Sean Wolfington Accepts Chairman of the Board of VinSolutions

[Richard Keith Latman]

Ed you are right... Sean? Anybody home? Are we doing this?

Richard Keith Latman
Chief Executive Officer

iMagicLab LLC
www.imagiclab.com

 

[Shawn Morse (blog)]

I would love to see some more of the big names get involved. Come on Dealer Socket, eLead, CarResearch lets put everyone to the test.

 

[Richard Keith Latman]

I worry about it getting very confusing. One on one is the way to go. Hey maybe we can do a CRM Playoff system? THAT would be fun.

No matter, I can't even get a follow up from the company that's YEARS ahead of us. Sean?

 

[Shawn Morse (blog)]

Sean is in some important meetings today and through the rest of the week. I am sure he will reply as soon as he has a minute.

I am thinking maybe a March CRM Madness with brackets and the whole deal. Maybe Dick Vitale can moderate!

 

[Shawn Morse (blog)]

this needs to be at a live event maybe Digital Dealer or the like. That would ensure a fair format and would allow more vendors to participate. Then the judges are the dealers and that is the whole point right?

 

[Alex Snyder (blog)]

Shawn & Sean - the stage has been set. It will be 1 person from VinSolutions, 1 person from iMagicLab with Jeff & me as the moderators. It will just be the 4 of us for the first go. If this works out well (which it will) then we've created a forum for future vendor vs. vendor shoot-outs. To do it at a conference or to include more than 2 CRM companies will complicate things so much that the audience (your clients) will not benefit.

Jeff, Keith, and myself are just waiting to hear from you guys as to when this best fits your schedule. The ball is in the VinSolutions court.

 

[mark bonfigli]

Arent you all glad I asked the question that started this amazing tangent? -mb

 

[ed.brooks]

Alex - Who says the car business isn't fun!

 

[Alex Snyder (blog)]

Just to maybe give VinSolutions a hand on scheduling, I'll throw these dates out:

March 25th - 29th

....anywhere in there works for me. If travel is required, then I suggest the weekend of the 27th. I've already got my vacation time approved

 

[Mitchell Brenner]

Just to play Devil's Advocate, and to make sure there is no favoritism, which CRM do you and Jeff use? If you use either Vin Solutions or iMagic Labs you need to remove yourself or selves as the judges and get impartial judges that use neither program! People tend to vote with what they're familiar with so get some Higher Gear or Autobase users to judge the programs fairly!

Thanks,

Mitchell