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How do you deal with questions about the best price? In many of my seminars I do a short research a few days before the meeting. I try to find out how companies (unfortunately you cannot reach sellers directly via a portal) respond to a specific question from a consumer about a used stock car. […]

System makes lead monitoring easy and measurable for car dealers and OEM’s Calldrip Inc., the successful online lead tracking system for the automotive industry from the United States, is now also available for cardealers and importers(OEM) in the Netherlands and Belgium. The company signed an agreement with #DCDW, the company of Paul de Vries, that […]

The hardest lead of all? Only an e-mail address and no response! Logically, everyone prefers to score via an easy and quick lay-up than via a difficult three point. It is no different in car land. As a salesperson, you prefer to only have leads that include telephone number, name and address, postal code and […]

Nieuweautokopen.nl really stops… or not? Today is January 15th and that means that it is exactly three years ago that I sold my company Nieuweautokopen.nl to eBay, and therefore to Marktplaats. Until the takeover it was a turbulent trip with downs and a few small ups, and with the takeover that trip came to an […]

Facebook Messenger is the new e-mail Facebook is well known to everyone and most of us also have used the messaging service of Facebook, Messenger. On the desktop as part of the website, but on the smartphone Messenger has its own app as well. And with the knowledge that more than fifty percent of all […]

Summary of day 2 and 3 of # kain2017 I recently attended a David Kain event in America. I was allowed to speak on the second day of the conference about my journey from cellar to eBay. In other words, I have told you about the way we have traveled to become and stay successful. […]

Do you follow up a Marktplaats lead in a different way than your own lead? We all know that a post on LinkedIn must be different from a post on Facebook. At least, that’s what I’m going for. Another example: if you want to sell a typical men’s product, do you opt for a commercial […]

Give your best leads to your best sellers only The moment I write this, I just finished the first day of the #kain2017 conference in Lexington Kentucky in the United States. The first day is always a day when you fight against your sleep because of the time difference, while you want to be keen […]

Systems such as LEF, Websolve and Automanager provide clarity for those who want it! There are now a number of good Internet Lead Management Systems (ILMS) available for car dealers and car companies, like LEF, Automanager and Websolve. These are systems other than so-called lead hubs, which are no more than structured inboxes of leads. […]