Our first week winner of the "Be One with Vin at Digital Dealer 11" promotion is Mark Nix!

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If that's not your name, no worries. We're giving away prizes every week, all the way to DD11 in Vegas, so enter again every…

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

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August has been probably the slowest month I have seen so far.  Although i have only been in Sales for about six months, I can tell when things are bad.  And this month is just bad. Our building is undergoing a facelift, and this week they finally put the front face of the building on, and I must say it looks awesome.  I am convinced that the contruction played a big role in this month's inactivity. Now that we actually look like a dealership again, I have high hopes for September.  I did a…

From the home office in Barrow, Alaska... Top 10 Problems with Social Media:

 10)  My last “social media experiment” ended up in “stalking” charges and restraining orders

  9)  People can’t get the real essence of me through a computer

  8)  What happens when this whole internet fad dies off?

  7)  People never believe what they see on the internet 

  6)  Well, wun pozitiv is nobuddy cairs to much abowt speling things rite

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Read actual comments from delegates to this year's AADA National Dealer Convention held Down Under at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 18 - 21 August at:…

One of the greatest stories of faith in the Book of Luke and when the centurion's son is sick and looks to Jesus to heal him. Jesus states he will go to the centurion's home and see his son, but the centurion states "You just need to say he's healed, and it will be done." 

The Roman tells of how he commands hundreds of men and for something to be done, he only needs to say the word and it will be done. He's confident that his men will accomplish the goal regardless of what it…

Lone Star Chevrolet has teamed up with Ron Craft Chevrolet to honor one of the nations greatest fallen heroes. The 9/11 heroes run no only symbolizes our countries resiliency, but also recognizes Travis Manion. Travis Manion was a man who gave everything for his country. The race will be   The race will be Sunday September 11th at…

If you've never heard of Erik Qualman, Keynote speaker for the 11th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition, check out this video. 

Erik Qualman has recently advised/given keynotes with the following: Coach, Facebook, UGG Australia, Starbucks,…

Many auto dealerships are closing just twenty percent of shoppers who come through the doors, while the remaining eighty percent simply walk away to a competitor. CAR-Research XRM, a single-source CRM solution uniquely branded as; “XRM, Exceeding CRM”, recently released: An Auto Dealers' Guide to Outselling Competition, Increasing Car Sales, Decreasing 3rd Party Leads and Closing more…

Networking and prospecting. It’s something that is a lost art in the Automobile business today.

Back in the 1980’s, when I began my career in the automobile business, I used a “tickler file”. A “tickler file” was a series of 5X7 index cards that I used to keep track of my customers. I separated them using three different files. One file was sorted…

What is Google+?

Google+ is the latest social networking service that lets users create a personalized online profile to interact with the people in their lives. The idea is to build upon what’s already available from social networking services like Facebook and…

One of the difficult parts of maintaining a successful social media marketing campaign is attracting the "right" people and getting your customers and prospects to interact with your dealership online.  While this won't solve all of these problems, being able to find your dealership contacts in social media accounts is a start.

There is a pretty simple way to find your dealership contacts in social media sites like Twitter that I found while reading…

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I would like to invite members of this community who are going to Las Vegas for the fall conferences to add the AWA Ceremony to your agenda.  The Automotive Website Awards recognize the best technology, products, and services offered to car dealers.

The ceremony and cocktail reception is conveniently scheduled on Friday Night, October 7th at 6:00 pm…

Dreams are often the seeds in which goals are grown from, but it takes acting on a dream to achieve a goal.  Sometimes big goals can be as overwhelming as a football field to a five year old.  Like that scared five year old, we can let a daunting task get in the way of our success because of a fear of failure. When engaging in…