June 21st, 2010

Top Ten Automotive Blog Posts For The Week Of June 25th, 2010

by Todd Smith  |  June 21st, 2010

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activengage top ten blog postsWelcome to another week of great blog posts from around the automotive web. I found some great information and posts this week that I am sure will help you sell more while making your life just a little better.

This week I found this heated discussion about Internet Price vs. Lot Price and found it interesting. Read the blogĀ Click Here then let me know your opinion of what works for your dealership.

Is Social Media the next big thing, just another lead generator or worse just a big waste of time? Keith Shetterly posted a great blog that will really get you thinking. Click Here

Brian Pasch is always a great resource for SEO information and this blog post doesn’t disappoint. Link building is an often overlooked aspect of improving your search engine position. Click Here

Lost customers can be one of the great sources of improvement and sales for dealerships. This blog post by Jerry Thibeau really hits some great points. Click Here

Delivering the WOW factor at your dealership has continued to become more difficult as dealerships continue to raise the bar. This post is a great idea starter. Click Here

Kevin Root is a very smart person and has been a friend of mine for a long time. His blog really hits the right points about potential cracks in your Social Media strategies and how to overcome them. Click Here

I had the opportunity to have lunch with Jimmy Vee and his business partner Travis Miller a couple of weeks ago and these guys know marketing. Both Jimmy and Travis live for this stuff and it shows in everything they do. Here is a great blog post from Jimmy this week. Click Here

As it becomes even harder to get in contact with Internet shoppers through email or on the phone, texting might hold a sliver of opportunity to get through. Kathy Kimmel talks about just how to make that work in this quick video. Click Here

All this how-to information is great but we still need to know how to sell to get the job done. This website is a great resource for basic sales tactics and techniques it is called Just Sell and here is the link.

This week’s book review that has jumped to my must read list is The Time Paradox by Phillip Zimbardo. We live in a world of not enough time to accomplish our goals and this book challenges the very essence of time itself. It is deep but a fantastic read. Click Here

That wraps up another awesome week.

Happy Chatting,

Todd

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Todd Smith is the co-founder and President of ActivEngage, Inc. He has spent the last 18 years working in the automotive industry and has a keen understanding of the automotive retailing landscape. Todd's passion is the application of technology in the retail automotive environment. To learn more about Todd Smith...