Advertising + AdTech
Lockdown Spurs Growth of Streaming Video, Driving More Opportunity for Local Dealers
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of our lives, including the way we work, learn, shop and communicate. In regards to consumer video...
Digital Advertising & Marketing Technologies are Helping Dealers Acquire Inventory Entering 2021
Experts believe sales of new vehicles will close 2020 down approximately 15%, which would mark one of the industry's worst annual declines since at...
Harmful Dealership Advertising: The Lollipop 1 Model
Would you ever give a little child a lollipop and then take it back? Outrageous, right? This causes upset, hurt feelings, destroys trust, and creates...
The Importance of Reviews in Your Google AdWords Strategy
In our last article, Online Reviews: The Golden Key to a Solid SEO Strategy, we dove into how reviews can impact your Google SEO investment to...
Now Is Not the Time to Pause Marketing Spend
Reject every instinct in your body that's telling you otherwise. Now is not the time to pause your marketing spend. Yes, we're in a totally new...
Reducing Wasted Ad Spend: The Key to Thriving in the New Normal
At the beginning of COVID-19, people would throw around the term "the new normal." At the time, it was hard to understand precisely what that meant,...
Hindsight is 2020: Tech Supports These Issues We Didn't Know We Had
We talk a lot in our industry about meeting the customer where they live and creating a frictionless sales experience. While these things are...
A Time-Lapse of Automotive Retailing & the BDC as We Know It
Remember the days when internet leads were coming in by fax just like the daily lunch specials from the local pizzeria still do? Those were the days...
Precision Targeting Capabilities: A Dealerships Guide to OTT Advertising
Roughly half of US adults over 18 use at least one OTT service¹, which translates into about 182 million OTT subscription video service users². OTT...
Why Automation Is Like Fine Wine - and the Data Thereto
We all know that unlike most things, wine gets better with age. This is because of a complex chemical reaction among sugars, acids and substances...
What Does Google’s Elimination of Third-Party Cookies Mean for Your Advertising?
With the company’s announcement in January that it plans to eliminate the third-party cookie from its browser by 2022, Google has now joined the...
A Facebook Ad Secret to Find Your "Next Ready to Buy" Customer
If you have been managing ads for your dealership on Facebook, Google, or other sites, you have likely heard the term "in-market buyers." However,...