By Tim Duke, Senior Director of Performance Management, fusionZONE Over the years, Google has firmly established itself as the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to search ads. After all, it is, without a doubt, the most used search engine. And, because

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 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.

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