SR Shawn Ryder Digital
Guides

Playbooks, not gated PDFs.

Written for dealer principals, GSMs and internet managers. Read it and go run it this week — there's no form in front of any of them.

Local SEO · 6 min read · July 2026

The Google Business Profile checklist most dealers skip

Twelve fields, three habits, and the one category setting that quietly keeps you out of the local pack.

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AI · 7 min read

Ask ChatGPT about your dealership — then read this

What assistants say about your store, where they get it, and the six fixes that change the answer.

Follow-up · 5 min read

Why your 5:40pm Friday lead never gets called back

Speed to lead is a staffing and process problem, not a CRM problem. Here is the shift schedule that fixes it.

Reputation · 7 min read

How to raise a dealership review score without begging

A simple ask process for sales and service, plus response templates for the reviews that sting.

Email · 6 min read

Equity mining your own database before you buy another lead

You already own the cheapest buyers in your market. Here is how to segment and message them.

Social · 4 min read

A monthly social calendar your team will actually keep up with

Twelve post types, shot on your lot with a phone. No stock photos of cars you do not stock.

Local SEO · 8 min read

Inventory pages that rank instead of expiring

Model-line landing pages, internal linking and what to do when a unit sells.

Follow-up · 5 min read

Mystery shop your own store in fifteen minutes

Submit a lead, call the number, text the store. Score what happens next against this rubric.

Local SEO · 7 min read

Car dealership SEO in Atlantic Canada: what ranks in a small market

Halifax, Moncton and Charlottetown don’t behave like Toronto. Fewer searches, longer drive radius, and a local pack you can actually win.

Local SEO · 6 min read

Ranking for “used cars near me” without buying the keyword

The organic side of near-me search: proximity, prominence and the pages that make you the obvious answer within a 40-minute drive.

Reputation · 5 min read

How many Google reviews does a dealership actually need?

Recency beats total count more than dealers think. Here is the volume and cadence that holds a local pack position.

AI · 6 min read

Schema markup for dealership websites, explained without the code talk

What structured data does, which types a dealer needs, and how to check whether your provider actually implemented it.

Email · 5 min read

Service-to-sales: turning the appointment list into trade leads

Every equity customer drives into your service lane twice a year. Here is the handoff most stores never build.

Email · 6 min read

Email marketing is old. It still beats every lead you buy.

Why the oldest channel in the building outperforms the newest one, and the five sends every dealership should have running.

Email · 5 min read

Stop sending one blast a month to ten thousand people

Segmenting a dealership database by equity, service history and last contact — with the queries to pull each list.