Tag Archives: Ezequiel Arredondo

How can you improve online marketing? Make it personal

By Ezequiel Arredondo Are you struggling to connect with your online audience? Does it seem as though even the most carefully crafted ads fall short of achieving your marketing goals? If your ad campaign ROI isn’t where you need it to be, take a long, hard look at who is seeing your ads and whether your ad content fulfills the ...

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Make the most of customers’ micro-moments

By Ezequiel Arredondo Have you noticed in the last year how we seem to use our phones and other digital devices much more frequently? Last year’s surge in digital usage has resulted in our digital interactions becoming more fragmented and sporadic. But did you know that many of these seemingly meaningless interactions are opportunities to connect with motivated buyers? These ...

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Want to strengthen your customer service? Use social media

By Ezequiel Arredondo We’ve said it before, and we’ll gladly say it again: Shoppers contact your dealership to shop for boat models, but they stay for the customer service. As the buying process becomes increasingly digital, how does this impact dealers’ approach to serving their customers? It turns out consumers have an increased expectation for boat dealers to provide digital ...

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Create better customer connections through emotional marketing

By Ezequiel Arredondo The term “emotional marketing” does not do justice to the persuasive power that this marketing tactic grants your dealership. While it may sound very heartfelt—and it certainly can be, if that’s your goal—emotional marketing pertains to any type of persuasive messaging that’s used to tap into people’s emotions and form a connection. Over the years, studies have ...

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Boost your sales leads with these 4 digital marketing tools

By Ezequiel Arredondo In the past, digital marketing has been viewed as an optional investment for dealers—a means to pull in extra sales leads to supplement the number of customers who are browsing on the dealership’s lot—but now that the internet has become the central source for researching boats, parts and marine services, digital marketing is a must. Dealer Spike ...

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Drive more business by consistently advertising your inventory online

By Ezequiel Arredondo It may seem practical and cost-effective to reduce your digital marketing spend during the slow months when you don’t have inventory on your lot. However, Dealer Spike has seen this practice weaken sales leads for dealerships in the long run. Digital marketing yields the best results for your business when efforts are constant, rather than stop-and-go. By ...

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Dealer Spike announces agreement with Mercury Marine

Dealer Spike has agreed to a partnership with Mercury Marine, to enhance the online presence of Mercury-authorized dealerships in the United States. Mercury’s dealer partners will now have the opportunity to upgrade to the high-performing custom websites and additional marketing services. As Dealer Spike clients, Mercury-authorized dealers will have access to imagery for product releases and spec data for all inventory units, ...

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