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General Motors Approves Contact At Once! as iMR Match Eligible Turnkey Vendor for Dealer Chat

ALPHARETTA, GA. – Contact At Once!, the leading dealer chat provider to the automotive industry, today announced that General Motors  has approved the company as an iMR (inMarketRetail) Match eligible turnkey vendor for live dealer chat.  All G
Apr 11, 2012
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Poll: Public Believes that the 2009 Bailout of the Car Industry Helped the Economy

NEW YORK — A new Harris Poll finds that large majorities of the public would be opposed to any new bailouts of the banking, insurance, car or construction industries, and that only rather small minorities think that the 2008 bailouts of the ba
Apr 11, 2012
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Mercedes-Benz USA and Dealer Partners Commit $1.3M to Foundation

CHICAGO — Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) this week announced that the company and its dealers will commit $1.3 million in 2012 to the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA, a charitable organization that supports projects in the U.S. to improve the
Apr 11, 2012
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Leading Automotive CRM DealerSocket Creates Buzz With MobileCRM

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Leading auto dealer CRM DealerSocket (DealerSocket.com) is creating a buzz with the recently released MobileCRM, which allows users to access its industry-leading CRM tool in a mobile application. “This advanced mo
Apr 10, 2012
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Haystak Digital Marketing Selected as Microsoft Advertising Authorized Reseller

Fort Myers, FL– April 10, 2012 – Haystak Digital Marketing, one of North America’s largest automotive digital marketing agencies, recently announced that it has been selected as a Microsoft Advertising Authorized Reseller.  With this des
Apr 10, 2012

A Dealership Colonoscopy

We must inspect to ensure healthy positive growth – step two Dr. Werner Heisenberg (1901 – 1976) was a German theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and is best known for asserting the ‘uncertainty
Apr 10, 2012
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Interview with Ray Huffines from Huffines Auto Dealerships

Ray Huffines, 59, is the dealer principal for the Huffines Auto Dealerships, with eight dealership locations in the suburban Dallas market, begun in 1924 as the Huffines Motor Company by Huffines’ grandfather, J.L. Huffines, Sr., and later operated
Apr 10, 2012
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Survey: More than One-Third of Vehicle Owners Plan to Spend a Portion of Tax Refund on Their Car

SAN JOSE — As Tax Day fast approaches and refunds begin making their way into the bank accounts of many Americans, a new survey commissioned by eBay Motors found that more than one-third of vehicle owners anticipating tax refunds will spend a por
Apr 10, 2012
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NADA, J.D. Power Form Strategic Alliance

MCLEAN, Va. — The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has formed a strategic alliance with J.D. Power and Associates to help dealers leverage their own business data to receive enhanced market intelligence through J.D. Power’s
Apr 10, 2012