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  1. Ben Blanco

    My Rant about DealerInspire.

    Just so we're all clear. I was inferring it's the WORST. LOL! I tried to work with it for several months on behalf of a client. Jazel's code bloat is atrocious, and I don't recommend their platform.
  2. Ben Blanco

    My Rant about DealerInspire.

    I agree, at least we don't have to pay an extra fee for "Advanced Access," or contact support for simple changes. I appreciate that DI is there to support us if we need it, but they also do a great job of getting out of the way. With the proper permissions, we can change the style of our SRP...
  3. Ben Blanco

    My Rant about DealerInspire.

    +1, Advanced Composer Access is legit* You can make a Dealer.com site look so much better with advanced composer access. Dare I say it, if you have solid front-end dev chops, you can make a Dealer.com site look just as good as [insert your preferred vendor] that's not OEM approved. *Getting AC...
  4. Ben Blanco

    DealerSocket Email Hell

    @SoCalMark , we use SMTP2GO as well. Great service! :thumbup: Did you opt for the Dedicated IP? Their larger packages also give you access to Email Previews powered by Litmus, and SPAM testing services. Overall, a really great value.
  5. Ben Blanco

    DealerSocket Email Hell

    We ran into this issue a few months ago with our clients as well. DealerSocket provided us the attached PDF that verifies the SPF record that everyone else has been sharing. Updating DNS records is always a chore. It can even be more daunting if updating an existing record. Plus, my SPF...
  7. Ben Blanco

    Free Third-Party Chat

    Hey Peeps! I was having a conversation today with a dealer in my area about online chat vendors. The discussion turned to the potential of "losing chat opportunities" from popular third-party listing sites if they switched vendors. Misconception and Fear of Switching There's this common...
  8. Ben Blanco

    Is Wordpress better than the rest?

    Everything I mentioned in my previous post is foundational. The foundation is often overlooked, and dealers are left with a bloated mess of a site that will eventually hold you back. At the end of the day the web platform is just one component of an overall successful digital marketing...
  9. Ben Blanco

    Is Wordpress better than the rest?

    Yo, I didn't realize we were stirring the pot, ha! I'm not saying WordPress is the best. Not at all. However, I kindly take issue with your quoted statement above and point to the Statamic CMS that's built on Laravel/PHP/Vue.js. There is still a lot of love and growth for PHP. Statamic is...
  10. Ben Blanco

    Is Wordpress better than the rest?

    I agree with @Ryan Montville. WordPress is all about what you make it. I had the pleasure of managing over 13 Dealer Inspire sites for the past 4 years. What DI/WordPress gave us was choice. It gave us the choice to make our own custom experiences. Finally the vendor got out of the way, and...
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