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  1. mikeelmore

    Carsforsale.com | Listing VIN Online

    Todd, I think you're viewing a VDP on Carsforsale.com (their main site)and not a actual dealer site, as I have verified a couple of separate dealer sites that prominently display the VIN. My experience is CFS is trying to control and get the contact information via the CTA(call to action) button...
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    YIKES! Autotrader Referral Traffic falls off a cliff in July 2018

    4 page scrolls. I wouldn't scroll that far a link/CTA, how in good conscience expect a shopper to do so? On the other hand, except for a very few, shall we say "immovable objects", who the hell uses a desktop? And 11 to 12 scrolls on mobile..... pardon me why I censor myself..... There is way...
  3. mikeelmore

    Is Anyone using Store Visit Conversions In Google Adwords???

    Nice post Rick, another great metric for tracking, I am really digging your great GA posts lately, Thank you... :hey:
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    Google Analytic's Data and Usage Question

    as ol' Monty would say......Ex..cellent
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    Google Analytic's Data and Usage Question

    Hey Rick, how did your experiment go?
  6. mikeelmore

    Tangible ROI in Social Media

    @ryangeradi Thanks for your message Ryan, lost contact w/ DR but am back on now but I was eager to find out how the original "bet" ended up, and am excited to hear how well the experiment proved out. I'll rethink my hesitation of promoting vehicles for sale on and with fb, as opposed to really...
  7. mikeelmore

    Tangible ROI in Social Media

    Thanks for the update, I was very interested in the original "bet", er.. experiment on getting fb to convert folks to actually and seriously go to your site to check out buying a car from that medium. I lost my internal bet seeing your great response of referrals. To recap, do you have a...
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    Tangible ROI in Social Media

    I remember when this thread began, and all I wanted was to see some kind of proof that would would change my mind about advertising rigs for sale on my company's Facebook fan page. I don't think FB is a good medium to advertise my latest blowout special program rig and expect a positive result...
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    Tangible ROI in Social Media

    yes, please do post the results.... I am very curious how FB will sell a car over definitely helping sell a service or part??? thanks in advance of your next post..... I appreciate your input
  10. mikeelmore

    Gubagoo Chat

    actually, my dealer & gm asked me to check it out as they were shown fabulous posts about it on Driving Sales..... naturally, I told them let me get a "real world" perspective on that service, hence the reason I asked my question here in the forums....
  11. mikeelmore

    Gubagoo Chat

    thanks folks, I appreciate your personal experience and your input. We are looking at a few of the usual suspects, currently have one and just want to see if there might be a better solution... Thank you again for your help...
  12. mikeelmore

    Gubagoo Chat

    Thank you Craig, I appreciate your insightful reply......
  13. mikeelmore

    Gubagoo Chat

    Hello all...... Does anyone have any information, personal experience with a chat service vendor by the name of Gubagoo? Thank in advance for your help and input. Mike PLEASE NOTE: At this point I would appreciate hearing from DEALERS ONLY and not from other services, including Gubagoo. Thanks.
  14. mikeelmore

    LotLinx

    Hey Eley, Going on 60 days with Lotlinx, the "guy" there says' to give 'er at least 90 days before I really dig into their numbers.....patience is certainly not one of my strong points, so...............comparing my year to date activities with my SEO & SEM strategies, and other fine 3rd...
  15. mikeelmore

    The Ultimate VDP Thread - Metrics, Ideas, Design, and everything VDPs

    I like your idea Sean, and yes please, I'd be interested in how you did it
  16. mikeelmore

    Vendor Tactics that make you go WTF

    What???? You actually get gifts! Must be nice, all I ever get are calls, emails and over-hyped, over-blown empty promises, and when it comes to crunch time; when the product/service doesn't do/act or perform in the manner I was told it would, I then call that vendors' support staff, only to be...
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    GM Reputation Management "Required"

    Re: GM Rep Management "Required" Thanks for the post Eley, did you pull the screen shot of the dashboard from the Webex I'd like to see/ learn more about this great sounding new program, boy o' boy, this is gonna be fun!
  18. mikeelmore

    Using a Smartphone for lead management?

    Hello Sally, I used to be able to reply "back" through the lead from GM One Source with my BB Storm and my DroidX and had an acceptable response time w/ GM, unfortunately, when doing so, I felt that just replying to the lead sometimes gave a "mixed" message and wasn't very impressive or...