More articles by Merritt

Merritt

Director, Managed Chat

Prior to running the Managed SmartChat department, Merritt spent last seven years in automotive marketing developing unique approaches helping clients nationwide realize significant business growth.

Increasing Leads One Chat at a Time

Managed SmartChat is now available to clients who are not currently using our inventory management or website solutions. Continue reading

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Do Chat Leads Take Away From Other Leads Sources?

Over time I was getting asked the same question from dealerships regarding if chat leads cannibalized their existing leads.  I took on a quest to answer this question with hard facts and over several months crunching the numbers, it was… Continue reading

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Blast From the Past!

Thought you would get a kick out of this!  Could it possibly be a CRM Mailer from 1928?!? On June 29, 1928, the C. R. Gleason Co. of Bottineau, North Dakota (close to the Canadian border) sent a penny postcard to… Continue reading

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Proper Chat Lead Management = MORE SALES!

As the Director of the wildly successful Managed SmartChat™ division for eCarList, I’m privy to oversee how many different dealerships run their business.  In my position I see what is working and where things are being executed wrong.  As the… Continue reading

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eCarList featured again on BlogTalk Radio

Inventory management and integrated marketing tools are a key focus for AdAgencyOnline.Net. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.LC. and host of the automotive advertising resource portal — http://AdAgencyOnline.Net — reviewed eCarList and their new TrueTarget Mobile application… Continue reading

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How do you handle leads?

The philosophy of eCarList is simple-  Provide the very best tools to dealerships so they can realize optimal success.  I know that simply buying a set of Craftsman tools isn’t going to rebuild the engine of a “classic” junker, even… Continue reading

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eBay Motors University: Dallas

Time to mark your calendars and bring your notepads because class will be in session Wednesday July 14th at the Cityplace Conference Center in Dallas. No matter what level of experience you may have, they will be providing exciting and… Continue reading

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eCarList University – Enroll Today!

eCarList is pleased to announce that we now have weekly online dealership trainings. Hire new employees or just need more advanced software training?  No problem… we now have easy online WebEx training 3 days a week!  Visit the link below… Continue reading

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To Chat or Not to Chat, Is There Really a Question?

I’ve heard it over and over; we’re in the era of a changing of the guards.  Out with the old and ushering in the new.  We can all agree on the old way isn’t going to work in the here… Continue reading

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