Albany, N.Y. – September 28th, 2015 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that its president and CEO, Mike Esposito, will be presenting a FREE webinar titled "How to Create Customer Loyalty Without a Customer Loyalty Program." The Automotive News webinar is scheduled for Thursday, October 15th, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

"Many dealers rely on customer service training and loyalty programs to build loyalty, but the fact is your customers will never love your company unless your employees love your company," said Esposito. "The best way for dealers to create long-term, profitable growth is to focus first on employee satisfaction, which will naturally increase customer loyalty. In this webinar I'll be teaching dealers how to create a great place to work that both their employees and customers will love."

Jim Treece, News Editor at Automotive News, will moderate the webinar that covers the following takeaways:

1) The proven correlation between happy employees, loyal customers and higher profits.

2) Why customer satisfaction scores (CSI) have nothing to do with loyalty and the difference between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.

3) How to create a "great place to work" that will help to attract and retain the best employees

4) What really motivates your employees; it may not be what you think.

5) Track your success; a simple tool that can be used to measure your results.

Auto/Mate recently ranked number one on the "Top Workplaces" list in the mid-size business category for the greater New York capital region. This is the fourth year Auto/Mate has made the list, and in 2015 Mike Esposito also received a special leadership award based on feedback from surveys sent out to thousands of employees. Additionally, Auto/Mate has been voted a "Best Place to Work" five years running by the Albany Business Review.

Learn how to turn your dealership into a "best place to work" to attract the best employees, retain more customers and enjoy higher profits!

Esposito's webinar is FREE for dealership personnel to attend and is scheduled for October 15th, 2015 at 2 p.m. EST. To register, click here. For more information, contact Auto/Mate at 518-371-4331.

About Auto/Mate

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems is a leading provider of dealership management system (DMS) software to retail automotive dealerships, typically saving dealers thousands of dollars per month from their current provider. Our Automotive Management Productivity Suite (AMPS) is a user-friendly, feature-rich DMS in use by more than 1,100 auto dealers nationwide. Auto/Mate has received DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Auto/Mate’s employees have more than 940 years of combined experience working in franchised auto dealerships, the foundation of its “Designed By Car People For Car People^TM” slogan. Auto/Mate is committed to winning its customers’ business each and every month with no long-term contracts and free software upgrades. 

Downers Grove, IL  September 23, 2015 -- CreditMiner™, the automotive industry’s only Real-Time Pre-Screen and Pre-Qualification solution for automotive dealers, announced today that it has acquired full global reseller status with all 3 credit bureaus. This allows for a seamless transition from a soft bureau transaction to a full application within the software platform.  On the eve of CreditMiner’s full launch of the BASIS₂ platform, this announcement means that, for the first time, auto dealers now have a single credit software solution to execute all of their credit based inquiries. Dealers can avoid the need for additional logins, or having to deal with multiple billing and other sources to obtain the data they need to complete a vehicle transaction.

“The acquisition of this status for CreditMiner truly solidifies our commitment to both the automotive dealers and the retail space we operate in,” stated Don O’Neill, General Manager of CreditMiner.  “In many situations, the bureau’s released a multi-year freeze for the addition of new resellers, which I feel speaks volume to our organization, as well as our commitment to compliance and technology.”

As a reseller for all 3 major bureaus, CreditMiner can now offer the full suite of available FCRA regulated and Non-FCRA regulated data from the bureaus.  This means that a dealer can now have one relationship for all bureau products, rather than the current model of introducing yet another vendor/service provider into the relationship.  “I speak to dealers every day, more often than not, they can’t tell what they are being charged for credit and compliance data, yet alone who is providing it,” O’Neill said.  “With this addition to our solution, we now allow the dealer to have full access to the credit and compliance data they need, without having to utilize multiple logins and multiple billing.  CreditMiner provides dealers with the opportunity to hold a single vendor accountable for service and pricing, as well as the ability to elevate their product and service offering.”         

