This presentation, which was performed on October 10, 2013 at the Sherwin Williams Training center in Dallas, TX outlined how auto body shops can increase their sales and profits through the proper use of digital sales, marketing, communications, customer retention and referral tools, technologies and techniques.
4. Name:
Shop Name:
# of RO’s Per Month :
AVG RO$:
Closing Ratio:
Biggest Sales/Marketing
Challenge:
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6. Who are the eMarketing Sherpas ?
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CEO and Lead Sherpa Frank Terlep has
more than 30 years of experience in the
auto body and repair industries
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Designed/ developed more than 25 technology
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Certified digital marketing expert.
6 full time digital marketing, web, mobile
and mobile app developers
Complete web design, development and
SEO team
Social Media Marketing Expertise
Content Management and Curation
Expertise
Professional support and administrative
team
8. Today’s Discussion Topics
• Definition of Marketing
• What is Digital Marketing?
• Why is Digital Marketing a
Requirement for Success
in Today’s World?
• What is Your Opportunity?
9. Today’s Discussion Topics
• What is a ―Digital Consumer‖?
• What Benefits Can a Shop
Expect to Receive from Digital
Marketing?
• 12 Digital Marketing Tools Tools
Every Shop Must Consider
• Strategy Before Tactics
• Digital Marketing IS a Process
10. Today’s Discussion Topics
• How Much Time and Money
Should a Shop Spend on
Digital Marketing
• Who in the Shop Should ―Do‖
the Digital Marketing
• Your Digital Marketing ROI
• Introduction to Collision
Industry’s Full Service Digital
Marketing Solution
• Open discussion, Q&A
57. Marketing Should be a Systemized Process…….
Know
Like
Trust
Try
Buy
Repeat
Refer
• On-Line Articles, Videos, Blog
• PPC Ads
• Referrals, Social Media
• Web site, Facebook Page, Twitter, etc..
• Reception, Building, ETC…
• E-Newsletter
• Search, expert content ,Social Media
• Insurance, Dealer, Local Business referral
• On-Line Reviews, Ratings, Yelp, Your Site, ETC
• Introductory Promotions
• Freebies
• Educational clinics
• Service team
• New customer kit
• Finance/delivery
• Post repair survey
• Non-Collision Repair Services
• Customer Follow Up Communications and Offers
• Results reviews
• Strategic Partner intros
• Peer Comparisons and Track All Marketing Results
58. “Old School” Marketing VS Digital Marketing
• “Old School”
(The 4 P’s)
– Product
– Price
– Placement
– Promotion
• Digital Marketing
(The 4 C’s)
– Content
– Context
– Connection
– Community
59. What is Digital Marketing?
The practice of getting consumers and strategic relationships to
KNOW, LIKE, TRUST, TRY, BUY, REPEAT AND REFER your business
using digital tools, technologies and techniques and having the ability
to produce measurable results……..
62. Why is Digital Marketing Critically Important?
• 85% of the population are Internet Users
• 79% of the adult population uses email
• 97% of consumers do an Internet search
prior to purchasing a LOCAL product or
service
• 300 million people can send and receive
a text message
• Over 67% of population use Social Media
• More than 50% of population have a
smart phone with the forecast of 75% by
the year 2016
64. Why is Digital Marketing Critically Important?
• 85% of the population are Internet Users
• 79% of the adult population uses email
• 83% of consumers do an Internet search
prior to purchasing a product or service
• 300 million people can send and receive
a text message
• Over 67% of population use Social Media
• More than 50% of population have a
smart phone with the forecast of 75% by
the year 2016
65. Why is Digital Marketing Critical for Success In
Today’s Market Place?
• There are 112,000,000 Gen X and
Y that grew up in a “digital world”
• More than 40,000,000 Baby
Boomers are active Internet,
Email, Text and Social Media users
• There are more than 10,000,000
“Seniors” that are active Internet
users
68. How Can Digital Marketing & Retention Activities Help an Auto
Body Shop Capture More Cars, Customers, Revenue and Profit?
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Unsold Estimate Follow Up
Increased Referrals and Retention
Increased CSI Ratings and Reductions in CSI
Expense
Increased Sales of non-Collision Products and
Services
Agent Marketing
Strategic Partner Introductions
Increased Closing Ratios
More and Better Access to Gen X and Gen Y
More and Better Access to Smart Phone Users
More, Better and Direct Access to Consumers
When They Need/Want Your Service and
Expertise
69. Who is a Shop’s Digital Marketing & Retention Target?
Digital Consumer:
A A “Digital Consumer” is an individual
that uses smart phones, text messaging,
email, Face Book, My Space, LinkedIn,
Twitter, Google, You Tube, and other
digital and/or social media technologies
to…
a) perform their jobs,
b) communicate with business associates,
friends and family, or
c) educate and entertain themselves.
