Some business owners are receiving emails from Google requiring them to reverify their listings within three-weeks or their listings will be removed from Google Maps and Google+ Local.…

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Here were the findings:

• 93 percent of viewers will talk about commercials with peers.
• One in four will likely post about Super Bowl ads on…

TTAC has learned that Google is shutting down its car shopping service, which existed only in beta form for San Francisco Bay Area shoppers. Visitors to the site have received a message stating

“The Google San Francisco…

Sonic Automotive Inc., the nation's third-largest dealership group, is ending its relationship with TrueCar at the end of this month, after the car shopping service sued Sonic in federal court for trademark infringement.

TrueCar filed the …

LOS ANGELES — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is cracking down on auto dealers for deceptive…

Imagine that it is twelve months from now, and you’ve had a fantastic, fulfilling year. What does that look like? What did you do – and how did you have to be – to get to this result?

Wishing you peace and joy in the new year!…

We live in a strange world. Thanks to the internet's multifaceted infostream, time, formerly arrow-straight, has wrapped around itself like a Hot Wheels track which now, unfortunately, has sent the miniature muscle car of history careening back to the 80s.…

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We’re all familiar the use of directories, and they can be fine for link building. But using them over and over again isn’t real company sh*t. Real marketing value comes from listening to what the target consumer is searching for and building content around those queries. Essentially, we should strive to become the go-to resource for clients in the industry. Strategies that create content which have customers coming back for more…

An SEO, one of the most common questions from potential clients goes something like this: “If we target keywords X, Y and Z, what kind of return can we expect on our investment? We need to know the potential ROI before we invest.”

Did you catch that? The keys to that question are the…

SEO for Car Dealers: Why You Should be Using It

“I have no idea what you are talking about.” That was the response of the dealer who currently signs my paycheck. This was in a board meeting of approximately…

While marketers and business owners continue to wait on investing in online video marketing content (and developing their strategy), their prospective customers aren't.

We have quickly become a nation of viewers, not readers. 75 million viewers watch online video per day (YES, that is PER DAY) and 40 billion videos are streamed per month (YES,…

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Most Of What You Write Won’t Be Read (Well… Almost)

I’d recommend you read the post, but statistically speaking half of you won’t give a s*** about…