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Welcome to this week’s edition of Beggs on the Used Car Market, with analysis from Ricky Beggs and Black Book. As the calendar is closing out the month of July the market is indicating a variety of actions. The smaller and more fuel efficient models are getting some attention again after softening for just over a month once the tax season expired. Even some of the six to eight year old…

ALBANY, N.Y. – July 28th, 2014 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com), a premier dealership management system (DMS) provider, has received a "Platinum" award in the 2014 Auto Dealer Monthly Dealers' Choice Awards. This year marks the first time that Auto/Mate was honored with a top ranking in the magazine's annual award program that recognizes the industry's best product and service providers as selected by hundreds of…

It's back to the future for car shoppers, who now much prefer to contact dealerships with an old-fashioned phone call rather than via the Internet.

Two years ago, Internet sales leads were gaining on…

While cleaning cars and trucks people will not normally use carpet cleaning equipment as the cleaning of exterior parts becomes much more important to them. Are you one among those ‘average’ car cleaners? Then there’s something very important for you to know. Cleaning the carpets of your car is equally important than maintaining your vehicle’s exterior. Since the exterior part is cleaned regularly it would help…

Purchasing a used car is equal to a burden of thought added with confusion as we have to consider certain things in our mind. It can also applicable for buying a car, the first time. Before the final decision is made a physical check up for the car is an important factor. Given below are certain points for physically checking a car before buying it:

• The car should be on level ground…

The answer for the question of whether or not to have a top-notch live chat on your dealership is the same as having a sharp website: to convey information to your prospects in a manner that generates quality leads and ultimately sells more cars. It's really that simple. In the mid 90's, you could get away with a cut-rate website and impress your 20 Group with it when the technology was new. At that point, putting inventory…

Alan, let me begin by saying that you are one of my favorite trainers and I highly recommend your training to any dealership.  Your training is exceptional. However....the vast majority of salespeople are not effective at handling Internet leads or phone calls. In fact, they are horrible at it.…

The bad part about search engine optimization in the automotive industry is that there are so many companies that report on what they do for SEO rather than what they're accomplishing with their efforts. We've seen this hundreds of times when bringing on new clients and it's time to set the record…

You can't expect to see an increase in overall sales if you're afraid to put money towards your advertising budget. Freeing up budget is easier than it sounds, especially if you know how your current allocation of funds should be laid out.

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by Ben Brockhaus-Hall, Cobalt SEO Specialist

More and more businesses are incorporating SEO into their marketing budgets every day and car dealerships are a big part of this emerging trend. In this new world where people Google everything before they buy, it is…

Here’s a question for you –

Is your BDC the result of a failure in training?

That should have your attention.  If I’ve ever written an…

How does shopper NOT take action?

http://www.tysinger.com/new-Hampton-2015-Hyundai-Genesis-5.0L-KMHGN4JF8FU021962…

I am sure many of you have heard about the recent customer service debacle involving Comcast over the past week.

In case you aren’t familiar with what happened, a customer called into their…

This photo cracks me up because it looks as if the guy wants to make sure that you've noticed how good he looks in the reflection of the car!…

GM Sales Surge Amid Recalls as Barra Quality Sells: Cars

Jul 23, 2014 9:11 AM CT

General Motors Co. (GM)’s Mary Barra is projected to report her second straight quarter of rising sales, adding to evidence that the chief executive officer is weathering the biggest wave of…

Manny Luna

CEO/Founder

VL Digital…

It's as cliche as it comes. The best defense is a good offense. The best offense is a good defense. We've heard it a dozen times in different contexts, not the least of which are sporting events like football. As strange as it may seem, the saying has its most profound meaning when it pertains to car…

Black Book announces the addition of Anil Goyal to its executive team serving as Vice President of Analytics and Strategic Relationships. Best known for providing timely, independent and accurate vehicle valuation data, the addition of Mr. Goyal enables Black Book to broaden its reach into data and trend analysis for customers in a variety of leading industries.



Mr. Goyal comes to Black Book with a deep background in strategy and has held a number of senior positions in the…

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Ken Beam

Digital Marketing Director

Douglas Auto…