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Tips for effective Tweeting from Ragan.com. If you’re a regular Twitter user, you probably think you know what a good tweet looks like. A good tweet should have a catchy headline, shortened link, hashtags and fewer than 140 characters. Yes, I k

In 1980, Tom DeFelice bought a small BMW franchise in New Jersey that had sold 25 vehicles the year before. With 2 employees, 12 parts bins and 1 service bay he went to work and tripled the BMW store’s sales in the first year – 75 cars sold. Toda

Buyer beware of SEO packages, according to Search Engine Watch. All too often, I have new clients share the “strategy” their previous SEO company/consultant had suggested (or worse – implemented) and it’s some sort of a package de

Ahead of the bell: August auto sales, from Yahoo Finance. U.S. auto sales were so strong in August that it may have been the best month since May of 2007, when $3 a gallon gasoline set off panic buying of fuel-thrifty vehicles. LMC Automotive, an ind

Tips for using Pinterest and Instagram to build strong consumer relationships, from MarketingProfs. Social media conversations are shifting from text to pictures, making images the new language of fan engagement. Consumers are talking about the produ

Just five months after unveiling the B6 Venator Coupe Concept to rave reviews at the 83rd International Geneva Motor Show, Spyker – creator of meticulously hand built automobiles whose beauty is equaled only by their unrivaled craftsmanship – mad

CarWoo!, the leading online marketplace for automotive buyers and dealers, today announced that Volkswagen of Downtown LA is closing 25 percent of its CarWoo! online introductions due to better engagement with the online automotive buyer. Volkswagen

Joe Verde Sales and Management Training, Inc. today announced that with sales projections and inventories on the rise for the automotive industry, Joe Verde will help Digital Dealer attendees create the processes and develop the sales and management

Automakers look to smartphones to attract millennial, according to NPR. Part of a series of stories produced in collaboration with Youth Radio on the changing car culture in America. In an effort to attract young people to cars, automakers have set u