
Aftermarket Marketing: 2013 Online Sales of Auto Parts & Accessories Growing
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingNote: this article is originally from June 2013, for an updated forecast, click here for a more current article.Online sales of auto parts and accessories continue to significantly outpace brick and mortar sales. It's one of the…

Automotive Aftermarket Trends: 2013 Online Sales of Auto Parts & Accessories Growing
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingNote: this article is originally from June 2013. For an updated forecast, click here for a more current article covering online parts sales.Online sales of auto parts and accessories continue to significantly outpace brick and mortar…

6 Reasons Why Manufacturers Should Advertise on Google or Bing With Paid Search Ads
Automotive MarketingWhy advertise on Google: If you're in the automotive specialty equipment industry, learn about digital advertising for manufacturers. Here are 6 important reasons to advertise on Google or Bing right now. Paid search, or pay per click (PPC)…

What You Should Know About Google’s Quality Score (or, How to Save 50% on AdWords)
Automotive MarketingIf you're a Google AdWords advertiser selling car, truck, ATV or motorcycle parts and accessories, you may already know the importance of your Quality Score. You might not know how it affects your bid or how to improve it, so we thought this…

Auto Parts Customer Behavior in Google Analytics (or, Where the Heck Do My Customers Come From??)
Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingYou can improve automotive SEO and Google AdWords paid search results by understanding how automotive parts and accessory customers originally find your website, and how they return to make a purchase. You can discover a lot of information…

Google Reveals Automotive Repair & Maintenance Shopping Secrets and Trends
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive MarketingHere are some interesting automotive repair trends on consumers searching for vehicle maintenance and repair services, for both Do It Yourself (DIY) and Do It For Me (DIFM) vehicle owners. It's the subject of a report released by the folks over…

Increase Relevance (and Sales!) with Email Segmentation
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Marketing One of the most popular channels to reach consumers is through email marketing, yet countless marketing messages go ignored and unread. We're all bombarded with thousands of marketing messages throughout the day, and people run avoidance measures…

Why New Car Auto Sales Are Rising
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingWith monthly auto sales rising here are reasons for the continuing increase in automobile and light truck sales in the face of a weak economy.The auto industry tracks monthly unit sales as a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) figure,…

Vehicle Segment Trends by Region
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingJumpstart Automotive Group released a report on online car shopping trends by U.S. region, showing the top vehicle segments as well as the top shopping considerations. The company analyzed behaviors of automotive website users in 2012 "to draw…

How Enthusiasts Decide Where to Buy
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingWelcome back to our blog. Today we'll take a look at how enthusiasts decide where to buy their engine components. This includes purchasing auto parts in retail stores, or purchasing online.We surveyed thousands of automotive enthusiasts about…

2 Things to Know About How Consumers Perceive Price
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingToday we'll give you a look at how consumers perceive prices when shopping according to Decode Implicit Marketing.How you present a price greatly affects if a consumer perceives the product as "expensive" or "cheap." Research shows that…

3 Things You Didn’t Know about 1994-2004 Mustang Owners
Auto Aftermarket News & Trends, Automotive Market Research, Automotive MarketingThe fourth generation Ford Mustang, also known as "SN-95," included styling from previous Mustangs and came with a 3.8 liter overhead valve V6 engine or a 4.6 liter single overhead camshaft V8. This generation included three alternate models:…