70. 13 Digital Marketing Tools Your Shop Should Use to
Capture More Customers, Revenue and Profit
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Your web presence
Content management and sharing platform
On-Line advertising - PPC
A powerful CRM/BRM system
An email marketing and retention platform
A text based marketing and retention
system
An automated unsold estimate follow up
and sales system
24/7 connectivity to consumers smart
phones
Social media tools and techniques
Validated customer reviews and ratings
Digital ads, promotions and e-coupons
A customer loyalty and retention system
Reputation management system
73. Your Website
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#1 Reason to build your website is to be found!
Your shop‟s website is your on-line/digital
lobby
5-15 Seconds
Call to Action
Include videos
Include sign up area for car care tips newsletter
(capture email address and mobile #’s)
Utilize QR Codes on any surface to draw
consumers to your site
Include reviews and ratings
Include digital ads, promotions and coupons
Create a Blog
Incorporate Google Analytics
You MUST have a Mobile site strategy
93. Website Design and Development Options
• Thousands of Local
Companies
• Summit eMarketing
Sherpas
• Optima Automotive
• Collision Builders
• Auto Body Guru
• Others
96. What Types of Content Can Be Shared?
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Text
Photos
Videos
Audio
Information
Experience
Conversations
Presentations
White Papers
Websites
Social Media Sites
Emails
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Text Messages
Webinars
Blogs
Anything
Infographics
Interviews
Articles
Reviews
How to’s
Lists
Links
Spam
97. Why is Content Important
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You and your shop positioned as experts
Digital solution for Know, Like and Trust!
Gives you an opportunity to stay in touch
and in front of your customers without it
always being about asking them to buy
something
Keeps your business ―top of mind‖
Great content is the first step for a sale
Create relationships
Good Content = Good Web Placement
(SEO/Search)
100. Search Engine Optimization
• More site traffic = more
customers!
• Your competitors are
doing it, or will
• 32.5% of people click on
the #1 search result
• Compare to 2.4% for the
#10 result
• Not on page 1? You’re
invisible… SORRY
102. Your Web Site(s)
Search Engine Optimization
• Search Engine Optimization:
– Optimizing your site to get to
the top of Google and other
search engines, or as close to
the top as possible, in order to
increase traffic the site receives
from search engines
– SEO is the process of taking a
page built by people and
making it easily consumable for
other people AND search
engine robots
108. Title Tags
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The title tag can only be 70 characters long (that’s all the search engine will even look at)
The first words are given most importance
The first words need to be “auto body”
Title tags should also be unique to every page
No extra words
111. Search Engine Optimization
SEO – Black Hat?
• What is ―Black Hat
SEO?‖
– Anything that artificially
boosts your position
– ―Cheating the system‖
– Anything that can get
you banned from
Google if caught
116. Search Engine Optimization
May „11
Jun '10
May '10
Jun '09
Search Engine Traffic
2,186
1575
1353
1106
Bounce Rate (Lower = Better)
39%
29%
29%
71%
Pages/Visit
Avg Time on Site
2.79
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3.5
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3.6
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1.9
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% of Pageviews Home Page
(Lower = Better)
29%
27%
28%
53%
"Estimate" Page Visits
509
363
345
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Stat
117. Social & SEO….
The news for anyone thinking about SEO is summed by this statement from Google – ―.
. .relevance isn’t just about pages—it’s also about relationships.‖ Google has officially
moved from playing with social search to altering the SEO landscape with it.
121. Your Web Site(s)Per
Pay
• SEM: Search Engine
Marketing
– Paying Google to place your
ad at the top of search results
– Costs $1.00 - $8.00+ per
click, depending on
competition
– Generates traffic today
– Excellent way to supplement
an SEO campaign
– We write ad copy, measure
conversion rates, optimize
landing pages
Click
122. Your Web Site(s)Per
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Pay per click (PPC) (also called Cost
per click) is an Internet advertising
model used to direct traffic to
websites….
