A study by DMEautomotive noted customers who develop a habit of maintaining their vehicle at a dealership are 86 times more likely to purchase their next vehicle from you.

Topics: customer experience, loyalty, customer satisfaction, communication

The traditional car buying process is a thing of the past, in today’s world customers clearly do business on their own terms and they come well reinforced with information, which means they know exactly what they want. But, one thing that hasn’t changed is the emotion attached to buying a car.  

Topics: retention, customer experience, online, digital, process

According to the SMMT 2.5 million cars were registered in 2017. This is a 5.7% drop from 2016. This may come as a surprise to many as the market has been growing year on year since 2012.

Topics: retention, customer experience, loyalty, dealerships, customer satisfaction, lifetime value, finance, car sales

The modern customer is savvy, informed and in control. Their expectations are high and their patience is low. This is true in every industry and is particularly the case in the automotive industry and, more specifically, the car-buying and after sales processes.

Topics: customer experience, technology, data, dms, integration, dealer software, software, dealer

Are you up to speed?

The aftersales industry is worth £99 billion* in the UK so it makes sense to invest the time to get your aftersales approach on point. But are you up to speed with the how the market is changing?

Topics: customer experience, revenue, communication, Aftersales

There are a lot of stages to the modern car-buyer journey. The majority of the process is now online, with customers coming into dealerships only when they have a clear idea of what they’re buying, at the end of their buying journey.

Topics: customer experience, technology, dealerships, customer satisfaction, integration, communication, car purchase, Customerlounge, buyer Journey, personalisation

We now live in a fast-paced world where technology is forever transforming our daily lives. Within the automotive sector I feel we have embraced technology and used it to our advantage in creating new car designs and models that not only look and perform better but also take into consideration the environment. 

Topics: customer experience, technology, dms, Aftersales, automotive

Nothing stands still and neither does the customer landscape. Millennials are classed as people born between 1980 and 2004, and they are entering the car buying market at high speed. It’s been reported* that by 2020 Millennials are expected to capture 40% of the new car sales market.

Topics: customer experience, technology, dealerships, millenials

I’ve got some questions…

Your DMS is there to measure, report, input jobs and provide clarity and transparency when it comes to your internal processes and communications, right? But, what about the customer?

Topics: retention, customer experience, profit, dealerships, customer satisfaction, dms, communication

Face-to-face interactions are far less frequent in our digital world. But face-to-face interaction cannot be beaten in terms of delivering customer service, we’re all humans and have a basic need for connection and relationships. This will always be the case.

Topics: retention, customer experience, crm, dealerships, dealer management, interaction