Car Dealer Social Network

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Car Dealer Social Network

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 Driving Sales the goal is to give car dealers and vendor a venue to discuss important issues as well as rate their experiences.

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.

Honda Washington DC -- 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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Car Auctions: (1 member)
Created by Anna Lee

CarFolks.com -Reputation Management: (1 member)
Created by Mark Dubis

The need to recruit salespeople NOW!: (2 members)
Created by Craig Lockerd

Lead Generators: (3 members)
Created by Jessica Provenza

i-AiM Results: (1 member)
Created by Barbara Laveck

Mercedes-Benz Dealerships: (1 member)
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Marketing tools that work

Started by Cyndi Clinton Jun 30

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

Need info
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Started by praveen kumar. Last reply by Cyndi Clinton Jun 30.

I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, if not please accept my apologies. We are a start up and want to add a feature to our website, where in the users can request quotes from nea... Read More »

Suggestions! Automotive Condenser

Started by Jennifer G. Vela Jun 18

Hello! I'm attempting to use an automotive condenser micro with UX2 and pod farm, but I can't get it to work. +48V button is on, micro is plugged into Mic1/L but no signal in POD farm unter "Mic 1"... Read More »

Tagged: condensers, automotive, ac, condenser, car

How to Handle Customers in Forum

Started by Noel Johnston Jun 10

Hey All, Ok, the site I do SEO for has been slightly flamed in a forum post found here - http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php? for no link, don't know if this forum supports html) An... Read More »

Tagged: search, service, complaints, responding, results

Want to sell some auto related domains

Started by Jay42 Jun 8

Any recommendations for places to list these? The domain forums are pretty dead these days..sedo is just ok. DealerTraffic.com DealerTimes.com DealerRep.c for any recommendations. Read More »

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

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Twitter and Car Dealers

If you're on Twitter and posting your inventory or specials, you're doing it wrong.

If you hired someone to manage your Twitter account to put your inventory and specials on Twitter, they're doing it wrong.

There's only one "right way" for car dealers to use Twitter. Most…

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Posted by JD Rucker on July 2nd, 2009 at 4:09pm — No Comments (Add)

Automotive Advertising: The good news is the news could be worse

There's a great article in today's New York Times

It's one of the few articles I've seen discussing the advertising slowdown from the local/dealer perspective instead of from the manufacturer point of view:

Ads fro…

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Posted by Terry Lancaster on June 23rd, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments (Add)

Used Cars for Sale by Owner and Car Dealers at Autowega.com - Sell My Car

Autowega is a great opportunity for all car dealers and private owners in the USA.
Autowega is Brand New Car Social Network where you can sell your car for Free online.

Whatch Autowega Commercial at Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJlPGlK41yk

You can allow exte…

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Posted by Mike on June 7th, 2009 at 1:16pm — 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 June 4th, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments (Add)

AllTheRides.com, the latest free car classified site announces strategic drive in increasing traffic via hassle-free marketing package

Here's another press release on AllTheRides.com!

AllTheRides.com, the latest free car classified website is determined to make its presence felt in this area of business by offering their hassle free, all inclusive marketing package to small to mid-sized dealerships.

AllTheRides.com is well placed to take on the challenges and competition by well known automotive websites like Cars.com and AutoTrader.com. Megan Adams…

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Posted by AllTheRides on May 24th, 2009 at 9:32am — No Comments (Add)

Tough times

I would have to say our current biggest challenge involves financing for customers. You do all you can with online marketing, get your hits, work the lead, make the sale and it all blows up because of financing. Either we can't get the loan done or the interest rate is astounding and it inflates the payment. I manage used car internet sales for four dealerships - Jeep, Chrysler (soon to include Dodge), Mitsubishi and Suzuki. Not the strongest group. Any ideas or directions you could point us in?…

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Posted by Dan Savadel on May 19th, 2009 at 8:47pm — No Comments (Add)

Free Search Engine Traffic: Are You Getting Your Fair Share?

98% of web surfers use search engines. In fact, you probably have one as your homepage. According to public traffic stats, Google is number one right now, followed by Yahoo!, MSN, and Ask.

You should be able to guess where I am going with this…

Search engine advertising has always been the best way to get visitors to your website; and always will be.

Why?

First of all, natural search engine traffic is free; and second of all, it’s a chance…

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Posted by Jason Coleman on May 19th, 2009 at 12:01pm — No Comments (Add)

Education Based Auto Marketing

2009 is the make it or break it year for car dealers. It’s your choice where you will be. You have to make the decision to take a leap of faith or duck your head in the sand and do nothing. Hide from the reality that you control your destiny. Which path will you take? The "Same is Lame Road" or the path less traveled.

Is the Internet the solution?

The Internet is a good tool, but that’s all it is – just another medium. It’s no different than the newspaper, radio or TV. You can’…

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Posted by Brian Horn on May 17th, 2009 at 2:47pm — No Comments (Add)

CHRYSLER TO CLOSE 789 DEALERS BY JUNE 9TH

Chrysler released there list of 789 Chrysler dealers that are to be out of business before June 9th. This is a very aggressive plan to get one of the BIG THREE auto makers back in the positive. I have a program for both the dealers that remain and the dealers that are to be closed. The Window of time on the dealers that found there self on the unfortunate list of closers is closing very quickly. I can run a Inventory Liquidation Sale for you and give you $100k worth of gross and the ability to m…

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Posted by Ben Bailey on May 14th, 2009 at 4:24pm — No Comments (Add)

Social Networking Tools to Help Consolidate Your Marketing Efforts Online

Social Networking has come a long way since the 90's. Some big players have evolved and it seems as if things aren't slowing down. With so many social sites to choose from, everyone is bound to be using at least 1 or 2 different profiles or blogs, and some of us have 10 or more! While these social websites are great tools for marketing, there are just too many of them, and you need a username and password for each. This presents a huge problem for many of us because keeping track of all the ac…

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Posted by Jason Coleman on May 5th, 2009 at 3:25pm — No Comments (Add)

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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

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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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Grant Cardon Wants You to be a SUPER FREAK!

Are you a Freak or a Super Freak? In this video, Grant Cardon talks about going where the fear is, being bold, taking risks, and…eating fire. Highly successful people understand that fear is to be used. What are you doing with your fears? I personally find this to be a true lesson and something you should remind [...]