Advertisers pay when an their ad is
clicked
Advertisers typically ―bid‖ on keyword
phrases relevant to their target markets
Some sites charge a fixed price per
click
PPC display ads are shown on sites or
search engines that show related
content
PPC is different then CPM (cost per
1000) s
Click
123. Your Web Site(s)Per
Pay
• SEM: Search Engine
Marketing
– Paying Google to place your
ad at the top of search results
– Costs $1.00 - $8.00+ per
click, depending on
competition
– Generates traffic today
– Excellent way to supplement
an SEO campaign
– We write ad copy, measure
conversion rates, optimize
landing pages
Click
126. Your Web Site(s)
Winning the Local Search Game
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90% of online commercial searches
result in offline bricks and mortar
purchases (comScore)
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82% of local searchers follow up
offline via an in-store visit, phone call or
purchase (TMP/comScore)
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74% of internet users perform local
searches (Kelsey Group)
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61% of local searches result in
purchases (TMP/comScore)
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54% of Americans have substituted
the internet and local search for phone
books (comScore)
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35% of all searches are local (DM
News)
127. Your Web Site(s)
Winning the Local Search Game
• Geo Based Content
• Community
Resources
• Local Contributors
• Local Landing
Pages
128. Your Webthe Local
Site(s)
Winning
Get Listed
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Data Compilers
Memberships
Getlisted.org
InfoUSA
Localeze
Universal Business Listings
Search Game
134. Why Use a Powerful CRM/BRM System
$2,000,000
870
7 Years
135. Why Use a Powerful CRM/BRM System
$500.00
870
$435,000.00
136. Why Use a Powerful CRM/BRM System
$435,000.00
7 Years
$3,045,000.00
75/25
$761,250.00
137. Why Use a Powerful CRM/BRM System
67%
23%
50%
43%
138. What Can/Should a CRM/BRM System Do
For Your Shop?
• Integrate with industry platforms
• Track and manage all communications,
activities, etc
• To Do’s
• Images, videos, other files
• Access to social media accounts
• Automated and scheduled email and
text message marketing communication
• Special promotions, digital ads and ecoupons
• Integrated CSI, survey, reviews and
reporting
142. What Type of Emails Should You Send?
• Emails to Unsold Estimates or
Repair Quotes
• Thank You Emails with
Integrated Customer Surveys
• 30 Day After the Repair Follow
Up
• Special Offer Emails
• How to Emails
• Auto Reply Emails
• New Service Offering Emails
143. What Type of Emails Should You Send?
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Quarterly Newsletters
Co-Marketing Emails
Internal Communications
Directed Emails:
Confirmation Emails:
Event Invitations:
Social Media Emails
Holiday Emails
Seasonal Emails
Use Your Imagination
144. Email Marketing and Communication
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According to Stan Rapp, the father of direct
email marketing, an email address is worth
$118.00 to a business
According the Direct Marketing Association,
email marketing generated an ROI of $43.62 for
every dollar spent on it in 2011.
Email is typically read at the recipients
convenience
More than 80% of consumers prefer to be
marketed to via email.
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3% via Twitter
Email is still the most powerful and productive
digital marketing tool!
Best tool for marketing, communication,
education, newsletters, special promos, etc
145. What Type of Emails Should You Send?
• Emails to Unsold Estimates or
Repair Quotes
• Thank You Emails with
Integrated Customer Surveys
• 30 Day After the Repair Follow
Up
• Special Offer Emails
• How to Emails
• New Service Offering Emails
146. What Type of Emails Should You Send?
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Quarterly Newsletters
Co-Marketing Emails
Confirmation Emails:
Event Invitations:
Social Media Emails
Holiday Emails
Seasonal Emails
Use Your Imagination
152. What is Mobile Marketing?
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Cell Phones
Smart Phones
Tablets
Other Mobile Devices
SMS
Apps
Location Based (GPS)
Mobile Advertising
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154. Mobile/Text Message Marketing and
Communications
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There are 300 MILLION mobile phones in
North America that can send/receive a text
message
98% of consumers read their texts in 3
minutes or less!!!
New and Novel
Less intrusive than phone calls
More effective than email
Creates a “buzz”
SMS/Text marketing has a 7-10% response
rate
Mobile number should be required during
vehicle check in process
Ideally used for vehicle status , important
communication, special promotions and
pricing
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157. Text Messaging System Options
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Summit eMarketPlace
CCC Update Plus
AutoWatch
Trumpia
EzTexting
Message Media
Btwext
Phizzle
SMS Platform
163. Stay Connected to Smart Phones
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More than 140 MILLION smart phones in
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By 2016 there will be more than 200 MILLION
The smart phone is considered the 3rd
screen (#1 TV, #2 PC)…Will soon be #1
The smartphone is rapidly becoming a
second computer, or for younger folks,
their primary computer
Most consumers would prefer to forget
their wallet/purse instead of their mobile
phone
All businesses need to “own” real estate
on consumer’s mobile phones
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166. Consumers can
view and share
status, images,
videos and notes
on their favorite
social media
sites!!!
