Autotrader’s Dealer Advantage Blog offers digital marketing strategy, best practices for online advertising and virtual selling, and industry insights for automotive dealerships.

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How Auto Dealerships Can Navigate the Chip Shortage, Tight Vehicle Inventory
Industry Trends, Reports & Research Service & Repair
May 4, 2021
Jade Terreberry
Let the chips fall where they may. As supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a global chip shortage, carmakers and the automotive industry have been hit especially […]

Tips for Increasing Dealership Service Revenue This Quarter
Contactless Sales & Service Service & Repair
Jan 28, 2021
Kevin LeSage, Director of Digital Marketing
The majority of my client conversations revolve around front-end sales and generating high-quality audiences of in-market shoppers to target. But what about service and repair audiences? Service and repair is […]

Growing Your Fixed Ops Market Share
All Resources Best Practices & Tips Display Advertising Service & Repair
Nov 13, 2020
Jade Terreberry, Director of Dealer Sales Analytics, Autotrader
If you’ve been keeping up with our recent posts, you know that we’ve got our eyes on the ever-shifting shopping and buying expectations of today’s consumer. Today, let’s take a […]

Now and Beyond COVID-19: At-Home Vehicle Shopping, Sales and Service
Best Practices & Tips Contactless Sales & Service Digital Marketing Strategy Service & Repair
May 18, 2020
Kevin LeSage, Director of Digital Marketing, Autotrader
COVID-19 has forced the automotive industry to shift business strategies at an unprecedented rate to meet consumer needs. Seemingly overnight, Americans received shelter-in-place orders and non-essential businesses were mandated to […]

Maintenance From Your Door | Tips for Using Valet Service and Repair to Drive Fixed Ops Revenue
Best Practices & Tips Contactless Sales & Service Service & Repair
May 1, 2020
The Autotrader Team
Needless to say, the auto industry has seen enormous change in the last couple of months, but some things remain the same: Keeping service bays full is still essential for […]