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Performance MarketingFor Auto Dealers

TikTok + LinkedIn Ads for Auto Dealers.

Two channels, opposite audiences, identical discipline. Built around the operating reality of auto dealers, where cost per lead (new) sits at $120-$400.

Why this matters

Why auto dealers need TikTok + LinkedIn Ads built around their unit economics.

Auto Dealers run on numbers that punish generic playbooks. Inventory volatility from OEM allocations and supply timing makes promised-price ads risky. The agencies that win in this vertical do not run the same auction strategy they ran for a B2B SaaS account last quarter, they run a program built around how auto dealers actually convert.

Inparlor's TikTok + LinkedIn Ads engagement for auto dealers reflects that. TikTok is where DTC, beauty, supplements, and consumer apps win in 2026. The deliverables below are scoped against the unit economics, your AOV and retention, lead-to-sold close rate of 10-25%.

Where most agencies treat auto dealers as another vertical to learn on, we treat the vertical as the starting point. In-market shopper windows are 60-90 days, most dealers do not run nurture and lose to the dealer that does. We will tell you on the first call which of those constraints is binding and which is solvable inside the engagement.

What we deliver

Scope built for auto dealers.

  • Channel-specific audit and platform readiness check
  • TikTok Pixel or LinkedIn Insight Tag server-side via Stape
  • Spark Ads setup for TikTok or Document/Lead Gen for LinkedIn
  • Creator sourcing list for TikTok if needed
  • Audience segmentation by job title, function, and seniority on LinkedIn
  • Weekly creative briefs
  • Bi-weekly performance review
  • Looker Studio dashboard
Auto Dealers benchmarks

Real numbers from the vertical.

$120-$400

Cost per lead (new)

$60-$200

Cost per lead (used)

10-25%

Lead-to-sold close rate

$1,800-$4,500

Front + back gross per sale

$5,500/month plus ad spend

TikTok + LinkedIn Ads engagement starts at

Our Auto Dealers-specific approach

How TikTok + LinkedIn Ads runs in auto dealers, operationally.

  • Channel-fit assessment before contract

    Not every brand should run TikTok. Not every B2B should run LinkedIn. The free 30-minute fit call is genuinely free, and we will tell you on the call if neither is right.

  • Creator-led on TikTok, conversation-led on LinkedIn

    Each channel has a dominant winning format and we lean in: Spark Ads with sourced creators on TikTok; Conversation and Lead Gen Form ads on LinkedIn. Different toolkits, same operating standard.

  • Lead enrichment before leads hit the CRM

    LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms run through Clay or ZoomInfo before they reach Salesforce or HubSpot. Otherwise sales burns half its inbound time on unqualified contacts.

  • Format expansion only after CAC stabilizes

    Spark Ads, Conversation Ads, Document Ads come online in month two, after we have a baseline. We do not split early-stage budget across five formats and tell the brand we are 'still testing.'

FAQ

Auto Dealers buyers ask us this most.

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