Women in Automotive, the industry’s top destination for the recruiting, retaining and developing of female employees, announced their Summer conference will return to Orlando this year from June 23-25, 2019 at the Disney-themed Coronado Spring Resort. The female-focused event will feature keynote speakers from top automotive companies, topic-driven sessions, networking breakfasts and cocktail hours, and of course, inspiration, education and encouragement for females across the industry.

The festivities begin Sunday. June 23rd with pre-conference events including topic-specific networking tables and free form “fishbowl” sessions, with the official conference kicking off at 4 pm with keynote speeches and a cocktail networking reception.

The following two days will include engaging workshops around themes such as: dealership strategies, trends on selling to female consumers, personal development, and best practices in attracting, hiring, retaining and developing female leaders, among other topics. A healthy mix of inspirational and interactive sessions will be included in the speaker lineup, announced in early May.

“We are just so honored to be in our 5th year of providing this conference and seeing the excitement, sponsorships and attendee numbers grow each year,” said Jody Devere, Founding Board Member. “I think it’s really telling how supportive both women and men across the industry have been in regard to the content. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Orlando in June!”

WIA was founded by a small group of women who saw a need to focus on closing the gender gap by educating the industry about attracting, recruiting, and retaining female employees, developing female leaders, and increasing marketing knowledge about female consumers.

For more information on the Women in Automotive Conference, and to take advantage of early-bird pricing before April 30, click here.

About Women in Automotive:

Women in Automotive has quickly grown to be one of the country’s most crucial and influential conferences for the automotive industry. Recognized as a top destination to gain insight on recruiting, retaining and developing female employees, WIA continues to be a driver of inspiration, education and positive change in the automotive space for women and men alike. To find out more, please visit www.womeninautomotive.com.

One value-minded dealer will walk away with $1,000 just for attending.

Bedford, TX (Oct 10, 2018) – Binary Automotive Solutions today announced James A Binkley and a panel of industry and telecom experts will explore the hot topic of price vs value when it comes to selling wars in the dealership during the Fall Digital Dealer Conference and Expo, October 16-18, in Las Vegas, NV.

In a session titled, “Value or Price? Which Wins in Today’s Hyper-Competitive Market?”, Binkley will join: Jeff Kent, CEO of Kent Connects, J. David Adcock, President of Adcock Dealer Solutions, and Paul Fillmore, former Director of Operations at Metroplex Chrysler Dodge Jeep in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, to tackle questions like how to build value the entire way through the selling cycle and how price impacts buying decisions. Kent, former NW Automotive Director for Comcast Spotlight, will act as moderator during the interactive discussion. 

“Every dealership says they value the customer, but what are they doing to really showcase a culture of customer service and how will they create that experience at every touchpoint?” said Binkley. “We’ve amassed a panel of dealer and telecom experts willing to share exactly how they are cultivating a value-based selling environment and the positive results that come from their hard work.”

In addition to the best practice information that will come from the expert panel, one value-minded panel attendee will walk away with a $1,000 gift certificate, and ten attendees will walk away with $100 gift certificates.

“Value or Price? Which Wins in Today’s Hyper-Competitive Market?” will be held Thursday, October 18 from 10:05 – 10:55 during the Digital Dealer Conference and Expo at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Additional details on the panel discussion can be found here.

To find out more about Binary Automotive Solutions, please visit www.binaryauto.com

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About Binary Automotive Solutions

Binary Automotive Solutions is committed to providing an integrated, customized package of programs to help dealerships sell more vehicles, hold more gross and retain more customers. It doesn’t matter the size of your dealership or the location, we’re confident that our warranty, certification and maintenance programs combined with our industry leading marketing and merchandising programs can boost sales, increase retention and help you maximize profits you didn’t even know were available. At our core, we strive every day to honor the beliefs of our founder, James Binkley, by never taking advantage of a client or offering a program to a dealership that takes advantage of a customer. As James is fond of saying, “Money is not more important than doing the right thing.” Quite simply, We Invest in Dealership Success.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.—(October 10, 2018) – Retail automotive data analytics vendor FrogData, a division of izmocars, announced today its selection as one of only five industry finalists for the DrivingSales Innovation Cup. The cup will be awarded to the most innovative retail automotive solution of the year at the DrivingSales Executive Summit (DSES) 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 21-23. DSES is the premier 3-day event for dealership professionals seeking to improve dealership performance and advance retail automotive careers. 

