Five tips to avoid becoming like an episode of ‘The Walking Dead’, from Marketing Profs. Hey, isn’t it great we’re in the Digital Age? The Internet. Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Gazillions of people putting their credentials

Find the right imagery for social media branding, according to Marketing Profs. Many famous brands use imagery to capture the essence of their products or service, even more so than their written content. For example, you’ve probably watched a

The social networks that deliver the most-engaged users, according to Ragan.com. YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn drive the most-engaged social referrals to websites, according to a recent report from Shareaholic. In its analysis, the company examined

Which social network is better for fixed ops marketing, from Stratosphere Studio. At Stratosphere Studio, we’ve run across a number of auto body shops in which the owner is wearing multiple hats: performing customer service, repairing vehicles, han

The New Ways to Be There When They’re Ready to Shop Consumers have changed the way they make decisions — as a marketer, have you kept up? To answer that, ask yourself this question: “Where does influence take place as shoppers move from und

Bring the Power of Real-Time Customer Tracking to Your Dealership Floor We’ve had GPS technology for a while now, enabling the customer to locate dealers conveniently, while being virtually anywhere (provided they have WiFi or cellular service). Bu

Facebook pages redesign: 4 things businesses will want to do, from Ragan.com. Facebook recently announced another update to Timeline for Pages. According to Facebook, the new streamlined look for Pages is meant to make it easier for people to find th

Turning Metrics Into Money: Know What Your Customer Knows Before They Come In Mobile technology has impacted every aspect of the consumer’s shopping cycle. No longer do they shop online alone, at home. It may be during a ten-minute break on their

A lesson in social espionage, from Search Engine Watch. Competitive intelligence is incredibly important for analyzing and tracking your competitors, whether it’s in SEO, PPC, or social media. What follows is an account of how I used public soc