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Columbus, OH (PRWEB) February 4, 2008 — Auto Dealer Traffic, Inc., a leading automotive Search Engine Marketing (SEM) company, today announced the launch of a used car inventory marketing service that changes the way consumers find used cars on the Internet. The new service optimizes an auto dealer’s vehicle inventory so that it achieves the same high, natural search engine ranking that major automotive portals receive when auto buyers search for used vehicles online. With a high ranking, consumers can easily find and connect directly with their local dealership, eliminating the intermediary step and need for third party lead provider portals.
“This new service takes the control of used car sales away from the portals and puts it back into the hands of dealers,” says Todd Swickard, president of Auto Dealer Traffic, who adds that “dealers will get more used car leads from the service with much higher close rates.” continue reading...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 25 /PRNewswire/ — Experian Automotive, a division of global information solutions company Experian® Inc., today announced that the AutoCheck Score, which summarizes information on AutoCheck vehicle history reports into one, straightforward numeric score, is now available to all AutoCheck member customers. The industry’s first and only vehicle history score, the AutoCheck Score helps dealers and their customers more easily interpret the information in a vehicle history report.
Seventy percent of consumers rate a “summary score” as very or extremely useful when making a used vehicle purchase decision. Now, dealers can access the AutoCheck Score to help their customers quickly and easily understand a vehicle’s history as well as when purchasing vehicles for their own lots. Successfully tested by nearly 100 dealerships, the AutoCheck Score is available at no additional cost to all AutoCheck members, including dealers, auto lenders, insurance companies and auctions. continue reading...
CHICAGO, June 5 /PRNewswire/ — Cars.com (http://www.cars.com) has launched a mobile version of its popular automotive website that can be accessed from any web-enabled mobile device. Cars.com is the first automotive site to offer vehicle listings alongside research tools and buying advice in a mobile application, giving savvy car shoppers on-the-go access to the information they need to make smart buying decisions.
“Eighty percent of today’s car shoppers turn to the web to do research at some point in the buying process,” said Sharon Knitter, director of product management at Cars.com. “With wireless web access on the rise, Cars.com sees an opportunity to bring those shoppers practical applications they can use while out shopping for a car. We have found that purchasing a car is still a shopping process where people need to visit a dealer to see and test-drive the vehicle. With Cars.com mobile, shoppers can now take the information found on Cars.com with them, giving them more confidence when they sit down to make their final purchase.” continue reading...
TORONTO, May 28 /PRNewswire/ — CarProof Vehicle History Reports and the New Car Dealer’s Associations of Ontario today announced a partnership designed to provide tools to dealers that will give consumers peace-of-mind when they buy a used vehicle.
The Toronto Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) and the Ontario Automobile Dealers Association (OADA) announced today that they have selected CarProof Vehicle History Reports as their official report. Members of the associations will now be able to purchase CarProof reports through their association web site at www.tada.com and www.oada.com. Each report will provide details about a car’s complete history including where it has been registered, any accident claims that may have been made and whether or not the vehicle is stolen. continue reading...
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