iHeartMedia Integration for Dealerships

IHeartMedia for dealerships and the agencies that run them, available on request with one report and one point of contact.

iHeartMedia is the largest radio broadcaster in the country, and for advertising purposes it is three businesses sold from one desk. There is terrestrial radio, hundreds of stations with a local sales office in most markets. There is the iHeartRadio app, which turns those same stations into streaming inventory alongside custom stations and playlists. And there is a podcast network that ranks among the largest publishers in the medium by audience.

For a store the practical shape of that is one conversation covering the drive time spot, the streaming insertion and a podcast read, priced as a single schedule. The packaging is the product. It is also why radio has stayed on dealership media plans long after other traditional channels dropped off them, since a general manager who has run spots for a decade already knows the seller by name.

Buying happens through that seller rather than through a console. There is no advertiser dashboard where a store logs in and launches a schedule this afternoon, and that one fact shapes everything else on this page.

The case for radio at a car store is context. It reaches people while they are driving, which is the single situation where a vehicle is already on somebody's mind, and it reaches them at a cost per thousand that video cannot approach. A schedule that runs for months builds the kind of name recognition an independent rooftop cannot buy any other way, and the podcast side adds a host voice that carries more trust than any banner ever will.

The honest objection is measurement. Broadcast audiences are estimated from panels rather than counted, so the number on the proposal is a survey based projection of who was probably listening, not a record of who heard your spot. A store that wants a cost per lead figure from a radio schedule is asking a question the medium cannot answer, and any seller who answers it confidently is modelling, not reporting.

The second objection is commercial rather than technical. This is a negotiated rate card business. Rates move with demand, smaller advertisers can find themselves preempted when a national buyer wants the same avails, and the good inventory in a market is spoken for well before the month it runs. Read how streaming audio works for dealers before assuming the digital half behaves like the broadcast half. It does not.

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iHeartMedia is available to your dealership on request. Ask for it from the Advertising Networks page inside the CRM, or tell the person who set up your account, and our team puts it in production for your store, usually the same day for platforms with public credentials and as soon as the vendor completes its own onboarding for the ones that gate access. There is no separate integration project to schedule and no fee attached to turning a network on.

Two paths are open from the first day. The webXintel Ads Network is included with every plan: you choose the zone you sell in, the campaign type and the pre screening questions in Leads Manager, and our team builds and runs campaigns from those selections. The second path is your own iHeartMedia account, connected so campaigns run under a login your dealership owns, with the spend on your card and the history in your name. Agencies that already manage iHeartMedia for the store keep their seat and we work inside it. Neither choice is permanent; a store can start on the managed network and add its own account later, or run both.

Think of the connection as two lanes. Outbound carries what you decided in Leads Manager, the zone, the budget, the dates, the objective and the approved creative, to iHeartMedia. Inbound carries the numbers back, spend, impressions, clicks and reported results, into the same reporting every other channel uses, so iHeartMedia is one line in a report rather than another dashboard to log into.

Leads arrive either through a form inside iHeartMedia where the platform offers one, posted to the CRM as it is submitted, or through a click to a LeadLocate lead page in your dealership's name, with the pre screening questions you chose, so every inquiry is a lead in the CRM with the campaign attached. Each lead arrives with its source and campaign attached, the CRM's texting, calling and email pick it up, and Instant Push sends it by ADF to any CRM your store already runs, at no change in price. The mix of leads to expect is described on what to expect from car sales leads.

On our side the access token is encrypted before it is stored, every push, pause, report and verify against iHeartMedia is logged with the company, the user and the detail, and campaign objects record which credentials created them. Your customer file and your inventory do not leave the CRM unless you ask us to use them on iHeartMedia, and when you do, our team builds that audience or that inventory creative for your store.

iHeartMedia is not a one off project inside the CRM. LeadLocate runs every advertising platform through one gateway with a single contract: hand us an authorization URL, exchange the code for a token, list the accounts you own, deploy a campaign, pause or resume it, return spend and results, and prove on demand that the connection still works. Seven operations, one adapter per network. Adding iHeartMedia for your store is our team's work against that contract, which is why it is a request rather than a quote.

The shared machinery is the same for every platform and is already in place. Tokens are encrypted before storage, every action is written to an append only audit log, and campaign objects re-resolve the credentials that created them so disconnecting an account never orphans the campaigns built under it. Turning iHeartMedia on for one dealership does not disturb any other network the store runs, and it does not disturb any other dealership.

iHeartMedia issues advertising credentials after an application it reviews, so there is an onboarding step on the vendor's side before campaigns run. Our team files that application in your dealership's name, follows it through and connects the account the day it clears. Where the store or its agency already holds approved access, we work inside it and skip the wait.

Whatever the gate, the store's part is the same: say which platform you want, whether you already hold an account there, and what you would run first. Our team takes it from that point and reports back with a start date rather than a list of steps for you to complete.

