ADP Announces Post-Spin Name of its Dealer Services Business
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – August 19, 2014 – ADP Dealer Services, Inc., a division of ADP®
and a leading global technology solutions provider dedicated to helping dealerships and manufacturers drive
measurable results, is pleased to announce that Dealer Services’ new company name will be CDK
Global, Inc., once the…
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Beggs on the Used Car Market, with insights from Ricky Beggs and Black Book. We trust each of you had a busy and profitable week. Our team of editors, analysts and survey personnel were on the lanes and online gathering market data and studying loads of actual transactions, while reporting the current market.
By the end of the week the summaries of data showed us a…
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Urbandale, IA--August 18th, 2014--Flick Fusion (www.flickfusion.com), the industry's leading video marketing provider, today introduced the first video marketing platform for auto dealers that automates the video production process, increases organic SEO rankings, increases conversion rates and generates more leads to the dealership. With the addition of several recent and planned product roll-outs, Flick…
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One of my biggest complaints about some vendors in our industry is that they make reputation management seem like it requires extremely specialized talents in order to make it work for car dealers. They would have you believe that you cannot manage, monitor, or influence your own reputation and that it takes extreme talent and a complex strategy to make it…
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As a sales and marketing professional, you probably learned a long time ago that the best way to present your products is by using words that paint a picture. Not just any picture, a picture that puts each shopper in the picture; helps them visualize owning your product; and then mentally experience the emotional pleasure that results from that…
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We all think we know what clients want but do we really? Recently a good friend and client shared some interesting research regarding our service customer’s opinions. I find this research invaluable because it was done by Google instead of someone in the industry. They surveyed between 200-2000 people age 18-44 on many critical topics. The quotes and statistics…
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Article from October 2004, Ward's Dealer Business highlighting the Launch of the Car Sales Simulator
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At the risk of being lambasted by my more distinguished and experienced colleagues, I'm posting one of my responses to an internet lead. My goal is, first and foremost to get a response; and secondly, to see if the possibility exists to make a sale. While it's unconventional, I feel that it stands out from the bland, scripted responses that consumers usually get from other salespeople. Because I want to learn from others in this business, I welcome your comments and constructive…
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I was a Ford Dealer for 15 Years (1991 through 2005) and Founder and Partner of Hire The Winners, one of the fastest growing recruiting companies in the USA.
When I was an athlete nutrition and exercise was a big part of my success, that is why I started ForzaByKemp, a nutrition company in 2012 to address the nutritional needs of athletes, business leaders and anyone seeking great health and wellness. I remember how competitive the car business was when I was a Ford Dealer and…
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Last month there was such strong interest in our mid-year report “Dealers Websites are #1 with Women Buyers” we have decided to follow it up with more nuggets regarding your site, engagement and women shoppers.
As competition rises, it’s the right time for dealerships to focus on areas of improvement, engagement, and delivering a…
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For a decade now, businesses and marketers have attempted to decipher the jumbled mess of social media and turn it into a true ROI generator. Hundreds of thousands of Ponce de Leóns have explored the social media countryside in search of the ultimate prize - tangible benefit from social media marketing.
Thankfully, it's not as mythical as the Fountain of…
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This article was written byJoe Basil and was originally published on the NCM Institute Up to Speed blog.
As the great recession started to unfold in 2008 and 2009, gasoline prices rose above four dollars a gallon, the banking and housing industry began to collapse, unemployment rose and auto sales fell off the charts. Those dealerships that came…
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Basic text email absolutely stinks for many of the applications we typically use it for in the automotive industry. There, I said it! Do I have your attention now?
There’s a reason I’m saying this and I think you’ll agree after hearing me out. The fact of the matter is, text communication causes fights. When is the last time you sent your wife, girlfriend, husband, or boyfriend a text message that was completely taken out of context? For me it’s daily, sometimes, even…
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What do I have to do to develop a great sales team?
An ideal sales team of veteran salespeople would allow each dealership to maximize revenue. In reality, sales departments experience a high level of turnover. As a result, there is no easy answer to this question.
Focusing on what we can’t control while ignoring what we can is a pathway to frustration and declining success. Fearing turnover is no excuse for not investing in training your sales staff. A…
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Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of Beggs on the Used Car Market, with data and analysis from Ricky Beggs of Black Book.
Another month has passed and the overall movement this past week took pretty much the same direction as the previous four weeks. About the only difference is the level of declining amount continues to get larger week over week.
Looking at…
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Millions of years ago dinosaurs became extinct. They became extinct for one reason only, a failure to adapt to a changing environment. Not all dinosaurs became extinct. Many, according to scientists evolved and became the birds that soar in our skies today.
The theory is a massive meteorite struck the planet, changing the environment dramatically. This new environment made it difficult, no impossible to survive without adapting.
Metaphorically…
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Differentiate - Differentiate -Differentiate
It's essential to give your customers good reasons to come to you rather than going somewhere else. You must differentiate with something that matters to your market, product and your customers. You might offer a…
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