| Name | Brett Ward |
|---|---|
| Job Title | Group MArketing and Digitsal strategy Manager |
| Organisation | Harwoods Group |
| Member Since | 10 Sep 2012 |
| Areas of Expertise | Online Advertising, User Experience and Usability, Web Analytics, Web Project Management, Customer Experience |
About Me
An experienced and commercially aware senior sales & digital marketing professional with a proven track record in B2B and B2C Sales & Account Management within the Automotive sector.He has served many years at Dealership Level then with Manufacturers and now at Group SMT Level with one of the most prestigious dealer groups in Europe.
Account Management, On-line Media, Social Media Awareness & Growth Planning, Analogue & Digital Marketing Strategy Creation, Business Development, B2B & B2C Sales, Google Analytics / Adwords / Adsense, Technical SEO & Organic Results Co-ordinator, CRM Training and Management, Sales Training and Management, Future Marketing & Mobile Applications
Experience
Group Marketing & Digital Strategy Manager
With a targeted approach to Brand development, Web site traffic growth, and a new UI, Brett has re-developed brand strategy and built new statistics / trend measuring systems across the group.Using strategic consultation, including business plan & sales strategy development within Prestige Automotive sector the group has formed a greater knowledge of it's lead generation, marketing spend and ROI than ever before.
Complimenting the existing website with structured SEO / SEM and SMM, the group has seen a significant increase in traffic and leads within the first 6 months with no additional outlay, this is allowing a cut back in Press Spend while keeping the level of business where it needs to be.
Web traffic is currently showing an annual increase of 46% with a consistent month on month growth.With a proposed New Build on the horizon, Harwoods Group will once again be in contention for the AM Awards early next year.
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Automotive industry
Regional Digital Account Manager @ Manheim Retail Services
Manheim Retail Services are the largest and highest volume wholesale vehicle auction company in the world. Manheim provides services including financing, transportation, recovery, body repair, dealership management systems, dent repair and remarketing technology. They are renowned for using online tools to connect buyers and sellers around the globe.
Key areas of expertise include: developing and managing multiple accounts over a wide geographical area to the value of £1.6m; driving profitability through sales of incremental products & services; design and delivery of manufacturer approved training programmes to the dealer network; and affecting new business growth by utilisation of telephone & face to face marketing techniques.
In July 2009 Brett was asked to join the Online Development Team within Portfolio to use his Analytical skill set to both find and research new ways of online marketing and to help analyse Portfolio's and Manheim's current offerings.
Now working on their Mobile offerings and Future Marketing Products while managing in excess of 200 premier client accounts within the UK.
Reporting to the National Account Director, the key deliverables of the role focus on maximizing profitability from new and existing clients; adhering to manufacturer KPI's; and new business development.
Designed and maintained an efficient CRM process to ensure all key clients are managed on a regular basis.
Developed and delivered training programme across 240 dealers representing 16 manufacturers in the region including: Audi; Lexus; Toyota; Volkswagen; and Chrysler Group.
Created and presented complex reports on behalf of manufacturers and Retail Services SMT providing essential, business critical data and analysis.
Liaised closely with manufacturer representatives in order to ensure development of clients in line with manufacturer corporate strategy.
