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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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The PC is Dead?

April 8, 2013
The PC is Dead?

The changes in local marketing have been phenomenal in the last several years, driven by changes in consumer behavior which were in turn driven by technological changes. Well, just when you figured out the difference between...
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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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Showrooming is a Tough Problem for Retailers to Solve

March 5, 2013
Showrooming is a Tough Problem for Retailers to Solve

Showrooming  is a relatively new phenomenon in shopping and it’s a tough problem for retailers to solve.  It’s when a consumer with a smartphone is in a retail store and they use...
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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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Traditional Media Ad Spend Continues to Decrease

February 20, 2013
Traditional Media Ad Spend Continues to Decrease

The transition from traditional media to digital continues to move as about one third of marketers surveyed expect to decrease their focus on print newspaper advertising in 2013 according to a recent article on eMarketer.com....
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Time to Rethink How Local Digital Media Works

February 14, 2013
Time to Rethink How Local Digital Media Works

Here’s a good post from Search Engine Watch that can get you to rethink the way you advertise locally. It starts with understanding the different types of digital media available to us today.  So...
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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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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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