We’re heading to AM Live with a spring in our steps this November, because we’re not just going to be showing visitors to our stand how CustomerLounge makes everyone’s life more chilled, but we’ve also got some really impressive revenue stats to share.
Topics: customer experience, customer satisfaction, dms, revenue, dealer software, feature updates, Aftersales, Customerlounge, buyer Journey, software, products, service, Electric Vehicles
Yes, you did read that right. We know what shows are like — lots of rushing around, meeting new people and trying to share loads of new information. A bit like a day in aftersales, in fact... So we figured we'd make our stand a place where you can go to take five — a black and pink oasis of calm, AKA stand P16, AKA the CustomerLounge.
Topics: customer experience, customer satisfaction, dms, revenue, dealer software, feature updates, Aftersales, Customerlounge, buyer Journey, software, products, service, Electric Vehicles, Birmingham NEC, AM Live
As the seasons change (and of course, many businesses tick over from Q3 into Q4), the team here at Autino has been reflecting on what we’ve added to CustomerLounge in the last 3 months.
Topics: customer experience, technology, customer satisfaction, dms, dealer software, feature updates, Customerlounge, buyer Journey, software, products, CDK Global, service, Electric Vehicles
The Customer Success team is super busy welcoming new arrivals to CustomerLounge here at Autino this autumn. And that’s really good because the reason they are rushing around is so that aftersales teams in dealerships like yours don’t have to.
Topics: customer experience, technology, dealerships, dms, dealer management, communication, digital, dealer software, Aftersales, automotive, sales, software, digitisation
Recently, we asked consumers to tell us about their experiences with car dealerships — the good, the bad and the ugly — and one area we homed in on was that of proactive messaging. Three quarters of service customers said it was important or very important to get reminders about future work and to be able to book it online.
Topics: customer experience, technology, dealerships, dms, dealer management, communication, digital, dealer software, automotive, software, digitisation
Let’s take a virtual tour through a typical aftersales department for a moment. The aroma of fresh coffee wafts through the office, someone drops a bag of doughnuts onto the desk — it’s their birthday — sunlight drifts through the windows. Service advisors chat happily to customers, accompanied by the gentle tapping of keyboards.
Topics: customer experience, loyalty, dealerships, customer satisfaction, communication, Aftersales, automotive, customer relationships, service, digitisation, automation
What with lockdown and the post-lockdown surge of business, it may be that you haven’t had the time to think about promotions for a while — or needed to. And that’s fine, of course. But as competition starts to hot up, now would be a great time to revisit the topic and see whether you need to tweak your promotional strategy. Here’s why.
Topics: customer experience, dealerships, interaction, communication, Aftersales, buyer Journey, personalisation, customer relationships, service, digitisation, automation
We don’t usually like to throw around terms like “industry leading” and “first of its kind,” but our new report into how dealers communicate with customers is something pretty special. At least, we think so!
Topics: customer experience, loyalty, dealerships, customer satisfaction, communication, Aftersales, personalisation, customer relationships, quality, service, digitisation, coronavirus, covid-19, 2021 Dealership Customer Engagement Report
As life eases back to some kind of normal, many of us are catching up with jobs we’ve not been allowed to do — or simply put off — for too long. Things like getting the dog groomed, nervously opening up for the dental hygienist or an OMG-we’re-actually-going-on-holiday last-minute car service...
Topics: customer experience, loyalty, dealerships, customer satisfaction, communication, Aftersales, personalisation, customer relationships, quality, service, digitisation, coronavirus, covid-19, 2021 Dealership Customer Engagement Report
The communication tools your DMS offers aren’t always easy to use and don’t always give your customers a premium experience. But how do you sort the wheat from the chaff when choosing an aftersales communications platform?
Topics: customer experience, technology, dealerships, dms, dealer management, communication, digital, dealer software, automotive, software, digitisation