CreditMiner has timed this release to support the full launch of its patent pending BASIS₂  platform. This cutting-edge solution allows dealers to take a customer from online or in showroom pre-screen, all the way to deal funding, without collecting a social security number or DOB. The fully transparent F&I and Sales solution provides a completely transparent finance transaction. It allows consumers to immediately see which banks in the dealers’ indirect lending portfolio desire to provide finance options to the consumer.  With real-time lender pre-qualification decisioning, BASIS₂ enables dealers to add applicable mark-ups, while still removing the finance guesswork for consumers.  “Our goal has always been to enable dealers to complete a vehicle transaction online. We are confident that this tool brings dealers to the point of consummation,” O’Neill stated.

“With the addition of full spectrum offering as a reseller, we now allow the dealer to do it efficiently, cost effectively, and with cutting-edge technology that cannot be duplicated.”

CreditMiner will be demonstrating its full suite of products and services at the upcoming Digital Dealer 19 Conference and Exposition, October 5-7, 2015, in Las Vegas, NV.

For more information visit booth #523 at Digital Dealer 19, call: 817-213-7042, or visit www.ecreditminer.com

About CreditMiner:

CreditMiner is a data centric SaaS provider and credit Re-seller in the automotive retail sector. It brings Credit, Compliance and non FCRA data to the hands of OEM’s, lenders, and Dealers.  With its patent pending and proprietary technologies, CreditMiner allows dealers to make data-based decisions, while providing an entirely new road map for consumer engagement.  As the only credit reseller holding relationships with all 3 bureaus for Pre-Screen and Pre-Qualification, CreditMiner continues to provide un-paralleled real-time solutions to the automotive retail sector.   

Reports deliver direct engagement on VDPs, reducing lead leakage from dealer websites

Austin, Texas – September 22, 2015 – CarStory, the industry’s largest provider of search and inventory data and analytics on used vehicles, today announced that Dealer Car Search is making Inline CarStory Market Reports available to dealer customers who subscribe to its responsive websites.

The Inline CarStory Market Reports embed important vehicle research directly in the Vehicle Detail Page (VDP) so consumers stay and engage on dealership websites, rather than clicking off to find information on third-party research sites. The robust and unique information that CarStory Market Reports offer consumers is based on insights generated from a combination of real-time used vehicle listings and data from over eight million used car searches each week.

“We know that time spent on VDPs is a top predictor of sales. Simply put, the more time car shoppers spend with a dealer’s VDP, the faster a car will sell. This makes keeping consumers on a VDP a key goal for dealers,” said Chad Bockius, CMO of CarStory. “We are pleased to help Dealer Car Search partner dealerships provide their customers with the vehicle's whole story right on the VDP, keeping them solidly engaged with both vehicle and dealership.”

CarStory surveys show that used car shoppers want to better understand the value of the vehicle they are considering and how its pricing compares to other vehicles in their area. CarStory Market Reports fill this information gap with local, real-time insights on every vehicle, including detailed pricing and conditioning analysis, as well as the vehicle features valued most by other consumers. Furthermore, the improved reports now include U.S. Government crash test ratings and CarStory search popularity analytics.

“Dealer Car Search is happy to be partnering with Vast and CarStory.  The CarStory Reports are unique because they deliver all the data and research a consumer needs right from the VDP, helping increase the Dealer’s Time-on-Site and Conversion Rate,” said Rick Wilson, CEO of Dealer Car Search.

About CarStory

CarStory is the industry’s largest provider of search and inventory data and analytics on used vehicle pricing and preferences. CarStory Market Reports are powered by Vast and synthesize over four million real-time used vehicle listings with data from over eight million searches a week to produce unique insights that help move consumers from online shoppers to on-the-lot buyers. By uncovering facts, features and competitive differentiators that make each vehicle unique in any given market, CarStory offers dealers and consumers the confidence they need to condense the sales process and walk away happy. A merchandising tool and lead source for websites, CarStory Market Reports are free to auto dealers. Learn more at www.carstory.com.

