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Playoffs?! We don't even practice with passion!" Do you know who said this?



Pretty much any coach has said that during a losing streak, but imagine your favorite team right before the season starts. You pull out your favorite jersey and call your friends while the chicken wings are frying because you are pumped! You just know this year they are going to go all the way. Then you read that the team owner has decided to cut practice down to one day… Continue

Added by Kristopher Hampton on January 27, 2017 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments


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Auto/Mate's DMS Receives DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Award

Auto/Mate Presented with ‘Top Rated' award for Dealer Satisfaction in Dealership Management System (DMS) Category

NADA Convention & Expo

Booth 1707

New Orleans, LA – January…

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Added by Mike Esposito on January 27, 2017 at 3:16pm — No Comments


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GUBAGOO CHATSMART RECEIVES DRIVINGSALES DEALER SATISFACTION AWARD

 

 

 Gubagoo/ChatSmart presented with ‘Top Rated” award for Dealer Satisfaction in Chat Tools and Services Category

 

New Orleans, LA – January 27, 2017 – Gubagoo/ChatSmart is the recipient of a “Top Rated” Chat Tools and Services award in the eighth annual DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards. The awards,…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 27, 2017 at 12:23pm — No Comments


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Gubagoo Launches Call RESQ: Industry-First Real-Time Access with 24/7 Coverage

Gubagoo’s Call RESQ technology combines the best of TalkSmart’s 24/7 service with the industry-best RESQ innovation for monitoring and management.

 

New Orleans, LA– January 27, 2017 – Gubagoo, the leading provider of dealer communications solutions, today launched Call RESQ at the National Automobile Dealers Association…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 27, 2017 at 12:15pm — No Comments


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NEW REPORT: Dealerships Say Mobile Devices Save Time, but Adoption Hampered by Resistance to Change

eLEND Solutions Mobile Adoption Survey shows 60% of responding dealers are not considering using tablets in either their Sales or F&I departments.

New Orleans, LA – January 27, 2016 – Mobile devices can speed up a transaction process that the vast majority of dealerships say is too long, yet 60% of dealers not using them say they are not even considering adopting mobile tablets in their dealerships. Why? Cost and staff/management…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 27, 2017 at 12:09pm — No Comments


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Keiser University Selects Auto/Mate's DMS to Teach Future Dealers in Automotive Dealership Management Program

NADA Convention & Expo

Booth #1707

New Orleans, LA – January 27th, 2017 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced today that Keiser University, based in West Palm Beach, FL, selected Auto/Mate's dealership management system (DMS) to use as part of…

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Added by Mike Esposito on January 27, 2017 at 8:30am — No Comments


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Cheap chat or maximum returns? What's important to you? Come see the most advanced customer experience platform at NADA this weekend!

Good Evening DealerElite Community! Gubagoo is very excited to debut our newest technology at NADA 100 in New Orleans this weekend- ChatSmart 3.0 and Call ResQ. We are continuing to raise the bar in our space of what a "chat" or "call" company can do and can't wait to show you! Our newest features of ChatSmart and ResQ will amaze you and again differentiate us from the sea of vendors in automotive.Stop by and see us at booth 4211, please message me on here for special promotions or…

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Added by Jason Jones on January 26, 2017 at 7:51pm — No Comments


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The Leads Are Dead

“The Leads Are Dead”

According to those who struggle to generate consumer sales leads for businesses, “Sales leads are dead.” Furthermore, these (interestingly, mostly digital) marketers claim that today’s connected consumers are simply unwilling to trade their personal information online in exchange for some promise of pricing or other product…

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Added by Steve Stauning on January 26, 2017 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment


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Gubagoo Announces Web RESQ 2.0: Advanced Video Chat Capability and Deeper Facebook Integration

Gubagoo’s Web RESQ 2.0 is powerful new technology that enables advanced live or recorded video capability, as well as deeper Facebook integration for more traffic and better leads

 

New Orleans, LA -  January 26, 2017 – Gubagoo, the leading provider of dealer communications solutions today, at the National Automobile Dealers Association conference in New Orleans,…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 26, 2017 at 12:29pm — 1 Comment


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AutoID® Automates Online Lead Attribution, Providing Cross-Domain Mapping of Complete Customer Journey

 

