MY WEBSITE

I KNOW ALL OF THE ADM MEMBERS ARE BUSY. BUT IF ANYONE HAS TIME TO CHECK OUT MY WEB SITE AND TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO CHANGE OR DO A BETTER JOB OF? http://karonelskars.cms.dealer.com/index.htm THANKS KARONEL

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Permalink Reply by Philip Zelinger on December 15, 2009 at 7:41am: Hi Karonel,

I will be happy to check out your website but a quick tip about your posts. NO NEED TO SHOUT! LOL,

Just type in regular size and we will still get your point - just a silly little suggestion amongst us friends! Have a great day and I will get back with my humble opinions on your site later today since, after all - what are friends and ADM for.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KARONEL PLOTT on December 15, 2009 at 8:42am: Philip thats what i wanted suggestions thanks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mike DeCecco on December 15, 2009 at 8:57am: Karonel:

Thanks for posting this. It looks like you're on your way. We may want to work on those graphics on the right hand side. Did you add those? They look a little "pixelated".

Add a photo of the store or something to the header next to your video.

Looks like you're doing a nice job of merchandising your cars with great descriptions.
Good work!

Looks like you have the video upload toolkit. Awesome.

I would add some video testimonials when you sell your next car. Easy to do and well worth the minimal effort to get them into the media library and upload them.

The .cms link is a link for your internal purposes. I would suggest sending out

http://www.karonelskars.com/index.htm

Call your account manager for ideas as well!

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Permalink Reply by KARONEL PLOTT on December 15, 2009 at 9:26am: Mike yes we added the buttons. we were told that we had to add them on our own? Mike i dont what happen to the left of the viedo we had that set up and running pictures rotating in and out. will check out with my account manager. Emily was my manager lost here a couple weeks ago. we really miss here she was great!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Josh Hixon on December 15, 2009 at 12:08pm: I like the testimonial idea! People don't care what you say about yourself, they care what other people say about you. I liked that you added the Voted Best part in the news section. You might want to turn a page into a blog, I know it sounds techie but seriously, you spent the money to get found right? Blogging in your free time (about your store, the area, the auto industry) about anything relevant will gain exposure (help you get found). The more people that link back to your site the better your chances of landing on that front page of Google!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ken Beam on December 15, 2009 at 5:58pm: Hey Karonel,

Good looking site - not bad at all! It`s coming together! I agree with Mike, get some Testimonials up there too eventually......

Now when it comes to that I believe it`s much better if the actual Client is on your site telling the world about their great experience at your dealership!.If a picture is worth a thousand words, then how much is a video of a satisfied customer on your site worth??? Here`s a little "food for thought" check out these links;

http://www.douglasvw.com/testimonials/

http://www.douglasinfiniti.com/testimonials/

Keep up the good work!

Ken Beam
Creative Marketing Director

Douglas Auto Group

www.DouglasAutoGroup.com

www.VWHotDeals.com; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Josh Hixon on December 15, 2009 at 12:04pm: I like the website, very well put together and professional.

I might suggest setting up a Facebook to gain a Fan following, it will also help tremendously with Search Engines. Set up a YouTube account and make sure to link the website and YouTube account together (helps with Google mostly). I don't know if you are writing the page yourself or if you had someone else do it but you might be able to set it up so that when you post new cars or update pricing/pictures/video your Twitter followers will see it.

Helps gain exposure! I'm sure you aren't the only used car dealer in your area so any edge you can gain over the competition will help. Maybe not immediately but in 3-6 months you will notice the increased traffic.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KARONEL PLOTT on December 16, 2009 at 1:15pm: Josh thanks for your input. i set up youtube facebook twitter! blog?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Josh Hixon on December 16, 2009 at 2:43pm: You can try blogger BUT I would talk to your domain host or website builder. Do something like http://www.karonelskars.com/blog

Just talk about things going on within your immediate area, large topics that can go nationwide, why you like a certain car... Whatever you can think of to push CONTENT to customers. Try to add content not commercials. Try to set it up so that people can subscribe to it with e-mail or RSS. The idea is to gain a following. The more people you have linking to your site the higher your chances are to get on the coveted Google front page.

FYI You DON'T need to pay Google to provide hits for you, most people won't click on the sponsored links. You might want to do an inexpensive ad campaign until your reputation is built to help you establish a following.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KARONEL PLOTT on December 17, 2009 at 10:57am: Josh thanks i am doing what you suggested . it will be after the first of the year.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Josh Hixon on December 17, 2009 at 2:10pm: It may sound tedious and annoying at first BUT it WILL pay off down the road.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul Rushing on December 16, 2009 at 2:06pm

Cleaned up your buttons for you..

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