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Video Marketing is Changing – How to Keep Up

Half of the world’s citizens are visual learners. They would rather be shown how to do something, than read about it. Yet for years, marketing was stuck in the printing press era. Slowly churning
Jul 5, 2016
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YouTube Becomes Bigger Player in Auto Space

YouTube has become “the powerhouse platform for video,” including automotive content, says video advertising technology firm Pixability. The company’s Get Behind the Wheel: Auto in the
Jul 5, 2016
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Predicting Behavior with Marketing Automation

As dealers, it has always been the dream to be able to predict when a potential lead may become a buying customer. Lead nurturing processes rely on the hope that enough nurturing will convince
Jul 5, 2016
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How Your Dealership Can Use Video Chat To Increase Sales

When it comes to driving sales in your dealership, there might be some disagreement about the particular tactics that really make a difference, but there are a few key criteria that almost all
Jul 1, 2016
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Making Rejection Work in Your Favor

When I speak to sales groups, the subject of rejection comes up often during our Q and A sessions. Rejection is a natural part of the business of sales, and it is critically important to learn how
Jul 1, 2016
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Why Consumers Are Always ‘Passively Shopping’ for Next Vehicle

Automotive marketing and advertising company Jumpstart Automotive Group released its latest shopper study on Monday, drilling deeper down into the behavior patterns of women and
Jul 1, 2016
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Hire for ATTITUDE and GOALS, Train for SKILL

During a recent conversation with a service manager at a high volume import store we had a discussion about how hard it is to get the right front line team assembled to handle the expected
Jul 1, 2016
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Dealers Light on Website Service-Department Content

Auto dealership websites typically go heavy on vehicle sales, light on service-department offerings. That should change, at least somewhat, says Denim Simkins, a regional fixed-operations
Jul 1, 2016
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Differences Aside, Dealers, Automakers on Same Team

Dealer-automaker relationships can get strained at times, but companies such as Nissan, which has not scored particularly high on recent dealer-satisfaction scores, are trying to make things better
Jul 1, 2016