Commentary

How Military Lending Act Rule Changes Will Affect Dealers
At the end of 2017, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a new interpretation of the Military Lending Act Rule (MLAR). If you are unfamiliar with...

How Dealers Can Effectively Claim and Engage Yelp Reviews
With a high volume of customers visiting each day for sales and service, many auto dealers struggle with consistent customer experiences, and they...

Have You Made Your Reservations for NADA Show 2018?
If you haven’t arranged your trip to NADA Show 2018 this year — March 22–25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center — now is the time. This will be a very...

How Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Flip the Script in Automotive
For most consumers, buying a car is a long, complex process that involves a significant amount of research into different brands, models, and...

Will Technology Bridge the Auto Financing Process Gaps?
In the past year, IBM put out annual predictions for technology trends over the next five years. Among them were things such as superhuman vision via...

Will 2018 Be the Year of Culture Change at Your Dealership?
Happy New Year from everyone at Binary Automotive Solutions! As you are probably aware, 2018 is predicted to be a slightly down year from 2017. But...

Promotion Extensions: Google's New Digital Marketing Superhero
As with all forms of marketing, digital marketing boils down to reaching the right audience with the right message at the right time. As an auto...

Digital Marketing: Don't Count Your Clicks Before They Hatch
The world consumes media, entertainment, information, news, and advertising messages very differently than just a few years ago. Our changing...

Hurricane Harvey Made Us Go All In on Digital Marketing . . . and We Had a Record Month
Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in late August as a Category 4 storm, dropping more than 40 inches of rain in four days, resulting in...

I'm a Millennial: Here's How I Want You to Sell Me a Car
I was born in 1992, and received my first email address at the age of six. I am what is referred to as a millennial. Nowadays, that term often...

Fuel Your Digital Marketing With Seasonal Data About Consumers
Seasonality remains an important factor for automotive marketers, with car sales hitting their peak during spring and fall while declining in the...

Advertise Authentic Experiences to Drive Shoppers to Your Dealership
Across the country, car dealers have often been the butt of jokes, groans, and face palms for their earworm radio jingles and cringeworthy TV ads....