Car dealer marketing in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Dealers in Winnipeg sell into a market with its own seasons, events and communities. The best campaigns follow the weather and the local calendar, so the right vehicles and offers are in front of shoppers when they’re thinking about them.

What to promote in Winnipeg

• Block heaters, remote starters and batteries for extreme cold
• Winter tires (MPI offers low-interest financing for them)
• Spring pothole and alignment checks
• Reliable, value-priced used vehicles

A seasonal plan for Winnipeg

The full month-by-month plan, including Canadian holidays, is in the car dealer marketing calendar.

Local dates to plan around

• Festival du Voyageur (February): winter-ready posts and a francophone community event
• Folklorama (August): community sponsorships
• Winnipeg Blue Bombers season (June to November): game-day posts
• MPI Winter Tire Program (fall): changeover campaigns

Make the posts a week or two ahead so they’re ready to go. The seasonal ad ideas have ready-made themes for the big national dates.

Get found on Google in Winnipeg

Shoppers search for dealers on their phones, and your Google Business Profile is often the first thing they see. Post an update each week with a vehicle, an offer or a service special, and reply to every review. People also search by their own community, so name the places you serve in your posts and captions: St. Boniface, Transcona, St. Vital, Charleswood, and nearby Selkirk, Steinbach, Headingley and Stonewall. Here’s how to post on Google Business Profile.

Ads, email and print for Winnipeg dealers

Shoppers in Winnipeg see your dealership in more places than social media. Use the same look and the same offer everywhere, so each place backs up the others:

• Social and Google posts: a vehicle spotlight, an offer or a service special every week. Social media posts come in every size, with captions written for each platform.
• Email campaigns: new arrivals, service reminders and seasonal offers to past customers, following Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL): get consent first and include an unsubscribe link. Here’s how to plan dealership emails.
• Print and showroom materials: postcard mailers, flyers, showroom posters and window stickers with a QR code that counts every scan, so you know which vehicles shoppers look at on the lot. See print ads.
• Video: short Reels, TikToks and YouTube Shorts from your own vehicle photos. See video ads.
• Weather-timed ads: have the ad ready before the forecast turns: batteries and tires ahead of a cold snap, AC service before a heat wave, storm-ready checks before severe weather. More in weather and winter marketing ideas.

Rules to know in Manitoba

Manitoba dealers are registered with the province’s Consumer Protection Office, and payment and lease ads need their full terms: APR, term, down payment and total cost of borrowing. Manitoba Public Insurance runs a Winter Tire Program with low-interest financing, which makes a useful service-ad hook in the fall. Follow Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) for email. The guide to advertising payments, rates and leases covers the disclosures to include, and DealerAdGen’s compliance check flags a payment or lease offer that’s missing them as you type.