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    Gerald Hand replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    Nope- it CAN'T be stopped. HARNESS it instead and leverage the youth in the store to use it to their/the store's advantage
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    E. Duff Wrobbel replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    I wonder how many of those people do work during their off-hours? seems to me it ought to cut both ways...
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    JessicaRuth Michael Rodriguez when our GM would walk around over the years, he would notice many computers on facebook or youtube, etc...
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    Tommy Diana replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    my company HP does block facebook, and email services.
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    DealerRefresh (blog) replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    Nice one Tommy. :)
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    JessicaRuth (blog) replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    Michael Rodriguez What caused the move to block?
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    JessicaRuth (blog) replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    KevinFrye I agree with you. I think anyone who can should be sure to attend Kevin's session. I think this is an area where education...
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    Tommy Diana replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    i would answer, but i'm too busy at work on facebook. lol.
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    AutoLawJD replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    zonewebb true.
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    zonewebb replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    AutoLawJD dealerrefresh - My guess is that isn't listed in their job description, though.
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    We start blocking tomorrow at our dealership. I will let everyone know how it goes.
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    KevinFrye (blog) replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    We fought this battle in the past, and Facebook was blocked on our networks. The first to complain were our customers who accessed our...
  • Sarah Udelhofen
    dealerrefresh Agreed!! They will do it no matter what, might as well promote best practices &helpful hints on what may help them use it...
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    chriskleslie replied to the thread 30% of Employees Facebooking During Work Hours.
    Blocking Facebook or any other social sites can actually do more harm than good in my opinion. I actually encourage the use of any and...
  • Sarah Udelhofen
    I think that most employees check their Facebook & personal sites on a regular basis throughout the day. I know I'm guilty of that. I'm...
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    I love the new knowledge we are gaining from this type of analysis. It is changing the way we do business as we work with more and more...
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    DealerRefresh (blog) replied to the thread Big Data Knows - If Only YOU Knew!.
    Thanks Chris - more from Gary coming soon.
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    Chris Curtis Fousek replied to the thread Big Data Knows - If Only YOU Knew!.
    Excellent post.
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    I can remember when we were launching Lexus in 1989 and the new dealers would ask, “what used cars should I stock in my new store?”...
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    ClarkHeintz replied to the thread How to Tackle Gmail Tabs.
    VelocitySales dealerrefresh Informative..thanks for posting
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    1to1 News replied to the thread How to Tackle Gmail Tabs.
    Jessica, Great article on the gmail tabs. Our gmail open rates have stayed about the same. There were several articles online about...
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    John Thomas replied to the thread How to Tackle Gmail Tabs.
    Breaking News Autotrader is Selling CDM Data and VinSolutions and is losing ground on Homenet Inc.
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    September 8th was a fairly awesome day as I sat at my desk prominently displaying my Tough Mudder orange headband wrapped tightly around...
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    Aaron Wirtz (blog) replied to the thread Dealer Spotlight: Aaron Wirtz.
    Mike Haeg Indeed! I downloaded an app for iPad called TapTyping, which has really improved my iPad typing, but it's still nowhere near...
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    Mike Haeg replied to the thread Dealer Spotlight: Aaron Wirtz.
    I appreciate your appreciation for a pen and paper Aaron.  Nothing beats it.....even if I go type up notes on my computer afterward.
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