The annual NADA exposition is a measurement of time for professionals in the auto industry. A stark contrast to the SEMA Show, NADA concentrates on the franchise dealer business and its ancillary vendor community. Complete with geniuses, lackeys, one-hit wonders, and veteran players, the NADA circuit is certainly its own society. Somehow, back in 2002 [...]
16 Feb
During my time this year at NADA with HookLogic I kept an eye out for vendor booths dedicated primarily to blogging and social media for auto dealers. What I found though was very little, if anything really. I found several vendors on the fringes of blogging and social media, but it wasn’t what defined them, [...]
30 Jan
A little more than a year ago, a colleague and I were at happy hour talking about a variety of things related to our professions in the auto industry. In our conversation he had brought up a potentially dangerous situation that was nowhere on my radar and that I did not put much thought into, [...]
12 Dec
At the risk of joining the bandwagon against TrueCar, I wanted to write about the issue but I did not really have enough first-hand knowledge on the subject to present a good argument. I only knew that in principle I was not a fan of the idea based on conversations I have had about TrueCar [...]
06 Nov
Automotive CRM is continually evolving, and you want to make sure you stay at the lead of the pack. Those who are early adopters of new business intelligence technology will maintain a distinct market advantage. Dataium, a “data utility company,” is poised to revolutionize automotive CRM. Dataium’s cloud intelligence data and reporting tools can significantly [...]
17 Oct
Last week I attended my first JD Power Automotive Internet Roundtable courtesy of my new employer – HookLogic. I liked what I saw, and some of the messaging coming out of #JDPAIRT is consistent with where I tend to see things headed. Key Takeaways There were two key messages I heard across the handful of [...]
24 Mar
Earlier this week Dealer.com held a webinar to introduce its new Social Relationship Manager tool, or SRM. I did not attend but I did spend some time on an in-depth review of it by Brian Pasch, who has a knack for breaking things like this down in to its components. I don’t know how much [...]
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"Great post. I'm a forward thinking car dealer who embraces new marketing concepts in articular new media. "by Ryan Gerardi
"Rorie that is interesting to hear. I doubt there are more than 10-12% of dealers in the USA getting a ..."by Rorie Hannigan
"Very interesting, looking forward to seeing how effective the introduction of these ads is going to be hopefully we see ..."by Rorie Hannigan
"Hello guys, just commented on another blog over at TK Car Sites regarding blogging. I mentioned that a study in a ..."
04 Mar