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2:52am The time when My Dreams Become Reality

Added by MANNY LUNA on October 10, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments

What is SEXY in your opinion, It's not SEXY in her opinion.

I Love The Sexy Lines On This Car!

"As the author of the original post http://www.fuchsiamac.com/top-10-sexiest-women-in-social-media/, as well as an alum of the largest women's college in the United States, a mother of three, and a CEO running a company predominantly staffed by…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on October 10, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Excuses Are Like…

Many of the big money, big publicity compliance meltdowns in the auto industry have been the result of vehicle financing issues. Remember the Gunderson Chevrolet news clips showing the management team being convicted and sent to jail? Being a fearless bunch, some F&I folks still walk a fine line when it comes to compliance. Maybe it’s because no one ever showed them a better way?

Becky Chernek of Chernek Consulting, Inc., who is one of the finest F&I trainers in the industry,… Continue

Added by Jim Radogna on October 9, 2010 at 9:26pm — 5 Comments

Changes in Attitudes/Latitudes

Paradigm Shift

Or

Changes in Latitudes/Attitudes

The World is flat, the Sun revolves around the Earth and a Toyota Franchise in mid-February is not the smart move if changing employers. These statements have one thing in common; all were accepted as fact by a certain number of the populace, some of those within my own sphere of peers and family, at some point in history.

As I weighed the decision to make a career change and go back to the Store I began this crazed… Continue

Added by Bryan Armstrong on October 9, 2010 at 7:02pm — 1 Comment

AdAgencyOnline.Net Knows That Automotive Advertising Agencies Don't Know What They Don't Know But Social Media Can Teach Them

Automotive advertising agencies are being asked to deliver more for less by a consolidating auto industry in response to reduced sales volume, profit margins and automotive advertising budgets. The solution, as is often the case, lies in the leveraged use of technology applied to a constant in automotive advertising and the auto industry that it serves -- change. Another constant that can be found in automotive advertising is human nature. These two constants, change and human nature, power…

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Added by Philip Zelinger on October 9, 2010 at 11:38am — 1 Comment

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JOHN LENNON’S

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Introduction:

Every so often, within local circles of Beatle collectors, some excellent information is brought to my attention. When Alan Chrisman held his 2nd Beatle Convention in tandem with the National Museum of Science and…

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Added by MANNY LUNA on October 9, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

AdAgencyOnline.Net To Review New Automotive Advertising Technologies At The 9th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition

Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of the blog talk radio station WAAOL -- All Automotive Advertising News All The Time, will be reviewing new automotive advertising technologies and applications during live interviews with principals from selected vendors conducted during The 9th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition. WAAOL is featured on…

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Added by Philip Zelinger on October 8, 2010 at 10:34am — No Comments

Get Your Business Out There!~ by~Delia Passi~WomenCertified.com

October, 2010

This is the month to Enhance your Online Presence!

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn may be all the rage in online marketing right now, but they aren’t the only places you should be building your online presence. In fact, we have a hunch that many of you haven’t taken care of the very basics of your online identity quite yet.

Here are 5 ways to enhance your online presence TODAY.

Issue a press release:

Doing something big or newsworthy?… Continue

Added by SUSAN HAIR on October 7, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Feel the Truth in this Quote by Vernon Howard

"Suppose a man is wearing a heavy coat on a sunny day. The coatmakes him hot and uncomfortable, but he carelessly forgets toremove it. This is the human situation. We need only remove ourheavy and useless ideas in order to enjoy fair weather. We neverneed to create a sunny day, for if we are sunny, so is the day.Our own nature, whether pleasant or stormy, is the very psycho-logical weather we experience." - Vernon Howard

Added by Jeff Cleveland on October 7, 2010 at 1:12pm — No Comments

AdAgencyOnline.Net To Review New Social Media Automotive Advertising Applications At The 9th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition

AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising resource / networking portal that shares best practices with automotive advertising agencies on their blog talk radio station WAAOL - All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online and the host of the blog talk radio shows on WAAOL, will be hosting a session on social media at the 9th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition. The auto industry focused event is being held at The Mirage Hotel in…

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Added by Philip Zelinger on October 7, 2010 at 10:52am — No Comments

AUTOMATED MENU SYSTEMS-

Dozens of newly created automated menu systems are popping up on Internet sites and

through sales vendors claiming their use will vastly increase dealer profits

while limiting liability. Of course each system is “the best one available!”

