Now that almost 90% of consumers search online for local business, almost 70% use a smart phone, almost 75% participate in social media, over 90% check their email and text messages daily and 79% trust online reviews as much as personal recommendation, independent auto body and repair shops can use these tools to increase sales, customer counts and referrals.
Session participants were introduced to how a website, email, text messaging, social media and online reviews can help them grow their business in today’s competitive and consolidating market.
Automechanika: How to Use Digital Marketing to Grow Your Business in a Consolidating Market
1. How to Use Digital Marketing to Grow Your
Business in a Consolidating Market
Frank Terlep: Lead Sherpa
Sponsored By: Summit eMarketing Sherpas
2. How to Use Digital Marketing to Grow Your
Business in a Consolidating Market
3. 1984: Raised 100K and launched first company and first auto
body and repair software platform
1990’s
2001 2009 2015
Who is Frank Terlep
4.
5. Today’s Agenda
Industry Overview and Present Situation
Strategy Before Tactics
Marketing – Definition
- Traditional VS Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing Quiz and Giveaway
New Sales, Marketing & Customer Service Strategies,
Processes, Tools and Technologies
6. Today’s Agenda
Today’s Consumer
13 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
16. 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
20. New Sales, Marketing and Customer Service
Strategies, Processes, Tools, and Technologies
21.
22. • "Strategy without
tactics is the slowest
route to victory.
Tactics without
strategy is the noise
before defeat”
~ Sun Tzu.
23. • 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?
27. 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?
28. What is Your Growth Strategy?
Market
Penetration
New
Product/Service
Development
Market
Development
Diversification
ABC Auto
Increases
Market Share
by Adding
Second Shift
ABC Auto
Adds Hybrid
Repair Service
ABC Auto
Enters St.
Louis Market
with
Acquisition
ABC Auto
Body Launches
Mechanical
Repair
Department
NewMarketsExistingMarkets
Existing
Products/
Services
New
Products/
Services
EXAMPLES
NewMarketsExistingMarkets
Existing
Products/
Services
New
Products/
Services
29. What is Your Company’s Sales, Marketing
and Customer Service Strategy?
34. 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
35. Traditional Marketing VS Web, Social & Mobile
• “Traditional”
– Billboards
– Banners
– Announcements
– TV
– Radio
– Newspapers
– Magazines
– Face to face
– Yellow pages
• Web, Social & Mobile
– Search Engine Marketing
– Local Search
– Display Advertising
– Adwords
– Email
– Mobile Marketing
– Text Message Marketing
– Apps
– Social Media
– Review and Ratings
– Reputation Management
90. • 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
93. 1. Your web presence
2. A powerful CRM system
3. An automated unsold estimate follow up and
sales system
4. Content management and sharing platform
5. On-Line advertising - PPC
6. An email marketing and retention platform
7. A text based marketing and retention system
8. Mobile marketing, branding and
communication platform
9. Social media tools and techniques
10. Validated customer reviews and ratings
11. Digital ads, promotions and e-coupons
12. A customer loyalty and retention system
13. Reputation management system
13 Affordable Web, Social and Mobile Tools EVERY Auto
Body & Repair Shop Should Consider Using
97. 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
98. 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
99.
100. Call to
Actions
Social Media &
Sharing
Svcs/Certificatio
ns
Reviews
Before and After
Videos
Blog
Keyword Focused
Content
116. • 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
117. • 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
128. • 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?
129. • 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?
140. • 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
147. 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
151. • 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
152. • 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
153.
154. • 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?
155.
156.
157.
158.
159.
160. • Online reputation
management entails
establishing,
maintaining, repairing
and monitoring the
publicly available
online information
about an individual or
organization.
Reputation Management
Defined…
161.
162. • 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
163.
164. • 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
169. • 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 and Repair
CRM System?
172. The Connected Consumer and their
Impact on your shop’s short & long-term ROI
• 45%
• $500
• 4.2
• 5-10 years
• 11.4 years
• 42.3%
173. 1. Sell Additional
Services to
Previous Customers
2. Improve Closing
Ratios
3. Increase Referrals
Three (3) Simple CRM ROI Areas
174. 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
175. • $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%
176. • $80,800.00 in Additional
Annual Revenue
• $6,300.00 in Additional
Monthly Revenue
• 125% ROI
Auto Repair Shop Revenue Increase and
ROI $750K in Annual Sales
Note: Numbers based on 167 RO’s per month, average RO of $374.00 and closing ratio
of 85%