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INTERNET MARKETING FOR MOTOR RETAILERS

Session 1

Duration: 60 mins

Introductions & Objectives — How the internet is affecting the motor industry

Internet growth statistics. Rationale for internet marketing

Internet marketing vs conventional marketing

    • A framework for Internet Marketing

Use of Internet for Market Research

    • Use of search engines

Use of Internet for customer research, feedback and dialogue

    • Customer surveys, focus groups

Session 2

Duration: 45 mins

The Web-Site

-Setting objectives, What do we want to use it for?

-How do we get one — DIY vs contract out

    • costs and sources of help

-Key design principles — do’s and don’t’s

    • what has to be included
    • how will people find me?

Session 3

Duration: 30mins

Marketing Communications on the Internet

    • Summary of methods
    • Direct mail and managed e-mail services
    • Advertising and banner exchange programmes

Session 4

Duration: 90 mins

Generating traffic for the web site

The 10 ways

- Search engine registration, integration with and use of conventional marketing

- Advertising, e-mail, linking and cross linking

- Association with super sites and directories

- Affiliate marketing and exchange programmes, shopping malls

    • Association with new motor industry intermediaries
    • New intermediaries — competitors or new channel

Session 5

Duration: 60 mins

The manufacturers site

    • Overview of site — quick tour
    • Objectives and features of site, the future
    • Integration of retailer web sites with dot com
    • Guideline for retailer web site development

Session 6

Duration: 30 mins

New auto industry Intermediaries

    • The new competitors
    • The new channel opportunities

Session 7

Duration: 60 mins

Getting people to re-visit and ‘stick’

    • 4 C’s of stickiness — content, communications, commerce, community
    • Personalisation and Customer Relationship Management
    • Community building
    • Bulletin boards, chat forums
    • Added Value services
    • Links to manufacturer’s services — trafficmaster, used cars etc
    • Other local services and information, newsletters , fishfood & freebies
    • Proactive marketing
    • Information collection techniques
    • managed e-mail, newsletters
    • Demographic and needs based targeting

Session 8

Duration: 60 mins

E-commerce basics

    • Automatic trading on the web, security issues

New Business models

- 4 levels of e-business

- Zero gravity options

The manufacturer’s E-Business initiative

- How does it affect the retailers?