{"id":4314,"date":"2017-06-20T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T12:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:51:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:51:19","slug":"boatchat-draws-leads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/lead-generation\/boatchat-draws-leads\/","title":{"rendered":"BoatChat draws leads from the 98 percent of web visitors who leave without connecting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Boost marine website lead counts by 50 percent or more<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4315\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4315\" class=\"wp-image-4315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/carchat24-bon-voyage-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"BoatChat helps marine dealers capture lead information from the 98 percent of shoppers who leave without sharing contact info.\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/carchat24-bon-voyage-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/carchat24-bon-voyage-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/carchat24-bon-voyage-640x448.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/carchat24-bon-voyage-460x322.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/carchat24-bon-voyage.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BoatChat helps marine dealers capture lead information from the 98 percent of shoppers who leave without sharing contact info.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The numbers are simple. If your website is collecting leads from 2 percent of boat dealer website visitors, then 98 percent are being missed. Imagine if you only got the name and number of two out of every hundred showroom visitors. You\u2019d want to hire linebackers to hold down shoppers while you got their name and number! That is where BoatChat comes in. It\u2019s like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/chat-best-practices\/chat-icons\/\">virtual greeter<\/a> on your website 24 hours a day to help answer shopper questions \u2013 and generate leads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boatchat.com\/blog\/\">BoatChat<\/a> has been designed specifically for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boatingindustry.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boat industry<\/a> to help dealers connect with website shoppers. There are several facets of this technology that help boost website form leads by 50 percent or more. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Customer interface, including icons, popup invites, and chat windows<\/li>\n<li>Specially-trained chat operators for the marine industry<\/li>\n<li>Chat operator console with tools that help shoppers and generate leads<\/li>\n<li>Server technology that speeds communication<\/li>\n<li>Pre-written responses proven to capture shopper info<\/li>\n<li>A dedicated programming team building the next generation of chat tools<\/li>\n<li>World-class customer service from the BoatChat staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The scope of digital marketing tools for the marine industry is massive. Often dealers invest thousands in website technology, as well as SEO and SEM, only to capture lead information from a tiny fraction of web visitors. 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