Monday, June 26th – Not just Used equipment!

Hi, this is Chester! We’ve recently (last week) added additional functionality to help you manage your entire fleet of equipment (NEW, RENTAL, and of course Used). Point2 MANAGER is your complete solution for marketing and sales throughout your dealership. Here’s what one of our customers recently wrote me, “there is NO REASON every dealer should not have this running their entire new/rental/used inventory……..combining these three elements is the key….just concentrating on the one element is not enough “

Give us a call or send us an email if you would like to learn more; or if you want a full demonstration using our LIVE web conferencing software.

Chester

Regards,

Chester Hagen – chagen @ point2.com
Vice President Sales || Point2 Technologies Inc.
604.675.9321 Direct || 778.552.4151 Mobile

http://usediron.point2.com – the best place on earth to find equipment
http://manager.point2.com – the best application to power an equipment business
http://homes.point2.com – the best place on earth to find a home
http://agent.point2.com – the best application to power a real estate business
http://builder.point2.com – the best marketing tool for residential home builders
http://catused.cat.com – the Caterpillar solution to used equipment distribution worldwide – Powered by Point2

Thursday, June 22nd – How do you access ALL your inventory? New & Used?

Hi, this is Eve from Client Support and I have another great suggestion for managing your equipment.  Scenario:  You have a customer interested in the new dozer you have sitting in the yard and you want to send them photos, details, specs, components available and more importantly – the price.  Where are you going to pull this marketing information together without going through a whole song and dance? 

Solution:  All your NEW equipment can be put in your Point2 database, listing how the unit in the yard is spec'd out or what‘s available for your customer to order from the factory.  Point2 understands that you may have territory restrictions on new equipment, that’s why we have a VISIBILITY option where you can make these NEW units NON-VISIBLE to the general public.   

Utilizing the Point2 software, along with your dealership’s new equipment quoting system, will allow you to get your customer a comprehensive package quickly and easily.  An added bonus is being able to export your Point2 database into an Excel spreadsheet or use Point2’s inventory list module, HOTSHEET.  Makes equipment management a snap and only takes a few moments.

Eve Marshall, Point2 Client Support, eve @ point2. com 888-955-7900 / 306-955-1855

Friday, June 16th – Finding that illusive inventory.

Hi, this is Eve from Client Support and I have another tip for you.  Scenario:   You have a customer looking for a wheel loader spec’d out with some options you don’t have in stock and as in most cases, the client wants it yesterday.  So you have a couple of choices; you can spend a few days on the phone playing telephone tag with all your contacts to see if they have something in inventory or you can send a message out over the wire.

Solution:  Have your Used Equipment Department place a Want Ad on Point2.  Simply log into the Members Area, place your request and it’s emailed to hundreds of equipment sellers worldwide that have specifically requested to receive these leads.  Your request is posted on UsedIron.com’s website too.  The best part is that only the sellers with something to talk to you about respond.  Whether you are looking for machines, attachments or parts – Want Ads get the message out.

Eve Marshall, Point2 Client Support, eve @ point2. com 888-955-7900 / 306-955-1855

Monday June 12th – Point2 customer speaks out!

Hi, this Chester.  Received some great feedback from one of our customers late last week.  | | | |   It's coming up for 7 years since we had the very first opportunity to meet with Point2 representatives.I must say; initially I was apprehensive!I just did not believe that everything would work this well, this easy and be so ready and available for both the seller as well as the buyer.  Well, I never like admitting it but, Point2 after all this time, has never disappointed us with the broad coverage, the ease of creating new and adjusting existing ads. The best part of course is removing the add of a "SOLD" item.Seven years later, we are more than pleased with the results.We use the site extensively to attract prospects to our products and the feed back we receive from them is purely positive.It works for us, period!

Best regards,

Rolf Dolling
AVID Mining Supply Inc.

We'd love to hear more feedback and comments from all customers – please don't hesitate to tell us what's working well AND what we can improve on.

Thanks Rolf! 

Ches

Regards,

Chester Hagen – chagen @ point2.com
Vice President Sales || Point2 Technologies Inc.
604.675.9321 Direct || 778.552.4151 Mobile

http://usediron.point2.com – the best place on earth to find equipment
http://manager.point2.com – the best application to power an equipment business
http://homes.point2.com – the best place on earth to find a home
http://agent.point2.com – the best application to power a real estate business
http://builder.point2.com – the best marketing tool for residential home builders
http://catused.cat.com – the Caterpillar solution to used equipment distribution worldwide – Powered by Point2

Wednesday June 7th – What do buyers want in your listings?

