Proven Automotive Success Across the U.S.
Most automotive marketing agencies try to keep up with the next generation.
We’re using yesterday’s experience and tomorrow’s tools to help your dealership win today. Let’s go!
OEM Experience
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We’re a Google Premier Partner agency with a team of experts in marketing, data and dealership operations. We know the fancy stuff, but we don’t forget the basics:
Right Person
Right Place
Right Message
Right Frequency
Running a dealership is hard enough. Leave the marketing to us. We simplify your life by being your one-stop shop for your marketing efforts. Need a service campaign? We’re on it. A mailer? We can do that. Someone to talk to your website company? Send us their phone number.
HITCH.ID Customer Activation Platform
HITCH Digital Ads
HITCH Traditional Ads
SEO & Content Marketing
Reputation Management
Video Production
Email Marketing
Co-op Management
Google Performance Max & VLAs
Reporting & Analytics Dashboards
Our team knows automotive and can support you with in-house resources for pretty much anything.
Why Dealers Partner With LTD Connect
Most automotive marketing agencies run the same playbook for every dealer on their roster. We don’t. Every strategy we build starts with your market, your competition, and your inventory — not a template.
No cookie-cutter playbooks. We build a custom automotive marketing strategy for every store, not a one-size-fits-all package. When we took over paid search for a Hyundai dealership in Arkansas, a tailored approach, not a bigger budget, drove a 2x increase in monthly web traffic and 50% more website leads compared to their previous turnkey vendor.
Powered by data. Our HITCH system pairs the industry’s most trusted data partners — including Polk, Experian, Acxiom and Google — with multichannel ad platforms to put your inventory in front of the exact shoppers ready to buy. It’s how our conquest email campaigns have driven sales lifts of 100%+ over general market performance across dozens of regional deployments.
Dealer experts, not just marketers. Our team has in-house experience at both the dealership and manufacturer level, so we know what “opportunities to do business” actually means for your store, not just for a media plan. When a next-generation operator took over his family’s Hyundai group, our cohesive full-mix strategy (SEO, paid search, paid social, video, and creative) helped the store grow monthly opportunities by 32% and units sold by 26% year-over-year.
Full-service, under one roof. From SEO and AI/GEO optimization to co-op management, reputation management, and video production, dealers don’t need to coordinate five vendors. We run it all from a single, integrated strategy built around one question: does it sell cars?
Automotive Marketing FAQs
Do you work with dealers across multiple OEMs?
Yes. Our team has hands-on experience across all domestic and most import brands, at both the dealer and manufacturer level. Many of our services qualify for co-op reimbursement at brands including Hyundai, Kia, Stellantis, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen.
What automotive marketing services do you offer?
Our full-service capabilities include SEO and AI/GEO optimization, paid search (SEM), Google Vehicle Ads, dynamic and display advertising, video production and video ads, email marketing, social media marketing, reputation management, co-op fund management, geofencing, and retargeting/conquest advertising — all coordinated under one strategy.
What is HITCH?
HITCH is our proprietary marketing system that combines data from trusted partners (including Polk/S&P Global Mobility, Experian, Acxiom, and Google) with insight from our automotive-experienced staff. It’s what allows us to reach the right shopper, in the right place, with the right message, at the right frequency.
Do you help with co-op advertising claims?
Yes. Our co-op team manages the entire process — pre-approvals, documentation, and filing — so dealers can maximize their available co-op funds without the administrative burden.
How do you measure success for automotive marketing campaigns?
We provide all the standard metrics like traffic, leads and conversion rate. But we track real performance against real dealership outcomes, including opportunities to do business, cost per vehicle sold, sales lift versus market benchmark, and vehicle detail page (VDP) engagement
How is dealership SEO different from SEO for other industries?
Dealership SEO has to account for factors unique to automotive retail: local search visibility for your PMA, inventory-driven pages that change daily, Google Business Profile management across multiple listings (sales, service, parts), and now, visibility inside AI-generated search results like Google AI Overviews. A generic SEO approach built for other industries typically misses these entirely.