New, easy-to-implement analytics give dealers a complete, real-time picture of lead attribution and digital marketing ROI from one platform, identifying lead sources as well as hot prospects, sending alerts when a prospect visits a competitor’s website

 

New Orleans, LA – January 26, 2017 – AutoID announces AI℠, the first web analytics tool that…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 26, 2017 at 11:47am — 1 Comment


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Nearly Half a Million Mishandled Phone Customers Recovered for Auto Dealers by CallSource in 2016

 

CallSource clients have increased call-to-appointment ratios by 20% YOY; effective lost call recapture, strong analytics and training driving increases

 

Westlake Village, CA – January 26, 2017– CallSource, pioneers of award-winning solutions to help dealerships track, analyze and improve incoming call performance, has helped auto…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 26, 2017 at 11:38am — No Comments


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Selling Great Used Cars

I have visited new car dealerships throughout the United States and consider it a privilege to see the different ways that they operate. It is interesting to observe opportunities for improvement financially and with customer care. The most successful car dealerships understand the value of integrity in building their local brand.

 

Other dealerships might…

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Added by Rob Gehring on January 26, 2017 at 11:00am — No Comments

Your website’s domain name may be killing your online presence

When the…

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Added by James Helliwell on January 26, 2017 at 10:20am — No Comments


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Reviver, Creator of World’s First Digital License Plate, Secures Series A Funding

Round Co-Led by WRV and ACK Group; BOD to include John W. Thompson, chairman of Microsoft, and Nicholas Brathwaite, Managing Partner of WRV

 

San Francisco, CA - January 26, 2017 – Reviver, creator of the rPlate™, the world’s first digital license plate, has secured $6.8 million during a Series A round. The funding round was co-led by WRV and Australian-based ACK…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 26, 2017 at 10:11am — No Comments


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INCREASED BUYER ACTIVITY SPELLS FEWER CREDIT APPROVALS TO CLOSE OUT 2016

Monthly Lease Credit Approval Rates Decreased by 10.5% in December

CINCINNATI, OHIO (January 25, 2017) – Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, reports car lease credit applicants registered only a 54.2% approval rate for December, a 10.5% decrease from November (64.7%). A year ago, the approvals rate was just 54.5% during the same month, illustrating the end-of-year shopping frenzy that typically takes place.

December’s rate was the lowest credit approval…

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Added by John Sternal on January 25, 2017 at 3:18pm — No Comments


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Best Retention in Car Segments in Six Months

Welcome to this week's edition of Black Book Market Insights, with in-depth analysis of used car and truck valuation trends and insights straight from the auction lanes. Click here to download the full report.

This week’s Black Book Market Insights report shows that car segments are retaining their values better than they have in the past six months. On the other hand, Compact Vans in the truck segment have depreciated the most with a 1.94% drop in value last week alone.

“Compact…

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Added by Black Book on January 25, 2017 at 3:09pm — No Comments


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Added by Israeli rothman on January 25, 2017 at 11:54am — No Comments


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New Data from PERQ Indicates Significant Lag Time Between ‘Ready-to-Buy’ Consumers on Dealership Websites and Actual Purchase

 

Data analyzed from over 45,000 consumer profiles offers key insights into digital consumer purchase cycle and shopping behaviors 

 

Indianapolis, IN – January 25, 2017 - New consumer data gathered and analyzed by PERQ shows a significant lag between the time consumers submit an online vehicle appraisal and the time the actual purchase takes place, in…

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Added by Crystal Hartwell on January 25, 2017 at 11:19am — No Comments


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Hiring for Customer Service

Savvy auto dealers understand that people skills count. Customer service before, during and after the sales or service process has a tremendous impact on the bottom line and CSI score for any dealership. These best practices can help you hire employees with top-of-the-line service acumen to help ensure your customers keep driving…

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Added by Mike Poskey on January 25, 2017 at 9:30am — 2 Comments


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Cisco Meraki Partners with OptionSoft Technologies Inc. - Visit us at NADA to find out why!!!

https://youtu.be/uf-O19szFeA

If you look at the video and understand the potential, email me for times when you can stop by our suite and see an actual demo. You'll see cutting edge technology that is so powerful that 1,200 Ford dealers have already enrolled. This world class marketing system is now available to any dealer regardless of size.

If you are going to NADA and don't email me at jfuhrman@otiservices.com and set u an…

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Added by John Fuhrman on January 24, 2017 at 5:05pm — No Comments

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