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Dealership Exec Sentenced for Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking

According to an article on F&I and Showroom, dealership executive is sentenced for money laundering and drug trafficking. ORLANDO, FL — U.S. States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Eladio Marroquin-Medina, 31 of Apopka, to six
Feb 7, 2013

Game Changing Keynotes Set for the 14th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition

Two of the world’s most influential marketing gurus will show dealerships how to utilize changes in social media to their advantage. This May 7-9, get ready to discover how social media will continue to impact your operation, and bottom line, with
Feb 7, 2013

Reynolds and Reynolds: Helping Dealers Meet the Demands of the Changing Retail Landscape

A Spirit of Innovation Founded in 1866 as a business forms printer, Reynolds and Reynolds began serving the needs of automotive retailers in 1927 by providing standardized accounting forms to U.S. Chevrolet dealerships. That one simple innovation mad
Feb 6, 2013

Are You Making It Easy for Customers to Find your Dealership Online?

It’s hard to argue that the Internet has created a more educated automotive customer. But while some see challenges in the new paradigm, savvy marketers realize that the Internet also has launched many proven ways to engage, attract, and retain cus
Feb 5, 2013

Liberty Buick Increases New Sales 21% and Pre-Owned Sales 18% Year over Year

Dealers share many ongoing challenges like how to effectively reach the right customers with the right message, bring those customers into their showrooms and service bays, and keep them coming back again and again. As consumer shopping habits have s
Feb 5, 2013

Interview with David Kelley, GM & Partner, Nissan of McKinney

David Kelley, GM and partner at Nissan of McKinney, is a man on the fast track. In the last quarter of 2012, Nissan of McKinney’s Internet sales, which had accounted for 39% of the dealership’s business, increased dramatically month over month to
Feb 4, 2013

Interview with Owners Larry and Jerry Mullinax of Mullinax Group

Brothers Larry and Jerry Mullinax are the owners of five Ford dealerships in Florida and Alabama. In 2012, these stores sold 10,000 vehicles – 62% of them Ford trucks. Two of these dealerships are among the top 350 in sales volume nationwide. Broth
Feb 4, 2013

Marketers, Consumers Favor Email Over Social Media

According to a story on Search Engine Watch, consumers favor email over social media. Despite all the newfangled channels and technology by which marketers can reach consumers in a digital capacity today, email is still the most effective and inclusi
Jan 31, 2013

Lincoln Debuts First-Ever Twitter-Generated Super Bowl Ad

Dearborn, MI – Lincoln, the luxury automotive brand, today unveiled its Super Bowl ad, the first-ever commercial written entirely through social media with consumers participating on Twitter. Jimmy Fallon asked his followers to tweet responses to h
Jan 31, 2013