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@utoRevenue Adds Voice Messaging to Its Lineup of CRM Programs for Auto Dealerships.


BOSTON -- @utoVoice, A Fully Automated Voice Message Delivery System, Designed to Generate Profits for Dealerships

@utoRevenue(TM), the nation's leader in revenue generating, permission based email marketing for the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. , announced today the release of @utoVoice, the newest component in @utoRevenue's products designed to increase dealer revenue and enhance dealerships' customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) programs.

@utoVoice is an automated voice message delivery system that complements @utoRevenue's flagship permission based email marketing tools. Using @utoVoice, dealerships can automatically follow up with each customer, either with a stand alone voice message or with voice messages that complement the dealership's email or direct mail campaigns.

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 by contacting each customer after a sales or service call and, instead of spending dollars per call, spend just pennies a call."

Miller says @utoVoice allows two way communications with customers immediately after an encounter in sales or service. "This means any problem or issue the customers may have will be resolved right away, which results in an immediate CSI increase," adds Miller.

@utoVoice offers revenue generating opportunities also. By using the automated voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available.  system, dealers can remind customers of upcoming service needs and notify them of special deals in sales, service and/or parts and accessories.

As an example, Miller cited a Texas Honda dealer who used @utoVoice to place 454 calls to customers with a safety related recall. In less than two weeks, the dealership generated almost $8,000 in warranty labor sales and parts when 54 of the customers came into the dealership to complete the outstanding warranty campaign. Of those, many used @utoVoice's Instant Connect feature to connect instantly to the dealership to make reservations. "The dealership invested $132.00 to make the calls and received over $8,000 in revenue in less than 14 days. That's a 6000% ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ," emphasizes Miller.

Another benefit of @utoVoice is that it revives customers previously labeled as inactive by direct mail companies. "@utoVoice can be used to generate revenue or simply increase CSI," says Miller.

@utoRevenue will showcase @utoVoice at the company's Booth 5943 at the National Automobile Dealership Association convention in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , January 29 through February 1, 2005.

@utoRevenue(TM) (www.autorevenue.com), based in Great Barrington, MA, is the automotive industry's leading full service, fully automated eCRM company. John Miller, CEO, who founded the company in 2001, has extensive experience in the industry as an executive at COIN and KeyTrak and as the founder and CEO of UPS (Ultimate Prospecting Services). UPS, a company that used database management to build customer satisfaction, was listed twice on INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

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 magazine's list of the 500 Fastest Growing Companies and grew to a nationwide multimillion-dollar enterprise in just six years.
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