Greg Gifford

AutoRevo Mobile is Now Available on iTunes

Posted by Greg Gifford  |  iPhone  |  Wednesday November 18, 2009 at 8:15 am

AutoRevo Mobile is now officially available in the App Store in iTunes…  Download it today and start using it – you won’t believe the difference it will make!

We heard an amazing story from one of our dealers: Last week, he posted a truck on his site just after he bought it at auction in Mississippi (with VIN decoded info and pics uploaded from his iPhone).  The truck sold the next day!  It never even made it back to his lot before they shipped it off to the buyer…

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Greg Gifford

AutoRevo Named to the Dallas 100™ for 2009

Posted by Greg Gifford  |  Press Release  |  Thursday November 5, 2009 at 11:57 am

AutoRevo Recognized by SMU Cox at the 19th Annual Dallas 100™ Awards

The Dallas 100™ Awards, presented by the Southern Methodist University, recognized the top 100 fastest growing, privately held companies in the North Texas area. AutoRevo received recognition of their 52nd place ranking.

DALLAS, TX – November 5, 2009 – In its 19th year, the Dallas 100™ Awards, presented by Southern Methodist University’s Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, recognized the top 100 fastest growing, privately held companies in the North Texas area. AutoRevo received recognition of their 52nd place ranking at an awards ceremony at the Meyerson Symphony Center on November 4th, 2009.

In order to qualify for the Dallas 100™, a company must be an independent, privately held corporation, proprietorship, or partnership (not a subsidiary of a parent company) as of May 1, 2009; be headquartered in the Dallas area; have had sales of more than $500,000 in fiscal year 2005; have had sales of less than $75 million in fiscal year 2005; have a three-year sales history reflecting growth; and, have a credit report and character satisfactory to the Dallas 100™, determined at the sole discretion of the Dallas 100™. The award winners are selected based on increased growth in sales.

“In this tough economy, especially in the auto industry, it’s a challenging task to grow a business. We’re extremely proud to be one of the companies honored with this award,” said Chad Polk, CEO of AutoRevo. “We couldn’t have won this award without our team’s fierce dedication and continued hard work.”


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Why the Apple iPhone Rocks the Car Industry

Posted by Chad Polk  |  iPhone  |  Thursday November 5, 2009 at 5:42 am

If anyone has been hunting the technology to collect and manage dealer inventory for the last decade it has been us at AutoRevo. We have all seen the contraptions with some combination of: digital cameras, Socket barcode scanners, tablet PCs, proprietary hardware with a swivel video camera to double as a camera, iPaq hand-helds, Bluetooth, Wi-fi cameras, flash card cameras to insert into a hand-held, and on and on.

Thanks to Apple the technology is now here:

  • 3GS internet or Wi-fi connection
  • 3 mega pixel camera
  • Video capture & editing
  • VIN capture via the camera
  • Development platform to enable a complete application inside of a smart phone
  • Large screen interface to rotate portrait or landscape
  • 16 GB drive
  • Plenty of processing power
  • And plus all the consumer tools that we need outside of business

Best of all you already have the device in your pocket! What can you do while picturing and loading a car? Respond to leads in AutoRevo, update prices anytime, listen to your favorite tunes, check your sports scores, check your email, send and receive text messages, and 100,000 other possible apps in the iTunes App Store.

Need any more reasons to go get an iPhone?


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Chad Polk

Some of the 100,000 Apps Perfect for Dealers

Posted by Chad Polk  |  iPhone  |  Wednesday November 4, 2009 at 11:24 am

Apple® today announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone® and iPod touch® customers in 77 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. App Store users have downloaded well over two billion apps, continuing to make it the world’s most popular applications store.

So what are just some of the useful apps for auto dealers?

  1. AutoRevo Mobile (of course you knew I would put this #1)
  2. FedEx Mobile – Create shipping labels and create a watch list to track important shipments.
  3. UPS Mobile – Track packages sent to customers and others.
  4. USPS tracking – Mail Man by Blast Off, Inc.
  5. Business Card Reader by SHAPE Services – take a picture of a business card and instant new contact created.
  6. Tripit for iPhone – entire travel itinerary right on your iPhone.
  7. Bank of America – did the draft clear my bank?
  8. Wells Fargo – did that deposit today go through yet?
  9. LinkedIn – Send and respond to invitations, messages, and more.
  10. Facebook – no need to explain.
  11. Tweetie 2 or Twitter by atebits – 4 ½ star rating from consumers!

This Apple iPhone is only getting more useful by the day. What are you waiting for? Go get one!


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