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Autobytel boosts profits from AdWords over 60% by putting customers in the driver’s seat.

About Autobytel

• www.autobytel.com

Goals

• Connect with as many customers searching for new and used cars as possible • Drive more ready-to-buy car shoppers to Autobytel manufacturer and dealer partners • Increase profit from AdWords campaigns

Approach

• Empower search marketing team with flexible budgets • Evaluate historical revenue data and consumer Search behavior to better assign value to every click • Optimize bids by evaluating total profit vs only max CPA

Results

• Increased conversions by 60% • Increased account-wide profit by over 60%

Since 1995, Autobytel has turned millions of car shoppers into car buyers by connecting them with dealers and manufacturers nationwide. As a trusted third party source, Autobytel empowers consumers to take the car buying process into their own hands by providing free price quotes from dealers. Auto dealers are then connected to these ready-to-buy shoppers. In fact, a referral from Autobytel converts into a sale at over twice the industry average.1 Capturing more demand with flexible budgets Autobytel’s Consumer Acquisition team takes a consumer-first approach when it comes to equipping their search marketers with the right resources and tools to succeed with AdWords. Instead of sticking to a fixed budget, the search team is empowered to reach as many qualified shoppers as possible. Wesley Rock, Search Engine Marketing Manager at Autobytel, believes a consumer-first approach is key to the most effective AdWords strategies. “One thing we’ve found with AdWords is that it lets the end user cast their vote to tell us what they want, when they want it,” he shares. “We only develop new campaigns after carefully evaluating how our ready-to-buy car shoppers are searching. With this approach, we see AdWords delivering more and more car buyers to our site month after month.” Bidding smarter by measuring value per click The Autobytel team assigns a value to every click using sophisticated technology that integrates directly with Google AdWords. This integration enables them to attribute revenue from their AdWords spend to easily create profitability profiles for every keyword. Ralph Smith, VP of Consumer Acquisition at Autobytel notes, “Advancements in the AdWords API have given us incredible flexibility in retrieving valuable keyword KPIs that we integrate with our own internal tools. The transparency and freshness of data allows our team to make intelligent bidding and marketing decisions, near real-time.”

Optimizing for total profit instead of a target CPA Billy Ferriolo, Senior Vice President of Consumer Acquisition at Autobytel doesn’t believe all clicks are created equal. “Consumers are at all levels of the purchase funnel and in many cases their behavioral signals indicate they have a higher intent to purchase. When we identify these signals, we look to increase our bids and drive even more ready to buy shoppers to our partner dealers. If a consumer is looking to buy within the next 24 hours, we shouldn’t handcuff ourselves to a max CPA.” said Ferriolo. Autobytel is willing to pay more for a click, knowing that it can connect them with more of the right consumers at the right time, ultimately bringing more value to dealers. Results worth sharing Autobytel’s consumer focused search marketing strategy has driven impressive results. In fact, conversions have increased 60% while total profit from AdWords has increased by more than 60% annually. Based on results so far, the company is excited to continue applying a profitdriven strategy to continue meeting consumer needs as well as provide increasing value to its partners.

1. Source, http://www.marketwatch.com/story/autobytel-acquires-advanced-mobile-to-provide-leading-mobile-capabilities-toautomotive-manufacturers-and-dealerships-2013-09-30

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