Your Customers: What’s in it For Me?

A company’s customers can be a demanding lot, always asking, what’s in it for me? This is especially true when it comes to a big-ticket item such as a new car, because people want to get the most bang for the buck as possible. But really, can you blame them? Every one of us is a customer of many companies, and we’re all looking for the same thing … what can we get from them in exchange for our investment in their company and its products/services?

 

Smart automotive dealerships keep this in mind when they do their advertising. Finding a way to cut through the clutter and send an appropriate message about your dealership products puts you ahead of the game.

 

Customers feel entitled to an outstanding customer experience and a great deal. If you are able to give them what they want, you’ll have a distinct advantage because many dealerships fail at this … even though they might think they’re doing a great job. They just aren’t astute enough to realize that it’s the customer who should feel like they got great value during the sale; not them!

 

So what should be the focus of your advertising? Should it be a big, long list of a features found in a particular car, truck or SUV you sell? Close, but no. You need to highlight the product’s benefits. There is a difference between features and benefits! Benefits show how all those features will improve the customer’s way of life – and ultimately, they plainly show the differences between your dealership and your competition.  

 

At the end of the day, it isn’t about the products a car dealer has to sell; it’s satisfying the customer’s needs/wants that is most important. Remember, your customer is always wondering, what’s in it for me? The dealer who can properly answer that question will win the day.

 

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