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When have I seen 150 dealers and a dozen vendors in one room for 3 straight days so engaged?
Never.
Perhaps its Sean Bradley’s commitment to excellence and holding dealers accountable to walk away with action plans from a crowd of unusually focused [Internet Sales 20 Dallas] IS20 members.
Only a handful we’re checking cell phone messages while in session and when you attend the next IS20 you’ll know why; you’re captivated by the content where all the standard institutional auto conference rules and guidelines are smashed.
Instead you get a room full of all star experts and hungry to learn attendees who are captivated by their colleagues, speaking up when any one point or topic needed more explanation or would merit a rebut.
We can thank Sean for his highly conscious efforts to ringmaster a conference where the content was always relevant. My opinion, IS20 attracts some of the most innovative in the biz, who crave the most up to date practical content that provides the highest return on money and time.
IS20 is straight legit.
I spoke on a panel about the importance of online reputation. Based on the questions and comments I received from various dealerships, there are some looming problems in the area of managing internet reputation.
For example, Google says on their Conflict of interest page: reviews are only valuable when they are honest and unbiased. Dealers who are not focused on organically building reviews, and that means anything other than evoking a review from hot links in an email that leads that customer directly to 3rd party review sites may compromise their Google ranking, score and lead to endless hemorrhaging of removed or filtered reviews. Don’t get me wrong; there are all kinds of traditional ways to gently nudge a customer to leave a review soon after leaving the dealership, i.e., handing them a request flyer with where and how to find your dealership review sites and/or instructions for customers who have a gmail or dealerrater account as to how to post a review.
From what I see with our dealer clients, Google has been very kind to dealers that only allow reviews posted from the customer’s I.P. Yelp, different story. I couldn’t believe how much disdain I heard about Yelp from IS20 members. Same ol’ complaint I’ve heard from hundreds of business owners; “I accrue lots of positive reviews and when I don’t advertise upon their request, our positive reviews are removed overnight and negative is all that remains.” My suggestion; endure the pain of filtered reviews and diversify your portfolio of listing sites and offer customers other review sites to post reviews. If you’re comfortable with paying the ransom they indirectly hold dealers hostage to buy, then look forward to 5 fat stars. Some we’re saying at IS20 the believability of the star rating system on Yelp is disingenuous. Yelp is highly ranked; on the other hand, we know Yellow Pages are the second largest review site behind Google.
If your reputation management strategy and process is not organic, you’re short term gain, if any, will be weak at best. For example, posting reviews on a dealer owned web page may paint a picture of a dealer in more control of their reputation and no longer hostage to the Google and Yelp review removing sledgehammer. Sounds reasonable, but here’s the problem. 3rd party review sites will rank higher, particularly on mobile, than the dealers review web pages where content is controlled and future buyers can sense manipulation or an inauthentic amount of positive reviews and stars. I still haven’t found a dealer owned customer review page with negative feedback, let alone a negative review with a manager’s response to remedy the complaint. Negative feedback that is managed, influences prospects to trust you and is fuel that can flip a sour customer to a raving advocate who tells everyone they know.
I applaud dealers who leverage negative and respond on the dealer’s site, however responding to negative on the 3rd party review sites, specifically Google would help lift you’re Google score much more than reviews on the dealer site.
To the point of short circuiting negative complaints; why would you not capitalize on the moment you follow up via email, offering hot links direct to review sites like Google, and also welcome complaints from customers submitted to the Dealer. This protects your CSI, amongst a hundred other great things.
News Flash! I’m yet to see a disgruntled customer who submits an unsatisfied complaint that will also post on 3rd party sites. Why? They’ve voiced concern to the dealer and will give the dealer a chance to remedy the problem.
What worries me most are the looming problems for dealers, especially those who encourage customers to post an invaluable review on a web page other than Google or other highly ranked 3rd party review sites. I have found very few customer dealer review web pages that rank on the 1st page of Google when a “dealers name” with the keyword “reviews” is queried.
Every day I hear all the antics dealers use to capture feedback. One review building tactic that makes me cringe is allowing an outside reputation agency to collect customer feedback who then posts the reviews on behalf of the dealer from an I.P far from the dealership. Even if the agency is in town, the methodology is manipulative and not organic. If you’re not organic then don’t expect Google algorithms to give you the top ranking when your future customers are hunting for the best dealer using local search.
p.s go claim your top review listings before your competition does
Jerry Hart
eReputationBUILDER
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Wow! After 48 hours, I believe the jet lag is gone! And just under 48 hours (and waiting over an hour in the airport AFTER I spoke to someone) to FINALLY get my bags back from my trip to Dallas!! Aaahhhhh!!!
