Posts by: Sean Alder

Integrating Email Marketing into Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Email marketing can seem scary to a lot of dealers. No business wants to be tagged as a spammer and there are laws about how email marketing has to be done (e.g. CAN-SPAM) as well as privacy rules. Nevertheless, the technique is a powerful asset to your marketing portfolio if you use it right. Here are some ways to use email marketing for your dealership. Branding You never know when a customer wi

Understanding Your Bounce Rate and How to Improve It

Bounce rate is a term that is used when analyzing Internet traffic to websites. Usually expressed as a percentage, it is a measurement of how many visitors leave your site after viewing only the landing page. So, for example, if you check your Google Analytics page and see a bounce rate of 33%, that means 1 of every 3 people left your site without clicking through to another page within the site.

Why the Dealership Beats a Mechanic for Service

People who say that you should never take your car to the dealership because it’s more expensive need to understand just what they’re paying for with that extra cash! There are a lot of advantages to using a dealership’s service center to repair your car than an independent mechanic. Here are a few reasons why. They know your car Dealerships use company-trained technicians who fo

Understanding the Digital Car Buyer’s Journey

88% of prospective car buyers use the internet to research an automotive purchase before even setting foot in a dealership, and with the wealth of automotive information out there, they can find everything they need to know for their purchase, from the model that fits their needs to the price and (where applicable) rebates and incentives available. 60% of these shoppers spend six or more months do

What are Backlinks and Why Do You Want Them?

One of the most important things you can do to create a boost in your website’s rankings is to create a good backlink profile. Backlinks are one of the strongest SEO signals that search engines like Google use to rank sites relative to each other for the same keyword. Let’s take a look at what they are exactly and why you need to get as many as you can. What is a backlink? A backlink i

Things to Watch Out for When Building Your Site's SEO

Search engines have to chew through a lot of information and weigh many things to create their indexes and responses to queries. Google is said to measure at least 200 different signals on a webpage to determine how to rank it. The big question for businesses and SEO professionals is which ones are the most important. That’s a tricky question because search algorithms are constantly changing

Building Your Online Reputation

Most car shoppers are three times more likely to buy when a dealership has positive online reviews, and one study suggests that 24% of shoppers consider review sites to be the most helpful factor when it comes to making decisions for purchasing a car. Dealerships no longer control their reputations just through car advertising and in-person experiences. Potential customers are doing their homework

The Importance of Content Creation for Your Site's SEO

A long time ago, when businesses were first starting to build web pages, they were used a lot like billboards. A few static pages with basic information was enough, or so they thought. Now it has gone completely in the other direction. New content needs to be consistently produced to stay on top of the rankings. But why do you need that stream of content? Isn’t just having a few strong stati

Best Social Media Practices for Car Dealerships

Most car dealerships run on a B2C basis, which means that they have to go to where the customers are. That means you need a strong online presence. According to a study posted on Digital Journal, two-thirds of car buyers use social media and review sites to select a car dealership. However, it’s all too easy to get a reputation for being boring or pushy on social media. Car dealerships alrea

Google Algorithm Updates: What Are They?

If you depend on Google for advertising or to show your site in a search, then you are at the mercy of their algorithm updates. An algorithm, for those unfamiliar, is like a recipe. When you search for something, Google takes that information and puts it through the recipe to deliver the results you’re looking for. It’s in Google’s best interest to deliver the highest-quality res