“I look forward to showcasing the power of our analytics platform at DSES,” said Tej Soni, CEO of FrogData., who will be presenting the company’s solution. “Our platform delivers actionable intelligence based on data analytics, going far beyond typical DMS reporting. Ultimately, our goal is to help dealers make better decisions.”

During the DSES conference, finalists will be invited on stage to present their solution, with each presentation taking no more than five minutes. A panel of dealers will score each finalist’s presentation, and then determine the winner of the Innovation Cup Award by secret ballot. The finalist receiving the highest score from the panel of judges will be designated “Innovation Cup Winner” and presented with an elegant trophy, as well as a free license to use the accolade in their marketing efforts and materials.

FrogData is a reporting and analytics platform designed to empower dealerships through detailed reports and insights, including predictive analytics. The FrogData platform aggregates data from any DMS, CRM, Service Appointment tool or Google Analytics to facilitate data mining across all collected data.

“We are delighted to be selected as one of the finalists for the Innovation Cup this year,” said Soni. “It has been a long journey to bring our data analytics platform to reality but we are pleased to see that it is working so well and making a big difference to our clients who are using it.”

For more information about FrogData, as well as their data offerings, please visit www.frogdata.com.

About FrogData:

FrogData Business Analytics Platform delivers Advanced Reporting, Business Insights and Predictive Analytics to Auto Dealers, helping them make better decisions to make positive impact on their business. FrogData is based in San Francisco, CA. (www.frogdata.com)

Portland, OR (Jan 10, 2018) – Complì®, the automotive leader in compliance and regulatory solutions, has announced they will be delving into the hot upcoming compliance issues for 2018 in their first webinar of the year, scheduled for January 17, 2018, titled “2018 Predictions for Dealers.”

From sexual harassment issues to the new tax rules just passed, 2018 promises to be a time of change for businesses involved in the automotive sector. Join industry thought leaders: Mark Ornstein, Partner, Bass Sox Mercer, Eric Johnson, Partner, Hudson Cook, and Kynzie Sims, Content Product Manager, Complì, as they look into their crystal balls and discuss the important trends, updates, and changes possibly in store for vehicle dealerships in 2018.

"What a way to begin 2018! We’re giving attendee’s access to Partners at two of the industry’s most well-regarded law firms on some of the most pressing topics of the year,” said Kynzie Sims, Content Product Manager at Complì. “This is your opportunity to ask the hard-hitting questions and learn how to protect your dealership in the New Year. It will be a can’t-miss webinar and we hope you’ll join us.”

To reserve your webinar seat, click here. For those not able to attend the webinar, signing up will enable you to receive the recording via email.

For more information on Complì, please visit www.compli.com.

About Complì:

Complí provides a cloud-based solution that manages compliance activities across your workforce. Consolidate all of your compliance initiatives across your organization into one easy-to-use system for your employees and your managers. Deliver defensible proof of compliance to your auditors and executives to keep cool, calm, and compliant.

Cumming, GA (Dec 5, 2017) – Client Command ®, the automotive marketing leader in turning active shoppers™  into real customers, has announced Natalie Born, Vice President of Product, has been selected as a speaker for the Women in Automotive Conference to be held December 10-11, 2017 at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas in Palm Springs, California.

In her session titled, “Women Buyers – Get the Playbook” - Born will take attendees through the evolution of female purchasing power and explore key ways women both influence and make the decision to purchase vehicles.

“I love the mission of Women in Automotive and I am honored to be chosen to speak at the conference. The idea of encouraging more women to be involved in the automotive industry, as well as guiding dealers to craft strategies that create engagement with women consumers is exciting. How we engage women customers throughout their buying lifecycle is a virtually untapped area with so much potential if executed properly” said Born.

