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17 years old! Happy Birthday DealerRefresh!
- Thread starter Alex Snyder
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Congrats to DR, Jeff and Alex! You all certainly have provided a one of a kind platform for dealers to come together on a wide range of topics. I met some great people on here that I have had good experiences with and learned from. And along with a few "questionable" people (that's southern PC talk for 'dumbass'). Its always be informative, enlightening, comical and sometimes head scratching! Great job, sorry I don't get on as often as I should anymore, but checking in time to time.
I think I joined in '09 after Alex told me to. He and I are from the same area in Va and use to cross paths at regional marketing meetings. He and Jerry Thibeau had encouraged me to jump in DR. In 2010 I met Jeff in Orlando at a 2-3 day Conference Pasch was putting on, Automotive Marketing Boot Camp, we had some fun and learned a little!
Jeff you certainly have done a great job bringing the dealership community together and helped countless people. You and Alex have provided a lot of great content, provoked thoughts and concepts, stirred the pot a "few" times, and helped a lot of people.
Cheers to you all and the DR community!
I think I joined in '09 after Alex told me to. He and I are from the same area in Va and use to cross paths at regional marketing meetings. He and Jerry Thibeau had encouraged me to jump in DR. In 2010 I met Jeff in Orlando at a 2-3 day Conference Pasch was putting on, Automotive Marketing Boot Camp, we had some fun and learned a little!
Jeff you certainly have done a great job bringing the dealership community together and helped countless people. You and Alex have provided a lot of great content, provoked thoughts and concepts, stirred the pot a "few" times, and helped a lot of people.
Cheers to you all and the DR community!
✨ AI Highlights
- DealerRefresh celebrated its 17th birthday, with founder Jeff Kershner and early member Alex Snyder reflecting on the platform's origins as a TypePad blog launched on Cinco de Mayo 2005 to connect internet-focused dealership employees who had no peers to discuss digital topics with at their stores.
- Community members shared how the forum became a career-long resource and digital scrapbook of industry relationships, with several noting they discovered it years ago while isolated on internet matters at their dealerships.
- The thread underscores how DealerRefresh filled a specific professional need in the automotive industry by creating a space for peer discussion and networking that didn't exist elsewhere.
DealerRefresh celebrated its 17th birthday, with founder Jeff Kershner and early member Alex Snyder reflecting on the platform's origins as a TypePad blog launched on Cinco de Mayo 2005 to connect internet-focused dealership employees who had no peers to discuss digital topics with at their stores. Community members shared how the forum became a career-long resource and digital scrapbook of industry relationships, with several noting they discovered it years ago while isolated on internet matters at their dealerships. The thread underscores how DealerRefresh filled a specific professional need in the automotive industry by creating a space for peer discussion and networking that didn't exist elsewhere.
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