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  • J
    Um... uh... where did I take a wrong turn??? When I need to buy a car I go to a dealer, take look at a few cars and then buy one. How...
  • P
    Regardless of the methods for advertising on social media, social networks are here to stay, growing by leaps and bounds. We have just...
  • C
    Engage users, build your network and keep users coming back for more with Windows Live Messenger! Use the Windows Live Messenger Web...
  • R
    Chris K, This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of...
  • L
    Hey you peeps got it going on. Thinking digital age. I like that. Coming from a serious social networking guru... I suggest you dealers...
  • R
    Has your computer locked up again, Chris?
  • C
    Dealerships will survive without ever buying into this hype and trend that will last how long... before the next web gimmick is...
  • J
    The scary part is some of these dealers are so focused on hanging on and being one of the survivors that when things turn and they will...
  • M
    Alex, Great article. I would say that I agree with Roland as well. In the same way dealerships overlook their current customer base...
  • A
    Roland - I like your thinking!
  • R
    I think the challenge of harnessing the power of social networking could be to approach the question differently. By looking for "new"...
  • A
    Corey Salzano - I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your comments since you came to DealerRefresh. They are by far and...
  • G
    It seems the immediate impact of social networking for dealerships will be initially the negative impacts, to wit, the M3 incident last...
  • C
    not sure why you consider blogs to be social networks, i didn't see that in the nielsen paper. also twitters are 140 characters.
  • Justin Duff
    I read this post because I saw it on twitter. I'd say social networking plays a big role :) Dealers who embrace social networking...
  • Alex Snyder
    According to Nielsen, more time is spent on Social Networking sites than is spent reading or sending emails. In their latest study, this...
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  • M
    I am currently in training during the dealer synergy session. He came out to our dealership a couple weeks ago. I can't get enough of...
  • W
    Walt Kustra (blog) replied to the thread Dealer Synergy "Internet Immersion Training" - April 13- 17th.
    We just had Sean at our store last week for a 4 day program he designed to help us get our internet department up and running at its...
  • S
    I saw Sean speak at NADA 2009 and he is very dynamic and knowledgeable. He brings a lot of great ideas to the table and is a great...
  • B
    This blog has been a useful read and I will tell my friends about it thanks
  • M
    As a tech-head who works with data feeds on a regular basis your topic and insight are spot on. I'm amazed that the industry hasn't...
  • M
    The bottom line is do you trust the vendor with your data? Which methodology they used to get the data doesn't really matter if you ask me.
  • 3
    I work for a 3rd Party company the intergrates with DMS systems. We have gone thru the "expensive certification" with the BIG DMS...
  • umer.autojini
    @Matt "Crisis Avoidance Specialist" :)
  • David Book
    @ DP Your post is so spot-on and important. There are many many implications with "slinging information around" that almost nobody...
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