Posts filed under ‘Trade Show’
NADA Convention & Expo
Some of the partners with Better Car People recently traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada for the NADA Convention & Expo that took place February 3-6, 2012. The NADA Convention & Expo provides automotive industry personnel with franchise meetings, workshop sessions and shopping, all in one location.
Speakers at the convention included former President George W. Bush, inspiration for the film 127 Hours, Aron Ralston, Chrysler, LLC CEO, Sergio Marchionne and 2011 NADA Chairman, Stephen Wade. There were also over 40 workshops held at this years convention. Workshops ranged from ways to reduce your operating cost, lectures on driving traffic to information on improving Internet sales. NADA offered a little something for everyone!
Better Car People used NADA as an opportunity to meet with existing CRM vendors to explore new development of our core product, Overnight BDC and as a chance to explore how to integrate it with their systems further. We were also able to prospect some new relationships that will help move our product into even more dealerships in the coming year.
Another one of the highlights of the weekend included meeting former NBA player, Dr. J and former running back for the St. Louis Rams, Eric Dickerson.
We are already looking forward to NADA 2013 in sunny Orlando, FL. Will we see you there?
February 21, 2012
GM eSummit 4.0 Houston & Dallas, TX
We are looking forward to the Texas eSummit’s this week. Better Car People has a large number of dealers in the state of Texas and we know there are a number of them that don’t use our full line of products. As always our core product, Overnight BDC, is leading the way for our dealerships, and Overnight BDC for the Service department has been gaining strength all summer too. With our service product, dealers have been able to take control over Internet lead requests on the fixed operations side now more than ever. Our highly trained quality assurance representative act as the dealership staff when you are unable. We can set a tentative appointment for the store or let them know we will be confirming their scheduled service appointment by phone shortly. For our Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers, Better Car People will also send out an email for your GM OnStar notifications. This has been most helpful in getting business into the dealership.
GM eSummit 4.0 2011 tour dates:
St. Louis, MO – 8.18.2011
Houston, TX – 8.23.2011
Dallas, TX – 8.25.2011
Atlanta, GA – 9.8.2011
Greensboro, NC – 9.13.2011
Ft. Lauderdale, FL – 9.15.2011
Boston, MA – 9.20.2011
New York, NY – 9.22.2011
Baltimore, MD – 10.11.2011
Pittsburgh, PA – 10.13.2011
Detroit, MI – 10.18.2011
Minneapolis, MN – 10.20.2011
Chicago, IL – 10.25.2011
Columbus, OH – 11.3.2011
Los Angeles, CA – 11.8.2011
Phoenix, AZ – 11.10.2011
San Jose, CA – 11.17.2011
If you are going to be attending any of these upcoming eSummits, come hear all about Overnight BDC and our service response program. You can also visit www.bettercarpeople.com or call 888-620-1920 to talk to a sales associate.
August 24, 2011
Meet Me in St. Louie, at the GM eSummit 4.0
We’re kicking this years GM eSummit tour off in St. Louis, MO. Come join Better Car People at booth # 20 and see all the new enhancements we have made to our Overnight BDC product. Serving over 500 car dealerships across America with a fast quality Internet lead response for Sales and Service request.
We have made some new changes to our service responses to better assist with GM OnStar notifications. These changes will help engage the customer and move them closer to setting a service appointment. Alone with the improvements made to our core product Overnight BDC, we have also stream lined our Social Media product, Social Connect. This helps dealers maximize a car dealer’s Internet presence on Facebook, Twitter and through your own dealership Blog.
Better Car People is releasing a new product this fall called On Call. We are rolling it out on the GM eSummit tour this year. On Call is a on demand call center helping car dealers answer sales and service calls when you are unable. It’s a 24 / 7 / 365 service that reduce overhead and increase appointments and customer satisfaction.
For more information on Better Car People and our products. Overnight BDC, Overnight BDC for Service, On Call and Social Connect visit www.bettercarpeople.com
August 18, 2011
Digital Dealer 2011 in Orlando, FL April 19th. – 21st.
Better Car People will be at Digital Dealer in Orlando Florida from April 19th through 21st.
Contact Us for more information
April 13, 2011
Google Places is More Important than your Web Site
Changes in Google has made it imperative that you know how Places works
Google has recently made changes in search so that their business profile pages called Google Places shows as high as your own web site. You should expect that a great number of customers that plan to go to your web site will go to Places instead.
In this session you will learn:
- To take ownership of your Google Places page
- How to get customers to give you online reviews
- How to create a Google Alert
- How to use Google Places Analytics
- What other profile pages you should pay attention to
Matthew Belk is an online change agent. He specializes in making complex issues simple.We have a no-nonsense approach that will leave you with the practical knowledge to do these items yourself or hold a vendor accountable to do them for you.
Matthew Belk is an automotive change agent. His job is to take sometimes complex technology and theory and communicate it in a way that will help sell more cars. He is chief of ideas with Better Car People, home of Overnight BDC where they find innovative, cost effective ways to help dealers navigate the online jungle. With over 15 years experience in the automotive industry, Belk draws significant knowledge from his 11 years with the Hendrick Automotive Group, one of the nation’s pre-eminent dealer groups. Charged with heading up Hendrick’s eBusiness initiative, in 2007 alone, Belk helped drive an unprecedented 27,000 e-business sales.
April 13, 2011