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I met with the guys from CallBright last week at Digital Dealer and thought I’d share their solution with the AutoRevo Blog readers. One of their newest features is lead forms immediately connecting the prospect to you. Check the products http://www.callbright.com/Callbright/Products/
Total Call Management from CallBright offers:
- Seamless CRM Integration
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- Call Tracking and Recording
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Mike Roscoe and the group over at Digital Dealer did a great job on pulling off this convention. Lots of great presenters and some not so great, but all-in-all I was impressed with the format. Auto dealer turn-out is not NADA-like, but the some 500 that attended were the target market for internet sales and very engaged.
I could write a short book about everything I saw and experienced, but let’s keep it to a bulleted list:
- I heard “Comparison Market Pricing” everywhere I went. There are several new tools on the market for pricing your inventory against competitors. JMsolutions has PriceDriver, vAuto has one, and FirstLook as well. Basically these tools scrape the major classified sites (autotrader.com, cars.com, etc) and give you the ability to see where your vehicle(s) compare. Great offering, but what I’m seeing is flawed data…they haven’t perfected it yet, but they will.
- Videos! I think this was mainly because a video company owner was the panel moderator in a main session, but at any rate no one has figured out if it actually sells more cars. * * * One more thing, moving photos in a small frame with voice-over does not qualify as a video!
Let me break out of the list for just a second and make an analogy. Videos of a pre-owned car are like virtual tours in the hotel industry in 2000. Everyone had to have them, consumers watched them, hotel chains were paying top dollar to have hotels video toured, but the “fad” died because it did not help book more rooms. I’m calling it: “videos in the car business are a fad and it will not sell more cars”. The cost and effort are no where near the ROI. Ok, back to the list….
- Finally caught up with Jeff Kershner at DealerRefresh.com. I’d like to see Digital Dealer create a list of the Top 50 Rising Stars in the car business because Jeff would be top of the list. If not already done so, check out his great blog at DealerRefresh.com.
- Kevin Root, VP Dealix, delivered a presentation done on research they had done with automotive consumers…good nuggets of data along the way. Check it out here: www.cobaltgroupresearch.com
Overall, I highly recommend any internet sales manager attend Digital Dealer in the fall. Just watch out for the shiny objects some of the vendors are selling.
Also, here are some photos from the show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/autorevo/sets/72157604710431022
eBay Motors recently announced all of their eBay Motors U dates. Check out the website here
SAN JOSE, Calif. – eBay Motors announced Thursday that the site has reached a significant milestone. According to the company, the division sold its 3 millionth vehicle in the U.S.
There has been a lot of talk online about the new “Best Match” for eBay.com and many of our dealers have been asking how this will effect search results on eBayMotors.com.
As of now Best Match has not been implemented on eBayMotors.com. They are still finalizing the algorithm. When we are notified, the AutoRevo blog readers will be the first to know.
Upcoming Events Calendar
· April 21-23, 2008 – 4th Annual Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition
Orlando, FL – Gaylord Palms Resort & Conference Center
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· April 22-25, 2008 – 9th eCommerce Summit
New Orleans, LA – Morial Convention Center
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· May 13-14, 2008 - Synergy Sessions Event
New Orleans, LA - The W New Orleans Hotel
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· May 21-23, 2008 – iREM@RKETING Conference
Phoenix, AZ – Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa
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· June 16-18, 2008 – eBay Development Convention
Chicago, IL – McCormick Place West
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· June 24-28, 2008 – 62nd Annual NIADA Convention & Expo
Dallas, TX – Gaylord Texan Resort
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AutoRevo’s Chief Technology Officer, Mark Hoffman, has been asked to present a session on “Building a scalable system to leverage the eBay API” at the eBay Developers Conference in Chicago, Illinois (runs from June 16th-18th, 2008). The session will discuss how, while the eBay API makes it relatively easy for developers to quickly build applications that leverage eBay, building a scalable solution requires more forethought. In his session, Mark will discuss the ways that AutoRevo has built a scalable, flexible solution for communicating with eBay. He will cover the genesis of AutoRevo’s eBay systems and how growth has led to improving the architecture to a multi-server, multi-threaded system that can easily scale as needed.
Event at-a-Glance
Solutions developed by eBay Developers Program members drive over 25% of all eBay listings. Join us at the eBay Developers Conference and learn how to get your share of the other 75%.
Who Should Attend:
The eBay Developers Conference is for any savvy developer or company who has great ideas for making e-commerce better with tools, widgets, solutions, or services. Only eBay can offer the APIs you need to plug directly into millions of potential customers worldwide who are waiting for your ideas to come to life.
Learn how to master the latest technologies and you could be creating “the next big thing.” This year our educational sessions are organized into four targeted tracks:
- Business and Entrepreneurship – get the low down on how to monetize your solutions and really leverage the eBay Community to grow your business. eBay also shares its latest sales data giving you valuable insights about what buyers want.
- Affiliate and Buyer Tools - learn how developers are making money as affiliates. Hear from subject matter experts about building great buyer tools that provide engaging shopping experiences.
- Seller, Merchant, and Payment Tools - get the basics or go deep on checkout, payment, shipping, fraud prevention, marketing, eBay development best practices, SOA-and integrating it all together.
- Web 2.0 and Web Development - a brand new track-find out what Web 2.0 elements are most important to sellers, what’s hot in “buying experiences”, what should you be building, what’s working and what isn’t, what’s after Web 2.0 and lots more futuristic topics.
Conference Highlights:
- Hear expert-led educational sessions designed to both inspire you and help you gain the skills you need to tap into the eBay ecosystem and make money with your code.
- Have fun while engaging in valuable networking opportunities throughout the conference including the ever-popular Beer Bash.
- Gain unique insights from senior eBay executives and other industry leaders, including a Keynote Address by James Barrese, Vice President of Systems and Architecture at eBay.
- Talk with dozens of on-site Technical Support Engineers who’ll be on hand to personally answer your questions and help you be more efficient and productive.
Plus:
- FREE PayPal training and certification exam (a $150 value!)
- FREE admission to eBay Live! (a $120 value)-our annual eBay Community conference-which lets you interact with thousands of potential customers, float new ideas by them, and show off your newest products
- Don’t miss this chance to get the latest in the e-commerce industry and grow your business. Register Today!
For more information on this Convention, visit http://pages.ebay.com/devcon