The 3rd annual Women in Automotive Convention will take place at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas in Palm Springs, California December 10th - 11th. The focus of the 2017 conference will be on educating and empowering women and men in the automotive community on thought leadership and trends that impact employment and sales growth. 

Born is an accomplished executive with over 15 years of experience leading product development and project management teams. Prior to joining Client Command, Born worked with organizations such as CareerBuilder, First Data, IHG and ADP. Natalie has led major initiatives in over 18 countries with a background in acquisition, data integration, and product development.

To find out more about Client Command please visit www.clientcommand.com.

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About Client Command:

Client Command identifies the absolute best customer targets for a dealership’s vehicle sales needs and uses behavioral tracking technology to deliver a 1:1 media message that compels buyers to act.  By engineering the industry’s most powerful marketing technology, automotive marketers can precisely identify and engage active shoppers™ to increase both sales and profits, as well as gain clear and measurable ROI.

Singlethread, the industry leading text messaging platform that helps dealerships generate more customer-pay per service visit, today announced a major evolution to its service department platform – Electronic Vehicle Inspections, Team Chat, and an all-new, seamless redesign. These enhancements create a best-in-class workflow that brings the entire team together to service vehicles faster, communicate externally and internally more efficiently, and deliver the modern vehicle service experience today’s customers demand.

The product enhancements come on the heels of an explosive year for the company. In 2016, Singlethread became the industry standard by helping dealerships win previously unobtainable OEM customer satisfaction awards, generate record-breaking revenue, service more vehicles by reducing customer approval wait times, reduce vehicle pickup times with mobile payments, retain customers via effective communication, and increase social media ratings. The next big step to help service departments was to take on the inspection process.

After extensive consultation with dealers using existing products on the market, the analysis revealed that dealers struggle to deliver inspection reports to the customer when they need it most – when deciding whether or not to buy required or additional services. Correspondingly, according to customer satisfaction surveys, customers consistently report that inspection reports are not being delivered to them.

“Nationwide, we’ve seen dealerships make significant upgrades to their Wi-Fi, purchase tablets, and pay thousands of dollars every month for software, with no real return on investment.  If the customer doesn’t receive inspection results until after the vehicle is serviced or not at all, the dealership is wasting money,” said Patrick Southward, co-founder of Singlethread. “Our product solves this problem by delivering the inspection reports to mobile devices immediately and at a much more cost-effective price than anything else on the market.”

Singlethread’s seamless workflow ensures that techs can quickly and accurately complete vehicle inspections and advisors can deliver them in minutes. Singlethread’s team-based workflow allows the entire department – tech, parts, and advisors - to be notified when it’s their turn to complete a task and work together to quickly generate accurate inspections and mobile quotes so customers can use them to make a purchasing decision.

Singlethread’s inspection process is further enabled by its fully-integrated Team Chat.  Throughout the course of its evaluation, Singlethread found that a significant source of lost-productivity in the service department was due to breakdowns in internal communication.  With Team Chat, dealership employees save significant time every day by quickly exchanging messages between departments to get the information they need to complete their task and better serve customers.

“For larger stores, the amount of time spent just walking between the body shop, parts, the service bay, and the advisor desk was measured in hours per day. Team Chat not only support the inspection process, but helps to resolve any number of internal communication breakdowns. Across the entire platform - text, inspections, chat, and mobile pay - we’re happy to report that we’re helping dealers save a significant amount of time every day,” said William Mapes, co-founder of Singlethread.

Singlethread works on any tablet or desktop device, so dealerships don’t need to upgrade existing computers or tablets. Existing Singlethread customers will enjoy Team Chat for free by demoing the new inspection product. New subscribing dealers can receive a special platform price by enrolling before the end of the year. For more information on Singlethread, please visit www.singlethread.com.

About Singlethread:

Singlethread is a leading provider of web-based tools that help automotive service departments improve communication, sell more, and succeed in a rapidly-changing, mobile-first world.

