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Car Dealer Social Network

An open discussion of automotive social media, website design, & automotive SEO.

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Welcome! In today's competitive world of car sales, having the right resources from the right people is paramount. Here, we want to be the premier automotive social network that dealers rely upon to get the best advice from their piers.

Social media has become a hot topic in the automotive industry. Sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter are popping up in dealer marketing circles on a daily basis. Because it is so new to the automotive industry, we encourage everyone to be careful of what they hear, believe, and most of all - buy. There are 10 scams for every real service.

Below, you will find some resources, links, and dealers who are doing well in social media. If you have a story to discuss (social media related or not) feel free to join and post your thoughts, videos, and blog posts.

At BZ Results the goal is to give car dealers the ability to get more leads.

Paul Rushing spills his extreme level of knowledge of the automotive industry and marketing online through one of his blogs, ISM in Training.

If you want to know the latest and greatest about Automotive SEO, this blog operated by one of the owners of this site has all of the juicy details.

Dealer Refresh - If you work in the Internet Department of a car dealership and you don't visit Dealer Refresh at least once a week, you're not doing your job. Jeff and company are the "casual authorities" tackling important issues and industry happenings in an informal, informational, open-debate format.

Social Media Blog -- For the latest in social media marketing, Soshable is the place for the answers.


***DEALERS***

Used Cars Shreveport -- A new and used Honda dealer in the Shreveport, LA, area.

Used Cars New Hampshire -- A Used Car dealer group in New Hampshire.

Rainbow Chrysler Dodge Jeep -- A Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealer in McComb, Mississippi.

Pohanka Honda -- A dealer group in the Washington DC area.

Honda Los Angeles -- A Honda dealer in Los Angeles, California.

Ford Dealer Cincinnati -- A Ford Dealer in Cincinnati, OH.

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Window Stickers Sell Cars
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Started by Richard Brown. Last reply by Natalie Webb Nov 4.

It's a well known fact that used car window stickers are a great way to promote your vehicles. New and used car dealers have been using window stickers for years as a way of getting vital informat... Read More »

Tagged: sale, used, for, window, car

HID Kit: An Easy Way to Produce High Illumination

Started by Jhon Smith Nov 3

The glow of HID kits can be different according to how bright or dim you would like them as these lights are offered in different capacity. If you are likely to have problems with your headlights, ... Read More »

Tagged: hid, kit, bulb, xenon, ballast

How Can Dealers Cash in on Credit Union Repossessions?

Started by mike Oct 5

A lot of Credit Union repos head for the Dealer auctions by default, but there are thousands more C.U. Repos out there that Dealers are passing up. A lot of the smaller Credit Unions just post thei... Read More »

Tagged: union, repossessions, repo, sales, repofinder

Discover how auto classified vendors like Cars.com and Autotrader.com are abusing your relationship with them and will hurt your business long term...
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Started by Paul Rushing. Last reply by bkeep Oct 4.

Auto classified vendors are profiting nicely from your relationship with them, do you know the real deal? Download this free white paper and you will discover exactly... → How they are profiting ... Read More »

Marketing tools that work
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Started by Cyndi Clinton. Last reply by bkeep Oct 4.

I have come to the conclusion that most dealers get burnt out after a while I no I did. So an easy solution that I found was to use places like Ebay and Craigslist, but after a while that also take... Read More »

Tagged: cars, selling, use.com, online

 

We encourage all to discuss car dealer social media and social networking, lead generation, automotive SEO, and anything effecting dealers today.

Blog Posts

Selling Mitsubishi in Canada?

