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  • Brian Pasch
    The Dealerskins flash website packages may look nice but score 0/10 for organic search optimization. The five Dealerskins flash...
  • L
    We've just started using DealerSkins for our website, maybe 3-4 months ago. It is a HUGE improvement over our previous website, which...
  • D
    Dealerskins provides automotive dealers beautiful AND powerful web solutions that help them sell more cars. Our expertise comes from...
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    Brian in Etown replied to the thread Automotive dealer website providers.
    anybody got the scoop on smart web concepts? Just curious www.smartwebconcepts.com
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    Brian T in Etown replied to the thread Automotive dealer website providers.
    Someone had mentioned dealer impact to me awhile back as a complete marketing package. Has anyone on the board used them? (they even use...
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    Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread AutoTrader.com adds 1 Owner highlight to Carfax listings.
    As a buyer I remember taking my girlfriend car shopping not too long ago. She was looking for a reliable used car for a low price. For...
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    Brandon Hoffman replied to the thread Mosely Automotive Newsletter - 3 tips for 2007.
    Great column. Tracking every aspect of online and offline advertising is very important. Although many dealers do it, sending traffic...
  • umer.autojini
    To see return from Google base we got a wait till it they integrate in car results into regular Google search results, just like...
  • Rob
    Thanks for the reply Jeff. I don't yet use eBiz Autos, but I'm going to look at it. I've sold a few things off Craigslist outside...
  • Rob
    Jeff, Quick question re: Google base, Craigslist, and oodle. Do you have some sort of automated process to list your cars there, or do...
  • D
    As a prior employee of Reynolds and Reynolds I cant state facts about the Cobalt buy-out but I can express my deepest sympathies for the...
  • R
    I can't speak for Cobalt, but can say with 100% certainty that Who's Calling was in fact purchased by UCS/Reynolds in December. As an...
  • R
    If you're not 100%, then why make such an irresponsible post? That rumor has been going around for a few years. That would be like me...
  • D
    I would like to know as well who the "source" is, or if it's just another rumor that seems to pop up every few months.
  • G
    It does not seem like this is happening. No one at Cobalt has heard about this yet, nor any news... Might want to check with your sources.
  • G
    It does not seem like this is happening. No one at Cobalt has hear about this yet, nor any new... Might want to check with your sources.
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    David (blog) replied to the thread Dan Marino looses 22lbs?.
    Sometimes things like this are to blame on national ad salepeople selling without consideration to how it affects the local dealer...
  • web2carz
    web2carz replied to the thread Dan Marino looses 22lbs?.
    Jeff, Yesterday I left a comment for this "post" and shared with your readers a site that does not allow banner ads intentionally. I...
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    NiCOLEe replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
    Hi there. Let me share this link with you here.
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    NiCOLEe replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
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    Anonymous User replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
    ADP CRM is awesome, if you have never ever seen another CRM, you like wasting time and money, or you're a complete f-ing idiot...
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    Mike Leonard replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
    It really doesn't take that much to get CRM to work and to get people selling more cars with it. I've been doing it and working with...
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    Alex Snyder (blog) replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
    Mike - I'd be very surprised if we don't see ADP buy a CRM system in the very near future. Their current system can be made to work...
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    Mike Warwick replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
    ADP CRM is not the perfect system and I agree with most of the complaints but when a dealer invests $40k+ on a system, they need to put...
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    Mike Leonard replied to the thread ADP web CRM Software - Who's using it?.
    I actually use ADP w.e.b. CRM ILM (iLeads) tools and have developed processes to make it usable and profitable (and quick!).
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