Consumers
can contact
your shop via
email, text,
phone, or
your website
Consumers can
request an
appointment
167. Shop‟s can
even get their
own company
branded
apps…
(Optional)
Consumers can
get up to date
live traffic
updates
Consumers can
enter and store
insurance,
agent, policy
and vehicle
information
Consumers can
contact your shop
via email, text,
phone, or your
website
Consumers can
complete and email or
text accident reports
Consumers have
access to local
towing companies
and rental car offices
171. Social Media Usage
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn & Google+
Become your on-line community claims, repair
expert
Pre-write and schedule future posts
Include fun and interesting images and videos
Use hyper-targeted ads
Use location based advanced search
Reputation and Opportunity Management
Offer vehicle status via Facebook and Twitter
Post customer reviews and ratings to your
Facebook page
Install a “specials” app on your Facebook page
Post special promos, ads, and e-coupons to your
Facebook page
Contests, etc…
185. • Google+ is similar Facebook, and a bit like Twitter
• The look and feel of Google+ is lot like Facebook’s, which is Google
main target with this offering
• Follow people and businesses who interest you, whether they follow
you back or not
• Groups are divided into ―Circles‖, as in a circle of friends, family,
businesses
• Much like Facebook’s News Feed, updates from people you follow
show up in a stream of posts
186. Google+
Benefits For Business
• Enhanced awareness on Google of your presence online IF you
provide quality content, thus potentially boosted search rankings
• Get +1’d! The more you get the more Google pays attention to
you.
• Websites that use the +1 button get 3 ½ times the Google+
visits
• Use social sharing buttons on your site, this is a great way for
visitors to share your content on other social media sites
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Keep In Front Of People- Fewer users, fewer status updates
means that what actually is posted is more meaningful.
Sync Up- Sync your LinkedIn and Twitter accounts
Make Mutual Referrals- Work with other vendors in town and
mutually refer people to each other
Become part of and participate in Groups
192. • Search To Build Your Network- Find associations,
vendors, insurance agents, towing companies,
etc.
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201. • Step 1: “Listen” First….
• Step 2: What are your shop’s goals and
objectives with social media?
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Step 2A: Content, Content, Content
Step 3: Get everyone involved!
Step 4: Stay involved!
Step 5: Enjoy being ―social‖
202. Securing Fans/Followers
• Make up a flyer that is included in your paperwork
upon delivery of the vehicle, create QR codes
203. Social Media Marketing Companies and
Platforms
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Thousands of Local Businesses
Summit eMarketPlace
Summit eMarketing Sherpas
Optima Automotive
Hootsuite
Twitterfeed
SproutSocial
Oktopost
Hupspot
Hubshout
North Social
Wildfire
204. Capture and Utilize Customer Reviews and Ratings
• 82% of consumers would select a
repair facility based on customer
reviews and ratings
– Phone based surveys soon will be
extinct
– Reputation management is important
– Incorporate reviews on your website
– “Coach” customers during delivery
process on importance of providing
feedback and comments
205. THE MOST POWERFUL CUSTOMER SURVEY EVER!!!
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What made you decide to have your
car repaired at our business?
What one thing do you think we do
better than other companies you do
business with?
What is the one thing we can do
differently to create a better
experience for you?
Will you refer us to friends and family?
If so why?
What words would you use to “Google
Us”?
What service would you like us to add
to make your auto repair experience
more convenient?
206. Customer Reviews and Ratings Companies and Platforms
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Summit eMarketPlace
AutoChecx
Ten Point Complete
CynCast
Fix Auto
CCC UpdatePlus
Autowatch
Auto Body Review
Sure Critic
Yelp
Google+
Many others
207. E-Ads, Promotions and Coupon Platform
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E-Ads, Promotions and e-Coupons are
Extremely Popular with Consumers
Groupon, Living Social and many others are
“training” consumers
Create, manage, track and report on eAdvertisements, Promotions and Coupons
Email or Text e-Ads, Promotions and
Coupons via a link or use HTML
Post e-Ads, Promotions and Coupons to your
shop’s website or Facebook page
Add a “Specials” app to your shop’s
Facebook page
Create your own coupons
Immediate Ad and Promotion performance
measurements!
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209. E-Ads, Promotions and Coupon Platforms
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Summit eMarketPlace
Groupon
Living Social
Coupons.com
Many others
213. How Much Time and $$$ Should a Shop Spend on
Digital Marketing?
214. How Much Time and $$$ Should a Shop Spend on
Digital Marketing?
To catch
―big‖ fish you
have to ―go
fishing‖
where the
―big‖ fish
hang out….
We Believe Most
Shops Should
Focus 70% of
Their Effort and
70% of Their
Overall
Marketing/
Advertising
Budget on Digital
Marketing
217. Who in your organization has the following
knowledge, skills and time..
…Content creation
…Knows and understands Wordpress and html
…Graphic design
…Search engine optimization
…Social media for business (not how to post to
friends)
…DOES YOUR SHOP HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA
POLICY?????
