By David Hudson, Executive Producer/Director, D Hudson Productions Video is a very important element when marketing your dealership, but not every video needs to be a big-budget production. And by integrating various types of video content to your sa

By Ted Rubin, Founder and President, ActivEngage, Inc. In August of 1994, Phil Brandenberger went shopping for a compact audio disk, paid for it with his credit card, and made history. This was, by all accounts, the first online transaction. That CD

By Ben Caffee, Senior Director, Offsite Solutions at Manheim Pressure is mounting on auto dealers’ retail margins. As vehicles last longer (the average life of a car is now a record of 11.8 years) new-car sales have plateaued. Dealers now have to l

By Mark Sokal, President, Sokal Advertising in today’s market is challenging. Buyers consume more media than ever before – changing the way they make purchases, especially when it comes to cars.  Understandably, this meant that the way deale

By Christine Smith, Director Digital Strategy & Sales, Digital to Dealer Direct If you own a dealership or are a BDC/internet manager, you likely use Google to deliver pay per click (PPC) ads or display ads. These are effective ways to advertise

By Raquel Rodriguez, Founder, R2 Media Connected TV (CTV) offers a major advantage in reaching Millennials, better known as the generation of cord-cutters, but many dealerships aren’t clear on what CTV is or how they can incorporate it into their c

By Kelly Mulroney, SVP of Product & Engineering, Cox Automotive Amazon’s success proves that online shopping is here to stay. The retail giant has conditioned consumers to expect a full-fledged, seamless, and personalized digital shopping exper

By Emil Banga, Senior Director of Product Management, Dealertrack F&I Solutions Cashflow improvement, efficiency, and regulatory compliance are all good reasons to shift away from paper for dealerships. Automotive dealerships are embracing techno

By Mark Gilbert, CEO, Automotive Training Network A dysfunctional BDC can be significantly more harmful than not having one at all. Adding another layer of customer-facing employees through a BDC will almost certainly disrupt existing processes and r