Strong Truck Sales, Extended Vehicle Life Cycles Impacting Sales; Dealership Accessories Sales Revenue Increases 10% Year-over-Year*

San Francisco, CA – September 23, 2013  – AOA today released its 2013 Accessories Trend Midyear Report which demonstrates that the macro trends that impacted 2012 accessories sales, and consumer preferences in vehicle add-ons, are continuing and…

Adopted already by over 700 dealerships, Gubagoo’s “B.E.A.S.T.” technology turns a dealership’s website into a tracking, scoring, engaging and sales converting environment; majority of dealerships report their Gubagoo-powered sites are driving at least 200 additional leads a month - with 1 in 7 converting to sales

West Palm Beach, FL – September 16, 2013 – Gubagoo Inc., a revolutionary new platform for dealership…

Award recognizes the most innovative auto dealership strategies of 2013; finalists are Megan Barto of Ciocca Honda, Mark Brady of Fisher Honda-Kia Zack Freed of McCombs Automotive Team, Robert Karbaum of Weins Canada Inc. / Don Valley North Lexus and Jason Sturn of LaFontaine Automotive Group

Salt Lake City, Utah – September 10, 2013 – DrivingSales today announced that five…

Data-powered, automated marketing platform offers five key breakthrough ‘total retention’ weapons: Direct Behavioral Targeting, Mid-Interval Communications, Loyalty, Pre-paid Maintenance, and Mobile; offers new era marketing directed at today’s service realities

Daytona Beach, FL – September 10, 2013 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader,…

Average service cycle expands from 140 to 145 days as Americans keep longer-lasting vehicles for more years than ever before; dealers must now market to the owner, not the vehicle

Daytona Beach, FL – September 4, 2013 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, today released new findings[1] from DMEInsights,…

Designed by DMEautomotive Strategy and Analytics team, DMEInsights revolutionizes customer loyalty with a fresh new perspective for managing customer lifetime value

Daytona Beach, FL– September 3, 2013 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, today launched DMEinsights, an innovative customer loyalty analytics system designed to…

Free webinar on Thursday, September 12 at 2 p.m. EDT is designed to prevent wasteful spending on ineffective outdated service marketing and offers new tactics that can dramatically increase service revenue, call and service appointment success, and customer retention

Daytona Beach, FL– August 29, 2013 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, announces the seventh…

Digital Automotive Veteran Joins Consumer Auto Finance Innovator

Mission Viejo, CA–August 28, 2013–DealerCentric, the pioneer and leader in interactive online auto credit applications, today announced that digital automotive veteran Roger Hilterbrandt has been appointed Executive Vice President of Sales and Strategy. Hilterbrandt joins DealerCentric as the company prepares to launch a next generation eLending solution to the…

Yelp Director of National Marketing Presents “Local, Social, Mobile: Leveraging Converging Trends to Drive More Car Shoppers Into your Dealership;” joins keynote line-up that includes Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land, former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer Leif Babin, and The Walt Disney Company^®

Salt Lake City, UT – August 19, 2013 – DrivingSales today…

Award recognizes the most innovative dealership solutions of 2013; finalists to compete and present their solutions at the 2013 DrivingSales Executive Summit; Early Bird Registration Ends August 15^th

Salt Lake City, UT – August 14, 2013  - DrivingSales today announced that finalists have been selected for the fourth annual DrivingSales Innovation…

Leading web-based dealership training platform that is driving huge increases in car sales in US dealerships is now available to Motor Dealers’ Association of Alberta members at special rate

Salt Lake City, UT and Alberta, Canada —August 6, 2013— DrivingSales University (DSU) today announced that it is expanding into the Canadian market through a new alliance with the Motor Dealers’ Association of Alberta (MDA) that makes…

With one ID scan, robust customer information is put in motion; sales and financing processes are jumpstarted, and time-to-close gets slashed

Mission Viejo, CA – August 5, 2013 – DealerCentric Solutions, the consumer finance management system innovator, today launched ID Drive^TM, a patent-pending ID scanner technology that gives dealerships the most powerful…

Babin’s “Dominate Your Battlefield! Develop Your Team to Win in Every Situation” joins keynote line-up that includes Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land and The Walt Disney Company^® 

Salt Lake City, UT – August 5, 2013 – DrivingSales today announced that former U.S. Navy SEAL Officer and decorated combat veteran, Leif Babin, has joined the…

Topics selected by dealers include strategies for CRM, digital marketing, fixed ops, hiring, creating a culture of success, selling pre-owned vehicles, leveraging ‘big data’, video and more; joins agenda that includes keynotes from global search marketing authority Danny Sullivan, Yelp and The Walt Disney Company^®.  Early Bird Registration available until August 14^th

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Bruce Kimbrell, site leader for one of the world’s most successful brands, helps dealerships solve the “Why Buy From Me?” dilemma with successful and actionable tactics to help separate their brand from the competition

Salt Lake City, UT – July 16, 2013 – DrivingSales today announced that The Walt Disney Company’s^® Bruce Kimbrell, site leader for…

One of the most brilliant minds in search and digital marketing will teach dealers how to prioritize their online content marketing strategies and reach qualified customers through local search, mobile and social media marketing efforts in light of recent algorithm changes.

Salt Lake City, UT – July 9, 2013 – DrivingSales today announced that Danny Sullivan,…

First mobile-optimized auto financing application for dealerships helps bring financing to the ‘front’ of the sales process; drives more pre-approved, high-quality customers

Mission Viejo, CA – July 2, 2013 – DealerCentric Solutions, the consumer finance management system innovator, today announced that its industry-leading online credit application platform Get…

Industry leading mobile app now enables dealerships to market to customers with richer content; adds clean, flat interface, and native tablet support

Daytona Beach, FL – June 25, 2013 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the science-inspired, results-based automotive marketing leader, today unveiled Driver…

IRVINE, CA – June 5, 2013 – CarFinance Capital LLC, a leading auto-finance provider, today announced that it has completed its inaugural rated asset-backed securitization of $238 million of Notes in a transaction that closed on May 30, 2013.  The Offered Notes were assigned ratings by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. and Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc. from an A3/AA to a Ba3/BB rating, respectively.  Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities were joint book-runners for…

Speakers/presentations reviewed and selected by auto dealers; Speakers deadline June 14th; DrivingSales Innovation Cup deadline June 28th; DrivingSales Best Idea Contest deadline July 12th

Salt Lake City – May 21st, 2013 – The fifth annual DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES) is now accepting applications for speakers and presentations, as well as for its coveted Dealer Best Idea Contest…