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WardsAuto Dealer 5
 

MARCH 23, 2016
Hey there. Welcome to the WardsAuto Dealer 5 for Wednesday, March 23. To start the day off, we've put together items from WardsAuto.com and across the Internet. So let's go:

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They call oil Texas tea in the Lone Star state. But it’s crunch time, not tea time for dealers there. Here’s why.

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“We retrieve past deals with docuPAD® in MINUTES, not days.” – Doug Donnellan, Vice President, San Francisco Toyota
docuPAD, part of Reynolds Retail Management System, transforms the way consumers experience your dealership and helps your employees work smarter by capturing electronic copies of deal documents.

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Here’s a virtual-reality check: will car shoppers don VR goggles?

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No one in the auto industry wants the rock-’em, sock- ’em sale-a-thon to end. But history says it will end. Soon, says an auto analyst.  


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Here are five ways to ramp up a dealership’s social-media marketing, from using Facebook to YouTube.

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Punching sales – which essentially involves sales that aren’t sales – is a questionable automotive practice. Surprise, surprise, it bodes badly with investors.

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That’s our WardsAuto Dealer 5 for today. We’ll be back soon with more high fives.

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OK, finally... Forward this alert to dealership colleagues. The more in-the-know people at your place, the better it is. Over and out.


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