You choose whose account the campaigns live under. The included webXintel Ads Network puts them under ours: you set the zone, the campaign type and the pre screening questions in Leads Manager, our team does the building and the daily management, and the cost is inside your plan. Nothing waits on iHeartMedia for that path to be producing leads.

Your own iHeartMedia account puts them under yours. Connect the account you already have, or have our team open one in the dealership's name, and the media is billed by iHeartMedia to you, without markup, with the history belonging to the store. Agencies keep their existing seat and we work inside it. Switching between the two paths, or running both, is a request to our team.

Day to day, our team pushes, pauses and reads the numbers for you and reports them in the CRM, and any store that wants those controls in its own dashboard can ask for them.

iHeartMedia sets its own commercial terms and our team confirms the practical minimum for your market before anything is booked, so the budget is a number you agreed to rather than a surprise on an invoice. On timing, judge iHeartMedia over a full flight rather than a weekend: a shopper reached today searches your store by name days later, and the CRM shows that lift beside the direct leads. Because of that, the plan for iHeartMedia is written with a review date on it from day one, and our team reads it with you at that date rather than leaving the store to guess.

Start narrow: one zone, one campaign type, one offer and the pre screening questions you already use, then widen once the first flight has a read. Adding a format, a wider radius or a second rooftop is a request to our team. Reporting lands in the CRM beside every other channel, so the store compares iHeartMedia to search, social and the managed network in one place instead of reconciling three dashboards.

iHeartMedia offers more than campaign delivery, and a dealership that wants any of it only has to ask. Conversion feedback that tells iHeartMedia which clicks became sales, audiences built from your customer file, vehicle level creative driven by your inventory, custom reporting exports, or a workflow that belongs to your store alone: our team scopes it against the gateway and builds it into the CRM for your dealership. The platform is ours, so the sky is the limit, and the only real limit is what a store can think of.

That is true across networks too. A dealership that wants iHeartMedia, Facebook and a streaming service in one platform, with one report and one point of contact, gets exactly that. Tell us what you want to see and where, and our team makes it work. The full list of channels is on advertising channels for car dealerships.

Ask. From the Advertising Networks page inside the CRM, request iHeartMedia and say whether you already hold an account there and what you would run first. Our team confirms the plan with you, handles the platform side and tells you the start date. New to LeadLocate? Pick a plan on the pricing page, month to month with no long term contract, and the included webXintel Ads Network starts producing leads while iHeartMedia is being set up.

Pricing for the platform is on the pricing page and it does not change based on which networks you turn on. Media bought under your own iHeartMedia account is billed by iHeartMedia to you and never marked up by us.

Does LeadLocate integrate with iHeartMedia?

Yes, on request. Ask for iHeartMedia from the Advertising Networks page in the CRM and our team puts it in production for your dealership, under your own account or through the included webXintel Ads Network. LeadLocate sets this platform up for your dealership on request, so all you have to do is ask.

Can I use my own iHeartMedia account?

Yes. Connect the account your store already holds, or let our team open one in your dealership's name, and campaigns run under it on your billing with the history staying with the store. Agencies that manage iHeartMedia for you keep their seat and we work inside it.

How long does it take to set up iHeartMedia?

Usually the same day for platforms with public credentials. Where iHeartMedia reviews applications or requires a contract on its side, our team files it in your name and campaigns start as soon as iHeartMedia completes its onboarding. The managed network runs the whole time.

What does LeadLocate charge for iHeartMedia?

The platform is a monthly subscription, month to month with no long term contract, priced on the pricing page, and every plan includes the webXintel Ads Network. Media you buy under your own iHeartMedia account is billed by iHeartMedia to you and never marked up by us.

Can iHeartMedia leads go into the CRM we already use?

Yes. Turn on Instant Push and every lead is forwarded to your existing CRM by ADF the moment it arrives, with its source and campaign attached. The subscription price is the same whether you work leads in LeadLocate or forward them.

Can you run iHeartMedia together with my other advertising?

Yes. iHeartMedia sits beside search, social, streaming television, outdoor and mail in the same CRM, with one report and one point of contact. Any combination a store can name, our team sets up.

What if I want something iHeartMedia supports that is not on this page?

Ask for it. Conversion feedback, audiences from your customer file, inventory driven creative, custom reporting or a workflow unique to your store: our team scopes it and builds it into the CRM for your dealership.

Can I use my own iHeartMedia account?

Yes. Connect the account your store already holds, or let our team open one in your dealership's name, and campaigns run under it on your billing with the history staying with the store. Agencies that manage iHeartMedia for you keep their seat and we work inside it.

One CRM, one report, one point of contact. Tell us what you want to run and where, and our team puts iHeartMedia in production for your dealership.

Prefer to talk right now? Call or text 844-376-2274.