Generation “C” is not a demographic. It's everyone. Your existing and potential customers are all connected, and in control. Today’s connected consumers require all businesses, including collision repairers to connect, communicate, market to, sell and service them in the same ways they connect and communicate! Frank Terlep, CEO and Lead Sherpa of Summit eMarketing Sherpa’s, facilitated this session for an AKZO Acoat Meeting in Wilmington,NC and helped attendees understand the tools, technologies and techniques today’s auto body and repair shops need to utilize to connect with, communicate, market to, sell and service today’s “connected consumer.”
6. • 6 full time digital marketing, web,
mobile and mobile app developers
• Complete web design,
development and SEO team
• Online Review and Reputation
Service
• Social Media Marketing Service
• Content Management and
Curation Expertise
• Professional support and
administrative team
How Do We Do What We Do?
11. Today’s Agenda
Industry Overview and Present Situation
Strategy Before Tactics
Marketing – Definition
- Traditional VS Digital Marketing
New Sales, Marketing & Customer Service Strategies,
Processes, Tools and Technologies
Today’s Consumer
12. Today’s Agenda
12 Web, Social, & Mobile Every Auto Body and Repair Shop
Should Consider
New Sales, Marketing & Customer Service Strategies,
Processes, Tools and Technologies
CRM Systems – What, Why and How Important
What’s In it For the Shop
8 Ways Shops Can Beat Bigger Competitors
Q&A
21. The World Our Businesses Operate In
Today
• Changing
• Consolidating
• More Repairs to Less
Shops
• Margins Shrinking
• KPI’s Increasing
• Consumer Driven
• Technology Driven
• Data Driven
25. New Sales, Marketing and Customer Service
Strategies, Processes, Tools, and Technologies
26.
27. • "Strategy without
tactics is the slowest
route to victory.
Tactics without
strategy is the noise
before defeat”
~ Sun Tzu.
28. • S…W…O…T…
• Who is your ideal customer?
• What makes you different than your competition?
• What is your company’s growth strategy?
•What is your company’s web, social and mobile strategy?
32. How to Find Your Differential
Advantage? Just Ask….
• What would you Google?
• What made you decide to hire us?
• What’s one thing we do better?
• What’s one thing we could do better?
• Would you refer us and why?
33. What is Your Company’s Sales, Marketing
and Customer Service Strategy?
37. Traditional Marketing VS Web, Social & Mobile
• “Traditional”
(The 6 P’s)
–Product
–Price
–Placement
–Position
–People
–Planning
• Web, Social & Mobile
(The 4 C’s)
–Content
–Context
–Connection
–Community
57. • Improves Closing Ratios
• Increases Referrals and
Retention
• Increases Sales of Products
and Services
• Brand and Reputation
Management
• Improves Review Processes
and Results
• Improves Agent and Business
to Business Marketing
60. 1. Your web presence
2. SEO
3. On-Line advertising – PPC
4. Local search site optimization
5. An automated unsold estimate
follow up and sales system
6. An email marketing and retention
platform
7. A text based marketing and
retention system
8. Mobile marketing, branding and
communication platform
9. Online Reviews
10.Social media tools and techniques
11. On Line Video
12. CRM Platform
12 Affordable Web, Social and Mobile Tools EVERY Auto
Shop Should Consider Using
64. The Shop’s Website
• Your shop’s website is your on-
line/digital lobby
• #1 Reason to have a website is
drive business t o your door
• SEO
• Social Media
• 5-15 Seconds
• Call to Actions
• Include videos
• Include a Blog
• Utilize QR Codes on any surface to
draw consumers to your site
65. The Shop’s Website
• Include appointment options
• Include repair status options
• Integration with social media sites
• Include reviews and ratings
• Include digital ads, promotions and
coupons
• Incorporate Analytics
• You MUST have a Mobile site strategy
• Turn your website into a Social Media
Marketing Tool, Sales Tool,
Communications Tool, and Customer
Service Tool
66.
67. Call to
Actions
Social Media &
Sharing
Svcs/Certificatio
ns
Reviews
Before and After
Videos
Blog
Keyword Focused
Content
84. • 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
Pay Per Click
85. • 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
Pay Per Click
97. • 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
What Type of Emails Should You Send?
