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Dealer to Forfeit $1.5M, Pay $250K Fine for Unreported Sales
Dealer to forfeit $1.5M and pay $250K fine for unreported sales, according to The Seattle Times. A used-car company has agreed to forfeit $1.5 million and pay a $250,000 fine over the way it handled cash transactions. Zein Automobiles pleaded guilty in U.S. District...
For Your Dream Garage – 4 Anticipated Supercars of 2014
Four anticipated supercars of 2014, according to Yahoo Autos. If there's one thing more tantalizing than a car that comes out this year, it's one that comes out next year. The current model may provide the most cutting-edge technology the industry has to offer, but...
New Website Takes Guesswork Out of Used Car Pricing
New website takes guesswork out of used car pricing, according to ABC News. Touted as the "Kayak.com" for people in the market to buy a car, a new site that rates used car dealers on the fairness of their pricing launches today and may make car salesmen quiver in...
October New-Car Sales Expected To Jump 12 Percent, According To Kelley Blue Book
New-vehicle sales are expected to improve 11.7 percent in October to a total of 1.22 million units, according to Kelley Blue Book, the leading provider of new and used car information. Following the first year-over-year decline in 27 months in September, new-car sales...
Interview with John Garff, CEO of Garff Enterprises & Brett Hopkins, CEO of Garff Auto Group
Ken Garff was a service attendant at a Shell station when it exploded one day in 1931. While waiting for it to be rebuilt, he started selling used cars and never looked back. Eighty one years ago Ken started his own business in Salt Lake City. Today the Ken Garff...
Handling Insurance Questions on your Dealership Blog
Handling insurance questions on your dealership blog, according to Stratosphere Studio. As everyone in the automotive world knows, the relationship with auto insurance companies can be a little delicate, at times. Naturally, as two entities that have to work together...
Your Mobile Marketing Strategy’s Tactical Building Blocks
Your mobile marketing strategy's tactical building blocks, from Marketing Profs. A recent study projected that mobile devices will be responsible for 15% of all retail e-commerce in 2013. It also projected that mobile customers will spend a total of $24 billion in...
Ally Honors 2014 TIME Dealer of the Year Nominees
Ally Financial is proud to announce that 57 U.S. auto dealers have been selected as nominees for the 2014 TIME Dealer of the Year award, which recognizes the nation's most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service....
20 Great Tips for Brands on Instagram
20 great tips for brands on Instagram, according to Ragan.com. In between the lo-fi selfies, the gratuitous food porn, and the #nofilter sunsets that often seem to define Instagram, smart brands are finding creative ways to distinguish themselves and gain targeted...
Toyota Aims to Trigger Dealership Foot Traffic Via Mobile Game
Toyota aims to trigger dealership foot traffic via mobile game, according to Mobile Marketer. Toyota is trying to spur some in-dealership engagement with consumers through a new mobile Web game to promote its crossover Rav4 SUV. Toyota has launched the microsite...
The Most Outrageous Marketing Rumors
The most outrageous marketing rumors, according to iMediaConnection. File it under "sad but true." A long time ago, an editor told me that working the word "rumor" into a headline would generate more traffic than a similar story without the infamous R-word. People...
Becoming a Leading SEO Mechanic
Becoming a leading SEO mechanic, according to Search Engine Watch. Webmaster Tools offerings from both Google and Bing can offer a wealth of insight to business owners. In order to get the whole spectrum of insights, marketers must learn just what they can do with...
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