• Stop being a LURKER - join our dealer community and get involved. Sign up and start a conversation.
I will say Brian's contributions have educated buyers and dealerships in general about digital marketing. You have to realize this is a sales industry. He may not have a technical background, but as a automotive digital marketing "evangelist" I think he's done a great job. AFAIK he's not giving bad advice either.



You're going to attack someone's character without knowing anything about them? What bone do you have to pick with him?
I just posted the link to the article (relevant). Don't shoot the messenger! ;-)
 
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