Old school wisdom “the customer is king” often have a back seat to advertising agencies and auto dealerships, which claims to speak “for” listening to customers rather than taken. Hard sell tactics were built on this assumption may have sold cars in the past, but with the rise of Internet media and social networking – not so much!
Today, car buyers are educated, bypassing the galleries of real and virtual car dealership to visit other online information sources. Car dealers are replaced by consumers in the embryonic stage of their buying cycle, the familiar friends turn into social networking communities. These online groups of the mind as a consumer car buying their experiences before, during and after the sale, and customers find that they are able, transparent and relevant information than any kind of car used car dealers, real or imagined.
Similarly, the scope and frequency of the best advertising campaign can be planned car away returned with the click of a mouse by a car buyer that the information you need them to buy a car without getting to hear sales pitch from a car used car dealer. The solution for automotive advertising agencies by a shrinking economy and a consolidation of the automotive industry is clearly called for – if you can not beat them join.
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