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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...

Why Is CSI Cancelled?
Have you heard the news? CSI is cancelled! No, I’m not talking about the popular forensic crime scene TV show. I’m referring to the customer...

SmartPhones and Smart Dealers
The old Yellow Pages slogan, “Let your fingers do the walking,” has taken on an all-new meaning with the saturation of personal mobile devices into...

Are You Ready for the Mobile Marketing Revolution?
Although it wasn't called it at the time, the first smartphone to come to market was the IMB Simon in 1993. The Simon was the first phone to...