The partnership will involve Maritz student internships, guest lectures and a scholarship LOUIS, MO., March 26, 2019 – Maritz, a leading provider of marketing services to the automotive industry, has partnered with Northwood University to help deve

As a growing number of OEM certified advertising programs offer broader choices for dealers, it is imperative to understand that choosing a video content and campaign solution is not like other forms of advertising. Unlike search marketing, video adv

By Cavan Robinson, Product Manager, OEM, DealerSocket We’ve come a long way since the days when the business rule of thumb when it came to social media was to treat it like a cocktail party: Ease your way in by listening, don’t dominate the conve

More than 80 percent of consumers say they want to complete one or more steps of the purchase process online, yet many dealers are dragging their feet when it comes to implementing digital retailing solutions. Their primary concerns include: Losing c

By Alex Melen, Founder, SmartSites Did you know that almost a third of all digital spend is wasted on ineffective channels and strategies? In an industry fought with cut-throat competition, your digital marketing strategy becomes your strongest tool

Your dealership’s digital marketing strategy has a lot of moving parts. Paid search, organic content, social media campaigns, website offers, and more– it can be a real challenge understanding how all these pieces work together, and what each of

By Casey Tuggle CMO, SocialBot and Kelly Auto Group, Inc. Google Analytics has been lying to you for years. There is an easy way to see this; open GA, find traffic sources, and pick a vendor (source or source/medium) who provides some kind of direct-

In the following interview, we talk with Apple Chevrolet’s Dealer Principal John Alfirevich, who was recently named Ally Bank’s 2019 TIME Dealer of the Year. John started in the car business as a teenager changing oil for Bob Motl Chevrolet,

By David Weaver, CSP® Associate, The Rawls Group A few years ago, I received a call from a successor candidate we had been working with for the past couple of years. This dealer’s son was an exceptionally bright, hardworking lad with lots of promi