About Vast

Vast is the premier provider of big data solutions for life’s biggest purchases. Vast’s industry-leading big data platform and applications are currently in use at many of the largest automotive, real estate and travel businesses in the world. Vast serves Global 1,000 companies, including AOL and Southwest Airlines. Learn more at Vast.com.

About Dealer Car Search

Dealer Car Search first went to market in Q4 of 2006 and has since been a Proven Industry Leader in providing both Website Design Build Services and Value Added Digital Services to Car Dealerships throughout the United States.  Dealer Car Search won The Driving Sales Dealer Satisfaction Award for Best Website Provider in 2014 and currently hosts about 5,000 Dealer Websites.  Learn more about the additional Value Added Services offered by Dealer Car Search at www.dealercarsearch.com.

Timonium, MD -- September 14th, 2015-- Helion Automotive Technologies, a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions for auto dealers, announced today that results from assessments conducted at hundreds of dealerships nationwide reveal that a majority of dealers are spending their IT budgets inefficiently: spending too much money on unnecessary services and equipment, along with too many vendors, and not enough money on mission-critical services like Internet bandwidth and security.

"This really comes down to understanding what services you are purchasing from different carriers, and a lack of prioritizing service selections from a productivity standpoint," said Erik Nachbahr, President and CEO of Helion Automotive Technologies. "How important is it that your Internet never goes down? How important is it that your phones never go down?"

Nachbahr recommends that auto dealers prioritize their IT spending in the following three areas: 

1) Carrier Resiliency

Carrier resiliency involves having redundant connections to mission-critical phone and data networks. Carrier networks have grown increasingly complex in recent years, and network outages lasting from several minutes to several hours are commonplace. Considering that a one-day outage of Internet and/or phone service can result in a loss of thousands of dollars in gross, dealers should allocate a greater percentage of their IT budgets to expanding carrier networks and testing to ensure that when one network goes down, another carrier provides uninterrupted service.

2) Internet Bandwidth

Recent technology trends have created a need for increased Internet bandwidth. Providing customers with free wi-fi, using cloud-based applications such as CRMs, implementing mobile technology solutions, and downloading videos and other large files over networks all require high-bandwidth Internet solutions.

"Historically many dealers have looked at their Internet service and asked, what is the cheapest way to accomplish this?" said Nachbahr. The majority of dealers currently opt for their carriers' "Small Business" service, which is basically a re-branded residential-level service that costs several hundred dollars per month. Instead, dealers should be opting for the enterprise-level service that may cost one to two thousand per month.

"The thing dealers need to understand is that these days, their entire business is dependent upon the Internet," said Nachbahr. "Their DMS, CRM, banking, email, parts look-up, OEM communications, security cameras--everything is on the Internet. If the Internet is slow you're literally waddling down the street with your pants around your ankles. How much does that loss of productivity cost?"

3) Network Security

The number of cyber attacks on businesses has increased dramatically in recent years, as evidenced by news coverage of high-profile incidents such as Target, Ashley Madison, Snapchat and eBay. And many smaller companies including several auto dealerships have been hacked as well, though these incidents have not made headline news. Cyber thieves commonly target customer data and dealership bank account information.

Although siphoning funds out of a dealership bank account can be devastating, of greater concern is a potential breach of customer data. Auto dealers are legally responsible for compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act and software copyright laws. Violations typically invite investigation, audits, lawsuits and possible FTC action--all of which can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per incident.

"Most dealerships do not have a comprehensive security plan in place," said Nachbahr. Additionally, many dealerships have several different vendors managing services such as phone and data network support, IT support and application support. Having different vendors managing different parts of the network can create holes, increasing vulnerability to an attack.