…Email and text marketing system
…Mobile marketing (phone apps)
…Mobile marketing (mobile website)
…Local competition
…Planning
…Local PR connections
…Sales, marketing and referral processes
221. Important Digital Marketing and
Retention Strategies and Processes
• Company Marketing,
Revenue and Profit
Objectives
• Your Company SWOT
• Your Company Vision
• Ideal Customer Description
• Your Company’s Talking
Logo
222. Important Digital Marketing and
Retention Strategies and Processes
• Your Company Case Statement
• What Makes Your Company
Different
• Your Company’s Brand and
Identity
• Your Story
• Your Product and Service
Offerings
• Your Process
223. Important Digital Marketing and
Retention Strategies and Processes
• Are You Committed to
Marketing Your
Business?
– MUST Invest .5 – 5% of
Gross Revenues
– 10-30 Minutes Per Day
– Are You Prepared to Hire
Your Weakness?
224. 5 Marketing Mistakes Most Auto Body and
Repair Shops Make
1. Not creating and using a marketing
plan
2. Not differentiating their business from
the competition
3. Not having a systematic referral
generating system
4. Not communicating and marketing to
your current customers
5. Not understanding you are in the
business of marketing your company
and services
228. What Happens if Your Shop Does Not Implement
Digital Marketing ?
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Tomorrow – MAYBE NOTHING
Miss access to fastest growing
demographic in North America and
“best” shop customers
Become more dependent on DRP
relationships
Lose more control of your business
Lose customers to competition,
other DRP programs, natural losses
Experience more and more erratic
revenue spikes and drops
Miss additional revenue and profit
opportunities
229. 13 Digital Marketing Tools Your Shop Should Use to
Capture More Customers, Revenue and Profit
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Your web presence
Content management and sharing platform
On-Line advertising - PPC
A powerful CRM/BRM system
An email marketing and retention platform
A text based marketing and retention
system
An automated unsold estimate follow up
and sales system
24/7 connectivity to consumers smart
phones
Social media tools and techniques
Validated customer reviews and ratings
Digital ads, promotions and e-coupons
A customer loyalty and retention system
Reputation management system
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232. What is e-MarketPlace?
• A web, mobile and
social media based
sales, marketing,
communications,
productivity and
customer retention
platform
233. Where Does e-MarketPlace “Fit” in a Collision Repair
Business?
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Shop Management
Accounting Software
Sales, Marketing,
Communication
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Retention
234. How Does eMarketPlace Deliver on Its Promise of More
Customers, Revenue & Profit?
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Improves Sales and Closing Opportunities
Increases Sales of Additional Products and
Services
Increases Customer Referrals
Reduces, Eliminates CSI Expenses
Improves Office Personnel Productivity
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Improves Communications
Improves Social Media Presence and
Performance
Improves Agent, Insurer, Dealer, Fleet and
other B2B Communications
Improves Access to Gen X, Y and Mobile
Users
Improves Scheduling Options
Automatically Creates Valuable Business
Asset
236. Automated Interface with Industry Platforms Builds
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a Valuable Business Asset..A CRM System
237. Use the eMarketPlace Automated Unsold Estimate Follow Up and Sales
System to Improve Your Shop‟s Sales Opportunities
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238. Automated Unsold Estimate Follow Up and Sales
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Unsold Estimate Text
Message
Unsold Estimate Email
239. Use Our Email, Text, Facebook and Web Based Digital Ads, Promos and
eCouponing Platform to Generate Additional Sales and Profit and Keep
Consumers Coming Back to Your Shop!
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240. We Turn Your Estimating Platform into a CRM System and Your Boring
Email System into a Powerful Sales, Marketing and Branding Tool!
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241. Stop Paying $3.00 Per Call to Piss Off Your Customers!!!! Use Our
Integrated CSI, Reviews, Ratings and Reporting System
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242. Let Your Office Staff Go Mobile!
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245. Improve Consumer, Insurer, Agent, Dealer, Fleet and Other B2B
Marketing and Communications with the Industry‟s First and Only CRM
Platform
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246. Protect Your Company‟s On-Line Reputation with
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247. Utilize 125+ Templates in Our 2-Way Email & Text Message
Marketing and Communication Platform
248. We Turn Your Customer‟s Smart Phones into Powerful
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Sales, Marketing, Branding and Communication Tools
249. We Turn Your Customer and Website into Your Shop‟s Best
Social Media Marketers!
