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Dealer Inspire Selected by General Motors to Provide Leading-Edge Website Services to its 4,000+ U.S Dealerships
Automotive technology leader selected as website provider for General Motors, giving 4,000+ U.S.-based Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac dealers access to advanced website platform. NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Dealer Inspire (DI), a Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) company that...
VADA Expands Preferred Endorsement of Dealertrack Registration and Title Solutions
Dealertrack’s Accelerated Title solution gives Virginia dealers faster vehicle payoff and title release on top of existing expedited registration and title processing Groton, CT - September 12, 2019 – The Virginia Automobile Dealers Association (VADA) has expanded its...
Can Your Dealership Withstand a Cyberattack?
By Steve Akridge, CEO, BorderHawk LLC I grew up around the car business as nearly all of my family worked with car dealerships, and many continue to do so today. Until the economic downturn of the 1970s created a catalyst for me to take a different path, I worked in...
Witt’s Wise Words: F&I – Be the Most Obvious Choice
As dealerships shift their staffing structure to streamline the car buying experience for today's connected car shopper, Bill Wittenmyer explains the benefits to F&I managers of getting more involved in the sales process from deal origination to the close of...
How to Build a Human Firewall
Cyberattacks are on the rise. In the first six months of 2019, the number of data breaches has increased by 54% compared to the same period last year. As of July, more than 4.1 billion customer records have been exposed in approximately 3,800 publicly disclosed data...
Cox Automotive Rates & Incentives Now Delivers Data Faster, With Better Accuracy Than Ever
Atlanta, GA. - September 10, 2019 – With new-vehicle sales declining, it’s more important than ever that dealers seize the opportunity to close every deal. To do so means providing a flexible, customer-friendly car buying experience, which in today’s automotive...
How Do You Deal With Stress?
This week’s #HardFacts is live from Google HQ in #NYC. Samantha chats with Google team members about what it means to be a #Google Partner. She also gives some strategies
Auto/Mate Integrates DMS with Text2Drive Text Messaging Platform
Albany, N.Y. – September 9, 2019 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced today it has successfully completed all dealership management system (DMS) integrations with Text2Drive, an advanced two-way text messaging platform designed to help dealers improve the customer...
Dealers Get Upgraded Buying Experience on Manheim Express
App will provide dealers greater control with offer management and personalized vehicle recommendations ATLANTA (September 5, 2019) – Since launching its buyer experience in January 2019, the Manheim Express app raised the bar on digital wholesale buying by offering...
PROTECTIVE ASSET PROTECTION INTRODUCES ITS DEALER TRAINING INSTITUTE
Online Training Program Helps F&I Personnel Better Understand Product Offerings To Elevate Profit and Customer Satisfaction Levels CHESTERFIELD, MO (September 5, 2019) – Protective Asset Protection, a provider of F&I programs, services and dealer owned...
PointPredictive Launches IncomePASS™ – A Machine-Learning Income Validation that Replaces The Work Number
New solution enables lenders to retire expensive, legacy income verification using The Work Number with a machine-learning AI-based approach that can both clear good income reports and identify inflated incomes SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 4, 2019 – PointPredictive, the...
Is it Time to Take a New Look at Facebook Ads?
By Tim Duke, Senior Director of Performance Management, fusionZONE Over the years, Google has firmly established itself as the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to search ads. After all, it is, without a doubt, the most used search engine. And, because of that, enjoys...
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