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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5 VDP Best Practices to Boost Conversions
Sep 8, 2021
Erin Lomax, Cox Automotive VP Ops Consumer Marketplace
When you’re getting ready to list your cars both on third-party sites and your own website, stop. Take a step back and assess how you’re building your vehicle detail pages (VDP) and consider if it’s optimized for today’s customer experience. As […]
How to Build a Digital Dealership that Meets Customer Expectations
Aug 17, 2021
Erin Lomax, Cox Automotive VP Ops Consumer Marketplace
Let me start by saying that customer satisfaction with the car-buying process has increased since the beginning of 2020 for the first time in a very long time. This is a major accomplishment for our industry, […]
Is a 2021 Summer Vehicle Sales Slowdown Coming? Tips to Stay Ahead
Aug 2, 2021
The Autotrader Team
Traditionally — and under more normal circumstances — this is the time of year that car dealerships would be preparing for a summer slowdown. Peak demand in the auto industry […]
Personalization Is Key to a Better Car-Buying Experience
Jul 19, 2021
Greta Crowley
This time, it’s personal. Or … it should be when you’re talking about the car-buying process. Consumer expectations for a personalized shopping experience are at an all-time high (thanks, COVID), […]
How to Get the Audience Targeting Data Your Dealership Needs for 2021
Dec 11, 2020
Kevin LeSage, Director of Digital Marketing
Data strategy and audience targeting will be more critical than ever in 2021. Because this election and COVID-19 have changed our historical performance, year-over-year analysis comparing 2020 and 2021 will not be […]
Navigating Dealership Blind Spots Without a Rearview Mirror
Oct 21, 2020
Jade Terreberry, Director of Dealer Sales Analytics, Autotrader
What has the pandemic done to our industry? It has advanced how we use technology. It has forced us to be scrappier and smarter with our time and money than […]
Q4 Strategy: Expanding Used Vehicle Sales and Advertising Outside Your DMA
Oct 8, 2020
Kevin LeSage, Director of Digital Marketing
It’s been incredibly inspiring to see our industry adapt, improvise and overcome the myriad of challenges that 2020 has thrown at us, but as we enter Q4, it’s time to […]
How Vehicle Sanitization and Disinfection Can Drive Sales and Fixed Ops Revenue
Aug 19, 2020
The Autotrader Team
Early on in this pandemic, shelves were emptied of cleaning supplies, we were warned to wipe down our packages upon delivery, and handwashing became the hottest topic on social media. Basically, the world […]
Creating Demand: How to Drive Car Sales and Get More Used-vehicle Inventory
Aug 5, 2020
Jade Terreberry, Director of Dealer Sales Analytics, Autotrader
Every dealership I’ve talked to lately has had the same couple of things on their minds: how to get more used-vehicle inventory and how to get consumers to buy now. […]