Stand out on Autotrader!

New feature

Stand out from the crowd - on Autotraders' website....

Add extra text to your vehicles on the Autotrader listings..

It is so Simple to do,
Just fill in some words in the 'Tag line' box -
 this will ONLY appear on the Autotrader website.
(see example text highlighted in yellow above.

Dont worry if you are not on Autotrader, or don't want to use this facility! 

Selected stock will appear in the normal way.

Happy selling, from the Spidersnet team.

Sales analysis

Sales Analytics reporting tool – Free of charge for Spidersnet clients
Welcome to this new feature.
What will it do for me?
Once you have entered the info on the 'pop up' form once you click the 'Sold' button you will be able to view a sales report.

The sales report will show the following
1. Location of your customers via a Google map.
2. Date you sold the vehicle.
3. Where the enquiry came from eg Autotrader, Google or Friday-Ad.
4. What the total value of your sales over the period you have chosen.

Once you have entered some data this will provide you with a really valuable insight into where your leads are coming from and where your customers live. This will only be as good as the info you enter in!

















Once you have sold some more vehicles click on the 'management' tab to see how it looks!
If you do not want to use this feature just delete the vehicle and it will be removed from your site in the normal fashion.
If you want to contine to show ‘Sold’ vehicles on the site but don’t want to use this facility then add your postcode and ‘x’ in the customer name and enquiry source. You will be missing out on useful data for the sake of a few seconds of data input!

Fad fiestas

3 Website design must haves...

1.Clear simple navigation (user friendly)
A design policy puts the end user first, ultimatley they are your target audience.
A user should be able to access any page from any page with relavent content, Your users must be able to navigate their way around your site with ease, A simple navigation structure will invite the user to visit more pages and explore more of your business.
2. A site that creates buyer confidence
Distinctive design
Apart from user friendliness your site needs to look attractive and modern to grab the users attention and create the enquiry. You need to have a well designed site that inspires confidence in your future prospects and will be readily found on search engines. A well designed site will provide you with the majority of your traffic, this is a vital part of the build process.
3. Easy for the dealer to update (dealer friendly)
CMS Content management
We know that if ‘its hard to update’ it probably wont be done, despite the best intentions. Uploading  needs to be by VRM lookup or data feed, with a quick and easy  way of uploading multiple images of each vehicle. Its not just the vehicles that need to be updated,  web pages and current offers need to be changeable  by you at your convenience. Video will be playing an increasingly large part in the forward thinking dealer, preferably incorporated with every vehicle.

Please call one of our account managers if you want to talk about this in more detail.

Spidersnet dealers go Mobile

Spidersnet dealers get mobile for 2010.

Great news!  We have launched the mobile dealer site.
We think it’s the best one available, for the following reasons.
Please take a look at the short video which explains most of what you need to know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fklgt9OAJu8

Facts

Mobile is set to become a must-have for dealers looking to reach customers in 2010. Do not underestimate the breadth of this market, either. In the third quarter of 2009, 10.4 million people used their phone to access the internet – that’s an increase of 18 percent in just 3 months!
Your users are already looking at your (desktop/full) site on their ‘Smart phone / iPhone, we know this from your analytics.

Features

1. You don’t need to do anything, just upload vehicles in the normal way.
2. Mobile site designed specifically for i-phone and smart phones with web access
The mobile site displays the following
Your logo,
Quick search, make - model – price – gearbox, and even a text box key feature search!
Your own mobile home page text / profile (different from your homepage, editable by you from the Autopromotor upload tool)
4 images per vehicle, all optimised for mobile and rapid loading
10 items of spec (the first 10 that you have selected)
Click to call facility
Google map of your location
Sync’d with your site instantly
3. Your mobile visitors don’t need to type in any special web address or get a text esaage link, if they are using a mobile, we will display them your mobile website.

Benefits,

Latest technology used, gives buyers confidence.
Keep ahead of your competitors, mobile is the future.
Mobile site displayed if viewed from mobile phone with web access automatically
Your users will get a far better experience looking at a mobile version of your full site.
Faster loading
Direct call feature from the users phone to you.
Keep viewers on your site looking at more pages.
Increased call / email rate from mobile.

Call your account manager on 01273 837560 today.

Word of web

Recently I went to the internet world show at Earls Court. Very interesting and full of new tech and gizmos. But the over riding buzz was all about social media and how you can help your business for the future.
Please look at this video, its only just over 2 minutes.
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Latest improvements -

I am pleased to announce the following improvements to your upload tool(autopromotor.co.uk).
1. Bulk delete of photos.
You can now delete all the photos for a vehicle in one go! instead of one at a time.
2. Ammending your opening hours

You can now edit you opening hours on the upload tool, to edit your open hours just go to the 'edit your profile' in the header once you have logged in and click on the link.
Then fill / edit your current opening hours then click on the 'Save changes'
Please let us know if you want to display opening hours if you are not already