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Mobile Site Configuration 101: How to Choose
Mobile site configuration 101, from Search Engine Watch. EMarketer expects 48.9 percent of mobile phone users worldwide, or 2.23 billion people, “will go online via mobile at least monthly in 2014, and over half of the mobile audience will use
Jul 10, 2014
Manheim Reports Increase In Q2 Used Vehicle Values
Strong consumer demand drove an increase in volume and values for used vehicles in the second quarter as attractive financing put purchases within reach of more consumers. The Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index, a measure of wholesale prices adjusted f
Jul 8, 2014
The 10 Vehicles With the Highest Resale Value
The 10 vehicles with the highest resale value, according to DailyFinance. Your car is a significant investment and should get at least as much consideration as you’d give any other equities. True, cars depreciate in value as soon as they leave
Jul 8, 2014
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Congrats! You’ve Won a …Lawsuit!
Were you hoping to win a prize? Sorry, in my promotion no one wins, I just say that so you will come into my dealership. Doesn’t that sound awful? Unfortunately, it happens all too often in our industry. Dealers run sweepstakes where everyone is a
Jul 3, 2014
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Three Simple Tactics to Increase Customer Loyalty
Three simple tactics to increase customer loyalty, according to Marketing Profs. For years, my business approach was this: If you make something truly remarkable, it will sell itself. I know, it’s very “Field of Dreams,” but that
Jul 3, 2014
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Increasing ROI from Website Marketing
If it’s all about location, location, location in real estate, it’s all about leads, leads, leads for auto dealers. Not surprisingly, almost all are laser focused on keeping a high number of inbound leads flowing regularly. One obvious way to do
Jul 3, 2014
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Digitally Engaging Your Target Customers
Most of us have had that dream where it is a day before graduation and you realize there is some class you have never been to and must pass top graduate. I bet there is a marketer’s version of that nightmare where a time traveler from the 80’s la
Jul 3, 2014
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Be Helpful: Build Trust Online & Sell More
If you’re looking to promote your dealership on the Internet, you first need to establish trust. It’s not enough to build a great website, optimize it so that it ranks well within search engine results, then attract qualified local shoppe
Jul 2, 2014
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Do Your Customers Brag About You Behind Your Back?
I recently moved to Southern California from Florida, and one differentiating feature is the sheer amount of people. It’s very populated here. Not in a bad way. Just a “bustling” kind of way. Dense population brings culture, vibrancy, things to
Jul 1, 2014