All Blog Posts Tagged 'online' (139)

Strategies NOT Tactics

All too often what we think are strategies are mere tactics and are driven by technology vendors want to sell us. I put together this 2.5 day class for our clients and perspective clients on Strategies to help them better define their own strategy online & off.

 

This is a 2hr version of a 2.5 day class.

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Added by Larry Bruce on September 10, 2011 at 12:19pm — No Comments

The Shift is On: Re-allocating Ad Dollars to Maximize Opportunities with New Media

 

Last October at the Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas keynote speaker Chip Perry, the CEO of AutoTrader.com, addressed a capacity crowd of dealer principals, GM’s, Parts Managers/Directors and e-commerce personnel declaring  dealer ad costs (per-vehicle) are projected to go down over the next four years.

Have you ever heard an advertising executive predict ad costs to go down? Neither…

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Added by Craig Moore on June 21, 2011 at 3:06pm — No Comments

PSCars.com Licenses Tools to Enhance Auto Dealer Websites and better Showcase Stores to Sell more effectively to Online Vehicle Buyers

Boca Raton, FL - (June 20, 2011) -- PSCars.com  today announced that it is now licensing three core components of its online vehicle shopping technologies to help dealers offer more compelling features for online shoppers on their own dealership websites.

“When we’ve shared our technologies with dealers, we inevitably hear the same question: ‘Can I get this for my website?’” says Dan Kodsi, PSCars.com CEO. “Our decision to license these…

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Added by sara callahan on June 20, 2011 at 10:47am — No Comments

Online Ratings: The Good, The Bad & The Bogus

One night a little over 2 years ago and armed with my laptop, I sat on my couch and investigated why so many good car dealerships had negative online reviews.  I took one brand and one state, California, and looked up each store’s… Continue

Added by Kathi Kruse on May 12, 2011 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Online Ratings: The Good, The Bad & The Bogus

One night a little over 2 years ago and armed with my laptop, I sat on my couch and investigated why so many good car dealerships had negative online reviews.  I took one brand and one state, California, and looked up each store’s… Continue

Added by Kathi Kruse on May 12, 2011 at 3:21pm — No Comments

PSCars.com Car Configurator Provides Unique Benefits to Online Vehicle Shoppers and Auto Dealers

Boca Raton, FL - (April 13, 2011) --  PSCars.com today revealed its new Car Configurator package that allows online vehicle buyers the opportunity to build the new or used vehicle of their choice and gives auto dealers an opportunity to interact with buyers during this important stage of the online shopping process.

 

PSCars.com is offering demos of its Car Configurator and other elements…

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Added by sara callahan on April 14, 2011 at 11:17am — 1 Comment

Increase Your Leads With Online Classifieds

Print classified ads are one of the main tools auto dealers use to advertise their vehicles and service but as more and more people are turning to the internet for information, online classifieds are significantly and steadily outperforming newspapers and periodicals in providing ad spaces and lead generation.

Craigslist alone, as an established leader among local online classifieds, boasts over 20 billion page views each month, besting online retail giant Amazon and multimedia empire…

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Added by Paul Potratz on March 31, 2011 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Article: Integrating Smartphone Technology in Car Dealerships.

Integrating Smartphone Technology in Car Dealerships.

By NEIL GALE (DrGale.com)





Recently

a client asked me, “How do I know if somebody snaps a picture of the

QR code (fig.1…

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Added by Neil Gale on March 4, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

5 Reasons Dealerships Need a Social Media Manager

Car dealers in Southern California (and probably everywhere else) are asking themselves whether or not they need a Social Media manager. Many are noticing the popularity of Social networks and it was all the rage at NADA2011. The problem is they don’t know who, how, why, when or where to start. I wrote in a post a… Continue

Added by Kathi Kruse on February 18, 2011 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

New News on Newspapers

Warren Buffet recently announced he is leaving the board for the Washington Post Co. after almost a 40 year run.  On another note Rupert Murdoch's News Corp just launched the first i-pad only newspaper last week which it plans to charge 99 cents per week or $40 per year to read.  There has also been talk that the New York Times, the most visited news publication on the internet, will also start charging for it's on-line paper.