The good news for dealers is that implementing these mission-critical IT strategies does not require an increase in budget. "In the vast majority of cases, a simple re-allocation of funds results in the same or even a reduction in spending," said Nachbahr. "Consolidating vendors and eliminating unnecessary service and equipment expenditures can save dealers thousands of dollars per month, enabling them to take care of these priorities."

Nachbahr will present these findings and more at the AICPA Auto Conference, October 19th and 20th in Orlando, Florida. For more information, contact Helion Technologies at 443.541.1500 or https://www.heliontechnologies.com/contact/

About Helion Automotive Technologies

Helion...Putting Your Dealership in the FAST LANE! Helion Automotive Technologies is a leading IT solutions provider, providing auto dealers with faster, more efficient networks and secure data protection. From managed services to IT assistance and service desk help, Helion offers both short-term IT fixes and long-term planning so dealers can focus on what matters most: selling more cars. Helion has specialized in IT for more than ten years and works with 650+ auto dealers nationwide. Dealers can request a free assessment of their IT needs at our website.

Urbandale, IA--September 14th, 2015--Flick Fusion (www.flickfusion.com) announced today that Tim James, Chief Operating Officer of Flick Fusion Video Marketing, has been accepted to speak at the 19th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas. James will present "Compete or Dominate? Integrated Video Marketing Strategies to Dominate Your Competition." In his workshop, James will teach how to create an integrated video marketing strategy that positively impacts a dealership's most important Key Performance Metrics (KPIs); including lead volume, lead engagement, appointments and show rates.

"Today having a good video marketing strategy is critical to a dealership's success, but there's more to a strategy than posting inventory videos on your website, YouTube and third-party sites," said James. "In this workshop we'll discuss how to create an integrated strategy that increases the informational and emotional value of all your dealership's videos across all digital touch points."

James' presentation is designed for auto dealer executives, sales managers and Internet marketing personnel who are interested in taking their video marketing programs to the next level. Attendees will learn what types of videos to use--and how to use them--to achieve the following:

• Get more leads from existing lead sources
• Keep leads engaged after making initial contact
• Encourage more prospects to set an appointment
• Increase show rates for your set appointments

James's presentation is scheduled for Monday, October 5th at 9:00 am at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. For more information, call Flick Fusion at 515-333-4337.

About Flick Fusion

Flick Fusion specializes in creating, managing, and distributing dynamic and cost-effective online and mobile video products. Each video is designed to help dealerships reach and engage with customers, delivering rich content that results in increased sales and ROI. Flick Fusion produces video content for more than 3,000 dealerships and more than a dozen reseller partners. For more information, visit www.flickfusion.com

Albany, N.Y. – September 14th, 2015 – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems (http://www.automate.com) announced today that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Carole Plant, has been honored as a "CFO of the Year" by the Albany Business Review. Plant is one of ten CFOs in the New York capital region to receive the award. Every year the Albany Business Review recognizes the top CFOs for their accomplishments and to celebrate the vital role they play in their organizations. According to the publication, the best CFOs are not merely executives who balance the books, but strategic thinkers who identify growth opportunities and find ways to go after them. 

"It's nice to be recognized not just for the financial responsibilities that come with the role of CFO, but the leadership responsibilities as well. I love being in a position to lead, coach and mentor our team," said Carole Plant, CFO of Auto/Mate. "This award is an honor but I need to credit our team here at Auto/Mate as well. I believe the more we can remove obstacles and help our employees become the best they can be, not only do our employees benefit but our customers do as well; ultimately leading to the increased growth and profitability of Auto/Mate."

In her role as CFO, Plant has been responsible for the direction of the company’s financial planning and budget management, as well as the financial and operational performance of the company. She has also been a guiding force behind Auto/Mate’s cost savings plans and revenue generating opportunities.

"Carole epitomizes what a great CFO can be; she genuinely cares about her employees and is always looking for teaching moments," said Mike Esposito, President and CEO of Auto/Mate. "Additionally, she is very ethical and a great negotiator. Carole is driven by doing the right thing, even when it may negatively affect the bottom line of the company. A core value that is not usually in the average CFO’s job description.”

