5:00pm

Day One - Sunday, Nov. 12

Modern Automotive Retail: Begin with Culture

Room

Exhibit Hall

Session Type

Keynote

CX Tech

Personalized Messaging

Sales & Acquisition

Lifetime Value

Ed Track 05

Beyond Experience

Car shoppers compare shopping experiences across categories. They don’t just compare one car dealer to another. When shopping for a $50,000+ automobile, today’s shoppers wonder why the experience does not compare to shopping at Nordstrom or, why the hospitality doesn’t measure up to a vacation spend at a Marriott hotel. How can it be that purchasing a new iPhone is a more delightful experience than acquiring a new vehicle that sells for 50-100 times more?

Leading retailers, in all categories, are masters of creating a customer culture that delivers not just the basics of hospitality, service and value, but additionally their retail culture delivers a customer experience that surprises and delights.

Topics we’ll explore:

  • Addressing the adversarial relationship that is often built into the dealership processes and why this is a “culture killer”.
  • Online Digital Retail: why it hasn’t lived up to its promise.
  • Understanding the people, processes and technology required to consistently sell cars in less than an hour including the efficiency unlock that allows salespeople to sell and deliver over 50 cars per month, without an assistant or a traditional finance office.
  • Why your dealership may need a different kind of  “cash register”.
  • Learning how  bricks-and-mortar retail can create a “temple of the brand” and a culture that consistently outperforms the competition.

Included will be a case study that demonstrates a rare virtuous cycle in automotive retail: higher productivity per salesperson, increased net profit, faster transactions and happier customers. Does this sound too good to be true? Join us in Palm Beach for a thought provoking session on the future of automotive retail.

3:15pm

Monday

Search — especially Organic Search — is filled with misconceptions and vendor misinformation… Designed to be digestible for Dealer Principals, CMOs, GMs, and Marketing Professionals, this presentation is packed with 27 actionable takeaways, that even most seasoned marketers aren’t aware of.

This presentation is designed and presented by a veteran of automotive marketing, with 15 years of dealership and vendor experience. Attendees will be offered a no-pitch, store-specific SEO evaluation with actionable information rather than busywork. Come learn something new!

Search — especially Organic Search — is filled with misconceptions and vendor misinformation… Designed to be digestible for Dealer Principals, CMOs, GMs, and Marketing Professionals, this presentation is packed with 27 actionable takeaways, that even most seasoned marketers aren’t aware of.

This presentation is designed and presented by a veteran of automotive marketing, with 15 years of dealership and vendor experience. Attendees will be offered a no-pitch, store-specific SEO evaluation with actionable information rather than busywork. Come learn something new!

Keynote

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Exhibit Hall

CX Tech

Personalized Messaging

Sales & Acquisition

Lifetime Value

Ed Track 05

Beyond Experience

Sponsored By:

10:15am

Tuesday

Improving the customer experience involves changing the way we engage consumers who are shopping online and giving them the information that they need, at the right moment in time. Learn about how these companies are partnering with dealers to create new levels of success, more effective use of their employees, and an elevated customer experience. Join speakers from AutoFi, and iPacket on the mainstage for this innovative session. 

Improving the customer experience involves changing the way we engage consumers who are shopping online and giving them the information that they need, at the right moment in time. Learn about how these companies are partnering with dealers to create new levels of success, more effective use of their employees, and an elevated customer experience. Join speakers from AutoFi, and iPacket on the mainstage for this innovative session. 

Panel

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Main Ballroom

CX Tech

Personalized Messaging

Sales & Acquisition

Lifetime Value

Ed Track 05

Beyond Experience

Sponsored By:

10:00am

Sunday

Must have the GA4 Add-On to attend. This 2 hour session providing practical, hands-on training with top industry experts addressing challenges and opportunities in GA4. To gain admission select the free GA4 Add-On to the purchase of your MRC Event Ticket. The meeting will be capped at 120 members so act fast!

Must have the GA4 Add-On to attend. This 2 hour session providing practical, hands-on training with top industry experts addressing challenges and opportunities in GA4. To gain admission select the free GA4 Add-On to the purchase of your MRC Event Ticket. The meeting will be capped at 120 members so act fast!

Capped Meeting

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Plaza 1

CX Tech

Personalized Messaging

Sales & Acquisition

Lifetime Value

Ed Track 05

Beyond Experience

Sponsored By: