Auto Industry Marketing
Research Study
- A telephone guest is 85%
more inclined to make a conscious purchasing decision than an "on the
lot" or "in store guest".
- Telephone guests "on
hold" want to hear the latest sales promotions offered by the dealer or
manufacturer.
- Over half of the
telephone guests holding for a sales rep, asks about something heard
while "On hold".
- A Saturn Store in the
Chicago land area attributed over 5% of unit sales to their "message on
hold".
In 1998, Media Promotion, at
the time a full service advertising, marketing and research firm in the
Chicago area facilitated focus group and survey based research study
for the GM's Saturn division on general advertising and marketing
performance for their dealer stores. The most interesting aspect of
the research study was the stunning results demonstrating the effectiveness
of "Message on Hold". So stunning in fact . . . Media
Promotion launched a "Music and Message On Hold" division and today is proud
to be a leading nationwide provider of music and message on hold
products and services with clients in over 45 states, Canada, The UK, Japan,
South America, Australia, Switzerland and other parts of the world.