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Automotive Marketing Consultation
By JDRucker Automotive Consultation, General, Our Services, Uncategorized Jul 01, 2015
Digital marketing in the automotive industry is constantly changing. It’s important to keep up with the latest trends from the consumers, the OEMs, Google, Facebook, website design… the list of things that need your attention is huge and always growing. At Dealer Authority, we can help by staying on top of your marketing and your[…]
How Automotive Vendors can Tap Into Madison Avenue Magic
By JDRucker Dealer Authority, General, News, Our Services, Philosophy, TTAP, Uncategorized Jun 26, 2015
When we first started this company in 2013, I had a vision of two different sides to our business. The first and most important side was helping car dealers drive more car buyers to their website and showroom. The second was to help automotive vendors who had the best products in their segment to get[…]
Why Making Search, Social, and Content a Singular Strategy is Ideal for Car Dealers
By JDRucker Automotive Advertising, Automotive PPC, Automotive SEO, Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, Dealer Websites, General, News, Our Services, Philosophy, Uncategorized, VDP Marketing Jun 17, 2015
When we first started our company in 2013, we had a vision of what our services would look like. We chose SEO, social media marketing, and content marketing as our core business because those three disciplines offered the greatest needs for car dealers. In other words, we knew would could have the biggest impact on[…]
Dealer Social Media is About Pushing it to the Edge Without Falling Over
By JDRucker Automotive Social Media, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized, Webinars Jun 13, 2015
Social media is amazing. Then again, it’s worthless. Those are the two general opinions of social media in the automotive industry. You would be hard pressed to find a dealer who didn’t have one of those opinions about social media. It’s a very polarizing marketing venue. One of the truths that we’ve found in our[…]
How Dealer Partnerships should Really Work
By JDRucker Automotive Content, Automotive PPC, Automotive SEO, Automotive Social Media, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, Uncategorized May 06, 2015
The vast majority of our clients hire us to do their content marketing for the sake of social media marketing and search engine optimization. That’s where our greatest strengths shine through for dealers; through content, we’re able to make a dramatic impact on the amount of cars they can sell. Last month, we initiated and[…]
Yes, We Do SEO for Car Dealers and it’s Amazing
By JDRucker Automotive SEO, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, Our Services, Uncategorized, VDP Marketing Apr 23, 2015
There is so much emphasis placed on innovation that sometimes the core concepts get lost in the minutia. When we started Dealer Authority in 2013, the goal was to create the premier content marketing agency that would help dealers with both social media marketing and search engine optimization as well as other aspects of their[…]
Only Watch Subi Speak at #DD18 if You’re Sick of Vendors…
By JDRucker Automotive Conferences, Dealer Authority, Dealer Tips, General, News, Uncategorized Apr 20, 2015
… not being on the same page. That’s right, this time Subi is speaking about other vendors and how dealers can make sense of it all. Sometimes, it’s a revamp. Other times, it’s a slight course correction. Either way, you’ll learn the best ways to take your current internet department and make your vendors sing[…]
Taking a Shot that would Change the Direction of our Company
By JDRucker Dealer Authority, General, News, Philosophy, Uncategorized Mar 24, 2015
The most successful teams can look back on additions that make them think, “Damn, I’m glad we got her/him.” Starting 6th round draft pick Tom Brady. Rehiring Steve Jobs. Trying newcomer Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. For us, that addition was Subi Ghosh. When we first set out to build a digital marketing firm, our[…]
Christine Robertson Brings First-Hand Dealership Domination Experience to the Dealer Authority Team
By JDRucker Dealer Authority, General, News, Philosophy, Uncategorized Mar 18, 2015
The automotive digital marketing world just got better as Christine Robertson from Checkered Flag Auto Group fame brings her proven set of skills, philosophies, and domination strategies to Dealer Authority clients as our new Director of Dealer Strategy. She has been on the A-List of dealership leaders for several years now, building one of the[…]