buyers never even have access to.
The fact is our Internet sales (on a model line by model line basis) out-grosses the sales floor fairly consistently.
Of course, the Internet generates a higher gross profit PVR on a model line comparison; that is exactly what dealers
should expect when the customer is picking out their next car from our inventory before they ever contact us.
How do you manage your prospect and customer information?
We use BuzzTrak from BZ Results as a central database of all e-business customer contact and communication
records before they buy a car. Once an appointment is set in BuzzTrak, our CRM administrators enter
that appointment into our UCS sales prospect control system, which is what the showroom sales teams use to track
floor traffic. This helps protect the ISSs and the CSRs from a customer just showing up and not being recognized as
a “show” brought in by the CRC or the Internet salesdepartment. Since all showroom visitors must be logged into
UCS/SPC before the sales desk will work a deal, this helps quite a bit.
Do you use e-mail templates, and do you send regular e-mail campaigns?
Yes, we make extensive use of e-mail templates for both ad hoc e-mails sent by our ISSs and for the automated
e-mail system within BuzzTrak from BZ results. We have so many e-mail templates that we now index them by
number and publish a manual that shows when and how each template should be used within a process flow chart
that references each template’s index number.
Do you give pricing (or send copies of invoices) over the phone or by e-mail?
Yes, we provide discounted price quotes to prospects who request price quotes as part of the lead generating
process. We also talk about prices over the phone extensively and proactively. As far as we are concerned, pricing
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is just another piece of information and we do not want to make it the most important information by hiding it
from ourcustomers. The real hard-core price mooches always get a price from any dealer they contact anyway,
because they work so hard at it. But the majority of car shoppers ask for your best price because they have
been conditioned to expect the run around when they ask that question to a salesperson. We defuse the situation by
quoting our discounted “IMV”Internet market value price right upfront. It takes the confrontation out of it and lets
us focus on selection, service and convenience, which differentiates us from other dealers.
What metrics do you track?
A better question would be what Courtesy Chevrolet does not track…sometimes we review so many Excel
spreadsheets, charts and DMS report printouts that the information can get overwhelming, but our primary metrics
look at leads received, appointments made, actual showroomvisits, actual sales and the ratio to the sales goals and
of course,leads closed, conversions and appointments made to leads received. We look at these same key metrics
sorted by lead sources, as well as by individual ISS and internal teams.
How long do you work a lead before you retire it, or do you continue to market to that person in other
ways?
Courtesy Chevrolet Internet sales specialists will continue working directly with a customer as long as the
communication channels are open and an active dialogue is happening. For people who either do not respond to an
ISS or say they are no longer in the market, our CRC takes over and continues to contact the customer until they
either tell us to leave them alone or come in to the dealership and buy a car. The CRC acts as a safety net to
continue following up on leads that the Internet sales teams lose interest in. The Courtesy Chevrolet CRC is very
good at recycling old Internet leads and previous customers to generate new prospects and referrals.
How are your Internet sales professionals compensated?
The Courtesy Chevrolet pay plan for Internet sales specialists is:
Base Salary: $1,000.00 per month (contingent upon minimum performance requirements)
Commissions: Based on the total gross profit generated for each vehiclesold, including profit on sale (front end),
profit on financing andinsurance (back end), profits on aftermarket and accessories (ProShop). The percentage of
commission paid to the ISS is based on the following sliding scale, retroactive to the first unit sold:
1 to 8 vehicles sold: 12 percent
9 to 11 vehicles sold: 14 percent
12 to 14 vehicles sold: 16 percent
15 to 17 vehicles sold: 18 percent
18 and up vehicles sold: 20 percent
Monthly unit volume bonuses:
5 units sold/billed by 15 of month = $250 bonus
12 units = $1,000 bonus
Each additional three units above 12 = $250
Team gross bonus:
An additional 5 percent of the gross profits generated by the salesteam that the ISS is assigned to will be paid out
based on the individual ISS’s units sold as a contribution to the team’s total unit sales. How it works: If the ISS
sells 10 units and the team sells 100units, then the ISS receives 10 percent of the 5 percent team gross bonus
payout. Example: The ISS team sells 72 units, generating$129,760.40 in total gross profits. If the ISS sold 10
units of the team’s total 72 unit sales, the ISS would receive 14 percent of the total team gross bonus. Five percent
of $129,760.40 is $6,488.02 and 14 percent of that is $908.32, which the ISS receives.
Process performance bonuses:
Leads converted to dealership visits:
#1 ISS receives a $350 monthly bonus
#2 ISS receives a $150 monthly bonus
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Showroom visits to sales closed:
#1 ISS receives a $350 monthly bonus
#2 ISS receives a $150 monthly bonus
If you could wave a magic wand and change anything about your department, what would it be?
I would forever banish the bitching and moaning sessions that many sales professionals seem to get going
whenever more than two of them are speaking with each other. I have visited hundreds of dealerships across
America and have never been to a dealership that treats salespeople better than Courtesy Chevrolet, yet some of
our salespeople seem to have no problem finding things to complain about to each other, and to anyone new in the
department. If I never witness another salesperson group “crap-out session,” it will be too soon! Can you get me a
magic wand that stops salesperson crap-out sessions? Other than that, we have a great group of Internet sales
specialists and I would like to get more just like them to come and work for Courtesy Chevrolet.
rpaglia@DigitalDealer-magazine.com
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