DealerOn Inc. is the recipient of a “Top Rated” Websites award in the third annual DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards, presented in conjunction with the 2012 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo.

"What makes this award so meaningful is that it literally comes from our customers—our partners," said Ali Amirrezvani, CEO and Co-Founder of DealerOn.  "At DealerOn, every single employee knows…

Sometime in your automotive management career, I’m sure that you’ve all been asked, “How do you know whether you’re winning or losing without a scorecard?” Scorekeeping and scoreboarding is a discipline that falls within each of the following major Elements of Effective Accountability Managementas discussed in previous blog posts:

• Plan your Work and Work Your Plan!

• Clearly Define and Communicate Your Expectations!

• Measure What You…

 Referrals from CarFinance.com ensure dealer profits, with LTV ratios of up to 120%, and up to $2,000 for back-end products

Irvine, CA, February 3^rd, 2012– CarFinance Capital LLC, a specialized provider of non-prime financing for auto dealers, today announced that it has expanded its dealership services to provide incremental customer referrals from…

Third annual awards recognize dealer satisfaction with services provided by vendors in over a dozen categories; Redesigned Vendor Ratings site launches

Las Vegas, NV – February 3, 2012 – The third annual DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards were presented today in conjunction with the 2012 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention & Expo. The awards…

In late December, we posted an article titled, “How Do You Increase Service Department Sales?” In that article, I noted that there are only three ways to do this, the most difficult being to increase the number of customer-paid service transactions (customer R.O. count).  Up To Speedreader feedback indicates this is a high-priority subject, so today I’ll discuss one way to increase your customer R.O. count.

What follows is a…

Many dealerships focus their search engine optimization reporting on how well they are ranking for certain terms.  As long as they show up on Page 1 of Google's search results, they are happy.  While search engine page ranking is an important part of every dealership's online marketing efforts, what happens if your auto dealer website is showing up on page 1 for every keyword, but you aren't seeing any traffic?

If you are seeing…

Lafayette, CO (KPA, January 31, 2012) – Preliminary figures from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as reported by The New York Times, show complaints of harassment totaled 8,341 in the 2011 fiscal year. To help dealerships with the persistent problem of harassment in the workplace, KPA has released a new online training course that…

by Peter Zaidel

Un-deployed airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners can be recycled through KPA’s new recovery program. We help small businesses with transportation logistics, and ensure DOT compliant transportation of these devices on their journey to the recycling facility where 95% of materials are recovered. Find out more at…

Leaders are Mercedes, Acura, Honda, BMW and Lexus

Women account for about two-thirds of all dealership service visits, and many of these women have spoken. Women-Drivers.com captures reviews about their dealership experiences – and the company has just announced the 2011 top car brands as rated by women.

On the site, dealerships’ scores range from 1.0…

     Someone once told me that you cant keep doing the same thing and expect different results. It took me a long time to realize exactly what that meant. Too often we have a tendancy to run from change. We get comfortable in our current position, marriage, carreer, etc. And we tend to develope a fear of change wrather than embracing it.

     Every successful person on earth regardless of there carreer field or line of work, has had to accept change. Just look at the…

Online Dealers Claim Fundamental Rights

Bill of Rights Provides Foundation For Future of Internet Sales…

Most advanced, dealer-branded, mobile shopping and vehicle ownership app ever allows dealerships to engage and monetize service and sales customers like never before

Daytona Beach, FL – February 1, 2012 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader today unveiled…

Video Platform Expands Content to Include Exclusive Interviews with Gary Vaynerchuk, Rob Siefker, Jason Falls, Aaron Strout and others.

January 31 , 2012 - Salt Lake City, UT. -DrivingSalesTV (DSTV) will report on the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) 2012 convention and post video news released at the show, as well as interviews with leading automotive industry executives and dealers. DSTV recently expanded its video content to include exclusive interviews with…