Email marketing proves to be a necessary tool in tough market SEATTLE, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Email marketing proves to be a necessary tool for customer retention and increased ROI in the current market. According to eMarketer, email marketing ranks number one for customer retention and delivers the highest ROI of any marketing tactic. With car sales slowing and the cost of attracting new customers climbing, marketing to your existing customer base is a sound -- and low cost -- investment to make. In fact, a Jupiter Research study found that targeted email marketing campaigns can generate nine times more revenue than broadcast mailings. Cobalt has carefully tracked the ROI its customers see with its owner marketing service, OnStation, and the results demonstrate that email marketing is a solid investment for any dealer. Over the past nine months, 90% of OnStation customers have experienced an ROI of 10x or better. On average OnStation dealers have seen an ROI of 40x each month. Email marketing offers a solution that is targeted, easy to implement and low-cost. In fact, for every valid email address in a dealer's database they profit $13.11 each month. Peter Torres, Internet Director of Coral Springs Automall in Florida has found that success with Cobalt's owner marketing solution, OnStation, is three-fold: outstanding ROI, hassle-free integrated campaigns that leverage national special offers and an ongoing partnership with their Advocate that provides Torres with consistent, reliable, hands-on support. "The ROI is phenomenal. The cost of using OnStation is trivial compared with the returns we see. Through OnStation we collected email addresses for customers that had not been in to our dealerships in over a year -- and now we get tens of thousands of dollars a month in service work from these customers -- customers we never would have gotten on our own." It is important to maintain a relationship with your current customers through service appoints not only for the service revenue, but also for the opportunity to sell them their next vehicle. According to Automotive News, 86% of owners that regularly service their vehicles at a particular dealership will buy from that dealership again. "One of the great benefits of OnStation is that they have campaigns ready that integrate with the OEM national special offers. Cobalt does the research; they know what specials are coming up. Our Advocate sends me a few campaigns at a time that fit our needs; I just review and decide what campaigns to move forward with. We don't need to do the leg work, they do it for us." Simply put, "They make it easier for the dealer to make money," says Torres.
About Cobalt Cobalt is North America's leading provider of automotive marketing services. For over thirteen years, Cobalt's exclusive mission has been to help automobile dealers and manufacturers increase their retailing effectiveness and profits. Cobalt provides marketing services to over forty percent of the automotive dealerships in the United States, as well as automotive dealers in Canada and Mexico. Cobalt is endorsed by two-thirds of the world's major automotive manufacturers.
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206-579-7243
ahatch@cobalt.com
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