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ryan.leslie replied to the thread Which third-party lead sources are still worth the money?.
Hey @DanMorgan-
Organic is great for all of the reasons that you mentioned. I'd suggest making sure that your agency is running an...
DanMorgan replied to the thread Which third-party lead sources are still worth the money?.
Here in Baltimore MD. Area Guru's and Trader always had high referral traffic even if lead count wasn't the highest which is why we...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
@Jeff Kershner's Mercedes-Benz of Hagerstown has been named a Cars.com 2026 Dealer of the Year...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
woa! OG @Eley Duke 's in the house. LTNTT!
joe.pistell replied to the thread Which third-party lead sources are still worth the money?.
OG Ralph E is in the house!
DanMorgan replied to the thread Rank the CRMs.
I was with elead for forever at my old long time spot then we switched to Tekion literally a week before the CDK hack and I'm a few...
Ralph Ebersole replied to the thread Which third-party lead sources are still worth the money?.
You will find for 3rd party it is market driven. Cars is stronger in some-many are the old newspaper markets; Trader in others, etc.
joe.pistell replied to the thread AI = Awesome Intelligence.
POWER USERS:
When you are in AI for deep research and complex analysis, and it's output is so complex it takes you 20 mins to unpack it...
Eley Duke posted the thread VinSolutions AMP Alternatives in CRM, ILM, Chat, Desking, Emails, Phone, SMS.
We have been using VinSolutions AMP product for a year and looking for a better alternative that can integrate with VinSolutions for our...
Chris Apostalides replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
This is a great thread!
Alex Snyder replied to the thread AI Visibility Checker.
Would you like to use DealerRefresh as an example to show it off in this thread? I'm curious how we stack up.
Alex Snyder replied to the thread What tech stack are you actually running for your BDC/telecalling team? (hardware, dialer, CRM, monitoring).
Vollie is the leading software for dealership BDCs today. From what I know, it handles most of your questions.
Alex Snyder replied to the thread Rank the CRMs.
How do you say you work for ProMax without saying you work at ProMax :thinker:
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
ya, this is the new prompting formula for the new frontier models. All of my prompts were sooo last year lol
The loop and The Gauntlet ;-)
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
The machine needs a tweak where it not only searches DR's entire name file (of active participants), but it also looks for more than new...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
Thnx Clint.
It was an AI harvest, I gave it this URL and gave it some instructions, and it went to work. I limited it to one page, not...
Tallcool1 replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
This is really cool @joe.pistell .
joe.pistell replied to the thread You guys roasted our first build. Here’s the latest..
sexxxy... once rare and magnetic, is now a commodity... is now table stakes.
And, the internet has a new consumer... BOTS.
Bots now...
Alex Snyder replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
This is fantastic, Joe!!! :tiphat:
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
Clint Jones received a Nebraska state-board appointment
Clint Jones, DealerRefresh member Tallcool1 and owner of Clock Tower Auto Mall...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
George Nenni released a 2026 update to his GA4 book
George released a May 2026 update to A Car Dealer’s Guide to Google Analytics 4...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
Dealer Authority expanded Inventory Everywhere beyond automotive
Dealer Authority introduced Inventory Everywhere before 2026. The...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
Vicimus gained a distribution partnership for Bumper BI
Consolidated Dealers Co-Op announced a 2026 partnership with Vicimus to make...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
Alex Snyder expanded VehicleLyfe into service-lane acquisition
VehicleLyfe’s name change occurred in 2025. The important 2026...
joe.pistell replied to the thread Best of the Best — On The Move.
Mitch Gallant disclosed an AI merchandising platform
Mitch now operates Gallant Signal Marketing, an AI-native marketing and consulting...
