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Motozuma – New Social Web Site for Auto Shoppers

DRNewsWire — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:23:51 +0000

MOTOZUMA INTRODUCES A BETTER WAY TO SAVE AND PURCHASE YOUR NEXT VEHICLE New Social Web Site Teams with Hyundai to Offer Savings, Resources for Auto Shoppers Chicago — Social media has provided Web users with a forum to share photo albums, cast themselves as the next viral video sensation, and communicate with friends around the globe. Now [...]

DriverSide Partners with Automotive Forums to Bring Car Ownership Tools to All Members

DRNewsWire — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:38:30 +0000

DriverSide announced a new partnership today with Automotive Forums… one of the oldest online automotive communities with over 600,000 members. DriverSide has built online garages for the Automotive Forums members and will be helping them maintain and care for their cars. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 4, 2009 — DriverSide.com, the leading resource for car owners, today [...]

Exclusive Automotive Business Twitter List – Join in!!

Jeff Kershner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:25:04 +0000

DealerRefresh Automotive Business Twitter Lists Twitter just introduced their new Twitter Lists where you can create public or private lists under your profile and add users to your lists, so I figured we would give this a sh0t and build DealerRefresh Automotive Business Twitter list. This works similar to creating groups in TweetDeck but now this feature [...]

7th Digital Dealer Review by Kevin Frye

Guest Poster — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:54:21 +0000

“Car Bomb: variation of the infamous “boilermaker beer cocktail. Made with Guinness, Baileys Irish Crème, and Jameson whiskey. Found to be most tasty by those in the “car” industry”….. More on that later, but let me just share that this shot tastes like gasoline mixed with cottage cheese and nitroglycerine… Another fun time was had [...]

AutoRevo – iPhone Application Helps Dealers Sell Cars Faster

DRNewsWire — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:35:20 +0000

AutoRevo Releases Auto Industry’s First iPhone Inventory Management Application Integrated with Carfax DALLAS, TX – October 29, 2009 – AutoRevo, the premier provider of auto dealer websites and on-demand software for automotive dealerships marketing and selling cars online, today announced the release of AutoRevo Mobile, an application that allows dealers to manage their inventory on their [...]

Reputation Management Tools

Alex Snyder — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:57:15 +0000

If word of mouth is the most trusted form of advertising, what has the Internet done to extend its power? Why is the traditional business approach to fear it? In 2007 Jeff wrote an article about whether dealers should be using Social Media – you know…those facebook, myspace, and twitter sites. Here we are 2 years [...]

The Internet Shopper Experience Chart

Joe Pistell — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:02:24 +0000

Over morning coffee, doing research on visual information (infographics), came across this chart that totally nailed the internet shopper experience. I about fell out of my chair. An image so simple sums up the Internet Shopping Experience (regardless of industry). It’s a cornerstone in my internet marketing efforts. THERE ARE 2 SLOPES, a down slope and an up [...]

AutoTrader.com’s Vehicle Purchase Program

Jeff Kershner — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:53:01 +0000

AutoTrader.com’s Vehicle Purchase / Trade-in Program (VPP) AutoTrader.com is currently testing an on-line trade in service in hopes to streamline the process of trading in or selling a used car with participating dealers (90 day pilot in Kansas). The service allows consumers/sellers to get an actual offer for their vehicle rather than an estimate or range of [...]

AutoTrader.com Testing Car Trade in Program in Kansas City

DRNewsWire — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:46:29 +0000

Autotrader.com Vehicle Purchase Program Aims to Streamline Consumer Sale, Trade In of Used Autos ATLANTA, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ — AutoTrader.com’s Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP), currently in a 90-day test in Kansas City, is a convenient on-line service that aims to streamline the process of trading in or selling an automobile with participating dealers. This on-line service allows [...]

WIN a FREE flip MinoHD Video Camera from DealerRefresh

Jeff Kershner — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:51:54 +0000

Follow these 4 simple steps and win a FREE flip video camera. UPDATE 10/23/09: Jared Hamilton over at DrivingSales.com will now be joining in on the contest. This 4X’s your chances of winning!! Big thanks to Jared for joining in on the contest to help dealers get more involved in using social media and video. If you [...]