Press Release: MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERS TOP RANKED FOR RESPONSE TO WEBSITE INQUIRIES REPORTS PIED PIPER PSI(R)
Industry average performance improved, but 1 out of 4 customers still failed to receive a personal response within 24 hours
March 2018
Monterey, California – March 5, 2018 – Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the 2018 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® Benchmarking Study, which measured how auto dealerships responded to customer inquiries received through dealership websites. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) brands Chrysler, Ram and Dodge were among the most improved compared to the previous year, along with Mercedes-Benz, Honda and Buick. Study rankings by ...
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Wall Street Journal
Hello, This is Stark Industries. No, We Do Not Make Iron Man Suits
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August 2017
Companies that share names with fictional firms from cult movies and shows can get into some stupefying situations. ‘Yeah, great latex salesman.’ Pied Piper, a Pacific Grove, Calif., firm that rates the effectiveness of car dealer networks, was founded 10 years earlier and located 90 miles to the south of the fictional technology startup of the same name in the HBO show “Silicon Valley.” Founder Fran O’Hagan said he was recently “presenting to a ...
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CBT Automotive Network
What a mystery shopping study reveals about dealership processes
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July 2017
Joe talks to Steve Finlay about a recent article he wrote for WardsAuto, building rapport, and a mystery shopping study.
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Wards Auto
Why Dealership Showroom Staffers Should Follow Sales Process
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July 2017
Successful car salespeople regularly follow established sales processes, says Fran O’Hagan, president and CEO of Pied Piper Management, a consulting firm that mystery shops dealerships to determine showroom effectiveness. Dealers themselves, not automakers, should establish those processes. And it shouldn’t be optional for staffers to follow them or not, he says. For the second year, Nissan’s Infiniti brand dealerships ranked highest in the 2017 ...
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Automotive News First Shift
Infiniti Tops in Mystery Shopper Ranking
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July 2017
For the second year, Nissan’s Infiniti brand dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2017 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study. Pied Piper's 11th annual study sent thousands of mystery shoppers to dealerships nationwide to see how effectively salespeople sell.
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Automotive News
Infiniti tops sales-prospects survey
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July 2017
Infiniti secured the top spot in a study on prospect satisfaction with dealerships for the second consecutive year. The study, released Monday, measures how effectively each brand’s dealerships sell when car shoppers visit the stores. The 2017 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index is based on how dealerships treated mystery shoppers who visited 5,289 stores in the U.S. between July 2016 and June 2017. The study is conducted by Pied Piper ...
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Press Release: INFINITI DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST BY 2017 PIED PIPER PROSPECT SATISFACTION INDEX(R) (PSI(R))
July 2017
Monterey, California – July 10, 2017 – For the second year, Nissan’s Infiniti brand dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2017 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study. The study measured treatment of car-shoppers who visited 5,289 dealerships throughout the country. Study rankings by brand were determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring to ...
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Wards Auto
Dealership Internet Effectiveness Has Long Way to Go
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March 2017
Before Porsche gets up and accepts an award for the auto brand with the most Internet-effective dealerships, here’s a qualifier: It could have done better. So could virtually all the brands on the Pied Piper’s annual Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking Study, says Fran O’Hagan, the consultancy’s president and CEO. The company measures and indexes how dealerships by brand respond to mystery shopping inquiries received through a store’s ...
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Automotive News First Shift
Porsche Dealers Treat Customers Best when Responding to On-Line Questions
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March 2017
For the seventh year, Pied Piper measures how every brand’s dealers respond to customer inquiries through dealer websites. Pied Piper's annual study sent 18,000 mystery shoppers on-line to dealerships nationwide to see how effectively salespeople respond.
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Automotive News
Porsche stores repeat atop online response study
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March 2017
Porsche dealerships earned the top spot in Pied Piper's annual online lead-responsiveness study for the second year in a row, despite scoring three points lower than last year. The auto industry's overall performance for effective lead response has not improved in five years. Porsche dealerships earned the top spot in an online lead-responsiveness study for the second year in a row, despite scoring three points lower than last year, Pied Piper ...
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