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A Customer Experience Solution for Female Car-Buying and Selling
As influencers within the automotive retail industry, women should have tremendous power.
3 Min Read•Jul 31•CDK Global
How Your Dealership Can Set —and Keep — Appointments
It’s not you – it’s us. Our beloved automotive industry does some things very well and, yet, other things have been a struggle for decades.
3 Min Read•May 23•Jon Purdy
3 Metrics to Measure Automotive BDC Performance
Does your dealership use an external BDC for sales calls? Many managers like to keep control of their sales process...
4 Min Read•Feb 27•CDK Global
Protecting Your Dealership from Cyberattacks in 2019
The majority of IT professionals at dealerships across the country agree that it’s not a matter of if, but when your dealership will fall prey to targeted attacks involving malware, ransomware, data exfiltration, or phishing.
5 Min Read•Feb 13•CDK Global
10 Things you need to know about Service Connect
Service Connect is the FASTEST way for you to get CDK Support — AND it’s much faster than the phone. There's no waiting on hold, trying to remember your CMF number or wading through endless prompts. There’s so many great advantages of Service Connect, but here are the top 10 things you need to know.
1 Min Read•Jan 9•CDK Global
Why Dealers Need to Make the Switch to SD-WAN
With the help of CDK Global, Audi Coral Springs is molding themselves in the way the customer wants to do business.
3 Min Read•Dec 14•CDK Global
How Automating Accounts Payable Yielded Money-Saving Results
Paying bills. No one likes doing it, but imagine the responsibility of cutting about 2,500 checks each month — but only after the General Managers and Department Managers have approved every expense — across five stores.
3 Min Read•Nov 19•CDK Global
CDK Cloud Connect Helps Grieco Auto Group with Growth
When Michael Grieco Sr. opened his first new car franchise in 1995, installing a network with maximum uptime, dependability, cost efficiency, and simplicity were all concerns.
3 Min Read•Oct 18•CDK Global
GROW YOUR SERVICE BUSINESS THROUGH YOUR BDC
Most dealerships use a Business Development Center (BDC) to help fill the pipeline for vehicle sales. But a much smaller number of dealers take full advantage of a BDC to deliver more Service business.
7 Min Read•Oct 9•CDK Global
Women: We're Stronger Together
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m fiercely passionate about supporting and empowering women in automotive.
3 Min Read•Jul 3•Kathy Gilbert
Five Habits of a Successful Dealer Principal
The success of a dealership depends in large part on the leadership of the Dealer Principal. Check out the five habits of a successful Dealer Principal.
3 Min Read•May 31•Mike Stoll
Automotive Retail in the Age of the Empowered Customer
Forrester's recent report on "The Age of the Empowered Customer" really gets you thinking. Chief Customer Experience Officer, Tony Graham penned his thoughts about what the auto retail industry can do to serve customers in this new era.
1 Min Read•May 14•CDK Global