What can one of the most popular burger joints teach your dealership about Vehicle Personalization?
Simple: everybody wants it their way. Personalization is king, and customizing is always a good idea. Right now, dealerships everywhere need all the good ideas to adapt to the times—such as building packages that allow you to display your brand’s personality—while enticing customers. Custom packages can be fluid, seasonal, brand loyal, fun, quirky, and a host of other things.
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Marketing,
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accessories,
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success,
Accessories sales,
tips,
preload,
Aftermarket
As COVID-19 shut down America as we knew it, extroverts all across America found themselves taking refuge in their cars. What started with just taking a drive, turned into eating take-out in the driveway. Before we knew what was happening, kids’ birthday parties morphed into drive-by parades. Campgrounds closed and truck beds became the go-to spot for a night under the stars.
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accessory program,
seasonal,
accessories installations,
Educate,
success,
Accessories sales,
creative,
Digital Retailing,
COVID-19,
Social Distancing
In sunny North Carolina, nestled amongst ancient oak trees, sits one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Fred Anderson Toyota has its roots in the city of Raleigh, NC and matches the capital's rapid expansion with ease. Raleigh’s famous Toyota dealer is home to Toyota Jeff, a monstrous service department, and a team selling accessories with the same enthusiasm as they sell cars. Sit down on the porch with us and have some sweet tea--this southern dealer’s tale is worth the read.
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Accessories System,
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Don’t know Toyota Jeff? Looking him up may change your automotive career and leave you with a few tidbits that sprung this Carolina salesmen’s following to over 21,000 loyal subscribers. We caught up with Jeff to see what’s building his brand and attracting Toyota enthusiasts from all over the country.
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Marketing,
Toyota,
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Vehicle Personalization,
accessories,
sales team,
brand loyalty,
accessories installations,
customers,
drive,
relationships,
tips,
creative,
YouTube,
fred anderson toyota,
salesman,
building
YouTube offers tremendous opportunities for dealers. By observing a few Internet video best practices, you can promote vehicles, sell accessories, and build a fan base from this one platform. Here are two examples of auto dealers that promote vehicles and sell accessories with video that we can all learn from.
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Dealership,
Subaru,
Vehicle Personalization,
accessories,
Luther Brookdale,
Adventure Subaru,
creative,
content,
social media,
YouTube
When it comes to marketing your accessories business online, content is king. Whether you have an off-road or performance shop looking to grow your local accessories business, or a dealership trying to increase new car buyer accessories sales, content is key to your marketing goals.
In this article, we want to share some successful content marketing strategies that are designed to boost visits to your website via organic search. However, the content described below will also help you market your business on social media, and give you some great info to share in an email newsletter.
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accessories,
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sales team,
sales,
seasonal,
Millenials,
accessories installations,
Best Practice,
success,
relationships,
Accessories sales,
tips,
creative,
configurator,
increase sales,
content,
social media
It was the 1970s in a suburban neighborhood in Shelby, North Carolina. Preschool paleontologist hopeful, James Brooks, was pouring over his newest dinosaur book from the local library when his highly detailed young mind zeroed in on it. National Geographic had clearly, unapologetically illustrated a dinosaur’s hand in the improper position and with too many fingers.
James couldn’t stand for it.
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staff,
Insignia Group,
creative,
graphics,
configurator,
online catalog
Just a few years ago, you could resist the social media temptress. No, it wasn’t popular, but you could pull it off. Swim upstream a bit. Dabble, but resist diving right in. No more. The social media beast is hungry and it eats a full time salaried position at your dealership for breakfast.
Society as a whole has embraced the culture of social media and the ease of access to search, shop, and even sell from an online platform. Your grandmother has been on Facebook for two years and is ready to move on to Instagram. Your customer is no exception--and you’ll lose business if you don’t believe it.
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Dealership,
Vehicle Personalization,
Showroom,
sales team,
Millenials,
Educate,
customers,
eCommerce,
Best Practice
The team at Insignia lives for selling accessories - it's in our veins. From our VPEs sharing their years of experience, to our best practices giving dealers the latest industry tips, to our blog showcasing successful dealerships, we are the leaders in Vehicle Personalization.
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Volkswagen,
LLumar,
Educate,
#DiplomatChallenge
Getting started with accessory sales can be overwhelming. You want to capitalize on the profits Vehicle Personalization offers, but you don’t know where to start. We’ve got good news--there’s one simple technique that will tackle your major focuses and gain big results from all departments: the rule of three. Stocking accessories in threes reaps three major benefits.
As a general manager or dealer principle, you’re all about increasing gross profit for your dealership while keeping laser focus on great CSI. Today’s customers are happy when they get what they want, and quickly. With Vehicle Personalization, your dealership can deliver on both demands with the rule of three.
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Sales Best Practices,
Increase Profits,
Marketing,
Dealership,
Vehicle Personalization,
accessories,
Showroom,
staff,
sales team,
sales,
accessories installations,
customers