Hi, this is Chester.  We've been running a survey on www.UsedIron.com in order to better understand the minds of buyers.  One question we ask in the survey is, "When considering purchasing a piece of equipment, what is most important?" 

Results:

#1 – Accurate Condition 41% ||

#2 – Price Shown 26% ||

#3 – Photos of unit 16% ||

Buyers speak – sellers should listen (we think so!).

Thanks again for being a valued customer of Point2 and we'll continue to keep you up to speed on all that's happening.  Please don't hesitate to contact us by phone or email… anytime!

Ches

Regards,

Chester Hagen – chagen @ point2.com
Vice President Sales || Point2 Technologies Inc.
604.675.9321 Direct || 778.552.4151 Mobile

http://usediron.point2.com – the best place on earth to find equipment
http://manager.point2.com – the best application to power an equipment business
http://homes.point2.com – the best place on earth to find a home
http://agent.point2.com – the best application to power a real estate business
http://builder.point2.com – the best marketing tool for residential home builders
http://catused.cat.com – the Caterpillar solution to used equipment distribution worldwide – Powered by Point2

Tuesday, June 6th – Staying ahead of the pack

Hi, this is Eve from Support with a question – How do you keep up on the latest inventory in the marketplace? 

Scenario:  Your customer is looking for a dozer and you don’t have one in inventory.  So you have to keep your eyes and ears open if a unit comes up in the marketplace.  Only problem is – your competition is looking for the same machine.  So how do you beat them to the punch? 

Being up to date on what used equipment becomes available, keeps you one step ahead of the other guy.  Suggestion: You can receive a daily e-mail of equipment added to UsedIron.com.  The listings feature photos, details, features, conditions on the equipment, as well as the seller’s contact information.

If you would like to receive UsedIron.com’s daily "Freshest List", send an email with your request to new-listings @ point2.com

Eve Marshall Point2 Heavy Equipment Systems eve @ point2.com 888-955-7900 / 306-955-1855

Thursday June 1st – May statistics for UsedIron.com

Hi, this is Chester Hagen.  I'd like to give you some updates on our ongoing success with the public equipment website – UsedIron.com.  Many of you use UsedIron.com as an effective way to market your "for sale" inventory.

May 2006 was another strong month for traffic on UsedIron.com with over 110,000 Sessions recorded accumulating over 1.4Million Page Views (there were over 6Million hits).  Google was the #1 referrer, sending close to 39,000 visitors to UsedIron in May.  With approximately 15,000 machines for sale on UsedIron.com we received over 280,000 detailed views (that's when someone actually looks at the details of a unit).  These 280,000 detailed views resulted in almost 500 email leads to our sellers on actual units they own (this does NOT include "want to buys", or "want ad" messages sent to all).  Since we do not track telephone calls we don't know how many of those occured to our customers during the month (hundreds we're sure).

Thanks again for being a valued customer of Point2 and we'll continue to keep you up to speed on all that's happening.  Please don't hesitate to contact us by phone or email… anytime!

Ches

Regards,

Chester Hagen – chagen @ point2.com
Vice President Sales || Point2 Technologies Inc.
604.675.9321 Direct || 778.552.4151 Mobile

http://usediron.point2.com – the best place on earth to find equipment
http://manager.point2.com – the best application to power an equipment business
http://homes.point2.com – the best place on earth to find a home
http://agent.point2.com – the best application to power a real estate business
http://builder.point2.com – the best marketing tool for residential home builders
http://catused.cat.com – the Caterpillar solution to used equipment distribution worldwide – Powered by Point2

Thursday June 1st – Add a comment to a BLOG

Blog? What's a blog? Hi, this is Eve from Support and we have just added a new feature to Point2 for Manager and Lite clients – BLOGGING. That is short for weblog and it is like a journal or newsletter that is frequently updated and available to you, the user. It is a neat way for our users to add their 2 cents worth to the ongoing blogs. Blogging creates a community where all the users are able to add their feedback, experiences, suggestions and/or questions on the industry.

Click on the MORE link of the blog you want to read. At the bottom of the blog, you have the option to LEAVE A COMMENT. Fill in the blanks, add your comments and click SUBMIT COMMENT – voila! You are now part of the blogging community of Point2 users.

If you have any question or comments on this process, please contact us at Support. Happy blogging! Eve Marshall, Point2 Client Support, eve @ point2.com 888-955-7900 / 306-955-1855