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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

How can I engage buyers with my adverts?

Find out our latest hints and tips on how you can make sure buyers stay engaged with your advert, increasing the likelihood that their search turns into a sale.

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John Hogan John Hogan

Vehicle descriptions: The good, the bad and the ugly

We take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of vehicle descriptions and consider what consumers need to know, what isn’t necessary and what can actually be detrimental to your chances of selling a vehicle.

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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

Introducing Retailer Stores

Find out all you need to know about Retailer Stores - an all-new way for you to showcase your brand to buyers on Auto Trader.

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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

How can I attract buyers to my adverts?

The more buyers you can attract to your adverts, the more likely you are to increase engagement and conversion to sales. That’s why we’ve pulled together our top tips for making sure you’re digital forecourt is attracting as many buyers as possible.

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Amy Pomeroy Amy Pomeroy

A strong start to 2021 for vans

Although 2021 hasn’t started the way we would have hoped, we’re still seeing high demand for vans, with January audience so far being up 39% versus the same time last year, and leads still 71% ahead.

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John Hogan John Hogan

How to keep turning searches into sales

We explore the learnings from previous lockdowns and review the outlook for lockdown 3, providing our latest tools and insights to ensure you can continue to attract, engage and convert buyers on Auto Trader.

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Auto Trader Auto Trader

Continued support from Auto Trader

Throughout this crisis, we’ve supported our industry in every way we can. From product developments to enable digital retailing, to regular sharing of data and insight to support your business decisions, through to the financial support we provided with discounted packages, free periods and deferred payment terms.

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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

What do you need to do to become a “digital retailer”?

As we’ve revealed in earlier blogs there are huge benefits to both buyers and retailers in digital retailing. So how can you take advantage of the benefits and become a digital retailer?

That’s what we’ll be covering in this, our final blog of the digital retailing blog series by looking at what tools are needed and how you can give buyers the confidence to buy online.

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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

Our most significant advertising campaign to date

Our campaign shines an immensely positive light on the automotive industry. It celebrates the diverse nature of Britain’s drivers. And promises that whatever needs buyers might have, they can find what they’re looking for on Auto Trader.

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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

Digital Retailing: Why should retailers care?

In the first of our weekly blogs revealing the findings of our latest Market Report, Digital car buying, we answered the question “what do buyers really think about buying cars online?”

The short answer is that buyers appetite towards buying a car online is growing but then this raises questions around what this means for retailers?

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Jamie Muir Jamie Muir

The Ultimate Guide to Distance Selling

Distance selling is rapidly coming the new normal for many retailers, so we put together a handy guide with everything you need to know about distance selling including the rules and regulations.

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