Guides
Straight guides for marketing a used-car lot.
No fluff and no filler. These are the guides we would hand a dealer who wants to market the whole lot well, whether or not they ever use Lotsmith.
Craigslist for dealers
How independent dealers post inventory to Craigslist the right way: the by-dealer category, fees, how long posts last, why listings get flagged, and what a listing that sells includes.
Read the guideUsed car marketing
The channels that earn their keep for an independent lot, the ideas that move aged inventory, and the sharper question that actually runs a lot: not how to market, but what to market today.
Read the guideCompare your options
An honest, side-by-side look at the ways to market a used-car lot: by hand, an agency, an in-house hire, generic AI tools, and Lotsmith. What each really costs in money and time.
Read the guideDealer marketing glossary
Plain-English definitions of the terms that run an independent lot, from inventory aging and days on lot to floor plan and inventory turn.
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