MotoVend
Free trial Log in
Menu
Start free trial Log in

Blog

The MotoVend blog

Practical guides for independent motor dealers — website content, SEO, stock, AutoTrader and selling more vehicles.

All AutoTrader Caravans Cars Content Dealer Websites Getting Started Marketing Motorcycles Motorhomes Selling Tips SEO Trucks Vans

Content

What should a dealership blog about? Twenty ideas

The blank page is the hardest part. Here are twenty articles any dealer could write from what they already know.

24 September 2026Read

SEO

Local search: being found by the buyers nearest you

Most of your buyers live within driving distance. A few unglamorous jobs make sure they can find you.

21 September 2026Read

Marketing

Is your website working? Five things to check each month

You do not need a wall of charts. Five simple checks tell you whether the effort you put into your website is paying.

17 September 2026Read

Trucks

What an operator wants to see on a truck listing

A truck is bought to do a job. Here is the information an operator looks for first, and how to lay it out so the right buyer calls.

10 September 2026Read

Trucks

Selling trailers online: a trailer is not a truck with bits missing

A trailer has no engine, no cab and no mileage, and a listing built for a truck makes that painfully obvious. Here is how to list one properly.

27 August 2026Read

Trucks

Content ideas for a truck dealer’s website

Operators search for very specific things. A few well-chosen pages and articles put a truck dealer in front of them.

13 August 2026Read

Dealer Websites

Getting your dealership online: five steps from sign-up to live

You do not need a developer or a long brief to put a professional dealer website live. Here are the five steps, in the order you will do them.

3 June 2026Read

Selling Tips

5 ways to get more enquiries from your vehicle listings

Great photos are only half the battle. Five practical changes that turn browsers into enquiries — and most of them take only minutes per vehicle.

28 May 2026Read

Dealer Websites

How to structure vehicle enquiry forms so buyers finish them

Long, complicated contact forms lose enquiries you have already earned. Here is how keeping the form short brings more of them through.

24 May 2026Read

AutoTrader

AutoTrader and your own website: which should lead?

Connecting AutoTrader to your website saves typing everything twice. The useful question is which of the two you want to manage your stock in.

20 May 2026Read

Marketing

How to turn customer reviews into trust on your website

Buying a vehicle takes trust. Here is how independent dealers can show reviews and credentials where buyers are deciding.

12 May 2026Read

Dealer Websites

How to capture and qualify part-exchange enquiries through your website

Many buyers have a vehicle to part-exchange. Here is how a short, structured form on your stock pages brings those enquiries in with the details you need.

30 April 2026Read

No articles match your search.