I'm still flying high, though, because I have so much energy from the Internet Sales 20 Group, which in my opinion was the most motivating 3 days of my life. I say my "life" because my "career" is only a tip of the iceberg. If you are not happy as a person, you will not be happy as a professional. Attitude does not start with an "A" by coincidence...it's because that's where it all starts!! I made some genuine connections with great people that I can't wait to see in Los Angeles at the next event and they have definitely changed my attitude for good!
To sum up 32 hours in 3 days of intense learning and sharing thoughts, great customer service rules the world, and everything else, including the sales, will come naturally!
Being in customer service myself, I find that I analyze others in the same profession daily. Sometimes, it benefits us to adjust our approach on the phone, and in order to do that, we need to make sure we understand where it all starts. I believe we all know this to be the obvious, but common sense isn't so common...right!!??
Case in point. I recently had an issue with a common furniture company. I called into the trusty "800" number, and after a few minutes playing with the "automated person" trying to tell a computer what my issue was, I finally got a human being! I wanted to exchange some office cubical pieces I ordered. I then got transferred to a guy in I-dont-know-what-country-land...that was absolutely no help. I had asked the company to return the pieces, or instead of returning them, just help me exchange for what I need. He proceeded to explain why he couldn't exchange the broken parts for new ones. After this conversation going nowhere for about 10-12 minutes, I then requested to speak to a supervisor that can help me....hopefully.
As if you didn't already get my point, the supervisor was even better at giving me reasons as to why they "couldn't do it" (GREAT at using 3rd parties as verification for procedure, just like we do in the car business with bank programs, vendors, and even state and federal regulations). I then realized I had to put my salesman cap on, and along with that comes "the sweet man voice" ...and for the record women, this works better for you than it does for us men! ;-)Remember the thing about bees with honey, as opposed to bees with vinegar...right?
I proceeded to put myself in her shoes, and bluntly asked to put herself into mine as the customer that spends a lot of money with her business. I literally asked her to "close her eyes, and imagine my frustration with having to deal with your company, that you charged me (and didn't disclose) a ridiculous amount of money to deliver furniture that I could have picked up (across the street). One piece was missing, another broken, and all I want is to do what my company hired me for...build an Internet Sales Department to help my business grow!!! ...and quite frankly, I hope you can appreciate that my time is money, and I don't like wasting money! I do not mean to have an attitude with you ma'am, but I'm really hoping you can make this better. Can you see what I am saying and appreciate where I am coming from?"
IMMEDIATELY, she put me on hold for less than 20 seconds, and came back with a 10% credit and refunded the WHOLE delivery charge! My new furniture is coming Next Friday, and I told her that I am very eCommerce savvy, and that she just turned the murderous review that I was about to put ALL over, into a satisfying experience that I appreciated her making right!Don't be afraid of bad reviews and irate customers! Even if we put our happy face on everyday, we can't please everyone, all the time. No matter how hard we try, there will be "that one". The real professional will acknowledge the objection, isolate it, and come up with a satisfying solution that helps both parties better themselves. If the customer is right, let's do the right thing. If the customer is wrong, then let's explain to them why it is, what it is. Use 3rd parties when evaluating trades, telling people interest rates, or even quoting price! "We have a cash price, retail (financing) price, and a leasing price...which one were you most interested in Mr./Ms. Customer..??"
Now you are asking an open ended question to find out what the customer's concerns are. When the prospect suggests a ridiculously high number for their trade, we can't tell them they are wrong and how it really is (as much as we want to). There is a right way and an even better way to handle every situation that arises. As Dr. Covey says to begin with the end result in mind, and simply handle every situation with the care it deserves. Without customers we wouldn't have a job!
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The first Internet Sales 20 Group in Chicago was a HUGE Success!
One of the MOST exciting workshops was conducted by Sherry Hale of Dealix.
Sherry did an awesome job explaining in detail, EXACTLY how a dealer goes and sets up a POWERFUL 3rd party provider strategy
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Tom Stuker, The Star Of The Hit Reality Show "Car Lot Rescue" Will Be A Speaker At The Internet Sales 20 Group
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Tom wasn't able to make the last Internet Sales 20 Group in Chicago but he called in and conducted a phone training session on the way to Cambodia (I am dead serious)
We are super excited to have Tom Stuker at the upcoming Internet Sales 20 Group. And Tom will be at the VIP Networking event at Eddie Deen's Ranch!
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Dealer Synergy President, Karen Bradley Interviews Scott Pechstein, National Sales Director Of AutoByTel At NADA 2013 from Dealer Synergy
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Dealer Synergy President, Karen Bradley Interviews Scott Pechstein, National Sales Director Of AutoByTel At NADA 2013
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