ASA Automotive Systems announced its partnership with Podium, an interaction management platform, to help ASA dealers easily interact with customers and build their online reputation through reviews. Podium’s unique interaction platform and online review tools are now available to companies running ASA’s TireMaster, TireMaster GTX, and TireMaster Enterprise Software.

“As the tire and auto service industry operates in a highly competitive market with dealers selling the same tires and services at similar price points, dealers need to build their online reputation to stand out,” said Dave Vogel, General Manager of ASA Automotive Systems. “By automating online review invitations, dealers can text review invites to review their dealership to customers who recently completed a transaction. This is when review invitations are most likely to become reviews. The Podium integration will save dealers time as well as improve trust through ‘digital word of mouth’ by increasing the number of online reviews on Google and Facebook that customers use when deciding where to buy tires or get a service job done from.”

Podium’s interactive platform allows dealers to interact with customers at every touchpoint, across channels. It also gives dealerships insight into what their customers are saying online. All text messages, Facebook Messenger, Google Click-to Message, and Webchat messages are delivered to one inbox where dealers can respond directly and have two-way conversations live in their Podium account.

James Baxter, Owner of Neighborhood Tire Pros in Decatur, GA stated, "With Podium and ASA Tiremaster integrated, we've seen a 500-600% monthly increase in the number of Google and Facebook reviews given by our customers, and a substantial increase in our star rating. The two-way messaging system that Podium offers is the best in the industry and is the perfect complement to all the features and excellent support we enjoy from ASA."

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ASA announce partnership with interaction management platform, Podium