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Total Car Score Ranks Top 10 Best High-Performance Cars of 2012
American brands dominate the list, but Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz take top two spots LOS ANGELES – Total Car Score, the most comprehensive automotive ranking and comparison website, today issued its list of the Top 10 High-Performance Cars for 2012. The...
What Changed with CAN-SPAM? E-mail Series Part II
In Part I of this series (A Brief History of E-mail), I used Hotmail to illustrate how quickly e-mail use skyrocketed in the mid-nineties. Hotmail gained eight million users in its first year, after which Microsoft quickly purchased them for $400 million. When Yahoo,...
Poof! Your Last Excuse Against Blogging Just Vanished
I suspect you've heard it's a good idea to blog for your store. Your SEO guy is bugging you. People like me, social media coaches, tell you how valuable it is to become the “likable expert.” Nearly every customer service evangelist preaches the value of blogging. You...
Second Group of 25 Winners Announced in Toyota 100 Cars for Good Program
Public Voting to Determine 50 Remaining Nonprofit Organizations to Receive Toyota Vehicle First 50 nonprofit organizations have been selected by the public to receive a new Toyota vehicle. Five non-profit organizations will continue to be profiled on Toyota’s Facebook...
Analysis: Global Search Spending Grew 17% in Second Quarter
Quarterly Analysis Notes Increase in Keyword Pricing for the First Time since Q3 2011 SAN DIEGO – Covario, Inc., one of the nation’s largest independent providers of search marketing agency services and management solutions, recently issued its latest Global Paid...
FTC’s Expected Record $22.5 Million Fine For Google Praised By Consumer Watchdog
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- The Federal Trade Commission reportedly plans to fine Google $22.5 million for hacking around privacy settings on iPhones and iPads that use Apple's Safari browser. Consumer Watchdog praised the Commission today for its expected strong action...
Edmunds.com Launches First Television Ad Campaign: “Ask the Car People”
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, debuted a new television spot this week to kick off its first ever cross-platform ad campaign: "Ask the Car People." The 30-second spot cleverly demonstrates that cars are...
Co-Founder and CEO of CarWoo! Explains The Seven Needs of Online Buyers
Today’s automotive buyers have very different needs from yesterday’s buyers. They’re more mobile and social than ever before, and are therefore very connected, very skeptical and have very short attention spans. At the core, they require privacy, honesty, consultancy,...
izmostock and Maground Partner to Offer the World’s Best and Most Cost-effective Automotive Imagery
Alliance revolutionizes vehicle stock photos, blending izmostock’s high quality car images with Maground’s amazing worldwide destination stock photography San Francisco, CA – izmostock a division of izmocars, the world-leader in automotive photography and interactive...
ClearMechanic Launches “OpenTable for Car Repairs” in San Francisco Bay Area
New solution helps consumers instantly book car appointments online, based on repair shops’ availability and service offerings. San Francisco, CA -- ClearMechanic, provider of technology to improve the auto repair experience, today announced a solution that allows San...
IMN and Dealer Communications Encourage Auto Dealerships to “Think Like a Publisher”
Webinar Attendees to Learn Six Important Steps for Building Effective Content Marketing Strategies that Drive Customer Loyalty and Sales WALTHAM, Mass. -- IMN, the digital marketing company that delivers branded newsletters and content for vertical markets, today...
Your Culture: Weave in the Strong and Weed out the Weak!
In several articles over past months, I’ve written about issues concerning your culture: how to build a high performance culture, how to stop the “weeds and bugs” from corrupting your culture and more. It’s time to go a step further by adding an exercise attendees to...
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