Rooftop review site DealerRater revealed Monday that the preview of it new online reputation management and social monitoring platform was a “huge success," with more than 150 dealers signing up for the product. The program, 360Certified — which will be officially launched in May — was offered at the recent Digital Dealer conference. [Read More]

Road Dealer — which aims to help dealers buy and sell wholesale vehicle sales online without transaction fees — recently added two advisory board members. The executives looking to help guide Road Dealer are Ken Potter, chief revenue officer of Sure Sale, and Randy Rohrman, who started his career in the Bob Rohrman Auto Group. […] [Read More]

Revealed today, Edmunds.com has chosen a live chat solution to connect dealers to car shoppers researching their next purchase on the site. Selected by the company as its dealer chat provider is Contact At Once. Contact At Once will provide live chat functionality across Edmunds.com’s consumer-oriented web properties, officials explained. [Read More]

At Marvel’s The Avengers Hollywood premiere, the press had something more to snap a photo of then the normal celebrity couples. Thousands watched  as actor Robert Downey Jr., who plays Tony Stark in the Iron Man films, drove onto the red carpet at the El Capitan Theater in a custom Acura-created sports car. The premiere, […] [Read More]

Subaru of America revealed Thursday it has released a set of new iPad apps for some of its 2012 models. The Dynamic Brochure iPad apps for the 2012 Subaru Impreza, Impreza WRX/STI, Outback, Legacy and Forester are “fun and interactive consumer tools” the company contends. [Read More]

NCM Associates announced this week its information technology team completed development of an exclusive online operations analysis tool specifically for its clients with multiple dealerships and franchises. Officials explained the Proprietary Dealership Heat Map is designed as a Web-based management dashboard represented as a series of dealership blueprints. The departments within each dealership’s blueprint are […] [Read More]

Online marketplace Autobytel revealed today it hit a benchmark milestone at the first quarter of this year came to an end. The company celebrated surpassing more than one million views to its YouTube Channel, which was launched in mid-December of last year. “The popularity of Autobytel’s YouTube channel demonstrates the quality of and demand for […] [Read More]

Thanks to the enhancement to the Lead to Show incentive solution that HookLogic announced today, dealers can now use the tool to offer incentives to shoppers visiting their websites or using their apps. “HookLogic’s new Web to Show Mobile solution coupled with our AutoHook suite of products mean we are able to influence car buyers […] [Read More]

Recently revealed, Harley-Davidson is giving its female fans from all over the world a chance to speak out about their experiences with the iconic motorcycles. With its new interactive website the Buzz Wall, women can share their stories about “why ride or why they want to learn to ride,” the company explained. [Read More]

Since Twitter sees domestic automakers utilizing the social media platform more, the company recently opened an office in the Motor City. Twitter spokesman Robert Weeks said the company will have a “handful” of employees in Detroit, according to a report from Reuters. Weeks indicated these employees’ efforts will be aimed at working with brands from […] [Read More]