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3 Ways to Run an Accessories Program in the Showroom

Posted by Insignia Group on Oct 28, 2024 4:24:06 PM

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Topics: Accessories System, Sales Best Practices, sales team, sales, Best Practice, Accessories sales, increase sales, salesman

Utilizing A Lead-In Product For Accessory Sales

Posted by Insignia Group on Feb 14, 2024 11:39:16 AM

The art of accessory sales presents one golden opportunity. There are other opportunities along the way, yet only one is golden. While the accessory sale is a multi-step process, the actual presentation begins with a lead-in product. 

You’ve started at the trade, gotten to know your customer’s lifestyle, mentally filed away the best personalization options to suggest and then closed the car deal. In this blissful moment, you tarry your customer with a Coke and a smile, knowing the dreaded F&I wait time has been subdued by Vehicle Personalization.  

The golden opportunity has arrived, and we call it utilizing a lead-in product.

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Topics: Accessories System, Sales Best Practices, sales team, sales, Best Practice, Accessories sales, increase sales, salesman

Back and Better: Retraining Car Sales People With Accessories

Posted by Insignia Group on Jan 16, 2024 3:54:44 PM

Salespeople are learning how to sell cars again after a long period of being order takers. Having empty lots and vehicles on backorder got us all out of practice. As inventory and prices stabilize, there’s inevitably going to be a relearning process. 

Retraining car salespeople after the industry upheaval means addressing changes in customer behavior, understanding industry trends, and adopting more efficient ways to meet goals. Wise management should take advantage of the potential in training by integrating accessory sales into the process. 

Here are some strategies to consider.

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Topics: Accessories System, Sales Best Practices, sales team, sales, Best Practice, Accessories sales, increase sales, salesman

5 Auto Accessories Your Dealership Should Be Selling

Posted by Insignia Group on Jan 18, 2023 10:32:08 AM

The world of auto accessories is as vast as the ocean. There are many ways to make a dollar using accessories, with both OE and aftermarket catalogs always growing, the possibilities are endless! 

Accessories are adaptable. They hold the power to push a hesitant customer to commit and put an extra incentive in a salesperson’s pocket. Auto accessories add profits in fixed ops, allow for better introductions to service, and transform dealerships into a one-stop shop for consumers. 

Dealers who sell accessories simply make more money. With the right strategy and sales process, your dealership sales are guaranteed to increase. 

An accessory catalog can change seasonally and by location. Still, some auto accessories have proven themselves as tried and true sellers regardless of the time or place. 

When you set out to become a Vehicle Personalization powerhouse, ensure you’re offering these five accessories at every opportunity.

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Topics: Dealership, sales, Accessories sales

Auto Accessories to Keep Cool This Summer

Posted by Whitney Williams on Jun 9, 2021 4:19:51 PM

Back in the summer of '69, man, we were killin' time. We were young and restless. We needed to unwind. I guess nothing can last forever because here we are….celebrating summer by wearing masks on a test drive. 

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Topics: accessories, sales, seasonal

How To Be A Successful Car Salesman

Posted by Whitney Williams on Jun 1, 2021 1:10:30 PM

Selling cars is a highly stressful job. 

Dealership employees are used to accommodating different personality types, dealing with high levels of pressure, misconceptions, and long hours in addition to shrinking profits. Then you have the stereotype of the used car salesman to overcome, as well as the elements and the fraught mediation between the customer and the sales manager.
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Topics: Sales Best Practices, sales

Used Car Shoppers Love Accessories

Posted by Whitney Williams on Apr 14, 2021 4:54:18 PM

Buying used versus new shouldn’t matter when it comes to accessorizing. Options to personalize used cars abound. In fact, accessories may be all the more enticing to a used car buyer who is likely settling for what works for them now rather than purchasing their dream car.

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Topics: accessories, sales, customers

Creating Custom Accessory Packages For Every Kind of Customer

Posted by Whitney Williams on Sep 9, 2020 3:00:00 PM

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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Topics: Marketing, Dealership, accessories, sales, customers, success, Accessories sales, tips, preload, Aftermarket

Soak Up Summer With Accessory Sales

Posted by Whitney Williams on Jul 15, 2020 1:00:00 PM

We could all use a boost to our bottom line right now. 

We could probably use a week off social media, a tropical vacation, and some yoga too, but I digress. With summer ablaze, car dealers have more than a day at the beach on their minds. In the midst of a global pandemic inciting mayhem in our industry, we must soak up every cent of seasonal summer accessories. Say that five times fast.

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Topics: Increase Profits, Dealership, sales team, sales, accessory program, accessories installations, success, drive, Accessories sales, tips, creative, increase sales, profit, Social Distancing, Summer

The Top 3 Places To Link Your Accessory Site

Posted by Whitney Williams on May 21, 2020 4:00:00 PM

As dealers across the nation adjust to selling vehicles online, it’s imperative that we don’t skip vehicle personalization. The easiest way to ensure customers and salespeople have a fair shot at a perfectly adorned vehicle is to make your accessory link easy to find. Trip and fall over it easy. “There it is again” easy. “I didn’t find the link, the link found me” kind of easy. When you strategically place your personalization link, you make your salesperson’s life easier, and your customer more likely to buy. 

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Topics: Accessories System, Sales Best Practices, Customer Retention, Increase Profits, Dealership, Vehicle Personalization, accessories, sales, customers, Accessories sales, configurator, online catalog, Margin Compression, COVID-19