Tech Savvy
Check out the latest technological solutions for in-store processes and advanced marketing campaigns.
The Closer:
A new tool from SecureClose automates the contract-closing and document-disclosure process, providing dealers with a layer of protection against legal or regulatory scrutiny. The system combines electronic signature technology with video and audio recordings, plus an avatar to verbally explain each closing document.
www.secureclose.net
Marketing Whitepaper:
A new whitepaper from Act-On Software offers a primer on the emerging marketing automation segment. Readers can learn how the buyer-driven sales process is changing automotive retail and how dealers are responding. “Marketing Automation: Industry Overview” can be downloaded for free at the company’s website.
www.act-on.com
Bright IDEAS:
IDEAS is a scanless digital document archiving system designed to increase productivity, reduce labor costs and perform more profitable warranty audits. Canon’s paperless office technology can help reduce the paperwork processed, filed, handled and sometimes lost by dealership service technicians.
www.paperlessideas.net
High-Tech DMS:
Fusion 2, a next-generation dealer management system from AutoStar Solutions, offers cloud-based, mobile solutions for independent and buy-here, pay-here dealers, as well as subprime auto lenders. Fusion 2 was designed to allow users to manage every aspect of their operations from one system with one login.
www.dealershipconference.com
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