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Falling for Snapchat

Snapchat is a major tool for reaching customers in the 18-24 age range. Many marketers and business owners are still learning the full power of Snapchat how it can creates 
a stronger brand through social engagement. 

On this week’s Hard Facts, get tips and tricks for how to infuse Snapchat with your current marketing strategy and reach more shoppers than ever. 

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How To Create Brand Loyalty

Tell Your Story

A story can separate a business from its competition by establishing a unique identity customers can relate to. This week, I'm analyzing the difference between a business with a real story and one that simply pushes price. 



Watch this week's Think Tank Tuesday to learn how you can create brand loyalty for your business with a unique story.  

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What Motivates You?

Find Your Motivation 

Today, I'm diving deep into the entrepreneurial mindset and what it means to be truly successful. There is more to being a successful business owner than money, and am sharing his own personal experiences to help you decide what your driving force for success is.

Tune in to the all new Think Tank Tuesday to learn the three successful phases all businesses experience and to learn how you can avoid losing the entrepreneurial spirit that so many others have.

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Do you have an online parts store yet?

This is the Missing Piece to Profit

The automotive marketplace is over-saturated, but don't panic. There's an additional revenue source you can implement now to boost profits.

On this week’s Hard Facts, Samantha has the strategy for capitalizing in your own backyard AND the rest of the nation. Are you ready to increase your revenue by $30,000 per month? It's easy if you pay attention.

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Your Ad Space is Disappearing

Make These Changes to Stay on Top of the Google Search Page


On Feb. 19, Google changed the look of their search page, decreasing the number of available advertising spots.

This week on Hard Facts, learn which ad spots are completely removed, which positions have changed, and the algorithm Google will now use to determine your ad’s position. See how this change can actually help you sell more cars for less money instead of running your budget dry.

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You don’t have to wait for a shopper to fill out a form before you reach out. Learning the shopper's body language lets you start the conversation earlier in the buying process and become the go-to authority first.

This week, Samantha shows you how to use a shopper's digital body language to engage that person much earlier in the buying process. 

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A New Way to Market for Free

How You Can Go Live Today!

Are you a salesperson or a business owner who wants a new way to market for free? Then watch this week’s Think Tank Tuesday.

This new strategy includes:

  • The next tool to market for free: Facebook Live Video.
  • How to use this new streaming service to sell more.
  • Why it’s better than any other streaming service.

And the best comments get a free membership to our Coffee Mug Strategies!

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Developing Content To Generate Sales

Make sure your site is accessible and resourceful to your clients.

Many dealers aren’t taking advantage of using content as a way to generate sales. On this week’s episode of Hard Facts, Samantha is covering how you can start implementing action items that will not only increase the resourcefulness of your site but will increase your SEO as well.

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Which Live Streaming Service is Best for You?

Facebook Live, Meerkat, and Periscope: Which Service is Best for You?

Facebook just launched its new live video service to compete with Meerkat and Periscope. How does this new tool stack up? How do you use it to engage car shoppers? Is it worth your time? Find out on this week’s Hard Facts.

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Why You Need a Personalized Homepage

Not every dealership and buying experience is the same, so why should you settle for a homepage that is exactly like the rest? Having one that stands above the rest helps to ensure your name, brand, and business stand above the rest.

Reason number one: dealerships are everywhere. This means their websites are everywhere as well. You need to give customers something they will remember and bring them back to you when they are ready to purchase. If you are sticking with your run of the mill website provider because “it’s good enough” or because “it’s just a website”, then you’re missing out on leads and customers.

Create eye catching web panels with outstanding offers to drive customers to view your inventory. Doing more than only using web panels found on your brand manufacturer website helps create a sense of urgency for your customers. It will also make you memorable.

Many of our clients have opted to incorporate a video into the header of their homepage in addition to their web panels. I know what you’re thinking: it sounds kind of busy. Wrong. This gives you the opportunity to further showcase your inventory and your dealership.

Reason number two: what makes you stand above the rest? Why should customers buy from you instead of the guy down the road? Show your customers why you’re better and why they should only come to you.

