In our 1.12 update we’ve incorporated features that improve the online shopping experience for your customers. Now they can access your site 24/7 – even if they’re not at a computer! Below is the full list of features that are available with our 1.12 update. As always, new features have been turned off by default. Your account manager will be getting in touch with you regarding the new features and a walk-through on all of the new features you’re going to love from Dealer HD.
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Mobile
Your website is now available 24/7 even if customers are away from their computer! Customers visiting your site from their mobile phones will now be able to browse inventory, view specials, get directions and send leads in a mobile version of your website optimized for their phone. We have also created an iPhone specific version of your site that looks and functions like the iPhone. With the iPhone site users can get additional photos and Google Map directions right from their current location!
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Vehicle History
The Vehicle History shopping tool allows customers to keep a record of all vehicles they’ve viewed on your site. As customers view vehicles they are interested in we store and display them in a tab along the left side of your website. If a customer wants to return to a vehicle, they simply open the tab and click the vehicle. It serves as a quick reference for customers so they don’t need to re-search for the vehicles they’re interested in getting another look at.
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vCards for Employees
To make your staff even more accessible to your customers, we’ve added vCards to each of your published employees. This standard form of “Electronic Business Card” is a quick way to exchange business information online. vCards are a standard format that can be used with almost every Email program on the market. To download your employee’s contact information customers just need to visit the staff detail page and download.
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WordPress Integration
We’ve integrated WordPress blogging capabilities directly into your websites. WordPress is a full, featured professional blogging platform that is both easy to use and powerful. We’ve worked hard to integrate this tool into your website so that you’re blogging efforts will bring better on-site SEO and content that can be indexed by Search Engines quickly.
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Email Tool
Now you can email inventory to customers right from the RIMS Admin. Simply select vehicles you’d like to send, click the Email Icon and enter the email address of the person you’d like to send to. An HTML formatted email will be delivered containing the vehicles you’ve selected. Each vehicle is a link that sends them to your site to view additional details and schedule a test drive.
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Twitter Bar
As an extension of Social Media Integration we’ve added Twitter to the RIMS Admin. You can now Tweet right from the admin. It’s more convenient than ever – one login to save you time.
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Canonical URL Tag
The Canonical URL Tag is said by many to be the most important advancement in SEO practices, so we had to give it to you. The tag eliminates duplicate content and helps search engines direct indexed pages to the correct location on your website. This will also serve as a funnel of sorts and direct all traffic to the correct address we are tracking in Google Analytics.
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noODP Meta Tag
This meta tag ensures that the information displayed in Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) about your dealership is coming from your site and not other sources.
