WTH Dealer Socket - We're Done!

[Jeff Kershner]

Forgot about this older post from 2017 with dealers struggling with DealerSocket

DealerSocket's Revenue Radar and the struggles...

I have a dealer friend that likes to be one of thooose - a Lurker! Anyway... He wondering if anyone in the DR community happens to be a real POWER USER of DealerSocket CRM, more specifically their equity mining tool - Revenue Radar. They installed it a few months and while they're trying to...

dlrfr.sh

 

[Jeff Kershner]

Is Elead much better? First acquired by CDK, now acquired by Brookfield. They may face a similar fate as DealerSocket.

Vinsolutions seems to be the preferred CRM of managers. DriveCentric seems to be the preferred CRM of sales staff. So, what will sell more cars - easy reporting and customization (Vin) or crazy easy to use (Drive)?

Here's hoping the Tekion CRM will be ready for mainstream in the next couple of years to give the legacy CRM players a run for their money!

eLead gets the job done, I guess. I've been familiar/using it for over 15 years. If I were to find a new CRM, I would consider looking at other options.

 

[Ryan Everson]

DealerSocket goes viral on TikTok after performing another round of mass layoffs via a Zoom call, but this time they forgot to mute employee microphones.

‘This is absolutely disgusting’: Employer lets go of entire team in mass layoff via Zoom. They didn’t mute workers' mics

'You have to mute people.'

www.dailydot.com

 

[Jeff Kershner]

DealerSocket goes viral on TikTok after performing another round of mass layoffs via a Zoom call, but this time they forgot to mute employee microphones.

‘This is absolutely disgusting’: Employer lets go of entire team in mass layoff via Zoom. They didn’t mute workers' mics

'You have to mute people.'

www.dailydot.com

Shieeeeet. That's CRAZY!!!

 

[AutoAlex]

DealerSocket goes viral on TikTok after performing another round of mass layoffs via a Zoom call, but this time they forgot to mute employee microphones.

‘This is absolutely disgusting’: Employer lets go of entire team in mass layoff via Zoom. They didn’t mute workers' mics

'You have to mute people.'

www.dailydot.com

Saw this yesterday, they really dropped the ball here. Looks like it's going viral enough on that a lot of people in automotive will find out about it.