Love him or hate him, Tesla’s Elon Musk is brilliant. As both a businessman and a marketer, he has created a loyal following of brand advocates – some of whom don’t even own the products he sells. There are consumers literally willing to wait y

This week on Work On Yourself Wednesday, the power of honing your message.

Social can be a hard thing to master when it comes to your marketing. There are updates constantly and many are still standoffish about taking advantage of all the opportunities it offers. I want to make it easy for those of you who still aren’

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (April 18, 2018) – According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2012-2016 depreciated in value by -0.4%, an improvement from February’s level of -1.1% due to a continued stronger-than-expe

Recently Facebook announced that it will stop using data from third-party data aggregators to supplement its own data that it uses for ad targeting. What does this mean for car dealers? Until this announcement, Facebook collected data from three sour

The auto buyer’s path to purchasing a new car is extended and complex. There are 24 average touchpoints, 19 of which are digital (Google). In order to reach an engaged car buyer and increase foot traffic, it’s essential to adopt multiple targetin

Welcome to this week’s edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report. This week’s Black Book Market I

Doug Van Sach explains the growing gap between retailers and automotive consumer experience in this video blog.

There’s always another trade show to sponsor or attend, and the costs add up quickly. The question is “do trade shows improve sales?” In a recent survey of 100 Business Owners and Marketing Managers, 48% said they didn’t calculate their Retur