Dealers and agencies both know traditional newspapers have… Continue

Added by Paul Potratz on February 10, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

SiSTeR Technologies Granted a Patent for the Pictures-To-Video (Pic2Vid) Process

AdAgencyOnline.Net revealed this breaking news to their affiliated automotive advertising agencies in advance of today's press release announcing that SiSTeR Technologies was granted a patent for their Pictures-To-Video (Pic2Vid) Process during an interview that Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, LLC and host of AdAgencOnline.Net, conducted with Tomer Alpert from SiSTeR…

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Added by Philip Zelinger on February 3, 2011 at 7:06pm — 1 Comment

Make It Free...and Nobody Gets Hurt!

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been sitting with a client when they say, “I’m sick of being held hostage by customers who threaten me with posting a bad review on Yelp.”  Just last Friday, I had a conversation about this with a good friend who’s a successful sales manager for high-line import dealership here in the OC.  “Customers…

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Added by Kathi Kruse on December 21, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Facebook Questions & Polls

Facebook Questions and Polls for Auto Dealers

Once you’ve built a fan base for your auto dealership on Facebook, you want to take full advantage of opportunities to survey them and ask questions to get feedback about how to reach them. Surveys are important to make sure that you…

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Added by Paul Potratz on December 16, 2010 at 4:47pm — No Comments

DealerRater 101 - Intro for Canadian Dealers

I recently wrote this article for my blog targeted at Canadian dealers: AutomotiveMarketing.ca. A majority of Canadian dealers are not aware of reviews sites like this.
18 Oct…
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Added by Ryan Thompson on October 18, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

online chat are you ready now?

With the seemingly hundreds of lead generating tools or leads to buy out there who do you choose. Well I have found that buying "scrubbed" leads from a provider is almost a total waste of resources. How did the provider get the lead to begin with? Well I've come understand that they buy them from someone who bought them from someone else and so on and so forth well that's not appealing to me not to mention in the right now frame of mind of I-net customers those leads are often 1-2 days old…

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Added by Rick Wuest on October 6, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

Harnessing The “Human” Mindset

The all elusive holy grail of marketing is within our grasp but most fail to truly understand its power to both create and destroy. It is both the bringer of life and of death but if used correctly can push your sales to new heights… but if only.



Marketers have been searching, for as long as advertising has been around, for bigger and better ways to engage their audience. If it’s an ad on billboard, a letter in the mail or a commercial on TV marketers are always… Continue

Added by David Johnson on September 21, 2010 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Online Chat. Love it. Hate it. Understand it?

I am a litte miffed. Why would a dealer not want 100% engagement of their web site visitors in real time? It's like having a salesperson on your lot 24 hrs a day seven days a week "upping" every customer and getting vital sales info from them. Are dealers afraid of the cost? Do they think it works? had a bad experience? I don't know. And that is the reason for this post. I really would like everyones opinions and thoughts (even if not the most glowing recommendations or comments) Don't get me… Continue

Added by Rick Wuest on August 2, 2010 at 7:41pm — 4 Comments

TK Training Network is Driving Down the Cost of Training, and oh yes...It's FREE!

TK Training Network is an Interactive Online Virtual Training Platform Community with a built in Customer Management Software Program designed Exclusively For The Automotive Industry! This site was designed using your feedback and it's here to serve you.



There is something here for…

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Added by Kevin "Friend Me" Bradberry on July 29, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Using video for your online customers BEST PRACTICES

I have been using video as a vital business tool for our online guests here at Kelly Nissan for a while now. I would like to share some of the things that have worked for us.



TOOLS: iPhone, YouTube account, Internet



When a customer inquires about a vehicle online, we like to shoot a quick walk-around video of the vehicle for them to view. This is not an uncommon practice these days with dealerships who are Internet savvy. However, what I think sets us apart is how quickly… Continue

Added by Mike Myers on March 11, 2010 at 2:48pm — No Comments

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