101 Ways To Jump Start Your Internet Business

“A lesson for Newbies and Veterans”

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Change your signature file to look like it has come from your mobile phone

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Build a FaceBook profile for you and a Fan Page for the dealership

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Create a monthly email newsletter

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Follow up with leads with a personalized video

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Set Up Google Analytics for your website

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Set Up a Twitter account

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Twellow Directory

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Set up a Dealership Blog

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Pre T.O. Internet Customers

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Create Special Offer Landing Pages

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Create FaceBook Ad

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Place a Watermark Logo with Phone number on all pictures you upload to the web

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Set up a Google Adwords account

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Document your entire Internet sales process to find holes and improve it

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Set up and complete your dealership’s Google Business Listing

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Rethink your first email to incorporate the three choice strategy

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Change your initial shopper greeting to use the reframing technique

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Update your website specials page every week at the very least

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Create a webpage for vehicles under 15K

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Set up a YouTube Channel for the dealership

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Create a smart phone application

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Start using Reputation Management

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Set up a http://www.bit.ly account for tracking how many clicks

you get on links you share socially

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http://www.5minutesite.com/local_keywords.php

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http://www.clixtrac.com

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Create and use a video autoresponder to get the shopper’s attention and to stand out

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Make voicemail your secret selling weapon

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Take pictures and videos of every sold customer and use them everywhere

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Set two objectives for every phone call a primary and secondary reason

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http://www.wordtracker.com

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http://www.SEOMOZ.org

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What Does Master of the Moment Mean? This idea came from one basic marketing principle: People buy

when THEY are ready to buy, not when you are ready to sell.

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http://www.google.com/sktool/#

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Read the book entitled “Influence” by Robert B. Cialdini

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http://www.clicktail.com

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http://www.fiverr.com

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Write short articles for SEO benefits

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http://spyfu.com

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http://zipskinny.com/

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http://www.surveymonkey.com/

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Switch your offer from new to pre-owned after 30 days

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Upload all videos to YouTube for SEO

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Using eBay correctly

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Craigslist

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Flip Video HD camera

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27 emails means 7 will be read

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Ensure your subject line contains zero spam filter keywords. Look it up on Google

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Add your Reputation Management to high touch points with the shopper

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Create Vehicle brochures on Slideshare.net

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Keep your emails short people hate to read

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Write your top 10 Objections. Now write your responses to each one

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Spend 1 hour per week on the Automotive Training Forums

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Set up Google Alerts

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Use Split testing on your website for continuous improvement

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Develop an Internet Selling Package. It establishes your unique USP

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Take your community involvement to a new Social Media level

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Stay consistent in every program you implement

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Measure every program. If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it

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Leverage referral business

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Practice Listening

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Call 180 day old leads like they are fresh

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Master your sales presentation

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People buy emotionally

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Connect on Linkedin

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Make shoppers remember you by doing the little things

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Master your vehicle presentation

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Make your CRM work for you

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Create power hours for phone calls during the day to break up the monotony

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Exceed your shopper’s expectations

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Plan your day then work the plan

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THIS IS NOT HOW TO TYPE OR FORMAT YOUR EMAIL MESSAGES TO SHOPPERS

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If you plan to last in this business take a day off now and again. Recharging your batteries is

the only way you will survive

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Leverage the phone/email combo to improve Internet lead response

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Always be recruiting new staff

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Get more social media interaction by asking questions

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Create a lead bucket system for follow up

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Use Twitter to share cool content

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Stop copying your competition

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Learn to manage your time efficiently

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Some will, some won’t, so what

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Ask for the sale at least 3 times

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Orphaned lease renewal is a great place to generate more business

for yourself and the dealership

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Add a reason to make your video go viral

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Always be reducing leakage in your sales funnel

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http://www.batchgeo.com

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Learn to stand out

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http://www.jingproject.com

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http://www.screencast.com

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Get your blog listed in available directories

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http://www.involver.com/

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Read “E-Myth”By Michael Gerber

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Slow down your processes

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Send a hand written “Thank You” to every person you sell

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Pour coffee and hand out donuts

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Choice your words wisely

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Master closing techniques

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Old age inventory email campaign

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http://analyticsvisualizations.appspot.com/juicekit/AnalyticsVisualization.html

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Live Chat

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Have fun

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In an beginners mind there are many possibilities in the experts mind there are

few always maintain a beginners mind

The End

Todd Smith321-441-7700

todd@activEngage.com