Digital Automotive. It may sound an antithetical expression, but we'll have to get used to it. On the one hand the world of engines, with 150 years of history and passions, strongly linked to traditions. On the other the world of Digital, just a teenager but, like all young people, dynamic and unstoppable. If in the past a customer visited an average of 8.2 dealerships before buying a car, now the number has been reduced to 2.1. This would be enough to describe everything. To date, 92% car seekers consult the internet before going to a dealership. Significant numbers that raise an equally significant question: is the motor world ready for this evolution? To date, the automotive sector is in the middle of a crossfire. From one side there is the digitization process necessary to keep up with the times. On the other, there is the race to electrification to escape the sanctions that regulate CO 2 emissions. It will be the task of this thesis to retrace step by step the evolution of the purchasing process that is affecting the sector, introducing and explaining in depth the concepts of Customer Journey and Customer Experience. By doing so, it will be possible to introduce the real novelty of recent years: The Lead Generation. Finally, on the basis of what has been illustrated above, it will be explained how Lead Generation and Digital Content Marketing can help car manufacturers to boost the Electric Vehicles market and thus complete the transition to new forms of sustainable mobility. I wish you a good reading. Keywords: Automotive; Digital; Innovation; Electrification; Lead generation.
Digital Automotive. Espressione quasi antitetica ma che dovremo abituarci a sentire. Da un lato il mondo dei motori, con 150 anni di storia e passioni, fortemente legato alle tradizioni. Dall’altro il mondo del Digital, appena adolescente ma, come tutti i giovani, dinamico e inarrestabile. Se in passato un cliente visitava in media 8,2 concessionarie prima di acquistare una macchina, adesso il numero si è ridotto a 2,1. Basterebbe questo per descrivere tutto. Ad oggi, il 92% di coloro che cercano un’auto nuova consultano internet prima di recarsi in concessionaria. Numeri significativi che spingono a porsi un’altrettanta significativa domanda: è pronto il mondo dei motori a questo cambiamento? Ad oggi, il settore automobilistico si trova nel mezzo di un fuoco incrociato. Da un lato c’è il processo di digitalizzazione necessario per stare al passo con i tempi, e dall’altro la corsa all’elettrificazione per sfuggire alle recenti sanzioni inerenti le emissioni di CO2. Sarà compito di questa tesi ripercorrere passo dopo passo l’evoluzione del processo di acquisto che sta interessando il settore, introducendo e spiegando approfonditamente i concetti di Customer Journey e Customer Experience. Compresi questi, sarà possibile introdurre la vera novità degli ultimi anni: la lead generation. Infine, sulla base di quanto illustrato in precedenza, verrà spiegato come la lead generation e il Digital Content Marketing possono aiutare le case auto nel far decollare definitivamente il mercato dei veicoli elettrificati e concludere così la transizione a nuove forme di mobilità sostenibile. Non mi resta altro che augurarvi buona lettura.
Automotive 4.0 The evolution of the purchase process in the Automotive sector between Digital Transformation and Electrification.
MASTROIANNI, SAMUELE
2019/2020
Abstract
Digital Automotive. It may sound an antithetical expression, but we'll have to get used to it. On the one hand the world of engines, with 150 years of history and passions, strongly linked to traditions. On the other the world of Digital, just a teenager but, like all young people, dynamic and unstoppable. If in the past a customer visited an average of 8.2 dealerships before buying a car, now the number has been reduced to 2.1. This would be enough to describe everything. To date, 92% car seekers consult the internet before going to a dealership. Significant numbers that raise an equally significant question: is the motor world ready for this evolution? To date, the automotive sector is in the middle of a crossfire. From one side there is the digitization process necessary to keep up with the times. On the other, there is the race to electrification to escape the sanctions that regulate CO 2 emissions. It will be the task of this thesis to retrace step by step the evolution of the purchasing process that is affecting the sector, introducing and explaining in depth the concepts of Customer Journey and Customer Experience. By doing so, it will be possible to introduce the real novelty of recent years: The Lead Generation. Finally, on the basis of what has been illustrated above, it will be explained how Lead Generation and Digital Content Marketing can help car manufacturers to boost the Electric Vehicles market and thus complete the transition to new forms of sustainable mobility. I wish you a good reading. Keywords: Automotive; Digital; Innovation; Electrification; Lead generation.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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