Conference Overview

Today’s new car business is a volume business. Front-end margins are in decline, and profitability often hinges on meeting the factory’s all-or-nothing performance targets. Learn how the most successful dealers become more efficient and market-precise as they stock, merchandise and price their new vehicle inventories.

Great businesses like your dealership are driven by several different factors such as brand, technology, infrastructure, and most of all, people. Learn the latest management strategies to get the best results out of each department in your dealership.

Great businesses like your dealership are driven by several different factors such as brand, technology, infrastructure, and most of all, people. Learn the latest management strategies to get the best results out of each department in your dealership.

Today’s consumer is more digital and more demanding than ever. They visit less than two dealerships before making a buying decision and almost two out of three customers would rather buy 100% online. Learn the keys to improving customer satisfaction, close rates and deal grosses on your showroom floor.

The average person is exposed to over 5,000 ad messages per day. Only 86 get any awareness and less than 12 ads get any engagement. That means your advertising blast has a 0.0024% chance of any engagement at all. Learn everything you need to create and refine a seamless omnichannel car buying experience that will better integrate your online and offline marketing efforts.

Today’s car buyer increasingly demands transparency in their online purchase experience. And while transparency is typically tied to a dealer’s pricing, the customers’ “perception” of transparency is often influenced by the ENTIRE experience (beyond just price). Learn the latest e-commerce strategies to create an outstanding online buying experience.

80% of potential car buyers are more likely to turn to social media than to a salesperson. 68% say they’ve purchased a car involving social media. Learn the latest strategies to grow leads from social media.

Gaining shopper intelligence is an art form and dealerships that are invested in learning what consumers are researching and shopping for will win in the new digital landscape. Learn how to better follow online shopper patterns, conquest leads that are in-market, recover leads that have previously been marked lost, and win over those who are shopping the competition.

By now, everyone has heard the news that the average consumer shops less than two dealerships in person prior to buying a vehicle. Conversion of opportunities is more important than ever in today’s automotive industry. In 2016, dealers are still struggling with this reality while some dealers implement BDC’s at the same time many others dismantle theirs. Learn effective strategies for maximizing inbound as well as outbound opportunities once and for all.

It’s a simple concept. The sooner you get your cars on the lot, the sooner they’re ready to sell. Easy enough. Buy, transport, recondition, take photos, create a description, upload to your website and third-party sites, put it on the lot. Learn the latest pre-owned strategies separating top dealerships from the competition.

It has been said that relationships are built and strengthened or destroyed in service drive. These relationships with the consumer are worth far more than any marketing ploy to generate revenue. Learn how your service department can reshape the customer experience to meet—if not exceed—rising consumer expectations.

Generation X & Y buyers live in a world of streaming data and electronic content and often become disinterested during traditional paper-based transactions. Learn how to adapt to the best technology resources to enhance the customer experience to achieve superior per vehicle retail profit while maintaining a defensible compliance strategy.