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Cars.com Survey Reveals Mobile Car Shoppers Are Younger and Affluent
CHICAGO — Mobile car shoppers are younger, affluent and more likely to be shopping for a new car, according to “Mobile Web and App Usage for Automotive Shoppers,” a study commissioned by Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying and selling new and used cars,...
DealerRater® Enhances DealerRater Push™ to Further Help Certified Dealers Boost Positive Review Counts on Google
Waltham, Mass. – DealerRater®, the nation's premier car dealer review web site, announced today an important update to its DealerRater Push™ product, a key feature of the DealerRater Certification Program. With this new enhancement, Certified Dealer members will be...
LightSquared and Smarter Car to Connect Dealerships and Drivers with Critical Vehicle Information
RESTON, Va. and KIRKLAND, Wash. -- LightSquared™, a wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network that will create consumer choice and drive industry innovation, and Smarter Car, a new company that will soon offer mobile services that enable...
Edmunds.com: December May Be Best Month of the Year for Car Sales
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — December ranked among the top new car sales months in each of the last two years, and there’s plenty of reason to believe that the trend will continue this year, says Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. Last...
Interview with George Peters, BDC/e-Commerce Director, McGeorge Toyota Scion
Solid teamwork, innovative responsiveness to customers, constant process monitoring and tuning, extensive research and development, and old-fashioned long hours of hard work have made McGeorge Toyota a winner in so many ways. The numbers tell the story. McGeorge...
Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey: Chevrolet Volt Edges Out Sports Cars for Top Spot
YONKERS, N.Y. -- The Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid that has an advanced but unproven powertrain, and carries a $40,000 sticker price, is now the top-scoring model in Consumer Reports' latest annual owner-satisfaction survey. Ninety-three percent of respondents who...
OneCommand Preps to Help Dealers Give & Get This Holiday Season
Cincinnati, OH — OneCommand, a leader in multi-channel marketing solutions for the automotive industry, today announced that it is preparing for a record breaking holiday season in terms of seasonal best practice campaign adoption and the response experienced by its...
Ford Escape Routes Competition Expands Use of Social Media and Gaming with Popular Vehicle
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford is looking for a few dynamic, fun-loving individuals ready to compete in real-world challenges with the help of online followers – all while experiencing the all-new Ford Escape. Having no idea where the Escape will take them, the two-person...
GM Uses Klout to Market All-New Sonic
According to a story from Advertising Age, General Motors is given people with Klout scores of at least 35 or higher a three-day test drive of its all-new Sonic subcompact car. The story said GM is hosting this in five major cities across the country and did a similar...
Jeff Teuscher Promoted to Vice President of Sales At American Auto Guardian, Inc. (“AAGI”)
Arlington Heights, IL ‐ American Auto Guardian, Inc. (“AAGI”) announced that Jeff Teuscher has been promoted to Vice President of Sales. Jeff has been with AAGI since February 2003, and since that time has been involved in product development, agent certification...
Liquid Motors Bolsters Sales Team with the Addition of John Fitzgerald
Dallas, Texas - Liquid Motors Inc., a provider of comprehensive inventory management and marketing solutions for automobile dealers, announced the addition of John Fitzgerald as Vice President of Business Development. In this capacity, Mr. Fitzgerald will work with...
How Search Has Revolutionized The Auto Shopping Process Version 2.0
About a year and a half ago, Moore & Scarry Advertising, Inc. did a webinar with Google and Yahoo on how search engines have revolutionized the auto shopping process. One of the key points of the presentation is that search and auto shopping is evolving at such a...
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