CFO of the Year award recipients will be celebrated at a luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn Troy on October 15th. A special supplement profiling honorees will appear in the October 16th edition of the Albany Business Review.

For more information, contact Auto/Mate at 518-371-4331.

About Auto/Mate

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems is a leading provider of dealership management system (DMS) software to retail automotive dealerships, typically saving dealers thousands of dollars per month from their current provider. Our Automotive Management Productivity Suite (AMPS) is a user-friendly, feature-rich DMS in use by more than 1,100 auto dealers nationwide. Auto/Mate has received DrivingSales Dealer Satisfaction Awards in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Auto/Mate’s employees have more than 940 years of combined experience working in franchised auto dealerships, the foundation of its “Designed By Car People For Car People^TM” slogan. Auto/Mate is committed to winning its customers’ business each and every month with no long-term contracts and free software upgrades. For more information follow us on Twitter @AutoMateDMS 

VirtualDeal from DealerSuccess selected by auto dealers as Finalist for Most Innovative Dealership Solution to compete at seventh annual DrivingSales Executive Summit

Vancouver WA and Salt Lake City, UT – September 14, 2015 - DrivingSales announced that finalists have been selected for the seventh annual DrivingSales Innovation Cup Award, which recognizes the most innovative dealership solutions of 2015.  Over 60 companies applied for the award, a 50% increase from 2014, but DrivingSales’ panel of dealer judges could choose only five finalists to compete for the award.

Finalists will compete onstage for the Innovation Cup Award at the 2015 DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES), which will be held Sunday, October 18 through Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at the Bellagio Las Vegas.  The DSES, which has sold out every year since inception, is unique in the industry because auto dealers determine the speakers and agenda. Registration is open now online at www.dses.com.

Virtual Deal is an Online Deal Creator for the consumer that uses an innovative perfect payment DMS-integrated technology. Auto dealers are currently getting an additional 50 - 150 website leads with VirtualDeal and closing 96 percent of the shown appointments. It is a simple plug-in to an auto dealership’s existing website and works as follows:  A customer can select a vehicle, click the VirtualDeal button and complete their entire deal from home. Customers are able to get multiple lease/payment options, trade value, financing and fees, and reserve their vehicle for up to 24 hours. VirtualDeal creates perfect payments that both the dealer and consumer can get behind and has an integrated customer follow-up system with full accountability reporting. Direct DMS integration allows for deal push and accurate ROI.

Quietly pilot tested, enhanced and improved over the past 8 years, VirtualDeal has been found to produce profit margins on the front and back that are better than Internet web leads, with a significantly higher closing ratio. With VirtualDeal, customers can engage in a private message conversation with a dealership’s deal manager and it’s so mobile friendly that both the customer and the deal manager can work the entire deal from home -- risk free. Customers can receive up to 9 payment and down payment options on a buy or a lease, trade in offers, and a full disclosure. Perfect payment retail and lease proposals allow dealers to work a real deal with the customer. All that’s left is the test dive. Then, the customer simply completes the finance offerings and signs, greatly reducing their time at the dealership.

“I am immensely proud of our team at DealerSuccess and delighted that dealers have chosen VirtualDeal as a finalist for Most Innovative Dealership Solution,” said Joe Orr, DealerSuccess CEO. “Through my year-long research, studying live dealerships, and with actual implementation of VirtualDeal on the Dick Hannah Honda website, I have seen firsthand that this technology produces results like nothing else. I know all of the questions. Will I lose profit on the front-end or the back-end? Can a deal really be finalized – payment perfect – online so that all that remains is the test drive? How does this benefit my dealership? Well, with VirtualDeal, 96 percent of shown appointments close -- I have never seen any customer adoption like this in my 35-year career. Working a deal with a customer at home is definitely a new skillset – but after you really look at it, I think you will agree that you will pick up market share by using VirtualDeal.”

