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Phoning It In From Facebook’s News Feed: Local Awareness Ads Are Now Available

Facebook’s News Feed is about to get more efficient and helpful. Last week Facebook announced the ability to add “Call Now” call to action buttons to sponsored ads. The local awareness ads feature is rolling out slowly, most likely to profiles and pages who are actively using targeted ads. These local awareness ads are designed to reach more …
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Social Media’s Greatest Strength is the Data that Few Dealers are Using

[highlight color=”#F0F0F0″ font=”black”]This is part 3 in a 4 part series about automotive social media strategies that are emerging to help car dealers get true benefit. It’s not just about branding. It’s not about auto-feeding marketing content. With the right strategies in a place, dealers can drive foot traffic and website visitors in a way …
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Turns Out Facebook Advertising Is A Big Lie

[highlight color=”#F0F8FF” font=”black”]If you follow the “other” industry forums, there’s a good chance you’ve read one of Mr. Stephen Jackson’s many enthralling articles. I happen to intercept this one, and asked if we could exclusively host it here on DealerRefresh. I believe you’ll enjoy this article as it’s very relevant to the conversations we’ve had …
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Social Media Can (and should) Be a Business Driver

  [highlight color=”#F0F0F0″ font=”black”]This is part 2 in a 4 part series about automotive social media strategies that are emerging to help car dealers get true benefit. It’s not just about branding. It’s not about auto-feeding marketing content. With the right strategies in a place, dealers can drive foot traffic and website visitors in a …
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Facebook Graph Search…What Next?

Facebook Graph Search – How Should Your Dealership Prepare? I’ve written in the past about optimizing your Facebook business page for Facebook Graph Search. Graph Search is Facebook’s most recent search tool iteration, helping users make connections to existing people and places that were previously difficult to find. With a clean interface and natural search capabilities, Graph Search …
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Dealers – Reaching Out with Instagram

[highlight color=”#fde1c3″ font=”black”]Let’s give a warm welcome to Aaron as we host his first article to the DealerRefresh community. For those of you that don’t know Aaron, he’s the Social Media Manager at Suzuki of Wichita. When others are talking about social media, Aaron is breaking boundaries and making it work for the dealership. Welcome aboard …