In the automotive industry, there's a giant ticking clock that OEMs use to rate every  dealership. This clock starts the moment a customer indicates interest or asks for assistance. OEMs are looking for their dealerships to act on that interest as quickly as possible The phrase "time is of the essence" rings true here. 

Sales technology can transform your business. Today, we’ll be looking at one that may be new to you: lead to call automation. Lead to call automation is a unique lead response strategy that automatically converts inbound leads into a phone call, almost instantaneously. This technology can unlock speed-to-lead. Plus, sparking a real conversation at the peak moment of interest can build strong relationships and dramatically improve sales.

Fresh off a business trip to Puerto Rico, a place that charmed me with its people, cuisine, and the region itself, I felt a renewed passion for Calldrip.I'm usually reluctant to boast about our incredible platform, but I feel compelled to share my experiences from training sessions with Puerto Rican partners.

Did you know that 90% of U.S. consumers prefer to speak with a human when they have questions about a company's products or services instead of interacting with an automated bot? In addition, 63% would take their business to a company that offered text messaging as a communication channel. That is more than six customers out of ten! Can you afford to lose sixty percent of your customers? Have you implemented text messaging into your team’s sales process? If not, now is the time to implement text messaging into your team’s sales process. 

To accelerate your sales and achieve remarkable success, you need two crucial elements: speed and information. A faster response time, coupled with the right information and the best responses, improves your chances of converting leads into loyal customers. 

If you’re investing in generating leads online, you need to be focused on how to close them, too. In this article, you’ll learn how to follow-up with website leads in five simple steps to improve close rate performance.

Our average attention span has declined in the last twenty years, from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds in 2022, thanks in part to technology. Of course, we can lament the loss of our attention as humans, but as sales professionals using tech to build a business, we better get on board. 

The world of business is competitive, and in today's economy, it's more important than ever to be quick on your feet. One key area where speed can make a huge difference is in responding to leads.

What if one simple change to your sales process could dramatically reduce competition and fuel more sales? Studies show that there is a technique, and that it’s both affordable and achievable. We call it “rapid lead response.”

Did you know that 53% of B2B companies spend over half of their annual marketing budget on lead generation? Did you also know that 79% of all marketing leads never convert into sales? Lack of lead response management is the main cause.

What is the point of spending more than half of your budget on generating leads if you ignore most of them?