Retention Roadmap: Navigating Service Success for New Car Dealerships
Bill Springer
36 episodes
5 days ago
There’s nothing worse than losing customers to independent garages and quick lubes after the OEM warranty expires – which happens 70% of the time! As a car dealership, your #1 goal is keeping customers — and to do that, you need quality employees, an optimized service department, and benefits that matter to your customers.
Imagine transforming your service department into a powerhouse of customer retention and satisfaction. Picture a dealership where your team is motivated, your customers are loyal, and your service department consistently drives revenue and profit.
That’s exactly what you’ll get from Retention Roadmap with Bill Springer.
Bill is a seasoned expert in dealership customer retention, service marketing, and customer experience. In this podcast, you’ll get actionable insights, industry best practices, and real-life success stories from Bill, along with other industry experts.
Each episode is designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to enhance customer retention, improve employee productivity, and drive profitability.
If you’re ready for that, subscribe now and start transforming your dealership.
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There’s nothing worse than losing customers to independent garages and quick lubes after the OEM warranty expires – which happens 70% of the time! As a car dealership, your #1 goal is keeping customers — and to do that, you need quality employees, an optimized service department, and benefits that matter to your customers.
Imagine transforming your service department into a powerhouse of customer retention and satisfaction. Picture a dealership where your team is motivated, your customers are loyal, and your service department consistently drives revenue and profit.
That’s exactly what you’ll get from Retention Roadmap with Bill Springer.
Bill is a seasoned expert in dealership customer retention, service marketing, and customer experience. In this podcast, you’ll get actionable insights, industry best practices, and real-life success stories from Bill, along with other industry experts.
Each episode is designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to enhance customer retention, improve employee productivity, and drive profitability.
If you’re ready for that, subscribe now and start transforming your dealership.
The OEM–Dealer Alignment That Keeps Customers Loyal
Retention Roadmap: Navigating Service Success for New Car Dealerships
28 minutes
5 days ago
The OEM–Dealer Alignment That Keeps Customers Loyal
Chasing CSI while customers drift is like polishing the hood of a car that won’t start. If you’re measuring satisfaction but not repeat behavior, you’re missing the point and the sale. One quick fix: align OEM and dealership processes around ruthless convenience, proactive outreach, and service-drive plays that turn today’s RO into tomorrow’s trade.
In this week’s episode, sponsored by DriveSure, Bill talks with Dan Cantrell, Director of OEM Operations at Victory Automotive Group, about what moves retention in 2025. Dan shares why the real metric is whether that service customer buys their next vehicle from you, how Toyota reframed stores around loyalty and engagement (not vanity scores), and where clunky data and inconsistent DMS/CRM usage quietly erode trust. From service-drive appraisals to over-communicating tires, Dan lays out simple, repeatable programs that make returning feel like the default.
What we discuss in the episode:
Making the goal the next vehicle sale, not just the next visit
Turning connected-car alerts into automatic, human outreach and booked appointments
Closing the tire leak with constant, clear messaging and same-day conversion
Standardizing data so your processes actually scale
Using service-drive sales to feed both retention and used inventory
Preparing for EV + mobile service: software updates and at-home convenience raise the bar
Resources from this episode:
Victory Automotive Group
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Retention Roadmap: Navigating Service Success for New Car Dealerships
There’s nothing worse than losing customers to independent garages and quick lubes after the OEM warranty expires – which happens 70% of the time! As a car dealership, your #1 goal is keeping customers — and to do that, you need quality employees, an optimized service department, and benefits that matter to your customers.
Imagine transforming your service department into a powerhouse of customer retention and satisfaction. Picture a dealership where your team is motivated, your customers are loyal, and your service department consistently drives revenue and profit.
That’s exactly what you’ll get from Retention Roadmap with Bill Springer.
Bill is a seasoned expert in dealership customer retention, service marketing, and customer experience. In this podcast, you’ll get actionable insights, industry best practices, and real-life success stories from Bill, along with other industry experts.
Each episode is designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to enhance customer retention, improve employee productivity, and drive profitability.
If you’re ready for that, subscribe now and start transforming your dealership.
