CRM for Automobile Industry

CRM for Automobile Industry - Boost your new car sales, cross-selling opportunities, and service revenue.

Boost your new car sales, cross-selling opportunities, and service revenue.

Ragini M
20/12/2023
3 min reading time
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Why used car dealers need a CRM?

CRMs help you sell things more efficiently by guiding you through the sales process. Appzo, for instance, makes it easy to track leads, negotiations, and deals.

  • Showroom Executives: Give priority to leads and enhance conversion speed!
  • Marketing Executives: Effectively interact with and cultivate potential buyers.
  • Showroom Managers: Enhance the rates of converting inquiries into bookings.
  • Field Force Agents: Minimize the number of canceled test drive bookings.
  • Dealership Owners: Cut down on overhead costs and boost vehicle sales.
  • Vehicle Aggregators: Facilitate the exchange of qualified buyers and sellers.
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"We want to be reachable on all channels for our customers.""
Raj-Mishra-profile-picRaj Mishra, Head of Marketing

Improve vehicle buyer journeys

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Ensure you never overlook incoming inquiries
  • Establish a dynamic sales funnel by capturing inquiries from various sources, including:
  • Website forms
  • Social media
  • Buyer referrals
  • Walk-in dealership visits
  • Aggregators
  • Offline expos and auto-shows
Automate lead distribution workflows
  • Distribute leads based on criteria that align with your business needs, such as showroom location, buyer's budget, vehicle preferences, or the lead's stage in the sales funnel.
  • Limit lead assignments per salesperson to ensure an equitable distribution of tasks among team members.
Streamline response time
  • Implement real-time notifications and automated responses across multiple channels for buyers.
  • Utilize chatbots to collect buyer interests and inquiries.
  • Develop email campaigns to share vehicle catalogs.
  • Extend invitations for showroom visits through WhatsApp.
  • Omnichannel approach for service and policy reminders.

Automate Your Vehicle Sales Process

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Paperless workflow from enquiry to Delivery
  • Automate communication touchpoints, streamline e-document collection, and minimize canceled bookings.
  • Implement automated reminders for both salespeople and prospects.
  • Facilitate document collection and verification through dedicated portals.
  • Prompt buyers to finalize bookings with personalized prompts via WhatsApp chatbot and email
Integrate field force, Marketing, Finance and more
  • Centralized management of all stakeholders on a unified platform
  • Capture and monitor leads from various aggregators.
  • Automatically verify and assign qualified leads.
  • Distribute leads based on showroom, model, vehicle type, etc.
  • Coordinate field meetings for executives.
  • Initiate financing processes for buyers.
  • Notify prospects about new inventory and promotional offers.
  • Simplify partner onboarding procedures.
Boost cross-sales, upgrades and service revenue
  • Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities by tracking buyer interactions on your website and ads.
  • Enhance customer lifetime value (CLV) and retention rates by proactively addressing cross-sell, upgrade, and service possibilities.
"We want to be reachable on all channels for our customers.""
Raj-Mishra-profile-picRaj Mishra, Head of Marketing

Manage field force and after-sales services

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  • Efficiently plan and prioritize test drive bookings.
  • Optimize meeting schedules for field representatives.
  • Enable on-the-go updates and additions to buyer inquiries.
  • Implement geo-fencing for task localization and field sales team tracking.
  • Monitor field agent performance and generate funnel reports.
  • Facilitate 1-click text/call options for quicker connectivity rates.
After-sale services
  • Elevate after-sales services for enhanced customer lifetime value through streamlined and automated processes.
  • Schedule timely reminders and alerts for vehicle servicing.
  • Facilitate cashless vehicle insurance claims through finance partners.
  • Identify opportunities from offers and exchange discounts.
  • Provide updates on policy claims and renewal dates.
Revenue reports
  • Showcase revenues categorized by showroom, sales executive, and unit-wise metrics.
  • Evaluate Field Agent performance based on vehicle type and lead source.
  • Analyze business trends at the city, area, aggregator, and buyer persona levels.

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