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SEATTLE, Dec. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MD Johnson, Inc. announces the completion of the sale of Mercedes Benz of Lynnwood Washington to John Halata. Halata has been Smart's long time operating partner at the dealership and founded the dealership with Smart. The dealership was...
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Micah Birkholz posted a status"It's when you lose sleep over what you want to do not what you have done that you know you are on the right path.."
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Brian Bennington commented on Richard Holland's blog post Will You Fight To Win A Customer?"Way to go, Richard. I’ve got a full plate today and you drop this massively provocative post right in my lap! A while back, in my quest to stay abreast of the latest car marketing, I internet shopped 9 dealers representing 3…"
Brian Bennington commented on Richard Holland's blog post Will You Fight To Win A Customer?"OK Richard, now your making the natives restless. James responded with a “Nice info Brian” comment, which means he’s either forgiven me for suggesting he post without the shades, or he doesn’t remember who I…"
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Alexander Lau commented on Richard Holland's blog post Will You Fight To Win A Customer?"I don't mean to sound rude to anyone, but you still need to find a method to do exactly what was shown in the article. How did you think AT&T and T-Mobile found Jay Rooney? It's a great example, surely, but you still need a mechanism…"
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Greetings!This is an open invitation to all Automotive Marketing Professionals (currently employed at a dealership) that are feeling the pain of the new changes on Craigslist, specifically the new implementation of charging "$5.00 per post" and the stress involved with being responsible for getting your cars posted…See More
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Will You Fight To Win A Customer?
Posted by Richard Holland on December 12, 2013 at 6:00am 9 Comments 3 Likes
The battle for customers in the automotive industry is hyper-competitive.
Dealers advertise low price loss leaders and court an Internet buyer with competitive pricing that sometimes results in negative gross deals. Service departments advertise low priced oil changes to both upsell and win a new customer.
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Google’s Impact on Automotive's Search Is Going To Change Drastically
Posted by Chris Hill on December 10, 2013 at 6:00pm 21 Comments 6 Likes
Google’s Impact on Automotive's Search Is Going To Change Drastically
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Posted by Michael Cirillo on December 10, 2013 at 2:06pm 0 Comments 1 Like
There is one simple truth that must be recognized by all dealers. That is that the Internet plays a major role in how today’s automotive consumers research and purchase vehicles. Never before in the history of auto sales has there been a faster, more efficient way to get your brand in…
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Wearable Tech Accelerates Into The Auto Industry
Posted by Josh Knutson on December 10, 2013 at 9:31am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Wearable Tech Accelerates Into The Auto Industry
From glasses, to watches to clothing, wearable technology is the next wave of our digital world interweaving with our automotive lives.
Technology truly succeeds when it helps us make a process or way of life more productive and beneficial and the future holds a huge market…
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How easy is it to do business with your business? How easy is it to get help? …resolve a problem? …answer a question? The answer to those questions is probably that you don’t know because you’ve never tried to do any of those things.
Want a real report card on how your staff is doing? Try being your own…
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Google Updates PageRank
Posted by Timothy Martell on December 9, 2013 at 5:30pm 2 Comments 1 Like
It seemed that Google had all but given up on keeping PageRank up to date.
In the past year, it had only been updated a single time, back in February of 2013. Well, the long PageRank drought it now over, because as an early Christmas present, Google has updated PageRank across the web. Let's take a look at how the new PageRank landscape…
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Posted by J.D. Rucker on December 9, 2013 at 2:54pm 2 Comments 1 Like
Live Chat lets you HOLD THEIR HAND while they shop
Posted by Tom LaPointe / CarChat24 on December 9, 2013 at 11:00am 0 Comments 1 Like
What if shoppers walked onto your lot and asked you to hold their hand through the car buying process? Wouldn’t that make things easier? It would certainly be easier than getting by the 'just shopping' and 'no thank you for help' responses. You could direct them through your business, show them the inventory that interests them most, schedule a service appointment, or address any…
First Peek at Advertising on Instagram
Posted by Paul Potratz on December 9, 2013 at 8:50am 0 Comments 0 Likes
On October 24, 2013, Instagram announced that they would become the next social media giant to offer up advertising space on their mobile platform. From the consumer’s perspective, it’s easy to understand the resentment towards the announcement. One of the biggest perks of the platform was that users could…
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Posted by Chris Hill on December 3, 2013 at 7:30pm 5 Comments 4 Likes
As I think about the sheer lack of training that exists in the car industry today.
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Los Angeles To Settle Traffic Ticket Quota For $6 Million
Filed under: Speeding Tickets, Driving Laws
LOS ANGELES -- The City Council agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle lawsuits by 11 police officers that claimed they were punished for failing to meet or objecting to traffic ticket quotas, the police chief said Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES -- The City Council agreed to pay $5.9 million to settle lawsuits by 11 police officers that claimed they were punished for failing to meet or objecting to traffic ticket quotas, the police chief said Tuesday.
The Los Angeles council approved settlements of two suits brought by current and former officers.
"I'm pleased, and I'm sure the officers are pleased. They can put this matter to rest," Gregory Smith, an attorney for the officers, told City News Service.
Police Chief Charlie Beck denied that the Los Angeles Police Department had traffic ticket quotas - which are illegal under state law - but said traffic officers did have productivity goals.
"It is unfortunate that this case cost the city hard-earned taxpayers money," Beck said in a statement. "The goal has always been to improve the productivity and accountability of our officers in order to reduce serious and fatal traffic collisions."
The lawsuits contended that motorcycle officers in the West Traffic Division were required to write at least 18 traffic tickets each shift and that 80 percent of the citations had to be for major violations. The officers claimed they were reprimanded, denied overtime, given bad schedules or otherwise harassed if they failed to meet those figures or raised concerns about the alleged quotas.
The settlement decision follows a 2011 jury award of $2 million to two motorcycle officers in a similar case.
That award "made settling this case the most prudent business decision," Beck said.
Beck said that the West Traffic Division gave officers the goal of spending 80 percent of their time on traffic code violations that could lead to serious injuries or deaths but that "this was not a quota system under the law."
However, Beck said the jury that awarded $2 million in the first lawsuit "interpreted" the goal as an unlawful quota.
The LAPD "has taken steps to ensure that all divisions are using appropriate measures to evaluate officers' productivity" and is committed to a workplace free of retaliation and discrimination, Beck said.
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Nelson Mandela devoted his life to promoting democracy and equality, and he leaves behind a legacy of peaceful change. In advance of Mandela’s funeral service on Sunday in Qunu, South Africa, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Reverend Mpho Tutu, the first female Irish president, Mary Robinson, and Sir Richard Branson will come together for a digital eulogy using Google+ Hangouts.Join them tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. EST. The conversation will be hosted by PeaceJam and The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, and moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
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This post was extracted from Liminal, 2011 Razorfish Customer Engagement Report which was recently released by Razorfish. It has been modified in part to make it more relevant for the Headlightblog.com audience. In December 2008 Samir Balwani wrote a blog post about how Scott Monty, the head of social media for Ford Motor Company, stopped [...]J. D. Power Online Automotive Review Articles on Internet Sales and Management Research and Insights for Car Dealers, Internet Sales Managers and OEM Executives
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The average age of new-vehicle buyers increased dramatically from 46.5 in 2008 to 53.4 in 2010 (Source: 2010 Auto Offline Media Report – Summer) as lower income buyers – who are often younger – were forced out of the market due to the poor economic environment. This shift has impacted almost every automotive brand, including […]Music
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