“The Pocket Revolution:  The Complete Guide to a Killer Mobile App,” from DMEautomotive, is the first-ever guidebook designed to help dealerships understand and create successful consumer-facing mobile apps; incorporates cutting-edge research from DMEa; available at Amazon.com and www.DMEautomotive.com 

Orlando, FL –February 8, 2013 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the leader in…

There's something special about the annual National Automobile Dealers Association convention that cannot be matched by other events throughout the year. There is certainly value in the education at events like Digital Dealer, Driving Sales Executive Summit, and AutoCon, but…

As smartphones or similar device usage increases in popularity for automotive consumers to research vehicles, it's important to identify ways in which you can use the available technology to help drive qualified traffic to your dealership.

QR codes; also known as Quick Response Codes, aren't that new anymore, yet in my opinion dealerships are only scratching the…

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As human beings we have a tremendous ability to deceive ourselves.  Jesus taught in parables so that those who thought they ‘knew it all’ wouldn't understand. Within the parable of…

You may find this article a bit odd, knowing that it was written by a sales trainer, but I believe that traditional selling is dead on arrival. The days of hiring and building a well-trained sales staff that executes all facets of the sale, follow up, prospecting, marketing, telephone skills and building a database of repeat buyers has, for the most part, been dead for a while.

Some of you reading this may be shocked or even angry at such a statement, and declare that it is…

ActivEngage has made perfecting your website easier than ever. With our free newActivEyeMap tool, we can help you find simple ways to improve your dealership’s onlineusability. This technology has already enabled us to help auto dealers make alterations to their sites that get more shoppers into your inventory and planning their next vehicle.…

In the past five years my job description has evolved into an amalgam of once individual positions, now viewed as a one-person juggling act.  When asked what I do for a living, the answer has become complicated.  I am a Sales Manager-Marketing Director-Information Technologies Developer-Public Relations Officer.  Whew!  Try fitting that on to a business card.  I am not alone, as many companies have down…

AddOnAuto Accessories Trend Report reveals strong in-dealership accessories sales; average dealership analyzed sold accessories to over 50% of customers and generated 48+% average gross profit margin

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VinSolutions® announces Jennifer Granson Lee has joined the company as senior director of product to help drive the development and integration of dealership solutions and increase client satisfaction.



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A top 10 nationally-ranked auto dealer called me recently and asked me to do an assessment. I said no problem, I’ll send the list of schedules that I need from your controller and we can get started. The dealer responded no, not that assessment, the management assessment that we did two years ago. Based on the urgent tone in his voice, I asked, “Tell me what’s going on?” The dealer explained that in 2011, the store had a record year in volume, market share and net profit. Based on that year,…

Too many times in today’s market Employee’s, Managers or GM’s buck the trend by insisting antiquated methods from an outdated market still apply. In the car business it is more important than ever to ride the trending market wave than to catch the next swell if you catch one at all. Change is inevitable. Whether you like it or not, it will happen. The unfortunate truth is you either re-invent yourself as a Manager, GM or Employee or that change will be you. I find myself…

A study of Harvard MBA candidates found that 3% had clear written goals and plans for accomplishing them, 13% had goals but had not put them down in writing and 84% had no goals when they were first entering the program. Ten year later the same students were re-interviewed. The 13% that had goals were making twice as much as the 84% with no goals but, even more astounding, the 3% who had committed their goals to writing were making 10x as much as the other 97% combined.

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Very excited about going to NADA again.  Am looking forward to meeting new faces and finally putting a face with a name, in many instances.

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There are many lessons we can take from this Super Bowl this year. Important, crucial information like Beyonce has still got it, always pay your electricity bill before you have company over, and murderers can go on to do great things in life. Even more important though, are the lessons we can learn about Marketing with Twitter and Facebook. Let  us here at Wikimotive share some of these with…

In his new book, To Sell is Human, bestselling author Daniel Pink argues that selling has changed more in the last ten years than it did over the previous 100. Think about it, whether we’re trying to push a product to someone or just trying to convince someone of our point of view,…

ALBANY, N.Y. – February 5th, 2013 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that Rowe Ford in Westbrook, Maine has successfully transitioned to auto dispatching in its service department since switching to Auto/Mate’s dealership management system (DMS) in November of 2012. Since implementing auto dispatch, the service department has realized improved service tech productivity and a greater volume of warranty…