2010 – Page 15 – DealerRefresh | DealerRefresh Automotive Dealer Forums

Contact At Once!, Carfax Announce Partnership

ATLANTA, Ga. and CENTREVILLE, Va. – February 10, 2010 – Contact At Once!, LLC, the leading provider of car dealership chat software and other internet marketing tools that move online lookers into live conversations with car dealerships, and Carfax have partnered to help dealers sell cars faster. Contact At Once! and Carfax will integrate their …

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Cars.com Launches Free Car Shopping App for iPhone

CHICAGO – Feb. 5, 2010 – Cars.com announced today the availability of a free iPhone Cars.com car shopping application that helps mobile shoppers search dealer inventories and private-party listings to locate the vehicle they want. The app, which also works on the iPod Touch and upcoming iPad, can be downloaded from the App Store on …

Dealership Marketing

Who Is Sick Of Hearing About facebook?

facebook is over 6 years old now, but it has only found the mainstream-online-car-industry in the last year or so. In a very short time, in our industry, it has worn out its welcome. Nobody is selling cars off of it and maintaining a facebook page is a waste of time. I just don’t understand …

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DealerRater Shows Off New Web Site Look and Features

Waltham, MA (February 1, 2010) – DealerRater, the nation’s premier car dealer review Web site, announced today that their Web site has been updated with a new look and improved features. In an effort to stay fresh-looking, easy-to-use and informative, DealerRater has made cosmetic changes and added new features. New Site Look The new look …

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ActivEngage Program Helps Toyota Dealers

New ActivEngage Program Helps Toyota Dealers by Providing Consumers Recall Information and Communication on Auto Dealer Websites Orlando, Florida, January 28, 2010— ActivEngage, the automotive industry’s premium dealer chat software with business intelligence, today announced the launch of a unique program to help Toyota dealers communicate recall information to customers on dealership websites via live …

Dealership Marketing

What Are Your Dealers Facebook Fans Worth?

Dealers advertising on facebook could soon track an ROI (or lack of). With a new conversion tracking tool, facebook hopes to help marketers (and even us dealers) track clicks through to conversion. The conversion tracking tool is already being tested by several select Facebook advertisers. A launch date has yet to be determined, but they are …

Dealership Marketing

Mobile Social Networking Apps WILL Threaten Your Dealers Online Reputation!

I’m sure by now you’ve heard of foursquare and gowalla. They’re a location service-based social network; a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide and a game that rewards you levels of “badges” for “checking-in”. Ok, that’s all good and fun right? But now, Yelp has decided to jump in the game (I’m sure others …

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eLead Reports a Record Year – PR

Industry Leading Automotive CRM Provider Attributes Record Growth to Product Enhancements, Key Personnel Additions and Impressive Dealer and OEM Partner Gains DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The industry leading automotive CRM and lead management provider, eLead, today reported that the 2009 calendar year produced the company’s top year in sales since 2005. “We’ve delivered another year of outstanding financial …

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Contact At Once! Announces Appointment of Skip Dowd as Vice President of Business Development

Former AutoMart executive to join leading provider of live chat for car dealers ATLANTA, GA – January 20, 2010 – Contact At Once!, LLC, the leading provider of live chat and other internet marketing tools that move online lookers into live conversations with car dealers, announced today the hiring of Skip Dowd as Vice President, …

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Internet Managers Know it All; Their Dealer Principals, Not So Much

Running from Training? Just as some top athletes train by running, many senior managers in the automotive industry run from training. Perhaps it’s due to the way most managers came up in the car business; or maybe it’s simply a fear of technology, but it seems that more often than not, Dealers, GMs and other …

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2010 – Page 15 – DealerRefresh

Contact At Once!, Carfax Announce Partnership

Cars.com Launches Free Car Shopping App for iPhone

DealerRater Shows Off New Web Site Look and Features

ActivEngage Program Helps Toyota Dealers

eLead Reports a Record Year – PR

Contact At Once! Announces Appointment of Skip Dowd as Vice President of Business Development

Internet Managers Know it All; Their Dealer Principals, Not So Much