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From Ragan.com, infographic: the history of hashtags. Hashtags are everywhere. They’re on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. They’re even on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” But hashtags weren’t always so ubiquit

The latest Volvo commercial is going viral for good reason. Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes his 53 year-old body to the next level to showcase Volvo’s Dynamic Steering System. The stunt is in fact real. A Volvo rep confirmed that the sp

According to Marketing Daily, millennials are harder to reach and more impressionable. Reaching Millennials is harder than other generations — what with all their multitasking and connected devices — but the payoff for actually getting th

“You want Loyd to do what? Jim, are you gone-to-the-grape?” asked Dr. Merlot, my friendly yet kooky sidekick, with disbelief. “For the last five years you have been deploying a plan to purchase your dad’s stock and recruit tal

Supervising the accounting office was my least favorite tasks as a CFO/controller. I’d rather create a new spreadsheet or write a report on our DMS system. I used the phrase “herding cats” to describe the difficulty involved in coor

Retired Army Staff Sgt. the recipient of a new car TrueCar, an authority on new car pricing, information, trends and forecasting since 2005, has recorded its one-millionth vehicle sale through its national Certified Dealer Network, which currently ac

With $5,000 in his pocket, World War II veteran James Lee bought a small Ford dealership in Elm City, NC in 1953. His son John, born six years later, would ride his bike after school to the small dealership that didn’t even have a showroom. He fell

“The most dramatic cost of the lack of leadership is that the market has changed so much and your dealership has changed so little!” On Tuesday August 23, 2011 at 1:51PM, I was sitting with an F&I Manager when the building started shaking and

Lubricating tapered bearings, from Search Auto Parts. The useful life of a bearing depends to a great extent on the proper lubrication of the bearing. This is especially true in wheel bearings where operating conditions include dirt, moisture and hig