Bring All Your Data into One Place with Marketing Automation, from 9Clouds Automotive Marketing. CONSOLIDATING DATA The auto industry is full of data; top selling cars, financing, inventory movement, customer data and the list goes on and on. The pro

Risky Business: 3 Ways a Bad Outsourced Chat Team Can Hurt Your Sales, from activEngage. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: not all chat providers are the same. Vendor priorities vary, software technology can be user-friendly or not, n

How to Create a Branding Message for Your Dealership, from PCG Consulting. Your dealership’s brand is based on how others perceive you – but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some control over it! Whether you’re a new dealership trying to es

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Search Marketers, from Search Engine Watch. In his 1989 best-selling business and self-help book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey outlines a series of “true north” principles tha

Creative Content for Your Social Media, from Dealer Marketing Magazine. I’m not a car girl. I didn’t grow up in the automotive world, and most of the lingo is foreign to me. I have no clue about the differences in engines or how to value a trade

February auto sales up, but not for all, from USA Today. Monthly auto sales were up, but not for all automakers and not as much as some industry watchers forecast. One jarring note: Toyota Motor outsold Ford Motor by 84 vehicles to take the No. 2 spo

Dealertrack Introduces New Inventory Management Mobile App, from F&I Magazine. LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Dealertrack Technologies has introduced its new Inventory+ Mobile app, an innovative and comprehensive inventory management solution that deliv

The Proof Behind Website Personalization – Why Your Dealership Needs to Personalize or Perish, from Automotive Digital Marketing. Thinking differently can cause some anxiety. Just ask Katie Couric & Bryant Gumbel circa 1994. Remember the Super

Getting ‘Aggressive’ Means Investing in the Dealership’s Marketing Today for Tomorrow (and today), from Dealer Authority. We’ve been told that our blog titles can be confusing. It’s my hope that the trend does not translate over to our prod