250. Make it Easier for Consumers to Request Appointments with the
eMarketPlace Appointment App for your Shop‟s Facebook Page,
Website and Mobile App
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251. Track Your Shop‟s Salesstyle Marketing
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Success with More than 35 KPI‟s
252. Track Your Shop‟s Salesstyle Marketing
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Thanks everyone for their time and interest. If you are interested in getting more details on how we can help your shop capture more cars, customers, revenue and profit through digital marketing call us at 888.377.2661, visit our website at www.summitsoftwaresolutions.com or send us an email at sales@summitsoftwaresolutions.com
Thank everyone for attendingOver the next 60 minutes I am going to share 10 ways, tools and techniques your auto body must consider to capture more cars, customers, revenue and profit thru digital marketing
If your business is interested in more customers, revenue and profit you are in the right place. Our mission is simple but powerful….. help auto body and repair shops capture, service and retain more customers, revenue and profit through digital marketing tools, technologies and techniques.
Summit eMarketingSherpas delivers several products and services designed to help auto body and repair shops capture, service and retain more customers, revenue and profit!
During today’s session we plan to cover the following topics.
During today’s session we plan to cover the following topics.
During today’s session we plan to cover the following topics.
So what is the opportunity ?
Before we discuss the tools and techniques for successful digital marketing let me define it…
Before we discuss the tools and techniques for successful digital marketing let me define it…
So why should an auto body shop care about, tap into, service and market to “digital consumers in their local markets? 1. At least 50% of consumers DO NOT have their vehicles repaired in DRP shop. This means 50% of all consumers are “up for grabs” when it comes having their vehicle repaired at your shop!!! 2. There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of “digital consumers” in the North American market…This is the fastest growing demographic segment in North America!!!!!Here are a few statistics…Do you need any other reasons???????
So why should an auto body shop care about, tap into, service and market to “digital consumers in their local markets? 1. At least 50% of consumers DO NOT have their vehicles repaired in DRP shop. This means 50% of all consumers are “up for grabs” when it comes having their vehicle repaired at your shop!!! 2. There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of “digital consumers” in the North American market…This is the fastest growing demographic segment in North America!!!!!Here are a few statistics…Do you need any other reasons???????
So why should an auto body shop care about, tap into, service and market to “digital consumers in their local markets? 1. At least 50% of consumers DO NOT have their vehicles repaired in DRP shop. This means 50% of all consumers are “up for grabs” when it comes having their vehicle repaired at your shop!!! 2. There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of “digital consumers” in the North American market…This is the fastest growing demographic segment in North America!!!!!Here are a few statistics…Do you need any other reasons???????
So why should an auto body shop care about, tap into, service and market to “digital consumers in their local markets? 1. At least 50% of consumers DO NOT have their vehicles repaired in DRP shop. This means 50% of all consumers are “up for grabs” when it comes having their vehicle repaired at your shop!!! 2. There are HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of “digital consumers” in the North American market…This is the fastest growing demographic segment in North America!!!!!Here are a few statistics…Do you need any other reasons???????
How can these 10 tools help your shop capture more cars, customers, revenue and profit . Review list
THE FASTEST GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC IN NORTH AMERICA…THE DIGITAL CONSUMERWHAT IS A DIGITAL CONSUMER? Read definitionI am going to guess you know many family members, friends, business associates and customers that fit this description
This should always be near the top of the page, big and bold. Never hide it below the scroll line or on another page. You’ll lose visitors if you do which means you’ve lost the chance to get that job.
Directing visitor behavior is what this is all about. Phone number, “Request an Estimate”, “Request and Appointment”, “Find Us” are all considered Calls to Action.
Directing visitor behavior is what this is all about. Phone number, “Request an Estimate”, “Request and Appointment”, “Find Us” are all considered Calls to Action.
Directing visitor behavior is what this is all about. Phone number, “Request an Estimate”, “Request and Appointment”, “Find Us” are all considered Calls to Action.
Directing visitor behavior is what this is all about. Phone number, “Request an Estimate”, “Request and Appointment”, “Find Us” are all considered Calls to Action.
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
Is there any doubt what this website is all about? If it is abundantly clear to you what this site is about it will be abundantly clear to search engines, too.
This dealer group had many different dealerships. Their developer cloned the body shop site on each one. Google disregarded all of these but one as a result, NOT GOOD! The content on your site needs to be unique. You cannot copy it onto Yelp, or Facebook or anything else without risking your search engine rankings.
Here’s an example. The field at the bottom looks blank, right? Check the next slide…
When we held our left mouse button and dragged down we found all of this hidden text in the background, all keywords intended to artificially pack this space with non-public viewed content. Search engines will, eventually, figure this out and blacklist this site unless they do something about it, which they did. They were not aware that their web provider had done this.
This shop also was unhappy with their search results. Extensive SEO work was done and the results were remarkable, as the following slides will reveal.
