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    Corey replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Why are dealers singing a different tune about eBay Local Market this year? I haven't read anything unfavorable about until this.
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    Exposed replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Interesting little teaser there, Mr. Edward Brown!!! You certainly piqued my interest...at least enough to do a quick search for some...
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    Shaun Raines replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Nice review Jeff and I'm still sorry we didn't get to meet up in San Fran. I have to agree with you that the convention layout in San...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Andrew Wright - I feel your frustration. I was at NADA for the single purpose of exploring the various offerings. You've influenced my...
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    Eric Miltsch (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Jeff - Great 30-second rewind...wish I could have made it. Thumbs up to the Hispanic awareness, vAuto & seeking out quality web...
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    Edward Brown replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    @Joe: no, you my friend are not an idiot. Agree completely that you should be able to expect more from the website vendors. Been in your...
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    andwrig replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Jeff: I love the site. Good recap of NADA. I didn't go and I never have been. Frankly, NADA seems to have to turned into a big...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Great info Joe! I would love to speak with you if you had a few moments of your time. Not trying to sell you anything but to show you a...
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    Joe Pistell replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    We've out grown our in-house site and we went to san fran looking for a custom web site. I've got 30,000 uniques a month that are my...
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Ryan Who in the world is lightnup in the first place?
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    Jennifer Schrader (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Jeff That is what I heard, the Nada in San Fran was not a good location compared to the others in the past! I heard there were more...
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    Ryan Vaughn replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Good God I'm sick of Lightnup.
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    Ashley Antonio replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    I am a strong believer in VAuto and their pricing tool. I have used it for the past year and a half and my dealership has been the #1...
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    mbayo replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Jeff and Mark, perhaps the comment that "dealers are STILL LOST" has something to do with the meager representation of Hispanic...
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    bhoecht replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    I agree with you Jeff... this industry is so ready for the next big thing. DMS is sooo 80's, CRM is sooo 90's, websites too, 3rd party...
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    Lightnup (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Mark Bonfigli wrote: "I agree with Jeff, not enough hispanic marketeers for sure! Being brought up in an "Argentine" household and all...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Brian - yep, I'm drinking the vAuto Kool-Aid....but it tastes better than Kool-Aid :) Jeff - I had not looked at eLeads in months, and...
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    Mark Bonfigli replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    I agree with Jeff, not enough hispanic marketeers for sure! Being brought up in an "Argentine" household and all of my direct family...
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    Brian in Etown replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Jeff, O.K. I will try not to derail the thread. I know what your getting at with the data scraping and all the false traffic to sights...
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    Brian T in Etown replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    Alex I take it that you use V-Auto? I am curious if anybody else is drinking the V-auto Kool-aid? I have been intoxicated from it the...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread NADA 2008 Review.
    "Dealers are STILL LOST!" I have to agree with that Jeff. So are a whole lot of vendors! It almost seems like the bigger the vendor...
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    Jeff Larsen (blog) replied to the thread Cars.com Superbowl commercials - What did you think?.
    Quick update... Month to date compared to Jan 08 and Feb 07 on all relative stats I listed previously: down 10% - 20% Maybe Im just in...
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    McCoy Wood replied to the thread Cars.com Superbowl commercials - What did you think?.
    Lao, What market do you work in? In Hampton Roads, VA the Cars.com participating dealers (as a group) have seen a 37% increase in the...
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    "Like auto trader and others, the gig is up for their providing the solution of delivery of customers to the store, at least in this...
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    The thing that stood out the most to me is there was no increase in activity from Cars.com the week after the game. None what so ever...
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