Increased sales by being able to clearly show customers needed maintenance AND what's not due. Increased trust by reassuring them we really aren't trying to sell unneeded service. Helps us develop maintenance programs for our customers.

Doesn't just say a customer is past due for a service using a rigid pre-set list. Actually uses the vehicle's history for specific maintenance items and intervals we set to show customers what they need AND how long until what's not needed on current visit. The printed form is a great tool for interviewing customers about maintenance history as well as educating them on service needs and intervals. I've looked at quite a few automotive CRM systems and SI is the unique standout.

Pricing structure is done as module add-ons. Seems pricy to me. Just offer a basic level and a pro level and be done.

I have been with eServiceIntelligenceCRM since there were doing CRM for Mitchell years and years ago. eServiceIntelligenceCRM has continuously outpaced the competition and keeps making their product better every year. I tried out Mitchell's new CRM for several months a few years ago (as soon as I switched my customers started complaining that they weren't getting their service reminders anymore or that they were inaccurate) and I came right back to eServiceIntelligenceCRM because it is the better product. I have looked at DemandForce and multiple others and they just can't do what eServiceIntelligenceCRM does. If you want the best, go with eServiceIntelligenceCRM.

Accuracy, controlling the targeted marketing campaigns

Does not have customer portal where customers can log in and see their service history, need more graphic options for campaigns, wish it would print the reports for customers as soon as I start a repair order

We used this company for some months, we were promised a free 30 day trial and when we never received credit [SENSITIVE CONTENT] told us “we don’t do that.” We went through an aggressive sales pitch, in which [SENSITIVE CONTENT] agreed that we would not be charged a early cancellation fee if we decided to part ways. After struggling to get the software to work properly with our business for months, dealing with just basic failures like major typos in campaigns being sent to clients, keywords not linking properly, creating duplicate clients in both our system and theirs, having to pay for additional SMS credits etc, we decided it just wasn’t a good fit, and that is when the real fun starts! We emailed to cancel service near the middle of the month. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] reached out to talk about it stating that we wouldn’t find anybody better than them and they hope we’d reconsider, we told him to go ahead and cancel. Sure enough, first of the month we get charged the $500 then a couple days later a $1500 charge for 3 months of service, so a 4 months worth of cancellation fees charge. I reached out and spoke to [SENSITIVE CONTENT], during that conversation he called me an idiot because his system couldn’t possibly be that broken, we settled on a $750 agreement and never received credit. After some nasty back and forth [SENSITIVE CONTENT] agreed to a $250 charge and still never issued credit for the almost $2000 he stole, and even laughed stating “did you think a verbal agreement would stop me from charging you? Everybody pays us.”

Can’t really list any pros. Before my cancellation I could of at least said they were friendly, but that experience I have nothing good to say.

Software is buggy, runs as spyware on your PC. Takes months to get sorted properly, constantly having to correct internal issues.

This service is NOT a bill to pay every month. SI is a direct investment into my business though the many campaigns I can run to put dollars in my pocket. SI lets me pinpoint the customers specifically in need of the service I'm promoting. This stops the waste in little advertizing budgets. I can get more from every campaign instead of using costly shotgun style blanket campaigns.

There is not much I can say to the negative side. The only thing that comes to mind was the way I use my own management system did not match up to the way Service Intelligence curated the information. This severely limited the features I was able to use in SI. However after some time spent with the service staff they were able to re-code their program to fit my needs perfectly

Having an accurate system for scheduling future appointments was major for me and it works fantastic!. I'm starting to use email communications for marketing of which the support staff are sooo helpful with! The sales, support, technical staff are all awesome! Very organized & prompt with handling questions or any problem!

Its ability to track and accurately predict future service dates with complete customization control of all service fields so we can set our own intervals for our customers! Positive response from our customers on the easy to comprehend information format. Information on customers, vehicles and service history is faster and easier to access than from my SMS. Phone text messaging capability to customers, etc, etc!

That they didn't create it or I didn't find out about it sooner, haha! My use so far since starting over a year ago has had access limited to only my shop computer(s) but that is going to change very soon!