http://www.contactatonce.com The ContactAtOnce! auto dealer chat service helps car dealers generate more sales by utilizing auto dealer chat to engage online prospects. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Great post today on Cars.com's DealerADvantage blog entitled "Take Online Chat To The Next Level".   The Cars.com team wrote the post by summarizing key takeaways from the recent live webinar that featured Jim Flint, Corporate Director of Interactive Sales and Marketing for the John Eagle Family of Dealerships.  Our own Ed ... http://www.contactatonce.com/take-online-chat-to-the-next-level-dealeradvantage Today we went live with this consolidated blog that brings together the content from what were previously two separate blogs and provides us with a solid platform to support our future growth.  This conslidated blog assumes a format that is consistent with and fully integrated with the corporate website.     Our previous ... http://www.contactatonce.com/the-conslidated-contactatonce-blog-is-live Why outsource all of your automotive dealership instant messaging if you have salespeople working on commission? Think of your chats as you would your telephone calls. If a salesperson is available, they will answer; if they are busy the customer will leave a message or be rolled to someone to ... http://www.contactatonce.com/dont-over-complicate-automotive-dealership-instant-messaging Cars.com announced a webinar to discuss how to reach in-market car buyers with online chat and build effective processes for ongoing success. The free workshop, "Win the Sale With Online Chat," begins at noon EDT on Oct. 9. Read the full press release here. It includes a more detailed description and ... http://www.contactatonce.com/free-carscom-webinar-discusses-proven-tips-to-drive-sales-with-online-chat Today is a new day - a day of dealers focusing more on their own websites versus paying someone else to deliver internet leads to them.  So what does this mean for dealers?  The obvious thing is the need to get traffic to the dealership’s website and convert it into ... http://www.contactatonce.com/automotive-chat-for-auto-dealers-optimize-for-conversion The auto industry and those of us in it are certainly living through interesting times.  Dennis Galbraith of RevenueGuru.com released an impassioned video today entitled "Auto Dealer Pride".  Start the week and the month right by watching it. http://www.contactatonce.com/galbraith-on-auto-dealer-pride Today we announced that CarsDirect has licensed ContactAtOnce! and is making it available to all dealers with their premium advertising package at no additional charge.    If  you are already using ContactAtOnce! on your dealership's website or another 3rd party site, and you use CarsDirect, ask your rep to get you hooked up. If ... http://www.contactatonce.com/contactatonce-announces-license-agreement-with-carsdirect-3 Automotive vertical search provider CarsDirect licenses ContactAtOnce! chat service to increase interaction between consumers and car dealers. Atlanta, GA – September 21, 2009 – ContactAtOnce!, a leading provider of car dealer chat and other internet marketing tools that move online shoppers into live conversations with car dealers, today announced that CarsDirect, a ... http://www.contactatonce.com/contactatonce-announces-license-agreement-with-carsdirect Last month we featured a post about Dennis Galbraith's new business, RevenueGuru.    Dennis recently released a new white paper entitled "The Preference-Engagement Matrix" that we'd recommend to anyone involved with dealership marketing.  Yes, there's a chat angle (Dennis knows from his Cars.com experience that chat helps shoppers engage the dealership ... http://www.contactatonce.com/marketing-to-car-shoppers-get-educated We all know how wonderful live chat is and how it benefits the dealership; however, is it being used effectively? Every chat customer is a potential buyer and should be treated that way. Here are a few common sense tips that you already apply in phone conversations but are sometimes ... http://www.contactatonce.com/chat-basics-you-already-know-even-though-you-may-not-have-realized-it