98. • Quarterly Newsletters
• Co-Marketing Emails
• Internal Communications
• Directed Emails:
• Confirmation Emails:
• Event Invitations:
• Social Media Emails
• Holiday Emails
• Seasonal Emails
• Use Your Imagination
What Type of Emails Should You Send?
106. • 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
Mobile/Text Message Marketing and
Communications
113. Mobile Marketing Recommendations
You MUST have a Mobile Website
Text Messaging is required today
• Unsold Estimate Follow Up
• Vehicle Repair Status
• 7-10% Promotion Response Rate
Smartphone App
• Real estate with the consumer
• Communications, Branding, & Retention
118. • Just Ask!
• Provide Options
• Use Signage
• Use POS Information
• Remember it’s a Numbers
Game
• Display Reviews in Lobby
• Include as Part of Overall
Process
Ask for Feedback- Get More and
Better Reviews
119. • Use email and text after
delivery
• Send up to 3 times
• Include links and QR codes on
customer documents
• Include review page on
website
• Offer POS materials
• Use signage in lobby
• Big screen with scrolling
reviews behind welcome desk
Ask for Feedback- Get More and
Better Reviews
120.
121. • 72% of all Internet users are
now active on social media
• 89% of those between 18 and
29 years old are social media
users
• 72% of individuals aged 30 to 49
are engaged in social media
• 60% of people between 50 to
60 years old are active on social
media
• 43% of those 65 years old and
above are engaged in social
media
• 71% of users access social
media from a mobile device
Why is Social Media Marketing Important to
Auto Body and Repair Shops?
122.
123.
124. • Online reputation
management entails
establishing,
maintaining, repairing
and monitoring the
publicly available
online information
about an individual or
organization.
Reputation Management
Defined…
125.
126. • Take ownership, have a plan
• Respond to ALL reviews
• Your responses should not be
generic
• Short, simple and sweet
• Leave your personal emotion out
of your reply
• Don’t offer gifts or bribes
• Take the conversation off-line
• Don’t sell
React & Respond
127.
128. • Don’t ignore them
• Don’t expect a lot of
responses
• Don’t pay or offer
incentives
• Do not use kiosks in the
lobby (YELP)
• Don’t create fake reviews
• Don’t overreact
• Don’t keep the conversation
going online
What NOT TO DO
132. Where Does a CRM Platform “Fit” in a Collision Repair Business?
Estimating
Systems Shop Management
Accounting
Software
CRM Platform: Sales.
Marketing,
Communications,
Customer Service
135. • Automates and Manages a
Shop’s Web, Social and
Mobile Activities
– Unsold Estimate/Quote
Follow Up and Sales System
– Website and Integration
– On-Line Appointments
– Email Marketing & Retention
– Text Messaging & Retention
– Social Media Integration and
Management
– Digital Ads and Promotions
– Mobile Apps
– Customer Reviews
– Reputation Management
What is a Auto Body CRM System?
138. The Connected Consumer and their
Impact on your shop’s short & long-term ROI
• 45%
• $500
• 4.2
• 5-10 years
• 11.4 years
• 29%
139. 1. Sell Additional
Services to
Previous Customers
2. Improve Closing
Ratios
3. Increase Referrals
Three (3) Simple CRM ROI Areas
140. 1. 2% of Last Year’s
Customers Return for
$150.00 Service
2. 2% of Unsold Estimates
Return for Repairs
3. Additional 2% of Last
Year’s Customers Refer
Your Business
Three (3) Simple CRM ROI Areas
141. • $41,770.00 in Additional
Annual Revenue
• $2,984.00 in Additional
Monthly Revenue
• 601% ROI
Auto Body Shop Revenue Increase and
ROI $1.5M in Annual Sales
Note: Numbers based on 62 RO’s per month, average RO of $2000.00 and closing ratio
of 70%
And….todays consumer spends a majority of their connected life on their mobile devices
So where does e-MarketPlace “fit” in my business? Good Question…
Let me try to compare our e-MarketPlace platfom 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-MarketPlace is 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!