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imacsweb replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
As was pointed out in last week's JD Power event and throughout publications over the last year, a blog is only one of the critical...
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Nick replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
I am struggling with the decisions over what to include in my blog. I am an ISM for a large Honda dealership and want to be out there...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Thanks Joe :)
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Kudos to Alex and his team!
October 29, 2007
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TJ replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
I don't know how others feel about this but one of the lamest things I've seen w/rising frequency is online ad vendors or third party...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Thanks for the plug on the Checkered Blog Jeff. We started it, like you said, to build transparency. We wanted customers to know we...
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Gilbert Chavez replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
I started blogging with the Phil Long Group a couple years ago before it was in vogue. It's a great tool for a dealer to use to get out...
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Joe Pistell replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
John,
You are so right, the skills and time needed to populate a blog are not found among sales staff. It's a lot of WORK. But...
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John Gale replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
The idea of dealer blogs is a non-starter. After being an Internet Sales Manager for 7 years, I can tell you than no one at the...
Paul Rushing replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Managing blogs can be a very time consuming job, however the net rewards can be huge in terms of SEO for your main site and linking...
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Ryan Gerardi replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
Alex,
That is a good philosophy. Getting PR and marketing behind it is important. I classify dealer blogging as a tool for CRM which...
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Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
In my opinion, a dealer blog requires a somewhat unique situation for success. I think a single-point store that does not engage in...
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Laura Cooney replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
I'm glad to see some discussion on this topic. I am a long time proponent of the web 2.0 technologies. fyi - here is another dealer...
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Ryan Gerardi replied to the thread Should dealers be blogging?.
That Ward's article was good. One of the site's referenced, Earl Stewart on Cars, had a great vibe to it. I am an advocate of dealer...
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Pam Hoffman replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
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Oscar Vanderkooij replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Our dealership uses iMagiclab and I do like their feature of checking for duplicate leads although it is far from perfect. The problem I...
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Greg replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
How many lead providers charge on a per lead basis vs a flat monthly fee regardless of the number of leads?
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Chris Olson replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Allan,
Two things. First, you're right about the bad leads and this is something we're addressing, and secondly, the $399 is not a...
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Allan replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Problem with I-Lead Control is it only does dupe checking. What about leads that have bad contact info that you shouldn't be paying for...
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Steve Williams replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
Keith has a great point, however, I have found that crm/ilm tools that return the lead automatically either don't always get credited...
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Richard Keith Latman replied to the thread Getting CREDIT for your DUPLICATE LEADS!.
this is a great concept which we built into our tools 3 years ago. All of our systems dup check the leads and automatically return the...
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Bill replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
For video on your web site and your used car walk around check out www.unityworksmedia.com They have a great solution. The videos go...
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Kevin Frye replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
Thanks to all for your input, especially to Ralph Paglia of Courtesy Chevrolet who emailed over several examples to me to look at. We...
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Laura Cooney replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
Hi Kevin, we do video email campaigns for dealers here at CIMAsystems -- from filming the video itself to emailing it out to the...
umer.autojini replied to the thread Using video clips within your emails?.
You can search google and youtube for terms dealer, inventory, cars... and see some samples. Like Jeff said you actually don't send the...