Joe Orr was one of five Innovation Cup finalists selected by dealers and will present onstage at the DrivingSales Executive Summit on October 19th. A panel of dealer judges will ask questions of each presenter and score each product. The solution with the highest score will be presented with the Innovation Cup Award for “Most Innovative Solution of 2015” on the final day of the Summit.

“Once again, the range of applications our dealer advisory board chose from was outstanding, with so many innovative and exciting products that are destined to move our industry forward,” said DrivingSales CEO and Founder Jared Hamilton. “The five selected to compete for the Innovation Cup will, we have no doubt, provide our dealer attendees with many of the solutions they have been looking for.  This competition is one of the highlights of the DSES and these five finalists will make us all proud of, and inspired by, the inventive minds working every day to make our industry better.”

For more information about the DrivingSales Executive Summit and to register, go to http://www.drivingsalesexecutivesummit.com or contact events(at)drivingsales(dot)com. Stay tuned for DSES news as it develops on http://www.twitter.com/drivingsales and on facebook.com/drivingsales. Participate in the conversation using #DSES15 as preparations continue throughout the year.

About DealerSuccess:

DealerSuccess is a team of inspired and passionate automotive executives, dealership Internet directors and professional marketers that seek out, research, test and launch revolutionary automotive products that have the potential to evolve and disrupt automotive for both the consumer and DealerSuccess’ auto dealer partners.

About The DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES)

The DrivingSales Executive Summit is where the most progressive dealers gather to collaborate and learn forward-thinking trends in automotive operations. DSES features world-renowned experts on marketing, technology and retail operations from inside and outside the industry who provide the most valuable and actionable insights for today’s dealership professionals. The DSES agenda is dealer-driven, ensuring the content is 100 percent focused on the needs of progressive dealers.

About DrivingSales 

DrivingSales is the industry’s leading resource for automotive dealership professionals to obtain actionable insight, education and connections to advance their careers and grow their businesses in a time of unprecedented market change.  Founded by a third-generation car dealer in 2008, today DrivingSales is utilized by two thirds of franchised dealerships in North America as a resource to improve their business performance. 

To learn more about the DrivingSales community, news, dealer education or performance analytics visit DrivingSales.com, DrivingSalesNews.com, DrivingSalesUniversity.com and DrivingSalesData.com

Today LotMonkey, a provider of software technology solutions for automobile dealerships and dealer groups, announces the official launch of its new app that helps reduce costs, drive sales and increase productivity. Dealerships can use the LotMonkey app to more efficiently and affordably create customized, professional-quality stickers, signs, graphics and more in-house.

With high inventory turnover rates and extensive requirements for labeling new vehicles, designing and printing updated promotional materials can absorb many dealership resources. With the introduction of LotMonkey, an in-house team member can ensure each car is lot-ready in a fraction of the time and at a lower cost. In addition, branding beyond the lot is easier than ever. Decorate the showroom and prepare for off-site events with graphics created within the application, and quickly send to a local vendor or print internally. 

As the auto industry continues to be impacted by online sales platforms, it’s imperative that dealerships translate the e-shopping experience to the lot by merchandising their inventory in an organized and resourceful manner. Using LotMonkey is the first step in helping dealers quickly adapt to changing customer needs and wants.

LotMonkey’s application pulls the dealership’s inventory in real-time, allowing the auto dealer to create and edit any marketing materials for each car directly in the app. These items may include vehicle-specific windshield graphics, side window stickers, pre-owned buyer’s guides, and scan-click-text graphics, along with showroom banners, floor/pavement graphics, window signs, and more. With a variety of print file distribution options to choose from, dealers can download and print on-site, send to a sign shop, or email the files to colleagues to print. Once printed, the user will have all of the materials they need to brand the car or dealership.

