{"id":7493,"date":"2025-02-26T21:33:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=7493"},"modified":"2025-11-03T19:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:47:54","slug":"reduce-long-hold-times-webinar","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/resources\/reduce-long-hold-times-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Strategies to Reduce Long Hold Times and Connect More Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7493\" class=\"elementor elementor-7493\" data-elementor-post-type=\"resources\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3806151 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3806151\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb2105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efb2105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-Strategies-to-Reduce-Long-Hold-Times_Laptop.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7499\" alt=\"4 Strategies to Reduce Long Hold Times webinar in laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-Strategies-to-Reduce-Long-Hold-Times_Laptop.png 1080w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-Strategies-to-Reduce-Long-Hold-Times_Laptop-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-Strategies-to-Reduce-Long-Hold-Times_Laptop-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4-Strategies-to-Reduce-Long-Hold-Times_Laptop-768x449.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b77edd7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b77edd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550e1d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"550e1d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Are long hold times holding your dealership back? Every year the automotive industry spends billions of dollars to get the phone to ring. Yet, on average, dealerships are only connecting 65.23% of their inbound calls.<\/p>\n<p>In this webinar originally hosted on Automotive News, Car Wars&#8217; experts Brett Spelker and TD Mayer discuss key phone trends in the automotive industry and how your dealership can start 2025 strong. Brett and TD provide actionable insights into how your dealership can reduce long hold time and connect more calls, from establishing performance benchmarks to warm transfer processes and AI Phone Assistants.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edc8461 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"edc8461\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac5232 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ac5232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In this on-demand webinar, you will 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Key call connection performance trends across the automotive industry in 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8zm0 448c-110.5 0-200-89.5-200-200S145.5 56 256 56s200 89.5 200 200-89.5 200-200 200z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The value of a phone-up and why it's so important to connect every call<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">How AI Phone Assistants can help your dealership reduce hold times and connect more calls<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ffe4ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ffe4ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f6ccc7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f6ccc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8cdef1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f8cdef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brettspelker\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7500\" alt=\"Brett Spelker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BrettSpelker-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c423e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c423e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f634b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f634b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brett Spelker<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8894eaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8894eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Regional Sales Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5bba17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5bba17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brett has 6 years of experience with Car Wars in phone process consulting in the Northeast region. He has helped groups like McGovern, VIP, Paul Miller, Empire and Atlantic achieve tangible improvements to their phone process and performance, in both Variable and Fixed Operations. After spending the previous year in the BI &amp; Analytics space, he brings a fresh perspective on how to best leverage data and analytics to monetize a phone solution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92ec6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b92ec6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e73f31 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e73f31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57dcf9e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"57dcf9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae09ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ae09ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353848b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"353848b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57df1cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57df1cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tdmayer\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7501\" alt=\"TD Mayer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carwars.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/TDMayer-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c00b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2c00b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd912cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd912cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>T.D. Mayer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87c838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f87c838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Director of National Accounts<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c59d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c59d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>T.D. leads the Client Success Nationals team, and their sole mission is to help dealers uncover more value from Car Wars and optimize their phone processes. 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