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How to Know Your Consumers Better than They Know Themselves—the Future Demands It
Mobile has shifted from a single channel of communication to an entire platform specifically designed for powerful real time, customer engagement,...

Becoming a Now Dealership
Over the course of my automotive career, I’ve had the opportunity to wear many hats in the dealership — from internet sales manager and F&I to...

SEO Predictions for 2014
If you know anything about search engine optimization, you know that the laws of the land change frequently. While the big picture things usually...

Three Uncommon Retention Elements
Over the last three months, we’ve examined the topic of retention. First, we looked at a new way to measure and increase retention using outcomes...

Beware the Automotive SEO Snake Oil
Is your SEO company really moving the needle for you or are they selling you snake oil? I have watched a lot of dealers spend a lot of money on...

Who’s Liable for Driverless Car Crashes?
The idea of artificial intelligence is still not yet completely digested by everyone. Or, will it ever be? At least so say most bloggers and...

Video in the Modern Dealership
Since its advent, video has been the mainstay of advertising for modern car dealers. Through television, video gives dealers a unique, personal...

How effective are Online Surveys in Automobile Marketing Research?
As the internet becomes an even bigger part of our lives, businesses of all types will have to keep adapting and embracing certain trends. There...

Stop Spinning the Wheels of Customer Service—Start Wowing Women!
How great is your customer service? How is your customer satisfaction? These are fairly common questions when it comes to marketing folks, and I'm...

My Best Advice for Increasing Internet Sales Opportunities
In the nearly five years that I’ve served as internet sales manager for Gary Lang Auto Group, we’ve worked very hard to attract and convert more...

Reaching Generation C—More than Just Millennials
Google calls today’s modern digital consumer Generation C. This generation is not bound by an age demographic, instead they are bound by their use...

Generation Y for Dummies
If you were born between 1980 and 1994, you might not like what you’re about to read. If you start to read it and your blood begins to boil, at...