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Attention Dealers: You are not updating your Specials!

Many car dealerships understand and appreciate the ability to track the success of their marketing campaigns, particularly monthly specials.  The problem: they just don’t do it!  Data suggests ‘Specials’ is the most clicked on link on a dealership website.  Car Dealers simply cannot afford to ignore their specials.

Make sure your website provider offers a solution that is not only user-friendly, but also allows changes to be made very quickly, in some cases just a few seconds.  This…

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Added by DealerPeak on March 4, 2013 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Make Money Mondays With Sean V. Bradley - "Skills To Pay The Bills" - Automotive Sales

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Make Money Mondays With Sean V. Bradley - "Skills To Pay The Bills" - Automotive…

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Added by Sean V. Bradley on March 4, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

Automotive Sales Training - Are You an Olympian?

Did you watch some of the Olympics or hear news reports from the games? The Olympics are always fascinating for two reasons: The performances are amazing, and the back stories for each and every Olympian are just as amazing, if not more so. My question for you is, are you an Olympian?

 

One definition of an Olympian, of course, is someone who competes in the games. Other parts of the definition can be:

• Majestic in manner

• Superior to mundane…

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Added by Mark Tewart on March 4, 2013 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Facebook's 20 Percent Text Rule is Getting Harder to Avoid

20 Percent Text Rule

Facebook has been trying to crack down on text within images for some time. They made a big deal out of it when they first rolled out Timeline but it was still possible to get by without getting noticed. Today, it's a lot harder.

While I've never been able to fully make sense of the rule, it's their site so we have…

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Added by JD Rucker on March 4, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

Why Your Following Count Should Never Be the Same Number as Your Followers on Twitter

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We all want to be popular, whether it is to make up for the many times we were picked last in elementary school gym class, to make up for all those embarrassing school photos or for that one glamor shot we took in the 90’s. All joking aside, we all want to be popular because it is human nature to want to be liked and accepted by our peers and this does not have an age…

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Added by Erin Ryan on March 4, 2013 at 4:00am — No Comments

Wasn't Email Supposed to be Dead by Now?

Email Smartphone

At the World Economic Forum in 2004, Bill Gates made an interesting promise. “Two years from now, spam will be solved.”

The rise of social media has had others making other predictions for years. One such prediction has been in the form of bloggers and technology experts declaring that email will be dead by 2009, then 2010, then 2011… and on……

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Added by Louie Baur on March 3, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Give People a Reason to Follow Your Social Media While at the Store

Carnival Stuffed Animals

Social media icons and signs that say “Like us on Facebook” or “Follow us on Twitter” aren’t nearly as common in brick and mortar stores today as they were a couple of years ago. Many companies who tried to make it work (or are still trying) found that the presence of signs didn’t do much to improve their following.…

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Added by JD Rucker on March 3, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

A Simplified Version of Adding Your Google Author Rank to Your Blog

Anyone who is not SEO savvy or a coder may encounter difficulty when wanting to add your Google Author Rank to your blog. There are tons, and I mean TONS of articles out there that try to tell you…

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Added by Erin Ryan on March 3, 2013 at 4:00am — No Comments

The "I Am Different" Project~Renee Stuart

The goal for this project is to help ourselves, and others recognize the importance of knowing our unique offerings; strengths, values and characteristics. To create awareness with regard to (ROI) return on involvement when we choose to "differentiate" ourselves in business and community. To learn how to embrace the…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on March 3, 2013 at 2:00am — 4 Comments

Story of an Eagle - A Very Motivational Story! MUST WATCH!

This is the story of an eagle

The Eagle has the longest life-span of it's species

It can live up to 70 years

But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision

In it's 40th year its long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on March 2, 2013 at 9:00pm — No Comments

"Image to Video Search" A new visual search technology for video...

Sherman Li: A new visual search technology for video…
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Added by MANNY LUNA on March 2, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Facebook's Corrected Insights May be a Red Herring for Improved Exposure for Pages

When Facebook announced last week that Insights, their page-level analytics platform, had been reporting the…

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Added by Louie Baur on March 2, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Set or not to Set!

Set or not to Set!

Calling internet consumers and asking for a meeting which involves them driving to you verses your competition is tricky business. There is a time to ask just the right question. Almost as important is how you phrase the question.  Based on our experience at Auto iLead and in…

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Added by Jason Mickelson on March 2, 2013 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Automotive SEO Mythbusting: “You Don’t Need Content On Your Homepage”

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Call it human nature to mislead in order to promote a product. Call it deceitful selling. Call it ignorance. Call it whatever you want to call it, but the concept that has been being spread around the automotive industry that you don’t need content on your homepage is absolutely incorrect. In fact, the homepage is the most important page on your website from an…

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Added by JD Rucker on March 2, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

Don't upload photos to Pinterest

Pinterest Cars

They say you learn something new every day. I learned something about Pinterest the other day that blew my mind a little. Users like links. This might seem like a no-brainer to some, but it goes against what I’ve learned in my years on the various social networks. On most networks, there are images and there are links. Images normally perform the best across the board. Links, on the other hand, do not.…

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Added by Louie Baur on March 1, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

A Humble Deserved Lift Up

I am blessed having this man a long time friend.  He's the best example of a Servant Leader each of us need to be.  Let no excuse prevent you from attending this conference he humbly leads and humbly offers to all. 

This is the time to rise up and become better examples of ourselves, to lift one another up, to hold ourselves accountable to proven ethical principles we must adapt into our lives and business.  Face the truth, we need each other. 

Rearrange what you must, just be…

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Added by Tom Wiegand on March 1, 2013 at 9:59am — 4 Comments

Social Trendsetters are the Ones that Brands are Reaching through Social Media

Do you remember the person who consulted with you about social media and told you that brands are having tremendous success on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest? That's the type of person that you're reaching the most according to a report by NBCUniversal Integrated…

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Added by JD Rucker on March 1, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

What Businesses Need to Know to Connect Successfully in the Digital Era

What Businesses Need to Know to Connect Successfully in the Digital Era

There are three main social networks a…

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Added by Erin Ryan on March 1, 2013 at 4:00am — No Comments

What is your "Phone Up" Mindset ?

Whether you're role in your dealership is that of a Client Care Representative, BDC Rep, Salesperson, etc the first and most important sale you have to make is to yourself.

  1. Do you believe you are the best at your craft?
  2. Do you believe your dealership is the best place to work?
  3. Do you have the mindset of a winner?
  4. Do you make things happen or do you…
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Added by Mark Rodriguez on March 1, 2013 at 12:36am — No Comments

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