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Exceeding sales quotas can be difficult at the best of times. In the current economic situation, it can be more than problematic; it can seem downright impossible. How are dealerships to find the consumers they need? How do you ensure that you have the best access to those in the subprime market, those who need a car but cannot getfinancing through many lenders? These consumers are the best option for your marketing needs. Special finance auto leads can dramatically increase your sales, blowing past your quotas in a very short time.

What are special finance auto leads? In short, they are exactly what they sound like. These are lists of consumers who fall into the subprime category; those who need special financing to attain the automobile they require. More and more consumers fall into this category, as the credit crunch continues to reduce their credit ratings. It has become quite difficult for those with less-than sterling credit to get an auto loan of any size. Prescreened subprime auto leads let you access this growing base of consumers.

How do you use special finance auto leads? Any number of methods can be employed to market to these consumers. However, the marketing methods that you have available will depend on the information included in the auto lead list. The more comprehensive the list, the better you will be able to market to the consumer, in a variety of ways. For instance, if the list includes full contact information, you can market through snail mail and email. You can even market over the phone. It is essential that you choose a list of leads that contains full contact information in order to provide yourself with the most ways in which to market.

How exclusive are these leads? Are they being provided to other dealerships, as well? Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous providers that do duplicate lists and sell the same information to multiple dealers. However, if you research the list provider thoroughly, you can bypass this obstacle. Make sure that the provider guarantees that the list is exclusive to your dealership.

How are the lists generated? Obviously, marketing through lists of consumers outside of your area is a waste of marketingmoney. Make sure that the list is generated based on your dealership's zip code. You can also include the zip codes of surrounding areas for more comprehensive coverage. The key is to make sure that the consumers to whom you are marketing are able to visit the dealership. Marketing to those outside your local area is pointless. Make sure that the list provider utilizes your zip code when generating special finance auto leads.

As you can see, auto leads hold great potential for your dealership's marketing and sales. Without these lists, you face the specter of falling below your sales quotas on a regular basis. Make the smart choice and give your dealership the boost it needs to be successful and blow those quotas away.

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The number of dealerships interested in marketing to subprime consumers has increased just as rapidly as the economy has worsened. The number of consumers now labeled as "subprime" has increased to incredible proportions – a full 60% of the consumers in the US are now considered risky credit ventures. That increase equates to tremendous potential for your dealership. Because there are more consumers in a less than desirable financial situation, your special finance deals hold more value. In short, with the right auto leads, you can increase your profit and exceed sales forecasts, even during an economic crunch.

What should you look for in a lead provider? What sets a good choice apart from hucksters in the marketplace? How do you use this tool to increase your profitability without running the risks that the leads you purchase will not pan out? It will require that you do a bit of research, prior to choosing a provider. It will also entail you verifying that the provider offers some very specific things.

First, the provider that you choose should have an excellent reputation in the industry. This is simple to verify, using the Internet. You must find a provider with a lengthy history of accomplishment; at least 5 years of delivering quality leads to dealerships. If you choose a company without a good reputation, you can find that you are simply wasting your marketing capital with little or no return on the investment.

Second, you must ensure that the lead provider offers you an easy way to incorporate those special finance auto leads into your CRM platform. Whether the leads are sent to you in a specific format, or the provider offers online web-based integration and management tools, you must be able to integrate those leads in a short time, in order to reap the benefits you desire.

Next, the lead provider should offer you prescreened and graded consumers based on your own lending criteria. Because special finance offers vary from dealership to dealership and lender to lender, customizing the prescreening process is very important. If you are unable to customize the process, you will find that the list of consumers is comprised of many that do not fall within your guidelines, effectively making them unmarketable for your dealership. This situation can be avoided when you choose the best provider.

Finally, the provider must offer you the means to target consumers within your local area. Marketing to consumers outside of your local area is pointless. Only by marketing to those consumers within driving distance of the dealership will you be able to increase sales in a predictable manner. The provider should allow you to target consumers based on zip code; thus, ensuring that you gain access to those consumers most likely to pay you a visit.

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Right now, finding customers who are willing to take on a new monthly expenditure is more of a challenge than it has been in years. Financial news tends to indicate a trend toward saving, rather than spending, on the part of consumers and "creature comforts" and luxuries are falling lower and lower among the priorities of consumers with every passing month. Special finance leads are an opportunity for auto dealerships to network directly with customers who are looking to buy a vehicle as soon as possible and who have already been pre-qualified for the lending that suits their needs.

"Up selling" is a tough order in an economic downturn. Many customers will show up to dealerships with a set figure in mind and will tend to be more amicable toward driving off the lot with less car and, therefore, less financing, than they had initially planned. Dealerships who work with such customers aren't missing out, especially today, and it's an excellent way for sales people to exploit the needs of a market that very much needs to be serviced.

Special finance leads are oftentimes responsible, reliable buyers who, for one reason or another, have suffered financial difficulties that have made their credit score difficult to maintain. Everyone's likely been there at one time or another and, like everyone who has, most of these customers are looking to rebuild their credit rating to a level that will enable them to borrow toward the most important things in life in the future. For many of them, a car is both a necessity and an opportunity. Being current on payments for something as large as an auto loan presents these customers with a means to repair their credit. Finding a dealership who is willing to work with them toward this end is certainly going to make that business, and the sales people who helped them, stand out among their competitor's in that customer's eyes. One should not underestimate the word-of-mouth advertising that can be potentially generated by fostering such a relationship.

Finding special finance leads can be greatly simplified by making use of Internet resources. Internet lead generation companies have the benefit of being able to update their lists by the minute and some of them work with leads that are pre-qualified for financing up to a certain limit. For the sales people, the lead is a person who is very much in need of having a vehicle as quickly as is reasonably possible and who is simply looking for a dealer that can help them achieve that goal.

Using special finance leads can open up a whole new market in a much more targeted way than does advertising. When most consumers have become rather resistant to the traditional sales pitches, dynamic businesses know that it's time to move out of the "tried and true" methods that simply don't work as well anymore and to take advantage of new opportunities offered by technology and the marketplace in general.

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