Press Release: ACURA DEALERS RANKED FIRST IN INDUSTRY STUDY FOR PROVIDING QUICK AND EASY SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
Industrywide 1 in 7 Customers Failed in their Attempt to Schedule Service
July 2024
Monterey, California – July 1, 2024 – Acura was ranked first out of 34 automobile brands in Pied Piper’s 2024 PSI® Service Telephone Effectiveness® (STE®) Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls from a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following the Acura dealers in the rankings were dealers who service Mazda, Lexus, Infiniti, and Volkswagen. “Well-run service ...
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Wards Auto
Sales Leads Caught in the Web
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April 2024
A mystery-shopping survey says auto dealerships are getting better - and faster - at responding to online customer inquiries. In this year's Pied Piper Internet Lead Effectiveness Study, 34% of dealerships scored above 80 (providing a quick and thorough personal response). Twenty-one percent scored below 40, with the worst markdown transgression being a failure to respond at all. Industrywide average performance increased four points to a ...
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Automotive News
Dealerships' responses to website inquiries improving, new study shows
March 2024
More dealerships than ever provided more thoughtful and thorough personal responses to inquiries on their websites, according to a new study from Pied Piper. The study, released this month,ranks dealerships on a 100-point scale based on how they responded to mystery-customer inquiries on their websites within 24 hours. The industry average score rose to 62, the highest since Pied Piper started tracking responses in 2011. Many dealerships ...
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Auto Connected Car News
Infiniti, VW, Cadillac, Subaru & Polestar Most Responsive to Internet Leads
March 2024
Infiniti dealerships were ranked highest according to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Study, which measured responsiveness to customer internet leads coming though dealership websites. Following Infiniti were Volkswagen, Cadillac, Subaru, and Polestar. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of 3,957 dealerships, asking a specific question about a vehicle in inventory, ...
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Used Car News
Study Focuses on Following Up on Leads
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March 2024
Infiniti dealerships were ranked highest according to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study, which measured responsiveness to customer internet leads coming though dealership websites. Following Infiniti were Volkswagen, Cadillac, Subaru, and Polestar. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of 3,957 dealerships, asking a specific question about a vehicle in inventory, and ...
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Digital Dealer
How Auto Dealerships Rank By Website Response Rate
March 2024
Infiniti came out on top in a recent survey of responsiveness to customer internet leads coming though dealership websites. The survey— 2024 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE) Study—measured responsiveness to customer internet leads coming though dealership websites. Following Infiniti were Volkswagen, Cadillac, Subaru, and Polestar. The study is based on Pied Piper’s mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual ...
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CBT News
Infiniti tops dealership customer engagement ranking in Pied Piper study
March 2024
The 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Study, which assessed responses to online customer leads at 3,957 dealerships, highlighted Infiniti as among the top performers in engaging with potential customers. Pied Piper conducted mystery shopper inquiries on the websites of 3,957 dealerships, asking specific questions about vehicle inventory. An ILE evaluation yields a score between 0 and 100 by combining more than 20 different ...
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Auto Remarketing
Infiniti dealers post record high score in study of responsiveness to online leads
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March 2024
When it comes to responding to customers online, Infiniti dealers are No. 1, according to Pied Piper's latest research. The luxury brand topped Volkswagen, Cadillac, Subaru and Polestar in the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study, which measured responsiveness to customer Internet leads coming though dealership websites. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of 3,957 ...
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Press Release: INFINITI DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN AUTO INDUSTRY STUDY MEASURING RESPONSIVENESS TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
Industry's average performance improved, led by greater use of texting as well as quicker response by phone call
March 2024
Monterey, California – March 4, 2024 – Infiniti dealerships were ranked highest according to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Study, which measured responsiveness to customer internet leads coming though dealership websites. Following Infiniti were Volkswagen, Cadillac, Subaru, and Polestar. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of 3,957 dealerships, asking a specific ...
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CADILLAC DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN AUTO INDUSTRY STUDY MEASURING RESPONSIVENESS TO WEBSITE CUSTOMER INQUIRIES
Industrywide use of texting continues to grow: 61% of web customers received a response by text
March 2023
Monterey, California – March 6, 2023 – General Motors’ Cadillac dealerships were ranked highest according to the 2023 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Study, which measured responsiveness to Internet leads coming though dealership websites. Following Cadillac were Infiniti, Volkswagen, Subaru, Toyota and Volvo. “Auto dealers industrywide were quicker on average to respond to their website customers this year,” said Fran ...
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