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The Ideas that Dealer and Managers Need
As valuable as the three days of learning and networking at the 14th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition are to attendees, the real value to dealers and managers is realized in the follow-up period, where the ideas, strategies and best practices they learned at...
Joe Verde’s Virtual Online Training Hits Milestone As Subscribers Complete More Than Eight Million Chapters
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA – In May 2013, subscribers to JVTN®, Joe Verde’s automotive virtual sales and management training network, have reached a milestone by completing training for more than 8,000,000 chapters. Since 1985, Joe Verde Sales & Management Training...
5 Awesome Social Media Tools
5 awesome social media tools, according to Ragan.com. Behind every successful social media marketer is an arsenal of robust marketing tools that help to conceive, implement, and track the success of a social media campaign. A great social tool can save a community...
Ally Financial Donates to American Red Cross to Help Tornado Victims
DETROIT, MI – Following the lead of some of its Oklahoma City dealer customers, Ally Financial will make a $10,000 donation to the American Red Cross in support of its Oklahoma tornado disaster relief efforts. Three auto dealers in the area - Knipplemeir Chevrolet,...
Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan Nine Years Early
PALO ALTO, CA - Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the Department of Energy in 2010. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion dollars ($451.8M) repays the full loan...
Ford, Jeep, Chevy Named Top Digital Automotive Brands
According to Online Media Daily, Ford, Jeep and Chevy named top digital automotive brands. On the digital proving track, Detroit is beating out the competition. Ford, Jeep and Chevrolet were the top three auto brands based on an analysis of their Web site, digital...
New Study Shows Car Buyers Use Social Media and Online Reviews More Than Ever Before in Determining Where to Buy
Sunnyvale, CA – Online dealership reviews on social media networks are now playing the most important role in the dealership selection process, according to the Spring 2013 Automotive Social Media and Reputation Trend Study released by Digital Air Strike™, the...
9 Steps to Start YouTube Advertising
9 steps to start YouTube advertising, according to Search Engine Watch. Online video is huge – 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute! And video viewing doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon. If you're ready to advertise on YouTube for the...
Ex-Saab Execs Arrested on Accounting Charges
According to The Detroit News, ex-Saab execs arrested on accounting charges. A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges. Prosecutor Olof Sahlgren says the three are “suspected of...
Dealertrack Honored for Delivering ‘World-Class’ Customer Service
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. today announced the company has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard (NFSB) AwardSM from Omega Management Group Corporation, in recognition of achieving excellence in customer service and support in 2012. Created in...
Unveiled – The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class unveiled by The Pursuitist. Mercedes-Benz has officially unveiled the 2014 S-Class. The world premiere event occurred in Hamburg, Germany, at the Airbus A380 Delivery Centre. Mercedes-Benz is hailing the S class as a flagship that will...
Ford Predicts Four-cylinder Vehicle Sales on the Rise
According to the Detroit News, Ford predicts four-cylinder vehicles sales are on the rise. Automobiles with four-cylinder engines already comprise more than half of U.S. new-vehicle sales, and that number could grow to two-thirds by the end of the decade, according to...
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