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10 Online Marketing Predictions to Inform Your Strategy in 2014
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10 Marketing trends to look out for in 2014, according to Entrepreneurs Business marketing last year was like a roller coaster ride. We saw new platforms, new channels,new roles and new tools pop up all over the place. It's as though innovation and growth is speeding...
Dealers Using AutoAlert Will Seize 2014’s Off-Lease Surge, Gain Important Customer Loyalty and Retention to Their Dealership and Brand, CEO Boyd Warner Predicted Today
Boyd Warner, CEO of AutoAlert, Inc., a technology and training company helping auto dealers identify and capture existing but unrecognized business opportunities, is notifying auto dealers using its technology to start using the technology’s unique ability now to...
Gubagoo Launches Another Industry First: ‘Inventory Control’ Integrates Dealership Inventory Directly Into Live Chat
Gubagoo Inc. continues to raise the bar for dealership website engagement and chat with the launch of Inventory Control, the auto industry’s first technology that provides a live feed of dealership vehicle inventory relevant to consumer interests directly into website...
Building Loyalty with Social Customers
Building loyalty with social customers, according to Social Media Today. Brands big and small continue to struggle with how to respond to vocal customers on social media networks. It is hard, after all, to see your worst customer service moments shared over such...
Lessons from The Wolf of Wall Street: Is Your Boss a Psychopath?
Lessons from the Wolf of Wall Street, according to Harvard Business Review. The debauchery-laden film by Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street is a prime example of financial corruption, excess, and corporate greed. It’s the rags to riches to rags story of a...
Strong Dealer Demand Causes Re-Release of Joe Verde Sales & Management Training eBook; “An Auto Dealer’s Guide to Five Quick Ways to Grow”
After an unprecedented number of downloads and strong requests from auto dealers, Joe Verde Sales & Management Training, Inc., today announced that the highly successful eBook titled, "An Auto Dealer’s Guide to Five Quick Ways to Grow” has been re-released and is...
Changing Your Forecast for Real Growth in Fixed Operations
In my travels, I am constantly asked, “How should I forecast my department?” It’s a great question and when I begin asking questions, everyone has about the same answer. It’s last year’s figures plus another 6% -10%. Seems to me that a dealer could take his/her money...
Google’s New Search Mousetrap Changes the Game
Enhanced AdWords Campaigns. Hummingbird. Conversational Search. There’s been no shortage of big headlines coming out of the Mountain View search giant in the last few months. What you haven’t heard about is the newest mousetrap in search engine marketing (SEM PPC)...
Reinsurance and Succession Planning
Insurance is a very important profit center for a car dealership. And in my opinion, insurance will only continue to grow in importance as more dealers capitalize on their market leverage, begin selling collision insurance with their gap, and then harvesting...
The Answers to Your Questions about Automated Customer Communication
What if your customers were automatically notified the minute their vehicle was completed, after receiving its maintenance? What if they received a promotional message when they updated their address information: “We see that you've moved, but we don't want to lose...
Manheim Plows the Way for Customers to Boost January Sales Despite Challenging Weather Conditions
In response to severe weather conditions in the Midwest and East Coast, Manheim is responding by waiving online fees for vehicles purchases through Simulcast and facilitation fees for vehicles purchased through OVE.com to assist dealers. The fee waivers are effective...
AutoAlert Named One of Top Workplaces
Boyd Warner, CEO of AutoAlert, Inc., a technology and training company helping auto dealers identify and capture existing but unrecognized business opportunities, announced today it has been named one of Orange County Register’s “Top 100 Workplaces.” AutoAlert employs...
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