Google AdWords Announces New Tools & Formats As Mobile Search Surpasses Desktop, from Search Engine Land. Tuesday’s #StepInsideAdWords event featured new mobile-friendly ad formats for three verticals, re-vamped automation tools, and attrib

6 Dos And Don’ts Of Client Relations For Paid Search (Or Any Digital Marketing Discipline), from Marketing Land. How do you maintain strong, long-term relationships with your pay-per-click clients? Columnist Matt Umbro offers up some tips. For man

The Best Solution is the One that Works, from Dealer Solutions. This past month during the 18th Digital Dealer Conference in Tampa, FL (my home) I had the opportunity to not only attend solid Keynote speakers, but also participate in the live broadca

Animate Your Social Media Marketing With GIFs, from Marketing Land. Want to make your social media marketing really pop? Use animated gifs, of course. Columnist Alison Zeringue tells you how to go about it. If pitted against each other in a popularit

Take Advertising and Marketing Risks, Attract More Customers, from Dealer Marketing. Last month, we discussed Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad, “Brewed the Hard Way,” and how you can turn a “marketing mistake” into a sales boom in your dealership

When you venture out into the world of Facebook advertising, are you focused on the right strategy? Even if you’re an ace at analyzing and you’re happy with your results, there’s a big, huge component that gets missed a lot. Making this simple

Scripting Cold Calls Is A Bad Idea: Why Most Call Center Managers Have It Wrong, from Forbes. We’ve all been there. Maybe you worked in sales, or maybe you were fundraising, trying to get someone to pick up the phone and actually listen to you. Let

How Much Should My Dealership Invest in Digital Platforms?, from 9 Clouds Automotive Marketing. WHY DEALERSHIP MARKETERS SHOULD THINK LIKE WARREN BUFFETT There’s no question that with the top-down economics of manufacturer co-op programs, the motto

Whether Sales are Up or Down, Dealers should Always Look to Improve Their Marketing, from Driving Sales. There’s a trend we’re seeing from the automotive industry that is both interesting and a little disturbing for conscientious vendors.