Drive 34+ Showroom Visits Per Month in 60 Days—Guaranteed
Stop Competing on Price—Dominate Local Search Instead
Tired of watching buyers compare your prices on CarGurus, then buy from a competitor? Modern car buyers research for 14+ hours online before visiting a dealership—if you're not visible, you don't exist. Drive qualified buyers to your showroom with marketing that captures them at every stage.
Real Dealership Results
Drive more qualified buyers to your showroom
Showroom Visits/Month
Test drives and trade-in appraisals increased in 60 days
Before
12
After
0
+283% Growth
Cost Per Lead
Reduced cost per qualified lead by 72%
Before
$187
After
$187
Common Automotive Dealers Marketing Challenges
We understand the unique obstacles facing automotive dealers businesses in today's digital landscape.
Evolving Car Buying Behavior
Modern car buyers spend 14+ hours researching online before visiting a dealership. They compare prices across multiple dealers, read reviews, and expect detailed vehicle information, photos, and virtual tours before making contact.
High Competition & Price Transparency
Price comparison sites like CarGurus, TrueCar, and Autotrader make pricing transparent. Cincinnati has 150+ dealerships competing for the same buyers. Differentiation requires more than price—it demands trust, convenience, and superior service.
Managing Online Reputation
Car dealerships face reputation challenges. Negative reviews about sales tactics, service department experiences, or financing can devastate lead generation. Proactive reputation management is critical.
Capturing Service & Parts Revenue
Vehicle sales are just the beginning. Service departments and parts sales offer higher margins and recurring revenue—but most dealers under-market these profit centers.
Sound familiar? These challenges don't have to hold your business back. Our specialized automotive dealers marketing solutions are designed to overcome these exact obstacles.
Complete Automotive Marketing Solutions
From online search to signed deals
Automotive Website Design
Modern, mobile-first dealership websites with inventory integration, payment calculators, trade-in estimators, and instant chat. Showcase your inventory beautifully while capturing leads at every touchpoint. West Chester Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram's new website increased online lead submissions by 284% in the first 90 days-47 test drive requests per month.
- Inventory feed integration (DealerSocket, vAuto, VinSolutions-real-time sync)
- Vehicle detail pages with photo galleries (high-res images that sell)
- Payment calculators & trade-in estimators (pre-qualify buyers before they arrive)
- Service scheduling integration (fill service bays with online bookings)
- Mobile-optimized for on-the-go buyers (68% of car research happens on mobile)
Automotive SEO & Local Search
Dominate local searches for "[brand] dealer Cincinnati" and "used cars near me." Our SEO captures high-intent buyers at every stage-from research to ready-to-buy. Northern Kentucky Ford dealer went from page 3 to owning positions #1-3 for "Ford dealer Cincinnati," "F-150 dealer," and "Ford service near me"-adding 89 showroom visits per month.
- Brand + location keyword targeting ("Honda dealer Cincinnati," not generic "car dealer")
- Vehicle model-specific landing pages (rank for "2024 Civic Type R Cincinnati")
- Google Business Profile optimization (dominate map pack for local searches)
- Inventory sitemap optimization (every vehicle page indexed and ranking)
- Service department SEO (49% of your gross profit-don't ignore it)
Vehicle Photography & Video Tours
Professional photography for new and used inventory, 360° vehicle spins, video walkarounds, and dealership tour videos. High-quality visuals increase online inquiries by 60%. Liberty Toyota's video walkarounds reduced showroom tire-kickers by 43%-buyers arrived pre-qualified and ready to negotiate.
- Professional vehicle photography (interior/exterior shots that showcase condition)
- 360° vehicle spins (let buyers inspect every angle from their couch)
- Video walkaround tours (build trust, show you have nothing to hide)
- Dealership facility videos (make buyers comfortable before they visit)
- Staff introduction videos (humanize your team, reduce buyer anxiety)
Automotive PPC & Inventory Ads
Targeted Google Ads, Facebook/Instagram vehicle ads, and inventory remarketing campaigns. We promote your best inventory to buyers actively searching in your area. Mason Nissan cut cost-per-lead from $97 to $34 while tripling lead volume-156 qualified leads per month for under $5,300.
- Google Ads for vehicle searches (capture high-intent "ready to buy" searches)
- Dynamic inventory remarketing (show exact vehicles buyers viewed)
- Facebook/Instagram vehicle showcase ads (stunning visuals that stop the scroll)
- Conquest campaigns targeting competitor brands (steal Toyota buyers for your Honda lot)
- Service specials advertising (fill service bays during slow periods)
Dealership Reputation Management
Proactive review generation from satisfied buyers, review monitoring across Google, Facebook, and dealer review sites, and professional response management. Eastgate Chevrolet went from 3.2 stars (67 reviews) to 4.6 stars (312 reviews) in 14 months-now appearing in top 3 local search results for "Chevrolet dealer Cincinnati."
- Post-sale review request automation (capture feedback while buyers are excited)
- Service customer review campaigns (service dept reviews boost overall rating)
- Multi-platform review monitoring (Google, Facebook, DealerRater, Cars.com-24/7)
- Professional review responses (show you care about customer experience)
- Negative review mitigation strategies (minimize damage, demonstrate accountability)
Automotive Email & CRM Marketing
Automated email campaigns for sales follow-up, service reminders, conquest campaigns, and loyalty programs. Keep customers engaged from first contact through trade-in cycles. Anderson Subaru's automated nurture campaigns increased lead-to-sale conversion from 12% to 23%-same leads, nearly 2x more deals closed.
- Sales lead nurture sequences (stay top-of-mind during research phase)
- Service reminder campaigns (oil changes turn into upsell opportunities)
- Trade-in & upgrade campaigns (bring buyers back every 3-4 years)
- CRM integration (VinSolutions, Eleads, DealerSocket-seamless sync)
- Loyalty program email marketing (retention is cheaper than acquisition)
Trusted by Growing Businesses
Don't just take our word for it. Hear directly from the businesses we've helped transform.
Queen City Riverboats
1,084.4% traffic increase
"We couldn't be happier with the work Uptrade Media has done for Queen City Riverboats. From video and photography to redesigning our website, their team nailed it."
Manhattan Development Group
Transformed digital presence
"The websites Uptrade Media created have transformed our digital presence. Outstanding work."
The Marina at Manhattan Harbour
Incredible and professional work
"Highly recommend Uptrade Media! The work done on our website was incredible and highly professional. We couldn't be happier with the results!"
Automotive Marketing Questions Answered
Get clarity on growing your dealership
How Do We Compete With Carvana & Vroom? (They're Stealing Our Customers)
Will This Actually Work With Our DMS? (We've Had Integration Nightmares Before)
Do You Understand Both New AND Used Sales? (Or Just Cookie-Cutter Strategies?)
Can You Actually Fill Our Service Bays? (We're Losing Customers to Jiffy Lube)
Can You Actually Get Our Co-Op Money Approved? (We Always Leave Funds On The Table)
How do you handle reputation management for dealerships?
What's This Going to Cost—And What's the REAL ROI? (Show Me The Numbers)
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