On the right side are the benchmark rankings. Dashes mean the site didn’t rank in the top 250 results. Left side was the result of extensive SEO work on the site. Look at all the number 1’s! Look at all the page one’s (top 10). This translates into significantly more traffic to the site.
And the results kept getting better and better. In May of 2011 this shop received 509 requests for estimates and closed a good number of them. Think maybe this shop was pleased with the investment they made in SEO?
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
The next digital marketing tool, technique and process your shop needs to pay attention is your over all web presence Review slide, show what help I crashed my car offers with regard to wen presence
There are typically 4 assets in a small businessYour employeesYour propertyThe equipment in your shop and…..Your customer base! While most collision repairers do a good job insuring their employees, property and equipment assets are helping them meet their business and personal goals and objectives……………….most shops do a horrible job of managing, marketing to, connecting with, retaining and generating additional revenue and profits from oen of their most important business assets…a customer database!
Whether you are a DRP shop or not, you see, speak with and service hundreds of customers per year…If you are a DRP, insurers are delivering consumers to your shop and, for the most part you DO NOTHING to retain, market to, connect with and generate additional revenue and profit from these customers! If you are not a DRP shop you are also probably guilty of this gross mismanagement of your customer database as well!
Whether you are a DRP shop or not, you see, speak with and service hundreds of customers per year…If you are a DRP, insurers are delivering consumers to your shop and, for the most part you DO NOTHING to retain, market to, connect with and generate additional revenue and profit from these customers! If you are not a DRP shop you are also probably guilty of this gross mismanagement of your customer database as well!
The first and one of the most important steps in a successful digital marketing, advertising and retention strategy is the creation, management and utilization of a digital marketing database. The good news is most shops already have the data collection platforms necessary to capture the data, we provide the database and tools to leverage this data. Review Help’s capabilities
So why it is so important to build a digital marketing database? Review #’s…
So why it is so important to build a digital marketing database? Review #’s…
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The idea behind the RepairConnect apps is to provide shops with a unique and powerful sales, marketing, communications and social media marketing tool for smart phone, tablet and social media users. Today more than half of the population owns a smart phone, 35% own a tablet and 67% use social media sites! RepairConnect makes it easy for a consumer to view and share…..Contact your shop or request an appointment…
RepairConnect also provides several other useful tools a consumer might need/use when they are driving or traveling! Shops can even choose to create their own private branded apps!
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Now that we have reviewed tool and processes the next question most shops ask is how much time and $$$ should I invest in digital marketing?Review #’s and then show 80%
Now that we have reviewed tool and processes the next question most shops ask is how much time and $$$ should I invest in digital marketing?Review #’s and then show 80%
Now that we have reviewed tool and processes the next question most shops ask is how much time and $$$ should I invest in digital marketing?Review #’s and then show 80%
In addition to digital marketing tools, shop must also implement processes to support their efforts. Remember Develop a strategy and processes before tactics
In addition to digital marketing tools, shop must also implement processes to support their efforts. Remember Develop a strategy and processes before tactics
In addition to digital marketing tools, shop must also implement processes to support their efforts. Remember Develop a strategy and processes before tactics
So what is the opportunity ?
So what is the opportunity ?
Do you NEED to implement a digital marketing strategy?Review list…..Another question I am always asked is…switch slides…
In this short video I am going to show you how eMarketPlace can help your auto body shop capture, service and retain more customers revenue and profit and…Improve your Communications with the consumerImprove Your Shop’s Social Media Presence and Performance Improves Agent, Insurer, Dealer, Fleet and other B2B Communications Improve Access to Gen X, Y and Mobile UsersImprove Your Shop’s Scheduling Options Automatically Creates Valuable Asset for your Business
So what is eMarketPlace? Technically it is a mobile and web based sales, marketing, communications, productivity and customer retention automation platformSo what does that mean to an auto body or repair shop owner? It means……It helps your shop deliver better customer service, generate additional sales revenues and profits, improves your shop’s branding, referral and retention activities, and improves productivity while reducing expenses!
So where does e-MarketPlace “fit” in my business? Good Question…Let me try to compare our e-MarketPlaceplatfom to other systems your shop is probably already using today. Your shop is probably using one or more automated estimating systems to document and estimate vehicle damage and in many cases your shop is using that same estimating platform to communicate with and invoice insurance companies Your shop may also use a shop management system to help you manage scheduling, production, job costing, technicians and more…….finally my guess is your shop also uses accounting software like quickbooks, business works, peachtree or others to manage the financial performance of yourbusiness.While all of these systems play an important part in your business none of them are designed to help your shop capture, service and retain more customers, revenue and profit…E-MarketPlaceis the collision industry’s first and only AUTOMATED system designed to help your shop improve sales, marketing, communications and customer retention results which ultimately leads to more customers, revenue and profit!
