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Product Launch·Quotible

The average dealership's response time to a lead is over 90 minutes. As consumer buyer behavior leans heavily towards digital channels for information and purchases, dealerships must embrace and integrate digital technologies. That's where tools such as Lead Response by Quotible come in. Quotible provides automated responses, making a quick and great first impression easier than ever. Delivered via text and email, each response instantly provides your client with easy-to-understand and transparent information about the vehicle, salesperson, payment options, and more. Ready to see it for yourself? Head to our website using the link in our bio #userexperience #automotiveindustry #sales #personalization #dealership #customerexperience #customersuccess

Quotible announces Lead Response, an automated tool that delivers instant vehicle information via text and email to dealership leads. This is a new product feature designed to reduce lead response time.

Funding·Motoinsight

Motoinsight + TRADER

Motoinsight announces prior strategic investment by Thoma Bravo (which owns J.D. Power, Autodata Solutions, ALG, and AutoTrader.ca). Capital raise via PE investment in automotive vendor.

Product Launch·MOC Products

Menu On Demand

Menu On Demand is introduced as an interactive web-based tool for presenting vehicle-specific service intervals and OEM maintenance schedules to dealership service departments. The product integrates with DMS and helps service employees sell appropriate services.

OEM Approval·Fox Dealer

Fox Dealer is officially a certified partner in the distinguished Toyota Canada Inc. Digital Dealer Solutions Program! Becoming a certified partner with Toyota Canada Inc. is an incredible honor for our team! 🙌 Visit our website today to learn more: https://foxdealer.com/ #FoxDealer #ToyotaCanada #Automotive

Fox Dealer announces it is officially certified as a partner in the Toyota Canada Inc. Digital Dealer Solutions Program. This represents OEM endorsement and approval of the vendor.

Case Study·Overfuel

There's no SEO or advertising agency that can deliver this kind of performance for dealerships. Over the last 3 months, this Overfuel customer has... ☑ Increased total website leads by 286% ☑ Increased organic search impressions by nearly 5x ☑ Achieved a baseline conversion rate of 10.9% ☑ Near 12% conversion including click-to-call It's not rocket science; it's simply best practices paired with rocket speed, and it's available to every #automotive #dealership on Overfuel. 🚀

An Overfuel customer achieved measurable results including 286% increase in website leads, 5x increase in organic search impressions, and 10.9-12% conversion rates over 3 months. This includes specific metrics and outcomes from a dealership using the vendor's product.

Product Launch·Overfuel

Just a few cool things we've launched over the last few months: 🤖 AI-generated vehicle descriptions powered by ChatGPT 🎥 Automated inventory video embed from YouTube ✅ Vehicle feature highlights (ordered by importance to consumers) 📝 No-code drag and drop blogging #automotive #automotivetechnology #chatgpt #digitalretail

Overfuel announced multiple feature launches including AI-generated vehicle descriptions powered by ChatGPT, automated inventory video embedding, vehicle feature highlights, and no-code blogging.

Product Launch·EBlock USA

Whats better than one digital lane with a real auctioneer? TWO digital lanes with a real auctioneer! We’ve expanded our LiveAuctioneer offerings to include new consignors, an additional lane of action and the same connected experience with immediate answers and higher conversation rates.Whats better than one digital lane with a real auctioneer? TWO digital lanes with a real auctioneer! We’ve expanded our LiveAuctioneer offerings to include new consignors, an additional lane of action and the same connected experience with immediate ansWatch video on Facebook.com

EBlock announces expansion of its LiveAuctioneer offering to include a second digital auction lane with a live auctioneer, new consignor support, and enhanced engagement features. This represents a new service expansion.

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