Dealer Sites & Carts

Dealer Websites as Important as Brand Site

April 22, 2013
Dealer Websites as Important as Brand Site

Many brands spend lots of time and money on their brand site and leave their best dealers to fend for themselves when it comes to online content for their sites. Here is an...
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Consumers Tire More Easily Online

March 20, 2013
Consumers Tire More Easily Online

How do consumers shop for your products? There is a lot of great research out there that documents how consumers go online to get product information before making a decision. Google has some great information...
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What Triggers an Online Search for a Product?

February 27, 2013
What Triggers an Online Search for a Product?

Here is an interesting chart from BIGinsight.com that tells us what motivates consumers to start searching for product information online. Before you study this chart too closely you should also realize that...
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Facebook Newsfeed Ads Work for Retailers

February 13, 2013
Facebook Newsfeed Ads Work for Retailers

Here’s a very good report  from Nanigans about the effectiveness of Facebook newsfeed ads for retailers.  eMarketer.com produce this chart and summarizes the study: For retailers paying for ad placements on Facebook, there are...
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The Internet Makes Local Marketing Much More Challenging

February 12, 2013
The Internet Makes Local Marketing Much More Challenging

The Internet has made and continues to make a big difference in the way consumers research and buy products.  It’s always difficult to explain the magnitude of what is happening, especially on...
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Where To Spend Your Digital Ad Dollars in 2013

February 11, 2013
Where To Spend Your Digital Ad Dollars in 2013

Lots of discussion about moving ad dollars to digital and where to spend those dollars.  Here’s a chart from eMarketer.com that predicts where the digital emphasis will be in the coming years.  ...
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Earned and Owned Media Merge on a Dealer’s Landing Page

January 25, 2013
Earned and Owned Media Merge on a Dealer’s Landing Page

Here is a very good article from FastCompany.com that focuses on the way digital content must be shared between owned and earned media, even to the point of blurring the distinctions...
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Social Media Usage on the Rise for SMBs

December 10, 2012
Social Media Usage on the Rise for SMBs

Here’s a recent report from MarketingCharts.com that paints a good picture of where small businesses are today with their usage of social media and how according to Facebook the trend is up....
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Internet Ad Spend Beats Print, Finally

December 3, 2012
Internet Ad Spend Beats Print, Finally

I can’t believe it’s taken this long but we’re  finally seeing advertising dollars follow consumers to the internet where print and internet ad spend will be equal in 2015. This chart appears at statista.com...
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1 in 3 Google Searches Are About Local Information

November 24, 2012
1 in 3 Google Searches Are About Local Information

Over the years we’ve been watching the percentage of Google searches that have a local intent, where consumers are looking for something nearby like your product and your local retailer.  This...
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