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Wow, look at those changes year over year. -77%, -86% WOW!

It's a zero sum game... who's been eating their lunch?

AT is up 12%, cars.com looks flat

Ahhh... Langley Stieneart's CarGuru.com is rockin' the house! CarGuru.com +98% (yr over yr) We've been tracking CarGurus.com here for a while.

CarGuru 1st hits my radar last year: Used Cars - CarGurus.com - vAuto and the Travel Industry (great thread). I write to the exec's at cars.com to warn them of the CarGuru.com business model and CEO Langley Stienart creates a post as he tries to close the communication gap. A classic DR thread!

Months later.... I build another DR Forum post:CarGuru's calls Dealers CHEATS

Then, CarGurus.com CEO Langley Stieneart drops into the DR forums to execute a letter perfect Reputation Management sortie.

He fixes the problem,
writes a public reply and then
calls the writer (me)
TEXT BOOK EXECUTION!

I follow it with an eyeopening and detailed DealerRefresh Article: ...There's a New Guru in Town

<blockquote data-quote="joe.pistell" data-source="post: 14127" data-attributes="member: 7">Wow, look at those changes year over year. -77%, -86% WOW!It's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%E2%80%93sum_game" target="_blank">zero sum game</a>... who's been eating their lunch?<a href="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/autotrader.com+cars.com/?metric=uv&amp;months=12" target="_blank">AT is up 12%, cars.com looks flat</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; Ahhh... Langley Stieneart's CarGuru.com is rockin' the house!<a href="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/cargurus.com/?metric=uv&amp;months=12" target="_blank"> CarGuru.com +98% (yr over yr)</a> We've been tracking CarGurus.com here for a while.CarGuru 1st hits my radar last year: <a href="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f44/used-cars-cargurus-com-vauto-travel-industry-916.html#post7639" target="_blank">Used Cars - CarGurus.com - vAuto and the Travel Industry</a> (great thread).&nbsp; I write to the exec's at cars.com to warn them of the CarGuru.com business model and&nbsp; CEO&nbsp; Langley Stienart <a href="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f44/used-cars-cargurus-com-vauto-travel-industry-916-2.html#post7685" target="_blank">creates a post as he tries to close the communication gap.</a>&nbsp; A classic DR thread!Months later.... I build another DR Forum post:<a href="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f21/cargurus-calls-dealers-cheats-1179.html" target="_blank">CarGuru's calls Dealers CHEATS</a>&nbsp; Then, CarGurus.com <a href="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f21/cargurus-calls-dealers-cheats-1179-2.html#post9749" target="_blank">CEO Langley Stieneart drops into the DR forums</a> to execute a letter perfect Reputation Management sortie. <ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> He fixes the problem,</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> writes a public reply and then</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol"> calls the writer (me)</li>
</ol>TEXT BOOK EXECUTION!I follow it with an eyeopening and detailed DealerRefresh Article: <a href="http://www.dealerrefresh.com/look-out-autotrader-and-cars-com-theres-a-new-guru-in-town/" target="_blank">...There's a New Guru in Town</a><a href="http://www.dealerrefresh.com/look-out-autotrader-and-cars-com-theres-a-new-guru-in-town/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.dealerrefresh.com/look-out-autotrader-and-cars-com-theres-a-new-guru-in-town/" target="_blank"></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="joe.pistell, post: 14127, member: 7"] Wow, look at those changes year over year. -77%, -86% WOW! It's a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%E2%80%93sum_game"]zero sum game[/URL]... who's been eating their lunch? [URL="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/autotrader.com+cars.com/?metric=uv&months=12"]AT is up 12%, cars.com looks flat[/URL] Ahhh... Langley Stieneart's CarGuru.com is rockin' the house![URL="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/cargurus.com/?metric=uv&months=12"] CarGuru.com +98% (yr over yr)[/URL] We've been tracking CarGurus.com here for a while. CarGuru 1st hits my radar last year: [URL="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f44/used-cars-cargurus-com-vauto-travel-industry-916.html#post7639"]Used Cars - CarGurus.com - vAuto and the Travel Industry[/URL] (great thread). I write to the exec's at cars.com to warn them of the CarGuru.com business model and CEO Langley Stienart [URL="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f44/used-cars-cargurus-com-vauto-travel-industry-916-2.html#post7685"]creates a post as he tries to close the communication gap.[/URL] A classic DR thread! Months later.... I build another DR Forum post:[URL="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f21/cargurus-calls-dealers-cheats-1179.html"]CarGuru's calls Dealers CHEATS[/URL] Then, CarGurus.com [URL="http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f21/cargurus-calls-dealers-cheats-1179-2.html#post9749"]CEO Langley Stieneart drops into the DR forums[/URL] to execute a letter perfect Reputation Management sortie. [LIST=1] [*] He fixes the problem, [*] writes a public reply and then [*] calls the writer (me) [/LIST] TEXT BOOK EXECUTION! I follow it with an eyeopening and detailed DealerRefresh Article: [URL="http://www.dealerrefresh.com/look-out-autotrader-and-cars-com-theres-a-new-guru-in-town/"]...There's a New Guru in Town[/URL] [URL="http://www.dealerrefresh.com/look-out-autotrader-and-cars-com-theres-a-new-guru-in-town/"] [/URL] [/QUOTE]

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