Showcasing your inventory front and center will certainly propel you ahead of the crowd. Whether you do this by utilizing a featured inventory scrolling feed or by using a quick inventory search tool, implementing features that make browsing inventory easier and quicker for your customers creates a lasting memory for them.

You shouldn’t have to settle for a website that is exactly like the rest. A plain white background with blue letters, given to you by the company you essentially settled for isn’t going to give you a big enough push ahead of the rest. Why? Because this is all they offer any of their clients.  

 We understand you have to make sure your brand is showcased front and center, but that doesn’t mean you should blend in with the same manufacturer dealership down the road. Your dealership identity is just as important.

These are only a few reasons from our list. If you feel like you’re missing out, we should talk

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First Thing I Would Change About Your Business

If I took over your company, here's what I would do immediately.

I get asked this a lot: what would I do if I were running your dealership? And I always know the my first move with every single dealership.

My changes will:
– Have customers asking about value, not price
– Turn your salespeople into consultants
– Make your dealership a community resource, not just a storefront
– Raise you above the competition without cutting profits

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Have You Dropped One Yet?

We Have the Secret to Boosting Sales and Service Leads

On this week’s episode of Hard Facts, Samantha has a way you can talk to customers who may not have patronized your dealership in the past using Ringless Voicemail Drops. Watch this week’s episode to learn more about this emerging technology and how to implement it now.

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You're Throwing Money Away

One Small Change to Increase Profitability

Want to get more leads and sell more cars? You don’t need to put on a huge, costly production. On this week’s Think Tank Tuesday, get the one strategy on your website you need to change right away.

Not tomorrow, today.

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Throw Away Your Thank You Page

Provide a brand new proposition to customers with a next logical step

If you’re like most dealers, you’re probably putting time and energy into developing thank you messages. Well, it’s time to trash the thank you page and start implementing a strategy that will actually help you bring customers to the next step in the buying cycle.

On this episode of Hard Facts, Samantha is providing you with the resources you need to continue having additional conversations with customers on your website EVEN AFTER they fill out the form. And that’s not all! She’s also sharing how you can then take this information and use it to build a progressive profile of shoppers on your website. Watch this week’s episode now.

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Are You A Weak Or Talented Sales Person

Here's what other salespeople are saying about being a talented seller

We’ve had a lot of responses on what makes as salesperson talented, and what makes someone weak. Paul has read all your responses and is ready to show you what is the key step to become a talented salesperson.

What you will get in this episode:
– Hear what the industry says you need
– Learn what you need to become a talented salesperson
– Also submit your struggles for some personal help from our team

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Is it Geo-Fencing or Geo-Targeting?
Every robust marketing strategy in 2016 needs Geo-Fencing AND Geo-Targeting; but what’s the difference? How do these two strategies work together to deliver specific and high-converting messages to shoppers everywhere?
 
On this week's episode of Hard Facts, Samantha is giving you the inside scoop. Watch it now!
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What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You...

Or Will It? Find Out Now!

When someone asks about marketing automation or inbound marketing, sometimes the best way to explain it is just to show them.

What you will get in this episode:

  • A firsthand look at how it works
  • How we build strategies using this technology
  • Successful campaigns we have implemented

Learn more by watching the video below and get our marketing automation and inbound secrets on this week’s Think Tank Tuesday!

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You Need an Online Parts Store for 2016

Integrated Parts Store on Your Website is Easy and a Must for 2016
 
The current state of the automotive marketplace is over-saturated, but you don’t need to panic. There’s an additional revenue source that you can start implementing to increase your profits.
 
On this week’s episode of Hard Facts, Samantha provides the strategy you can use to capitalize not only in your own backyard, but nationwide as well. Learn how digitizing your entire parts marketing strategy will allow you to increase your revenue by $30,000 per month.
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See the 12 Days of POTRATZ

The holiday season can be a stressful time a year both personally and professionally. We want to give you the opportunity to share a few laughs in an effort to help minimize some of that stress. 

Is the holiday season stressing you out? We get it. So we're sending y'all a way to share some laughs and reduce the holiday frenzy.

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