So how does eMarketPlace Deliver on its promise ? Read slide
The simple answer is….Virtually any type of sales, marketing, communication and customer retention activity an auto body or repair shop would do on-line with consumers, agents, insurers, dealerships. fleets or other local business. The best news is….once e-MarketPlace is configured most of these powerful capabilities are automated, which means you or your staff don’t have to become digital marketing experts to receive the benefits.Let’s review some of key features and benefits your shop receives from the eMarketPlace platform
First and most importantly eMarketPlace integrates with and imports every file your shop writes in the most industry platforms. We all know it costs 8 times more to capture a new customer than an existing customer PLUS every customer has influence of 4.2 vehicles owned by family, friends and associates AND we know every customer who had their vehicle repaired at your shop over the last year is going to spend, on average, $1000.00 their car next year. WITHOUT a usable customer database your shop is missing tremendous sales, profit and referral opportunities!
Based on our research most shops don’t have or use a formal unsold estimate follow up process. We also know that the industry average for closing ratio is 65%. This means a “typical” shop with annual sales of $2.0M MISSES 468 sales opportunities EVERY year! The eMarketPlace Unsold estimate follow up and sales system will improve your shop’s sales opportunities!
We use a combination of email and text messaging to touch every unsold estimate at least 3-5 times during the 7-10 days after the consumer visited your shop!
The eMarketPlace digital ads, promotions and ecouponing system will generate sales of non-collision repair products and services from your existing customer base AND keep your customers coming back to your shop during the 7-10 years between accidents!
eMarketPlace is an automated loyalty, referral and retention platform that educates your customers, makes it easy for your customers to refer your business and keeps your shop’s brand in front of your customers, AUTOMATICALLY for up to 10 years between accidents!
According to JD Powers consumers are phone surveyed OUT. Reduce or replace your phone based CSI provider with our email or text based CSI, Reviews and Ratings platform. Create your own surveysProvide automated offers for those that respondGenerate detailed reports INCLUDING Net Promoter Score results You can even share customer comments on your website and facebook page!
Chances are you and your employees use a smart phone and/or tablet. The eMarketPlace platform has been designed for the mobilized shop…
Think of the eMarketPlace CRM (Customer Relationship Management) platform as a a relationship management, communication and retention platform for consumers, local agents, insurers, dealerships,fleets and other local businesses. If your shop is marketing to, servicing and communicating with any of these entities you need a system to manage those relationships.
If you are not monitoring what is being said about your shop on-line your reputation could be getting damaged and don’t even know it. The eMarketPlace reputation management system monitors more than 85 social media sites for posts about you, your business, your employees, your competition and more and then emails you a daily report on what was posted, when and where it was posted. eMarketPlace even takes you directly to the location and link of the post so you can respond promptly and professionally.
When it comes to digital marketing content is king. eMarketPlace comes with more than 125 predesigned and pre-written email and text messages so you and your team don’t have to start from scratch!
"The world is going mobile and social and RepairConnect helps repairers in both areas.” Terlep continued, "With more than 50% of the population already using smart phones, 34% owning tablets, and 67% participating in social media RepairConnect provides auto body and repair shops a single tool that addresses three of the biggest marketing and communication opportunities in the world today!
Consumers need and want your service no matter what time of day or where they are located. eMarketPlace allows consumers to request appointments with your shop via your website, Facebook page, the RepairConnect app or your own custom mobile app!
As you know..if you don’t measure you can’t improve..eMarketPlace delivers a daily visual KPI dashboard via email so you know how your sales and marketing initiatives are working!
Unlike other industry software, eMarketPlace is focused on helping you capture, service and retain more cusrtomers….revenue….and profit. By focusing in your existing customer base and existing b2b relationships a typical shop with $2.0 MM in annual sales could expect more than $50,000 in additional revenues in Year 2 of an eMarketPlace implementation.
If you are like most auto body and repair shop owners you now want to know how much eMarketPlace is going to cost your business. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Your shop can begin benefitting from eMarketPlace for an investment of less than 50% of a SINGLE average repair order.That right for less than $1000.00 your shop can begin implementing eMarketPlace immediately and for less than $5.00 per day you can hire eMarketPlace to perform a vast majority of your shop’s digital marketing, communications, customer retention and referral activities for LESS THAN $5.00 PER DAY!Where else can your shop receive an ROI ratio of 28:1??????
Want to learn more? Call us at 888.377.2661 EXT 102, email us or visit our website to get a FREE demonstration.Thanks for your time and we look forward to helping your business capture, service and retain more customers, revenue and profit.