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Off the Sidelines & in the Game
By Brian Bastin, Program Director, Automotive Dealership Management Keiser University Staggering! There is no other way to describe it. Whether you look at it as a percent (14%) or a raw number (7.1 million), the number of men 25-34 years of age who
Sep 3, 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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Interview with Danny Zaslavsky of Country Hill Motors
Country Hill Motors, a locally-owned, family-operated, and independent used car dealership serving the greater Kansas City area, was founded in 1984 by Josh Buterin, who was joined in business several years later by John Zaslavsky. Throughout the 198
Sep 3, 2019
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12 Content Tactics to Strengthen Your Digital Reputation
Do you have a plan to increase business? Not something that’s been floating around in your head but a tangible, written strategy to engage more customers? Remarkably, most dealers don’t have a written marketing plan. Many don’t bother r
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
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Marketing to Your “Personas” and Not Your Target Audience
Our industry will always be rife with buzz-words. As we depart from another engaging Digital Dealer Conference, I noticed that terms like “digital retailing,” “bots,” and “AI” are still the sexiest of terms driving
Sep 3, 2019
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Advice on Investing in New Technology
This week's #HardFacts is live from Google HQ in #NYC. Samantha chats with Google team members about what it means to be a #Google Partner. She also gives some strategies
Aug 30, 2019
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An Innovative Way to Keep the Roads Safe & Bring in Customers
Have you ever seen a fellow motorist texting while driving? What about eating while driving? Putting on makeup? Turning around to yell at their kids? Yes, all of these happen (and more) daily. Sometimes, all it takes for an unfortunate accident to oc
Aug 30, 2019