Autobase Business Solutions: Leveraging the power of your Autobase CRM

Monday, August 31, 2009 by Steve Lausch
Let’s face it, in today’s market, you may not see a ton of people running into your auto dealerships looking to buy a vehicle from your used car inventory.  But you probably have more than your fair share on the lot and want to figure out how to move them quickly.  You probably put ads in the newspaper, pay for local radio spots, maybe have an interstate billboard or a TV commercial, and you are able to get your name out to thousands upon thousands of people a day -- great! Right?  (Well, I won’t say no, but I won’t say yes either.)

Think about how much you are spending in your automotive dealership advertising budget to get your name out to those thousands of people.  Think of the hundreds that come to your store?  Now, think of the hundreds of thousands who never will.  The actual percentage is probably pretty small (and, unfortunately, so is your ROI).  Why then waste money on customers that will never buy from you?

Any of the Autobase Business Solutions (ABS) would allow you to trim the advertising budget, and get people in the door.  Doesn’t seem possible, does it?  Well the reason this works is because using ABS leverages the power of the data in your Autobase CRM solution, enabling you to reach those customers (through permission-based email, voice, and text marketing) that are actually interested, right now, in what you have. 

Send campaigns to much smaller groups of customers.  In other words, you TARGET MARKET!  AND with Autobase Business Solutions Managed Services we will do the work for you.  You wouldn’t have to lift a finger, aside from writing all of the new contracts brought in by your campaign.

Think about what you are doing now and then think about how you are going to step into the future and get ahead of the competition. 

by Sheena Lee