CDK Text Connect

Customers are calling less and texting more. Keep up with the change with CDK Text Connect. Turn text messages into real sales drivers and better customer relationships.

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CDK Text Connect

Connect for What Matters

Engage Customers

Reach customers in a method they prefer and save time and money with Text Connect. Our solution makes it easy to connect with your customers for quick updates and approvals.

Drive Sales

Now you can acquire new leads and maintain communication with tomorrow’s customers quickly and easily. Text Connect helps drive future sales and create new lifelong customers.

Boost Efficiency

Empower your team to stay productive at all times with Text Connect. Enjoy the added convenience of texting from a wide range of platforms for the ultimate in efficiency.

Connecting Features

With a 98 percent open rate, text messages are a powerful way to reach consumers. So we built Text Connect just for dealers.

Powerful Texting Tools

We’ve made it even easier to update and reconnect with customers, thanks to Text Connect. Our solution lets you send and receive texts from a phone, laptop, PC, tablet or other web-enabled device.

Text-Enabled Landlines

Your dealership’s landlines and toll-free numbers can be equipped to send and receive text messages with Text Connect, so your systems are ready to enjoy all the benefits of texting now.

Cloud-Based Storage

Back up all messages your team sends and receives in the cloud with Text Connect. Text messages are immediately synced to other relevant devices, keeping everyone in the loop throughout the workday.

Text Connect Store View

Let your managers and administrators view and monitor dealership messages with Store View. This allows them to reply for an employee, take over if needed, monitor usage and keep everyone accountable.

Make Texting Work for You

Contact Us and Let’s Examine Your Dealership’s Specific Needs

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