Mitsubishi launched the new generation Colt in Europe back in November 2008 with the “Jet Fighter” style grille of the Lancer. This new signature style is Mitsubishi new branding and works well with the body lines. The Colt offers a wide range of platforms Hatch Back/Wagon 2 or 4 doors plus a very cool cabriolet along with different trim lines from basic transportation to sporty Ralliart package. With a mix of Power trains available 1.1L,1.3L,1.5L and the 1.5Lt 4G15 Block with Turbo equipped plu…

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Posted by Keith Sills on November 3rd, 2009 at 5:50pm — No Comments (Add)

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Posted by Jeff Kershner on October 25th, 2009 at 4:09pm — No Comments (Add)

Coverting Traffic from your Website to the Showroom

It's hard to believe that I've been driving for 10 years. This is understandably unimpressive in comparison to the experience many have behind the wheel. However I grew up in a time that things were quickly becoming more technological. Instead of riding my bicycle down my suburban block, I was playing the Oregon Trail on my computer. Instead of having friends over, I'd talk to them via Instant Message.

10 years ago, my father offered to assist me in getting my first car. We spent our Su…

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Posted by Katie on October 21st, 2009 at 8:54am — 1 Comment (Add)

Driving Sales Automotive SEO Discussion

Here is the opening to the Automotive SEO discussion held by Paul Rushing, JD Rucker, and Brian Pasch at the Driving Sales Executive Summit:

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Posted by JD Rucker on October 20th, 2009 at 12:55am — No Comments (Add)

How InterActive DMS Keeps you in COMPLIANCE

Print Annual Privacy Notices for all your customer with InterActive DMS to stay compliant with the- GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT - stated purpose of the G-L-B Act and the FTC's Final Rule is to ensure that financial institutions respect the privacy of... their customers and protect the security and confidentiality of “nonpublic personal information.”

Utilize InterActive DMS to run a FREE OFAC Report against…

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Posted by Donnie Wilson on September 3rd, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments (Add)

Maximizing the Internet to draw sales

Is your website really InterActive? We host and maintain all aspects of your online inventory sales store. Live with no delays, complete with two way communications from the DMS to the web and from the web directly into the DMS.

We create custom website designs for your company to present the best possible image of your dealership.

We provide automatic inventory feeds to dozens of advertisers including Cars.com and AutoTrader.com. We also have a built in craigslist.com and back…

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Posted by Donnie Wilson on September 3rd, 2009 at 12:32pm — No Comments (Add)

What an awesome tool!!!!!!

I just trialed 3 different products to sell my cars online because Autotrader and cars.com are way to expensive, then a rep came in and sold me this awesome tool for posting my cars on craigslist and other places on these awesome templates, its at www.micarloader.com it is worth checking out because it was 10% of what autotrader was charging us lol...

Posted by S vander on August 6th, 2009 at 11:29pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Dealer internet - Something new!

We are Consumer Auto Auction! Check us out at www.consumerautoauction.com

We list your used cars, generate leads and traffic to your door, and sell your over aged vehicles. You do nothing but handle the traffic!

Check us out and drop me a line for more information!

dtrageser@consumerautoauction.com

Posted by Drew Trageser on August 4th, 2009 at 7:28am — No Comments (Add)

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This Approved Traffic School Courses are more convent easy and more convent . This Online traffic school course meets your busy schedule. Traffic school online course makes you not only expert in driving but also teaches you the latest driving law.

Posted by james26 on July 30th, 2009 at 12:27am — No Comments (Add)

Dealership Marketing With 140 Characters

There have been plenty of posts here on the importance of being active in social media before as a technique to compliment traditional car dealer SEO, but perhaps one of the fastest growing areas of social media that the entire automotive industry appears to be embracing is…

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Posted by David on July 29th, 2009 at 10:41am — 1 Comment (Add)

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Videos

What is Video Search Engine Optimization?

What is Video Search Engine Optimization?

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Many dealers are confused about the difference between posting videos and optimizing videos. Sean...

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Internet Manager Phone Call Advice

Internet Manager Phone Call Advice

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Sean talks about the right ways that car dealer internet managers can leave messages for their po...

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DealerRefresh Automotive Business Twitter Lists Twitter just introduced their new Twitter Lists where you can create public or private lists under your profile and add users to your lists, so I figured we would give this a sh0t and build DealerRefresh Automotive Business Twitter list. This works similar to creating groups in TweetDeck but now this feature [...]
 
 

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