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    Jasen Rice replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    Get proactive with your marketing with the smart phones, add QR codes to your photos on sites like Autotrader and cars.com I started...
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    Craig (blog) replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    I agree with Kevin and D. Rawls. The smart phone can also be leveraged by the sales consultant. And your customer still has to 'like'...
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    D. Rawls (blog) replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    Auto Retail Future Erin; Oh, how I can relate to your spoof on the staleness of auto retail processes... At the hands of change, it...
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    TerryH replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    I would have never guess 92% of all US adults. WOW, I would not even have thought 92% of US adults had a cell phone yet. I agree...
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    Vicki ONeill replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    Here's an article that was published today on Mobile Marketer which echoes brick-to-mobile is where consumers want the online and...
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    I agree that we do have a handful of progressive sales professionals and dealers in the business, but they are the exception right now-...
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    Love it! Funny and true.... This senario is unfortunately more the norm still than the exception.
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    Ed Brooks replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    Erin, Hilarious and frightening all at the same time. There absolutely has been a shift in knowledge and power. Customers today walk in...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    Here you go Erin: View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hr4z7faCWw
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread Smart Phones Will Be Their Weapon of Choice!.
    Good article, but I would add that the power of smart phones does not just lie in the hands of the consumer. The modern day car...
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    The year is 2035. The scene, a ramshackle car dealership with cracked asphalt, a few dim fluorescent lighting fixtures swinging on thin...
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    DATE (Ann Arbor, MI): HookLogic will host “Lead-to-Show: One Strategy That WILL Improve It,” a complimentary webinar featuring Jeff...
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    WALTHAM, MA & OAK BROOK, IL – March 14, 2011 – DealerRater and vAuto announced that eleven vAuto customers received DealerRater’s 2011...
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    Toby Bloomberg replied to the thread Oops! New Media Strategies Sacked Over Chrysler Tweet.
    Ed .. I guess what we do is redefine "marketing." I once heard Phil Kotler speak and what he said has colored my perspective of...
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    Great question Toby; "...why would a brand, any brand, willing to give up that critical customer face time?" I have another question...
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    Toby Bloomberg replied to the thread Oops! New Media Strategies Sacked Over Chrysler Tweet.
    Ed - Thanks for the shout out about Ed Garsten's interview on Diva Marketing. What I continue to find ironic is that if we agree that...
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    Ed Garsten gave an interview to Diva Marketing Blog yesterday. Mr. Garsten confirmed that their (now ex) agency was hired be Chrysler's...
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    Could it be as simple as an Old Media background verses a New Media background? Look at the three heads of Social Media at the 'Big 3'...
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    Strong image? Hardly. Chrysler's response shows they have no idea how to spell social media. What a great oppty to turn a big problem...
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread Oops! New Media Strategies Sacked Over Chrysler Tweet.
    It is certainly a "zero-tolerance" society today, I hope that neither of you have someone do this accidentally with your agency as you...
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    Matt Scalcione replied to the thread Oops! New Media Strategies Sacked Over Chrysler Tweet.
    The agency's only job is to ensure Chrysler is represented optimally in social forums, this post is not only negative but attacks the...
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread Oops! New Media Strategies Sacked Over Chrysler Tweet.
    And the more I think about it, if Chrysler has zero room for an error like this, have they checked Eminem's twitter's??? Something...
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    Kevin Frye replied to the thread Oops! New Media Strategies Sacked Over Chrysler Tweet.
    The agency immediately fired the person that made the mistake, but Chrysler still fired the agency. Scary - what if this happened at...
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    In yet another show of why brand management is so important and content is key, Chrysler has fired its agency, New Media Strategies...
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    Seth Winterer (blog) replied to the thread ScreenCrafters Lead Generation System Awarded Patent.
    Congrats Steve, long time coming. Keep up the great work.
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