Can you believe the advertising…

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Added by Rebecca Chernek on October 7, 2010 at 2:15am — No Comments

King of the Internet Speaks!

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Added by MANNY LUNA on October 7, 2010 at 1:50am — No Comments

Reputation management with Sean Wolfington

What are some of the best practices for reputation management?

Added by Jason Graciano on October 6, 2010 at 7:51pm — 3 Comments

What Is Social Media Really, And How Can It Help My Dealership?

It's not the end all be all, that's for sure. What? But David I've been to one of your seminars, I've seen all your webinars and have read your blog posts, you're a social media guy... aren't you? In a sense you could make the argument that I am, I do preach it, I'm passionate about it and I feel that every dealership in the country can benefit from it to one…

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Added by David Johnson on October 6, 2010 at 1:22pm — No Comments

CONGRADULATIONS!

Congradulations to the Toyota dealers who recently earned the WomenCertified Seal of Approval through a Toyota corporate pilot program designed to enhance the sales and service experience for women. Through this program Toyota is demonstrating a commitment to becoming a brand of choice among women. Recently certified dealers include: Lynch Toyota, Toyota of Wallingford, Gault Toyota, Autoland Toyota, James Toyota. SUSAN HAIR 561-309-7078

Added by SUSAN HAIR on October 6, 2010 at 11:28am — No Comments

WOMENCERTIFIED~SUSAN HAIR 561-309-7078

Developing the skill and know-how to attract and retain female customers has never been more critical to success—annually, women consumers spend $3.7 trillion, women business owners spend $1.5 trillion, and women make or influence over 94 percent of all purchases. You need her business to succeed. If you don’t get it, someone else will.

Yet to many sales professionals, understanding women customers is a daily challenge: the way women interpret behavior, hear unexpected meanings, take… Continue

Added by SUSAN HAIR on October 6, 2010 at 11:26am — No Comments

Womencertified~Selling To Women

Contrary to popular belief, women’s communication styles aren’t impossible to decode. Some tips:

•If she says she needs to think about it, she means it. Be sure to give her all the information and literature she needs to make an informed decision, and let her know when you’ll be available to answer any questions.

•Tangents, though seemingly irrelevant, are often full of information that matters to her at that moment. Don’t tune out; listen for bits of info that clue you in to her… Continue

Added by SUSAN HAIR on October 6, 2010 at 11:26am — No Comments

10 Tips for "Getting on HER Radar" October!!

September, 2010 Every month is the month to make CONTACT!!

In many cases, women do not make purchases on the spot – at least not in the literal sense. Studies show that women tend to have 13 points of contact with a brand before making a purchase. Even “impulse” buys are often influenced by several previous encounters that influence her decision to buy.

Want to speed up the process and start making more contacts with prospects? Fall is a great time to reconnect. Here are 10 ways to… Continue

Added by SUSAN HAIR on October 6, 2010 at 11:25am — No Comments

MAKING BUSINESS BETTER!~SUSAN HAIR 561-309-7078

WomenCertified® is on a mission to help women make smarter choices!

WomenCertified businesses are invited to participate in our award winning training

program designed to teach professionals how to exceed the needs of women

customers. Following our extensive training and testing they can use the

WomenCertified Seal of Approval to help you identify them as a business you can

trust to deliver a better customer service. Our goal is to help sales and… Continue

Added by SUSAN HAIR on October 6, 2010 at 11:24am — No Comments

online chat are you ready now?

With the seemingly hundreds of lead generating tools or leads to buy out there who do you choose. Well I have found that buying "scrubbed" leads from a provider is almost a total waste of resources. How did the provider get the lead to begin with? Well I've come understand that they buy them from someone who bought them from someone else and so on and so forth well that's not appealing to me not to mention in the right now frame of mind of I-net customers those leads are often 1-2 days old…

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Added by Rick Wuest on October 6, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments