Automotive Marketing Professional Community Blogs

• SureSale Taps Auto Innovator Michael Rose as Vice President Product Development
  Veteran of TrueCar, eBay Motors, Google, Autobytel/AutoWeb charged with further innovating and expanding SureSale’s platform for quality used vehicles   Los Angeles, CA – September 30, 2020 – SureSale, the award-winning platform for quality used vehicles, today announced that veteran automotive product innovator, Michael Rose, will join the company as Vice P […]
  Crystal Hartwell
• 5 Hidden Sources for New Leads
  The saying, “Everything old is new again,” applies to your leads. Old leads can become new sales when you use the data in your CRM to re-start sales conversations with customers who are still in the market, or in the market again.   This strategy is especially helpful if you’re not getting the volume of high-quality new leads that you’d like from your websit […]
  Bill Wittenmyer
• Directory Of Image Sizes Required By Each Major Social Network
  What Image Size Do You Need For The World’s 20 Biggest Social Networks? [Updated for 2020] Disclosure: Your support helps keep the site running! We earn a referral fee for some of the services we recommend on this page. Learn more Sharing is caring! Keeping track of the right image sizes for different social media platforms is a pain… but a necessity. Unfort […]
  Ralph Paglia
• Underestimate The Value Of TikTok At Your Own Risk
  Why Automotive Marketers Shouldn't Underestimate the Value of TikTok TikTok is here to stay. Have you tapped into its value yet? If not, here are four things that might convince you to reconsider. It’s official. TikTok is here to stay.Some of you won’t care... But you should. Like my daughters and most other millennials, I struggle when new platforms co […]
  Ralph Paglia
• How to Drive Better from the Start
  The problem with the majority of first-time drivers lies in the fact that they just see their driving lessons as a mandatory step to get their license. Instead, they should see it as a pivotal learning experience which should turn them into a better driver. You see, during your lessons, you have the opportunity of being supervised by a seasoned driver. You c […]
  Steven Clarke
• Know more about email solution by Roadrunner email problems
  Roadrunner email is very helpful for your small business since you will be using a dedicated system of Roadrunner mail. Roadrunner email support will teach you how to keep email safe which will provide you with more security in your Roadrunner email accounts. So. The first instruction will be given by Roadrunner mail support team expert regarding the securit […]
  Jack Jons
• Sometimes Sinners Make the Best Preachers
  Correcting My Contribution to the Battle Between Buyer and Seller I spent 31 years in automotive retail, in every variable role from used car salesperson to GSM, then GM and Dealer Principal. For most of that time, I was a part of and supported the combative culture the car business created. I was a master of small print. I mislead in my marketing with unatt […]
  Chip King
• Easy Tips for Car Dealers to Buy Likes on Instagram
  The photo-sharing social media site Instagram is the best way for auto dealers to reach out to their prospective customers. You can simply show the high-definition visuals of your inventory to pique audience interest. It could be stunning photos and videos of the swanky cars. You can create excitement among online shoppers through your Instagram page about v […]
  Trudy Seeger
• Human Resource Management: What Dealers and General Managers Need To Know
  3 Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Human Resource Management Of all the different working parts in automotive organizations, human resources (HR) is perhaps the most reviled and least understood. Viewed by many "car guys" as pencil-pushers at best and corporate mouthpieces at worst,  HR actually has one of the most important roles in […]
  Ralph Paglia
• Amplify Your Marketing With Video Ads
  Amplify your marketing with video ads. #videoads #youtube #dealers #dealerships #localsearchgroup #jimflint #marketing 
  Jim Flint
• Protective to Acquire Revolos, Adding Complementary Product Portfolio to Asset Protection Division
  Protective Life Corporation (Protective), a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8750), today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the Revolos family of companies. “Protective’s Asset Protection Division is an important—and growing—part of our business,” said Rich Bielen, President & CEO, Protective. “As we contin […]
  John Sternal
• eMarketer Report: Automotive Digital Advertising Spend In 2020
  Pandemic Causes Significant Pullback, Making Automotive Hardest-Hit Industry After Travel The pandemic has caused the US automotive industry to reduce its digital ad spending by 18.2% in 2020. As car sales plummeted, dealerships closed, and manufacturing slowed, marketers backed off from performance initiatives and focused on branding efforts. About This Rep […]
  Ralph Paglia
• Top 10 Ecommerce Retailers Will Grow Their Market Share to 60.1% in 2020
  The retail divide among top performers and the rest of the eCommerce segment has been amplified by the corona virus pandemic. According to our most recent forecast, the top 10 US eCommerce players will collectively grow their share of the overall eCommerce market to 60.1% in 2020. That’s up from 58.2% last year, as consumers shift toward retailers of essenti […]
  Ralph Paglia
• Corona Pandemic Triggers New American Car Culture
  Coronavirus Pandemic Fuels Road Trips, Drive-In Movies, New Car Culture       Covid-19 fears have stoked a new car culture for Americans seeking a safe way to travel, shop and enjoy entertainment. (Nils Davey) This summer, road trips both short and long have been all the rage as people shy away from breathing each other's air — whether it be on an airli […]
  Ralph Paglia
• Live Video, The New Normal to Sell More Cars & Service
  Every penny spent on advertising and marketing is to get more people into the dealership. Dealers also make a significant investment in the salespeople themselves, training them to help develop the person-to-person skills needed to sell to all the prospects marketing dollars drive into the dealership. Those person-to-person skills are where most automotive s […]
  Timmy D. James
• What Is The Best Content For Your Consumers?
  Craft the best content for your consumers in your area. #jimflint #localsearchgroup #marketing #content #socialmedia #engagement #dealerships
  Jim Flint
• Ecofriendly: Top 101 Most Popular "Go Green" Slogans and Advertising Taglines
  Shown Below are the 101 Most Popular "Go Green" Slogans and Advertising Taglines List of 101 popular and attention getting "Go Green" type slogans. These advertising taglines focus on environmental preservation and changing lifestyle habits for individuals to minimize their environmental footprint. Always Demand Clean and Green! Always Ke […]
  Ralph Paglia
• 5 Tips for Selling in a Mobile-First World
  Truth be told: we’re all addicted to our smartphones. Nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population owns one, and adults spend an average of 3 hours and 35 minutes every day staring at that small screen. And it’s not just for millennials - even my 70-something parents are constantly on their phones, texting and going online. This constant connection and easy acce […]
  Bill Wittenmyer
• Mobile-First: - The Only Way to Talk to Your Customers
  I was getting ready to write a blog about "Mobile-First," because I had a hunch that mobile phones are everywhere. Well, I cannot claim it is a hunch any longer because when you look around everybody has a mobile phone and more specifically a smartphone. So, I started doing some research and the data blew me away. Between the ages of 19 and 49, 94% […]
  Ujj Nath
• SURVEY SHOWS WHERE AUTO DEALERS WILL LOOK TO INCREASE SPENDING ON DIGITAL ADVERTISING FOR REMAINDER OF 2020
  Dealers will be Buyers of Social Media, Direct Marketing, and SEO to Attract Customers   ATLANTA – (September 14, 2020) – PureCars, a leading provider of digital marketing and advertising insights for automotive dealers, today released results of as recent auto dealer survey that shows how dealers’ digital advertising strategies have shifted since COVID-19, […]
  John Sternal