Timonium, MD -- June 12th, 2016 -- Helion Automotive Technologies, a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions for auto and truck dealers, today issued a new data security warning for auto dealerships. Hackers are now planting malware inside of social media posts designed to lure employees of organizations to click on the post. If an employee takes the bait and clicks on the social media post, e.g. Facebook and…

Albany, N.Y. – June 12th, 2017 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems announced today that its dealership management system (DMS) is fully integrated with DealerMine, a leading automotive CRM and BDC solutions provider. Auto dealers that use both systems will benefit from the increased business intelligence that their DMS and CRM deliver via real-time data exchanges between the systems.

"We welcome DealerMine as an…

Stop pouring money into your Google AdWords campaign. It's time to start optimizing! Google has some new changes that you should start utilizing for your marketing strategy.

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Joe: It’s a pleasure to welcome to CBT news for the first time, Sally Whitesell, founder and CEO of SW Service Solutions. Sally, thank you for taking time with us today.

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According to Black Book® data, the average price of a used vehicle for model years 2011-2015 decreased in value -1.2% in May, a reversal from April when values actually increased 0.4%. Cars overall dropped -1.8%, and trucks decreased -0.9% in value during May. All vehicles are averaging a 12-month depreciation of -17.5%.

During May, Full-Size Pickups performed the strongest, with values increasing +0.2%. Vehicles in the Full-Size Pickup segment include the Chevrolet Silverado 1500,…

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Sixty-two percent of women report that they return to the dealerships where they first purchased their vehicles to then have them serviced. This highlights the potential to grow value among this critical market segment.

Changing family dynamics have put women squarely in the driver’s seat with an estimated one-half of all cars sold being purchased by women who are then directly responsible for decisions involving vehicle maintenance and service appointment scheduling.

This…

Finding and retaining quality technicians has become an issue across the country with an immediate need for over 30,000 additional positions available. The amount of new technicians going into the field is low while technicians…

We talk about commitment, sacrifice, and courage but too often in our world today those words ring hollow and many only "talk the walk."  In honor of one man who chose to "walk the talk" I changed my profile photo to honor Arland D. Williams Jr. who made the ultimate sacrifice to help others.   I invite you to read more about him.

It seems that anybody who is anybody in the training sphere has an online platform. Because of this, it is important for you to understand exactly what you’re getting and what you’re looking for from any trainer or training program. Dealers call companies like NCM and mine, every day, to ask for training, and some will make it a point to specifically ask for live training. What they want is for someone to come in and talk to their people, for several hours a day, for a few days, explaining…

There are many managers who have given up on the bottom twenty percent of their sales team, and have stopped trying to salvage that person’s employment.

This is especially true for managers with no involvement in the hiring decision.  Those…

Which personality type are you? Better yet, which personality type are your customers? It definitely gives you something to think about when it comes to the content strategy of your campaign.

Take a look at this week’s Think Tank Tuesday to fit this new strategy into your social media or website content.…

Las Vegas, NV – June 1, 2017 – National Credit Center (NCC), a leading provider of automotive credit reporting and predictive marketing solutions, announced today the launch of its new product website, AimLogic.com.  This new website offers extensive information on how AimLogic’s predictive analytic marketing is delivering real measurable results in acquiring and driving new business to automotive dealerships…

Kerrigan Advisors report for Q1 2017 reveals robust dealership buy/sell activity in 2017 with dealership valuations remaining high, even as auto sales slow; private buyers dominate buy/sell market as publics focus on non-US acquisitions

Irvine, CA, June 5, 2017 – Buy/Sell auto dealership activity remains robust for…

Black Book, a division of Hearst Business Media that provides industry-leading used vehicle valuation and residual value forecast solutions, unveiled its Used Vehicle Retention Index for May, showing the Index falling 0.7% to 112.3 down from 113.1 in April. On a twelve-month basis, the index has dropped 5.6% from last May. Click here to obtain a copy of the latest index data.

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Watching TV on YouTube is something that's been trending for a while, but now people are starting to watch YouTube on their TV's.

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