Dealer lead generation
Car Dealership Lead Generation and Facebook Ads
Your cars advertise themselves. Every inquiry lands on one list.
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Social Agencies runs lead generation for car dealerships across the United States. Facebook and Instagram inventory ads are built from your live inventory, each lead is captured against the car it came from, and follow-up is one tap away. Your dealership owns the ad account and pays Meta directly, so the budget never passes through us.
How it runs
What happens after a buyer taps an ad?
The ad finds the buyer, the vehicle page earns the inquiry, and the inbox makes sure someone replies.
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Inventory ad
Each car on your lot, with its price and photos, read from your live catalog.
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Vehicle page
The buyer lands on that car's own page, not your homepage.
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Inquiry saved
The lead is recorded with the date, the source and the vehicle.
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Fast reply
One tap opens a message already naming the car.
Per-vehicle capture
Every lead is tied to a car, and answered fast
A buyer who taps an ad for one car wants to talk about that car. Social Agencies saves every inquiry against the vehicle, so your salesperson knows what the buyer wants before calling back.
Speed decides who gets the sale. A buyer left waiting overnight buys from the dealer who answered, so the lead reaches your team where they already are.
- An inquiry form and credit application on every car
- Listing-site leads brought into the same list and de-duplicated
- A tap on a contact button logged even if no message is sent
What we run
Everything between the ad and the phone call
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Inventory ads
Meta's vehicle ad format, built from a catalog of every car on your lot.
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A catalog that keeps pace
A car that sells stops advertising. A car that arrives starts, on its own.
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Vehicle landing pages
Price, photos and options, with inquiry and credit application buttons on the page.
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Reporting you can open
What was spent, what came back and which car each inquiry was about.
Follow-up
Inquiries come straight to your phone
Many car buyers would rather send a quick message than fill in a form. Every vehicle page carries call, text and message buttons that already name the car, so the first message is never "is it still available?" with no idea which one.
The tap is logged in the inbox even if the buyer never sends the message, so Social Agencies can show you every warm buyer, not just the ones who typed.
Where you are
Lead generation by dealership stage
The system is the same. What changes is how much of it you need.
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An owner-run lot with one team
One lot
Your inventory advertised on Facebook and Instagram, with every lead in one inbox and on the owner's phone.
- Inventory ads from live inventory
- Vehicle landing pages
- One lead inbox
- Monthly report
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A dealership adding inventory and salespeople
Growing
More cars, more campaigns and a team sharing leads, so nobody calls the same buyer twice.
- Everything in One lot
- Retargeting of buyers who viewed a car
- Leads shared across the sales team
- Listing-site leads in the same inbox
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Two or more stores under one name
Multi-rooftop
Each store advertises its own inventory, and each lead lands with the store that has the car.
- Everything in Growing
- Campaigns per store
- Leads routed by store
- Reporting per store and combined
The Social Agencies method
How does working with Social Agencies work?
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Discover
A short call about your business, where inquiries come from today and where they get lost.
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Plan and quote
A written plan and a fixed, itemized quote. Nothing starts until you agree to it.
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Build
You get a live preview link from early on and watch it take shape, instead of waiting for a reveal.
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Launch and grow
It goes live on accounts in your name, then we host, support and keep improving it every month.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Facebook inventory ad for car dealers?
It is Meta's ad format for vehicle inventory: you give Facebook a catalog of every car on your lot, and it builds and targets the ads from it. Each car appears with its price, mileage and photos, and the catalog follows your live inventory.
Who owns the ad account and who pays for the ads?
Your dealership owns the ad account and pays Meta directly. The ad budget never passes through Social Agencies and is never marked up. If you stop, you keep every campaign, audience and lead.
How long before dealership ads produce inquiries?
The catalog and the tracking go live with the site, but campaigns need several weeks of spend before the figures mean anything. Anyone who quotes you a lead count for the first week is guessing.
Do I need a new website to run your ads?
The ads need somewhere to send buyers and somewhere to record the lead against the car. If your current site cannot do that, we will say so and quote what it needs.
How is buyer information kept private?
Inquiry forms carry consent wording and a link to your privacy policy. The lead data sits in a database your dealership controls, not in ours.
What does dealer lead generation cost?
Social Agencies charges a flat monthly fee, quoted once we have seen your inventory volume and what you run now. Your ad budget is separate and is paid to Meta by you. The terms, including notice, are in writing before you sign.
Let's talk
Your next customer is searching right now. Let's make sure they find you.
One short call with a director. You get a plan and a fixed quote in writing before anything is built.
- You speak to a director, not a call center
- A fixed quote in writing, no obligation
- A reply within one business day