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    Ryan Gerardi replied to the thread AutoTrader announces a Partnership NADAguides.com.
    Of the dealers with which I have conversed about price look-up tools, fewer rely on NADA Guides for their trade-in pricing than Manheim...
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    Tony Bell replied to the thread AutoTrader announces a Partnership NADAguides.com.
    This is another example of how good companies go bad as they grow. Autotrader used to be a good resource for both dealers and...
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    Pappy Penton replied to the thread AutoTrader announces a Partnership NADAguides.com.
    I travel all over the country doing dealer development and absolutly agree with your point of view.
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    Eric Windsor replied to the thread AutoTrader announces a Partnership NADAguides.com.
    Here in the Inland Northwest NADA is the only book we use. Nothing else represents our market, at least not here in Washington State.
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    Stephen McDonald replied to the thread AutoTrader announces a Partnership NADAguides.com.
    I believe that you are correct in your thinking. I have used Autotrader.com for over two years now in my Internet marketing plan, and I...
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    Mike Miller replied to the thread AutoSuccess Best Practices Summit III.
    I went to the last one and it was worth the time and money. I also took the GM with me and that was to my benefit because he know has a...
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    shaun dralle replied to the thread Structure Your Internet Processes for Sales - Jasen Rice.
    hey- do you know where i can find pre-made e-mail templetes.
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    Thanks for your comments on my article. I like the blog, do you get much traffic on it? Also hopefully you make it to the AutoSuccess...
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    Brian T in Etown replied to the thread Are YOUR 3rd Party Leads Junk?.
    My department has limited funds so I took the 1000.00 per month I was spending on third party leads and spent it on other endeavors. My...
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    Jeff Gonzales replied to the thread Are YOUR 3rd Party Leads Junk?.
    I sent in a request to www.pricegrabber.com they made me verify my phone# before made my request. I also had one of their account...
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    larry Tabloff (blog) replied to the thread Are YOUR 3rd Party Leads Junk?.
    I think you really need to look into Black Book Online program the leads are some of the best in the industry!!
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    Mason McNulty replied to the thread Are YOUR 3rd Party Leads Junk?.
    I have quarterly meetings with my 3rd party LP's. I go out there and shop and see where my name comes through. I also have never...
  • Tallcool1
    I really don't understand what the confusion is and why this is being dissected so many different directions. @tomkline , you and I sat...
  • Alex Snyder
    When we brought our illumiQUOTE product to market (automated payments on dealers' websites and quotes in the CRM), we earned business...
  • WestHam66
    I'd be inclined to stay away from this company. They keep contacting us and requesting proprietary data and information, and to form a...
  • Alex Snyder
    Definitely a different beast today. I was proposing this in 2011.
  • CarlAutofusion
    Reviews can be a problem unless you're showing all reviews. I'm having discussions with clients who are concerned about running into...
  • Alex Snyder
    I have always thought this was a big feature that website companies were missing. And customer reviews. I tried hard to get a...
  • CarlAutofusion
    I agree. On the commercial or fleet side, having information such as a downloadable brochure or video about an installed upfit, along...
  • CarlAutofusion
    I'm not 100% sure they do. I haven't spoken to them in years but they look like they have an office in Canada...
  • Shawn Ryder
    Does JATO have Canadian data as well, do we know for sure?
  • Alex Snyder
    You're getting so much better! I like the camera movement. Makes a big difference on the believability factor.
  • Rob
    Maybe one day someone will explain to me what value people get out of responding to forum posts with ChatGPT / ai generated responses...
  • Alex Snyder
    :lmao:That is going to help your quality score!
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