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Newsletter Service for Car Dealers - revisited

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A dealer seeks a replacement for a monthly email newsletter service that shut down due to COVID, after successfully using it for 10 years with strong 35%+ open rates on a 4,000+ contact list. Respondents recommend Stream (formerly WorldDealer) and 3Birds as alternative email marketing platforms for dealerships. The thread indicates that newsletters remain a viable customer retention tool for dealers, with proven engagement metrics.

Jeff Kershner

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I know, I know - who the hell is still sending out a monthly email newsletter from their dealership? We were! At least up until the service we were using went under to due the strain that COVID placed upon their business.

The service we had been using for about 10 years did a solid job for us. Articles were mostly original, relevant, engaging and of course provided us the opportunity to ad in our own content when we wanted.

With a 35+% open rate on a list of over 4000, it was a cost effective strategy for keeping in front of our customer base. I hate to just drop it all-together. We once had a month where the newsletter was delayed and had several clients call/email me asking why they hadn't received their newsletter yet. RIIIGHT!?

Does anyone have any recommendations or are aware of another provider in (or out) of the industry that could fill this void?
 

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A dealer seeks a replacement for a monthly email newsletter service that shut down due to COVID, after successfully using it for 10 years with strong 35%+ open rates on a 4,000+ contact list. Respondents recommend Stream (formerly WorldDealer) and 3Birds as alternative email marketing platforms for dealerships. The thread indicates that newsletters remain a viable customer retention tool for dealers, with proven engagement metrics.

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