http://blog.contactatonce.com Trends, learnings, anecdotes, statistics and musings from the frontier of presence-based interactive marketing and advertising. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:57:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 34.032532-84.317749This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Auto Dealer Monthly has recognized Hare Auto's Chevrolet website as the #1 auto dealer website. The full press release can be found here. Congratulations to Bryan and the entire Hare team on this honor. For all other auto dealers - check out the site and get ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/ysLio0HVTOM/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=114 Today's press release made official the availability of both a chat rollover feature and a managed chat answering service.   Auto dealers using ContactAtOnce! should find the announcement very interesting. From the press release: “Sales people in the dealership are very effective answering a shopper’s questions and setting appointments, so we strongly prefer ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/ljm4lDXyhu0/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=107 Last week the Kelsey Group's Mike Boland penned an excellent article about Skype's new/old plans for local search on Search Engine Watch, and TechCrunch wrote more about the same topic.  Greg Sterling followed it up with a post filled with additional insights and observations. As readers of this blog know, ContactAtOnce! ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/9hgLPRsgdGY/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=98 This is a guest post from my colleague  Ed Parkinson, VP of Sales for ContactAtOnce!.   Ed has worked with auto dealers his entire career. Although it pains me as a Braves fan to provide a Phillies fan with airtime, I believe Ed provides some very insightful observations about ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/dwxE0ijKRh0/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=95 Microsoft announced some new features today that allow the addition of Windows Live Messenger Chat to any website.  A nice post about it can be found on TechCrunch.  Like Facebook Connect and other similar offerings, this is really just a way to add some social interaction to a website.  So ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/A-OUT5cg1Sk/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=90 Today we announced a relationship with TK Carsites, a developer of custom auto dealer websites that specializes in search engine optimization (SEO).   Thousands of dealers are utilizing TK Carsites-powered websites and so it is a great honor for ContactAtOnce! to have been selected.  TK Carsites customers should contact their TK Carsites ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/b7H_FtyAnNk/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=88 At NADA in New Orleans, Cars.com today announced that “DealerChat”, powered by ContactAtOnce!, is available to all Cars.com dealers. We issued a corresponding press release. The use of live chat software by car dealers has been steadily increasing over the past several years, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/oVAjqoDwC2A/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=87 Cambria Automobiles Holdings Ltd, a UK ContactAtOnce! customer and one the fastest growing dealer groups in the UK, today issued a press release highlighting the business benefits that chat has delivered for them. It is a very impressive story. Below is an excerpt, but consider reading the full release here ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/NxGtZ0PNc1Q/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=86 Today ContactAtOnce! announced partnerships with AutoConX and Dealer HD, two auto dealer website providers. Both companies have integrated ContactAtOnce! with their website solutions, enabling their dealer customers to purchase ContactAtOnce! on a bundled basis. Dealers benefit from improved conversion of website visitors into appointments via presence-aware graphics, such ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/LUpdBVTYJcY/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=85 Today we issued a press release announcing that ContactAtOnce! has been deployed on Cox AutoTrader’s recently introduced web2.0 automotive website CarShopSmart.com. It is a sister site to AutoMart.com and incorporates some great new features that place it at the intersection of social media and automotive. In all likelihood CarShopSmart.com ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PresenceBits/~3/6JTJ0PVUWcE/ http://blog.contactatonce.com/?p=84