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Profiles of Success
Country Hill Motors (a single-point Ford dealership in Pennsylvania) and Bob Ruth Ford (an independent dealer group in Kansas City) both are surpassing industry averages and hitting record numbers for their business, as a result of their commitment t
Sep 4, 2019
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Reaching the Older Consumers
Full disclosure: I’m one of the ‘older consumers’ who thinks a lot of advertisers are missing the target on the largest group of people with the most money, the most homes, the biggest assets, and the people who not only buy the most cars — b
Sep 4, 2019
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Is Your Hair on Fire?
“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties; or you alter yourself to meet them,” ~Writer, Phyllis Bottome. For those of you that know me, or if you have followed my blogs for a while, you probably know that cu
Sep 4, 2019
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Witt’s Wise Words: Avoid the Guilt Trip
Bill Wittenmyer offers some advice on how to deal with customers that don’t show for appointments in this episode of Witt’s Wise Words.
Sep 4, 2019
3 Steps to Fixing Your Dealership’s Broken Timekeeping Processes – and Why It Matters
By Todd Polak, Product Planning Manager, Reynolds and Reynolds When your business is as complex as the average dealership, with all its various moving parts working together to achieve profitability, it can be easy to forget the little things. Exampl
Sep 4, 2019
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One-on-One Google Review Success
What is the most popular search term for a car dealership? Their name of course! And what happens 100% of the time a person performs a Google Search for a dealership name? The dealership’s Google My Business (GMB) listing displays front and center,
Sep 4, 2019
Is Improved Profitability Really a Priority?
In one of my recent articles, I offered up a vision of what an effective spend management function looks like in an organization and the benefits that will result, including new profitability, improved efficiencies, improved controls, and more. Autom
Sep 3, 2019
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Digital Retailing: Part 1: What is Digital Retailing?
By Melanie Borden, VP of Marketing, Celebrity Motor Cars If you’re like many in this industry, who are researching digital retailing, but not quite finding the information they’re looking for, and left with minimal resources, I invite you
Sep 3, 2019
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Mastering Facebook’s New Ad Relevance Diagnostics
By Brad Highland, Director, Digital Marketing, Naked Lime Marketing Earlier this year Facebook announced they were changing ad relevancy scores to help marketers easily identify why their ads weren’t getting ranked as highly as they might like. Whi
Sep 3, 2019