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Google+ vs. Facebook: Which Social Network is Better for Fixed Ops Marketing?
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, handling financial...
Last Corvette Retrieved From Museum Sinkhole
Last Corvette retrieved from museum sinkhole, according to Detroit Free Press. The mangled remains of a powerful Corvette — barely recognizable to its former owner — were pulled from the depths of a sinkhole at a Kentucky museum Wednesday, completing weeks of...
eBay Motors Survey: Harsh Winter Weather Leads More Than One-Third of Drivers to Spend Tax Refund Dollars on Their Vehicles
One-third of these drivers will invest more than $1000 to fix weather-ravaged vehicles; more than half of taxpayers in Midwest, Northeast investing refunds into vehicles due to harsh winter Overall, 36 percent of taxpayers are planning to spend a portion of their...
Age, Gender and Marital Status Significantly Affect Car Insurance Costs
Age, gender and marital status significantly affect how much Americans pay for car insurance, and the variability is highest among younger drivers, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. Age For both men and women, the average cost of car insurance falls each...
Tesla fingers owner in lemon-law counterattack
Tesla fingers owner in lemon-law counterattack, according to USA Today. Only a couple days after offering a polite no comment, Tesla is fighting back against a lemon-law lawsuit that could complicate the spread of its direct-selling formula in more states. It says the...
For the first time, individual investors have access into the lucrative world of auto finance
As an executive in the financial business, David Braeger spent seven years financing auto credit facilities for brokerage firms. Now, Braeger has taken the passion his father had for the auto industry and branched out on his own. After the financial crisis, he...
10 Best Used Cars Under $8,000 Named by KBB.com
Kelley Blue Book Editors Select Variety of Top Affordable Used Cars; 2007 Honda Civic Takes No. 1 Spot Shoppers in the market for an affordable used car can see the models recommended most in the 10 Best Used Cars Under $8,000 by the expert editors at Kelley Blue Book...
ADP Announces Plan for Spin-Off of Dealer Services Business
Separation Allows ADP to Focus on Its Core Human Capital Management Business Independent Dealer Services Business Will be Global Leader in Its Industry ADP® (Nasdaq:ADP), a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that the...
Get ‘Em While They’re Hot – The Power of ZMOT
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 undecided to decided?” It may...
Unleashing the New Power of Micro-Location Technology
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). But while that...
Facebook Pages redesign: 4 things businesses will want to do
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 the tools they use...
9 Ways to Become a Better Leader
9 ways to become a better leader, according to Entrepreneur. Encourage employees to disagree with you. Companies get into trouble when everyone is afraid to speak truth to power. "If all you hear is how great you're doing, that should be a danger sign," says executive...
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