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Technology Trends – Is your Head Spinning?

ADP is one of the oldest DMS companies, founded in 1949 to provide payroll services. In 1972, the Dealer Services division was formed to provide data processing to dealerships. Now, the core Payroll portion of ADP has decided to spin off the Dealer S
Sep 4, 2014

Big Data, Big Opportunity

You might think that your dealership is too small to have any need for big data. However, the fact of the matter is that big data provides daily insights that are invaluable to individual rooftops and dealer groups alike. “When it comes to big
Sep 4, 2014

The Digital Void with Service and Parts

Consider the following reality: There are 70,000,000 monthly aftermarket searches conducted on Google representing 525,000 customers EVERY MONTH! These 525,000 customers also represent potentially an additional 100,000 referral customers. These are s
Sep 2, 2014

Auto brands must leverage mobile to reach millennials: study

Auto brands much leverage mobile to reach millennials, according to Mobile Marketer. The United States is shifting to a society defined by smartphones from one defined by cars, raising pressure on marketers to deliver experiences that reflect millenn
Aug 28, 2014

Try Out Hyperlapse: Hot App Speeds Up Videos, Offering New Creative Possibilities

Hot app speeds up videos, offering new creative possibilities, according to AdWeek. Call it fast-food porn. Now that hyperlapsing is a thing, courtesy of Instagram, everyone’s videos can be seen at 12 times the normal speed. The Hyperlapse app is t
Aug 28, 2014

The Benefits of Responsive vs Adaptive Design

Over the past several years, mobile web use has nearly tripled, and now delivers more than 30% of web traffic. And though mobile users were assumed to skim headlines instead of actually reading articles, recent studies have shown that more and more u
Aug 22, 2014

New Research Indicates Dealers Need to Re-Think The Ad Formats and Published Offer Strategy at Their Websites

Findings: Tiny ad formats with targeted offers drive more than 4 in 5 website leads; Gradually ramping up value of published offers saves $18,000+ a month Dealers spend a pile of money to drive traffic to their sites, but there has been almost no res
Aug 18, 2014

Four Business Strategy Tips to Borrow from the Automotive Industry

When you look at successful businesses in the United States, the automotive industry stands out. Granted, car lots can be the butt of jokes at times, but the fact remains that there are millions of cars on the road, and many of them came from an auto
Aug 18, 2014

Stop Using the Same Playbook as Your Competition

How do you communicate with customers in a market where every message counts? Laptops, tablets, and smartphones all provide consumers with more information at their fingertips in one instant than they could look up in their entire lives 20 years ago.
Aug 18, 2014