Archive for the ‘Automotive’ Category
Dominion relaunches lead gen site for auto dealers
AVV.com just relaunched, offering new and improved lead generation for auto dealers. An offshoot of Dominion Enterprises’ Dominion Dealer Solutions, AVV focuses on three dealer-assisting products: Web Control lead CRM, WebResponse for e-mail and WebTalk click to talk functionality. Auto vertical publishers would do well to compare their own auto vertical’s dealer services with what Dominion offers.
Auto dealers can link directly to WebControl via their sign in on the AVV home page, and manage their leads in Web Control. AVV.com and AVV Web Control are now linked. Product updates and company information can be accessed from the AVV site, blog or Facebook and Twitter integrations. Read the rest of this entry »
French auto classifieds continue move to mobile
Autoscout24 and ParuVendu.fr have both announced new mobile applications.
“AutoScout to go” was launched as an iPhone app back in May 2009 since when it has been downloaded 400,000 times. That success has prompted the company to release an Android version in English, German, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch.
Canada’s Trader Corp. buys CanadianDriver.com
Montreal-based Trader Corp. has acquired CanadianDriver Communications Inc., of Toronto, publishers of online automotive mag CanadianDriver.com.
Deal terms weren’t immediately disclosed. Read the rest of this entry »
OuestFrance-auto.com sees 200% increase in ads
French regional newspaper giant Ouest France is celebrating the success of its switch to free-ads for its car classifieds with a facelift for the site.
Back in May the site announced that it would host free ads with photos for users’ cars for a two month period with the option of a €6 fee to include the ad in the paper edition. According to Ouest France, that led to a 200 percent increase in ads on the site by the first week.
What women want from the Web, a Unicast report
Rich media and video ad management firm Unicast just released its June 2010 report, “What Women Want from the Web. [PDF]” The online survey of 516 adult females across the U.S. looked at the Internet activities of respondents, with regard to what they would be doing on the Web this summer, and where they would go to do it. Some of the results are eye-opening, and worthy of note for online publishers.
We learned, for example, that 32 percent of survey participants were planning to job hunt online this summer, and the largest group of these job candidates were women with children under age 13. The number one online activity was connecting with friends and family. Women with children ages 13-17 did this the most – with 83 percent participating. (Sounds like those mommy sites are audience-drivers. Does your media group have one, with classified listings – or prominent one-click access to your classified pages - that include job openings?) Read the rest of this entry »
Austria: Willhaben buys Car4you
Austria’s No. 1 classified platform, Willhaben.at, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in the used-cars site, Car4you.at. The price is not yet known. Together Willhaben and Car4you count more than 63,000 vehicle ads. Read the rest of this entry »
Adicio Motors gets a major overhaul
Adicio Inc. released a new version of its Motors platform with many new functions and features for dealers, private-party sellers and ad-publisher clients.
The new platform includes more pricing flexibility for Motors clients. Also new are Dealer Marketing Profiles that allow smaller and specialty auto dealers to create and maintain a Web presence with custom “search-engine friendly” URLs to help them manage their brands.
Private sellers have a new tool that helps them determine competitive prices. And Adicio can automatically enhance private and dealer listings with stock photos, info on standard features and technical specifications.
Also new: More video capability, more promotion capability, a new tool for bulk uploading listings, a new tool for uploading multiple photos — and the ability to create custom “hidden” products and packages to use as rewards to loyal dealer customers.
“Our latest release gives Adicio Motors clients a strong competitive advantage with tools and functionality that enable them to create distinct products and packages for small and specialty lot dealers, as well as for large-scale dealerships,” said Deep Menon, Adicio’s VP of products. “This creates additional opportunities for our clients to expand their reach and generate incremental online revenue.”
Here’s the full release.
- International Jobs Report July 7, 2011
- Global Employees Need Emergency Exit Strategy March 17, 2011
- Dealer.com Launches Highly Anticipated ‘Social Relationship Manager’ February 7, 2011
- Buy-Anywhere Options, Not Devices, Will Be Key to Digital Publishing Success, According to ABI Research February 5, 2011
- Yahoo! Labs Launches AdLabs to Advance the Science of Digital Advertising February 3, 2011
- Zillow and Yahoo! Real Estate Launch Largest Real Estate Network on the Web February 3, 2011
- The New York Times Company Reports 2010 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results February 3, 2011
- AutoNation Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Record Full Year Results February 3, 2011
- TK Carsites Offers Auto Dealers More Options with the Largest Automotive Advertising Network February 2, 2011
- 2010 Foreclosure Activity Down in Hardest Hit Markets But Increases in 72 Percent of Major Metros February 1, 2011
- AOL Buys Online Video Network Goviral For $96.7M February 1, 2011
- AutoTrader Classics Appoints Bryan A. Weston as Director of National Accounts January 28, 2011
- CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index Reports Slight Uptick in U.S. Hiring January 27, 2011
- Media General Reports Fourth-Quarter 2010 Results, Provides Outlook January 27, 2011
- Newspaper Websites Reach Nearly Two-Thirds of All Internet Users in Fourth Quarter (comScore) January 26, 2011
- HomeGain Announces 2010 Top Performing AgentEvaluator Real Estate Agents January 25, 2011
- Cox Media Group Names Dave Siegler its New VP of Technical Operations January 24, 2011
- McClatchy Announces Contribution of Real Estate to Defined Benefit Pension Plan January 24, 2011
- MediaSpectrum Closes Out 2010 with Record Number of Customer Deployments January 21, 2011
- NADAguides Announces Current Car Buyers Market Report January 20, 2011
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