In the movie Field of Dreams, a ghostly voice tells Kevin Costner's Ray Kinsella character, "If you build it, he will come."

The first question you'll want answered is, "What is it?" In the movie, the 'it' was a baseball…

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6 in 10 Millennials said “they feel like losers among their peers without their cars” – MTV study

If rumors of Mark Twain’s death were greatly exaggerated, then so are those that young people are eschewing the car for alternate forms of transportation. In a study released July 23, 2015, the Viacom-owned…

CINCINNATI, OHIO (January 28, 2015) – In truth, there may not be 50 different shades, but 80% of the cars and trucks in the Swapalease.com auto lease marketplace are in the gray family (including white and black). Swapalease.com, the nation’s largest car lease marketplace, analyzed colors of its entire online ecosystem and discovered that the grayscale dominates the automotive landscape.



Specifically, the colors black (31.4%), white (19.6%), silver (13.1%), dark grey (9.1%) and grey…

In order to run a successful business you must have a solid process in place. You must reinforce it and make it a habit to avoid internal chaos. On this week's Think Tank Tuesday, learn what you can do to improve your company's process. Your customers will notice.…

West Palm Beach, FL– January 27, 2015 – Gubagoo, the fastest growing chat and website engagement provider for dealerships, today announced that it has been selected as a trusted provider in Dealer.com’s Certified Provider Program.  To qualify as a provider in the program, companies and their products must have proven value, security, efficiency, and return on investment, giving customers added assurance that they are choosing high-quality, complementary software…

Social media kicked off the New Year with some interesting updates geared toward increasing content exposure and diversifying communications tools. While some automotive professionals have expressed thatsocial isn’t selling cars, these updates may yet give us hope!

So far, here are 2015’s five social media updates your dealership…

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of the Used Car Market Report from Black Book.

As you can tell we are again recording this market video blog via Skype while on the road. Where has the industry taken us…

The video promoted preparation and automation as 2 of 5 keys to high volume auto sales.

Towards the end of the video he offers 20 "no strings attached" FREE videos on selling cars.

The CarChat24 team is proud to announce we have received an Automotive Website Award for Marketing Innovation. The prestigious award was presented in San Francisco on January 22, 2015, as the…

Company to help Australian dealers improve call-to-conversion ratios with U.S.-patented system that generates an average of $320K+ in additional annual earnings for US dealers; Hyundai Australia first to roll out system to dealer network

San Francisco, Calif. - January 23, 2015 - CallSource, the U.S. leader in call tracking, management and training, announced today at the 2015 National…

There’s been lots of excitement this week as NADA kicks off this weekend, Super Bowl Sunday is getting closer, and the U.S. President just gave his State of the Union Address. In case you missed everything going on this week, ActivEngage put together the Top 10 automotive news articles and blogs just…

DMEautomotive’s groundbreaking mobile app for dealerships wins Automotive Website Award for second year in a row, and is an honoree in the prestigious Digital Edge 25 Awards

San Francisco, Calif. – January 23, 2015 – DMEautomotive (DMEa) today announced that its groundbreaking dealer-branded mobile app, Driver Connect, has received two of the most prestigious…

In this week’s episode of Hard Facts, Samantha uncovers a cost-free way to utilize your bilingual sales staff to reach a broader demographic. Learn how you can implement this strategy at your dealership.

SEO is a complicated practice, especially if you're just starting in 2015. Things have changed a lot in the past 10 years, making it more difficult than ever for small businesses to compete against…

CallSource receives a “Top Rated” Award for Dealer Satisfaction in Call Management Category

San Francisco, CA – January 23, 2015 – CallSource’s CallTrack® is the recipient of a “Top Rated” Call Management award in the sixth annual DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards, presented at a special event today in conjunction with the…

Do you engage yourself into the intricacies of automotives or prefer to keep yourself busy under a broken car to find the solution for a fault? If oil and dirt doesn’t bother you, then you are a true automobile lover and taking this field as your profession can certainly be a great idea. Automobile technicians are in demand because more and more people are purchasing car these days, which are bound to have some technical issues at some point of time. So, if you are a certified technician,…

Second edition of groundbreaking eBook includes new data on mobile user behavior and multiple best practices - from mobile payment to geo-fencing and beacon technology

Daytona Beach, FL –January 22, 2015 – DMEautomotive (DMEa), the company that has led the thought leadership charge when it comes to mobile strategies and technologies…