Google announced a few months ago that they were going to start penalizing websites that were deemed to be over-optimized for SEO as an attempt to "level the playing field". While many auto dealer websites shouldn't have an issue with this (your site provider should not only be up to date on Google's latest algorithm changes, but make sure your site is performing as well as possible), here are some things to avoid so you don’t…
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On May 22, 2012 I wrote a blog asking the public if GM made a wise choice dropping its 10 million dollar advertising spend from Facebook. (For the entire blog visit: http://deliverymaxx.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/did-gm-make-a-wise-decision-dropping-facebook-as-an-advertising-medium/ ) My position then as it is now is that GM and many automotive dealerships are…
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I just checked my Gmail account and saw that CarWasher is now following all my boards on Pinterest.
What’s Pinterest? It’s been described as the coolest (or should that be the hottest?) online social media platform around. Users can create their own pinboards and share the contents by uploading images, pins from other sites or re-pinning photos from other…
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Today, more than ever, online reviews can make or break your month selling vehicles. We can search for online reputation management companies and we will get hundreds if not thousands of opinions on how to manipulate the system of posting positive reviews. Many of these companies state that they have a secret to help your dealership look like they are flawless. This is done utilizing a lot of smoke and mirrors.
Studies by consumer behavior and search experts say that 7 out of 10…
ContinueAdded by James Schaefer on June 25, 2012 at 11:58am — 1 Comment
If you're doing the SEO for your own auto dealer website, it can be difficult to know where to focus your energy first. Here are the pages you should start optimizing first to get the most bang for your SEO efforts:
Main Navigation Pages: Your home page and those that have direct navigation from your home page (mainly your inventory) should be optimized since they are the ones potential customers are most likely to find. …
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What are you anticipating from your car buyers this summer? Or do you only reflect back to the prior years production?
As we all know, times and financial circumstances have changed much while car buyers are more educated and much more careful who they choose to place their trust and business with.…
ContinueAdded by Lizelle Landino on May 27, 2012 at 11:41pm — 1 Comment
Hi All,
I collaborated on the following Edmunds’ article. I think the DealerELITE membership may find it very interesting and helpful. A dynamic has developed into search queries on Edmunds, and the broader web, where customers who are holding on to cars much longer than in years past, are increasingly searching for service advice on their aging vehicles, many…
ContinueGeneral Motors has long been a staple of the American automotive industry. Facebook is the latest billion dollar IPO. Why is GM pulling ten million dollars a year in advertising from Facebook?
On the surface, this looks like GM is retreating saving advertising dollars. When you dive into the issue, many wonder if the government run company is staying away from investing in the publically traded company for other reasons. GM states that the risk to advertise is not worth the reward…
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Lafayette, CO (May 21, 2012) — KPA announced today the launch of DealerWebinars.com as the leading provider of educational webinars on Internet Marketing, HR Management, and Environment & Safety for automotive and equipment dealerships and service…
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So your automotive sales are down, and you lay awake at night praying that you make this month’s budget just so you do not have to put all of your possession in the provided cardboard box and take the walk of shame out of the dealership. Does this sound familiar to you?
Anyone who has spent any time in automotive management has experienced this anxiety. For that matter anyone in sales management has had this same gut wrenching stomach turning feeling at one time or another. There…
ContinueAdded by James Schaefer on May 18, 2012 at 11:26am — 1 Comment
DeliveryMaxx has been the industry leader in creating innovative solutions to help Automotive Dealerships converting the one-time customer into a life-time customer.
However, never one to rest on their laurels, DeliveryMaxx has made it possible for dealerships to talk to the world utilizing the most up-to-date technology. Just imagine, a dealership customer leaves finance and gives a review talking about how great the experience has been in purchasing a…
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SEO, Search Engine Optimization, is how websites alter their content to improve ranking on search engines; e.g., Google, Yahoo, Bing. The higher a website ranks on a search--ideally within the first five results--the more website traffic. This is often the difference between commercial success and failure. SEO alters a website's webpages by modifying HTML, Hyper Text Mark-up Language, external and internal links, and content to improve the website's search rank.
Crawlers:
To…
Added by Garrett Osborne on May 5, 2012 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment
Nationally recognized trainer Rafi Hamid, the owner of Dealers Technology Inc. has acquired ownership in AutoJini, one of the leading auto dealer website design and SEO Companies in the country
Chicago, IL -- Rafi Hamid President and CEO of Dealers Technology has become a partner and the new Chief Operating Officer for AutoJini. Rafi Hamid, an…
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ZMOT its everywhere seems like these days. With Google as the general session at Digital Dealer this year I thought I would talk about how we see the execution of ZMOT for dealers. Below are the slides from my presentation. I think these numbers will add up to a pattern if you look at the slides closely.
There is not ONE ZMOT in Automotive there are TWO
Added by Larry Bruce on April 8, 2012 at 10:32am — 1 Comment
Last Digital Dealer we explored the data behind SEO & PPC and where your efforts get the most bang for the buck.
At Digital Dealer 12 in Orlado April 3-5 will will explore the data behind ZMOT and how to execute it in your store to increase lead volume and most importantly Show Rate in the dealerhips.
Click Here to attend my Digital Dealer 12 Session "Marketing…
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That kills a General Manager it’s what he doesn’t know!
Those words spoken to me by one of the smartest dealers I ever worked for, Jay Marks, have stayed with me since 1996. Same principal applies in every position of the dealership but particularly in marketing.
Let’s face it Marketing is quickly becoming a…
ContinueAdded by Larry Bruce on March 28, 2012 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment
Post one of ten posts I will be making leading up to Digital Dealer 12.
If you are one of the best dealers in the country you are using 10% of your Secret Weapon…what is it?…
Added by Larry Bruce on March 17, 2012 at 10:40am — No Comments
As some of you may know, I served as the director of ecommerce for the Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE: ABG) a few years ago. One of the most rewarding things about working for a publicly-traded MegaDealer Group was the ability to not only negotiate from a position of strength (we had over 120 franchises back then), but also the luxury of relying on a team of experts to help us always select the best of the best providers of any product or service.
While our process was exhaustive (we…
ContinueAdded by Steve Stauning on March 14, 2012 at 2:27pm — 3 Comments
But you couldn’t be more wrong about microsites!
I have had a few dealers reach out to me lately on Microsites being a bad idea and even one of the largest industry providers asking me if dealers using them will be “Black Listed” by Google…REALLY?!
In this video Matt Cutts from Google explains his OPINION on microsites and calls out a post by Vanessa Fox “Microsites A Bad Idea Most of the Time”.
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ContinueAdded by Larry Bruce on March 10, 2012 at 12:12pm — 1 Comment
Most times, Google will make changes to their algorithm that either largely go unnoticed (meaning they only affect niche sites) or unannounced (your site will see SERP changes but won't necessarily know why). On Tuesday, Google announced 40 changes to search quality they have made over the past month or so.
While many of these changes are pretty high level,…
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