“We created LotMonkey to empower dealers and directly hand them the keys to their in-store branding and marketing,” said John Wingle, founder and CEO of LotMonkey. “Selling a car still happens at the dealership, with the customer. With this new application, users will have complete creative control over the customization of their brand, their merchandising and their point of sale needs to ultimately create a customer experience that will encourage shoppers to return for service needs or future purchases.”   

Wingle founded LotMonkey following a decade of experience creating and franchising OnSight Solutions, an in-dealership merchandising company. Similarly to OnSight Solutions, LotMonkey provides creative ideas on how to best impress customers and offers live support to ensure that dealership employees are able to develop the resources they need, when they need it.

Dealers interested in a free trial of LotMonkey’s application can visit LotMonkey.com, and those interested in pricing should contact the company for a custom quote.

About LotMonkey

LotMonkey provides software and merchandising solutions for auto dealerships, dealer groups and marketing representatives that allows them to design and deliver creative and quality merchandising faster, with less headaches. Deale

rs are able to create branded marketing materials, like license plate inserts, side window stickers, addendum labels, windshield graphics, vinyl banners, and more, whenever they n

eed, on-site with LotMonkey. The company was founded by John Wingle, a serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in the auto dealership industry. To learn more about LotMonkey, visit http://LotMonkey.com, and follow the brand on Facebook and Twitter, @lotmonkey.

Auto Remarketing list honors outstanding leaders under 40 whose innovations are making an impact; Bockius recognized for role in launching CarStory Market Reports which use big data to tell every used car’s unique story.

Austin, Texas – September 10, 2015 – Chad Bockius, Chief Marketing Officer of CarStory, the industry’s largest provider of search and inventory data and analytics on used vehicles, has been named Auto Remarketing Magazine’s “40 Under 40” list which recognizes outstanding leaders under 40 in the auto remarketing industry. Bockius is also scheduled to present a CPO Workshop with Volkswagen’s Michael Ashton at the upcoming CPO Forum on November 16^th, outlining how CarStory Market Reports help dealers better merchandise CPO vehicles online.

“The industry is full of people under 40 who are making waves and taking leadership positions in the used car business,” said Joe Overby, Editor, Auto Remarketing. “We thought it time to recognize their unique contribution to the industry.”

Bockius was selected for his key role is developing and launching CarStory Market Reports, which are powered by big data company, Vast, and synthesize over four million real-time used vehicle listings with data from over eight million searches a week to produce unique insights that help move consumers from online shoppers to on-the-lot buyers. By uncovering facts, features and competitive differentiators that make each vehicle unique in any given market, CarStory offers dealers and consumers the confidence they need to condense the sales process and walk away happy.

Bockius told Auto Remarketing: “About a year ago, we set out to prove that you can use ‘big data’ to help dealership merchandise their cars more effectively – and we’re now on track to having well over 8,000 dealers deploy our CarStory Market Reports in less than a year.”

About CarStory

CarStory is the industry’s largest provider of search and inventory data and analytics on used vehicle pricing and preferences. CarStory Market Reports are powered by Vast and synthesize over four million real-time used vehicle listings with data from over eight million searches a week to produce unique insights that help move consumers from online shoppers to on-the-lot buyers. By uncovering facts, features and competitive differentiators that make each vehicle unique in any given market, CarStory offers dealers and consumers the confidence they need to condense the sales process and walk away happy. A merchandising tool and lead source for websites, CarStory Market Reports are free to auto dealers. Learn more at www.carstory.com.

CarStory Contact:

Cassandra Cavanah

Cassandra@mwebbcom.com

mWEBB Communications

818.397.4630

Auto Industry Veteran will Share Best practices on Selling Vehicles in Service Lane and

Using Big Data to Dominate the Market

DOWNERS GROVE, IL., September 8, 2015, CreditMiner, the auto industry’s only real-time solution provider that pre-qualifies and pre-screens automotive consumers on Experian, TransUnion and Equifax credit bureau platforms, today announced that  General Manager/ Managing Partner, Don O’Neill, will present two sessions at the Digital

Dealer 19 Conference and Exposition, October 5-7, 2015, in Las Vegas, NV.

