Marketing spend
See where the budget goes, what each channel is supposed to do and where overlap hides waste.
FREE MARKETING ANALYSIS
See where your marketing is working. and where it can work harder.
A free review of your dealership's marketing. We look at your spend, SEO, AI search, paid media, website and vendors, and send back what to fix first.
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SHORT ANSWER
What is the free marketing analysis?
The free marketing analysis is a review of your dealership's marketing spend, SEO, AI search visibility, paid media, website conversion and vendors. You pick the areas that matter. You get back a plain-language list of what is working, what is wasting money and what to fix first.
WHAT WE REVIEW
Pick the areas that matter to you.
SEO and organic visibility
Check technical SEO, key pages, local listings and how you show up for the searches that matter.
AI search, GEO and AEO
Test whether Google and AI tools can tell who you are and which questions you can answer.
Paid media
Review campaign setup, landing pages, tracking and branded versus new demand.
Website conversion and speed
Check load speed, the mobile experience and the path from a visit to a call or form.
Vendors and technology
Find gaps, overlap and unclear ownership between your vendors.
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This analysis compared with a typical free audit
| This analysis | A typical free audit | |
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| Where it starts | Your spend, your sources, what actually closed | An automated crawl of your website |
| What it looks at | The six areas you choose, including ones we do not sell | Only the service being sold |
| Who reads your site | A person | A tool, then a template |
| What it ends with | Ordered decisions, each with an owner | A list of problems and a proposal |
| Definition of success | Defined up front, with you | Set afterwards, by the seller |
| Cost and obligation | None | Free, with a call you have to take |
| Willingness to say “not us” | Yes: including that marketing is not your bottleneck | No |
WHAT TO EXPECT
What to expect.
A person reads your site and your numbers. If a bigger project would help, we explain why. If it would not, we say so.
- Based on your actual website and marketing
- Findings ranked by value and effort
- Your information is used only to answer your request
QUESTIONS
Before you request it.
What do we get at the end of the analysis?
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A plain-language list of findings in priority order: what is working, what is wasting money and what to fix first. You can act on it with or without Carbide.
How long does the free marketing analysis take?
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Our reply confirms scope and timing, usually within one business day.
Is our information kept confidential?
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Yes. Anything you share is used only to produce the analysis and answer your request. Nothing is published, resold or added to a marketing list.
Will we get a sales pitch afterward?
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No. We recommend more work only when it would clearly help, and we explain why.