O’Neill’s first session, “Service Lane Salvation: The Key to Turning Your Service Lane into Your Second Showroom” will be held Wednesday, October 7, at 10:00 am. According to O’Neill, auto dealers today know there is opportunity in the service lane, but just don’t know where to start. “Whether the starting point is process, procedure, or software, this session will give dealers real world tools to take back and successfully implement immediately to generate additional sales and profitability directly out of their service lane efforts,” O’Neill stated.

Attendees will learn:

• How to start a service lane sales process from scratch.

• How to utilize the sales talent that they have right now, and generate immediate results.

• How to “change and engage” from a sales pitch to a value proposition

O’Neill’s second session, “Data Driven Decisions, Data Driven Sales. The Future of Big Data Marketing is here, and it’s Not Going Anywhere,” will be held Tuesday, October 6, at 1:30 pm, presented in partnership with Dave Page, current owner and director of Dealer E Process, an award-winning website solutions company out of Chicago.

Big Data has been a recent catchphrase in the automotive industry. This session will show dealers how to use Big Data, but also how Big Data is transforming the way auto dealers market, sell and operate on a daily basis.

Attendees will learn:

• How utilizing Big Data today can make a dealership the dominant player in its PMA.
• That there is no secret sauce to understanding customers, the real story lies within the data.
• How dealerships can leverage big data to project sales and profitability to the unit, and the penny.

“In today’s retail automotive environment, any edge a dealership can get places it one step closer to ensuring profitability. At CreditMiner, we are operators. Former Fixed Op Directors, Dealer Principals, Platform Managers, GMs and GSMs. So every product we create is designed to deliver a tool that assists our dealers to gain a distinct advantage, sell the unit, and remain profitable in each transaction,” said O’Neill.  “Because we help dealers in both sales and service, I am excited to share valuable best practices with attendees at Digital Dealer 19. These conferences are a great venue for learning the latest and greatest tools and technology to boost sales and profitability.”

O’Neill has held every management position under the retail automotive rooftop,  has vast dealership operational experience and has guided the development of the software that is utilized as the foundation for CreditMiner’s suite of solutions, both Enterprise and retail. He leverages the utilization of technology, data, and sound sales processes to each product. Bringing the perspective of a Dealer/Operator, he has always viewed products from both a needs analysis, and conversion to sale accountability model.  He has spoken at numerous automotive industry conferences and is in high demand due to his unique industry perspective. O’Neill provides highly usable content that auto dealers can immediately implement in their dealerships to increase sales and profitability.

CreditMiner is the automotive industry’s only real-time pre-screen, pre-qualification, and credit bureau reseller that gives auto dealers access to TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax pre-screen and pre-qualification bureau data. Its proprietary BASIS2 software platform provides the industry with permissible bureau data such as up to 5 auto loan summaries, current payment data, auto loan balances, cosigner participation, and revolving debt data. CreditMiner gives its franchise dealers a true credit snapshot of its prospect, allowing dealers to match the right car, to the right customer, with the right financing, every time.

For more information visit booth #523 at Digital Dealer 19, call: 817-213-7042, or visit www.ecreditminer.com

About CreditMiner:

CreditMiner is a credit-centric data provider to the automobile industry. It provides both hard inquiry and application compliance and is the only real-time pre-screen and pre-qualification technology re-seller representing all 3 major credit bureaus. Auto dealers can complete a vehicle finance transaction within CreditMiner’s BASIS platform while never collecting SS# or DOB. Its proprietary database of over 200 million consumers allows dealers to utilize big data to precisely target consumers, while providing a road map for engagement specific to each individual consumer they engage and their current economic situation.