Whether you're a small or large single-point store, multi-state dealer group, or Dealer Service Provider, Singlethread can likely help. Please visit www.singlethread.com.

October 16, 2017 – Vancouver, WA– CloudOne, parent company of CreditYes and a leading provider of fast-acting lead generation and outsourced BDC solutions, today announced that it has closed an advertising deal with iHeartMedia, the leading audio company with the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America.  The CloudOne ad campaign will target bad credit buyers and will run on more than 700 iHeartRadio stations in order to help generate thousands of warm leads for clients.

CloudOne is a leading provider of lead generation and on-demand BDC solutions, utilizing the latest phone, text, and chat technology to instantly follow up with shoppers, providing consistent campaign performance marked by notably higher conversions and ROI.  

“Our goal is to always provide immediate response to every inbound inquiry with a world-class customer experience 24/7/365 at a fraction of the price of an in-house BDC.  When not responding to the thousands of leads we generate, our team is outbound calling unsold customers, making equity mining calls, and scheduling service appointments. We like to say we put the ‘business development’ back in ‘BDC,” says Jim Crouse, CEO of CloudOne.

CloudOne’s on-demand BDC platform not only integrates with virtually every system in the dealership, including: DMS, CRM, Inventory Management, Finance Portals, and Credit Bureaus, but it also delivers an instant customer conversation handled by a skilled live agent through phone, text, chat, email and/or messenger. 

In addition to the ad buy, CreditYes will immediately begin to add its dealers on to CloudOne’s fully-integrated user interface (UI) which will provide more tools and integrations, including full CRM and pre-screen capabilities, making it simple to focus and manage efforts on financeable shoppers.

Bryan Hunter, CloudOne Co-Founder and CTO, said, “It is really exciting to apply some technology and a live-agent infrastructure behind something perceived by most dealers to be so simple. Effective call handling is actually very complex, but if calls are handled correctly, conversions and ROI go up. It’s simple math really.”

To learn more about CloudOne and their on-demand BDC and lead-generation solutions, please visit www.cloudone.com.

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Magellan®, a leader in GPS navigation, announced today that its navigation app for connected cars will be available in five 2018 Subaru models: Forester, Outback, Legacy, Crosstrek, and WRX via the SUBARU STARLINK™ Multimedia system. Magellan Navi brings powerful GPS satellite navigation features, the latest maps, and routing accuracy to drivers by seamlessly connecting the smartphone app to the car’s infotainment display.  Magellan Navi is a featured app in the SUBARU STARLINK app, which can be downloaded from Apple App Store and Google Play.

Magellan Navi will connect to the models via the head-unit display via Bluetooth or USB to deliver a voice-guided full navigation experience with lane guidance, millions of Points of Interest (POI), and more. A simplified, easy-to-use interface is designed to promote distraction-free driving. 

“We are honored to be included in these Subaru models in 2018,” commented Lonnie Arima, General Manager and Vice President of Automotive for Magellan. “Last year we introduced our Navi app in the 2017 Impreza and BRZ models and it was so successful for drivers, Subaru extended it to additional vehicles. We are thrilled to partner with Subaru in bringing best-in-class connectivity features to today’s drivers.”

“Adding Magellan Navi on to the SUBARU STARLINK platform for these models will give Subaru drivers the latest mapping information available, along with a quick and easy navigation experience that promotes safe, hands-free driving. Subaru drivers have come to expect outstanding quality and they won’t be disappointed with Magellan Navi as a part of our SUBARU STARLINK platform,” said Anthony Landamia, Manager, Infotainment Products for Subaru.

 For more information on Magellan’s navigation products, please visit www.magellangps.com.

About Magellan:

Headquartered in San Dimas, CA, MiTAC Digital Corporation, manufacturer of the Magellan (www.magellangps.com) brand of portable GPS navigation devices, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MiTAC International Corporation. Magellan, the industry leader for innovative GPS navigation devices since 1986, globally markets award-winning products in multiple categories including auto, RV,  outdoor, mobile, fleet and autoOEM. Continuing its spirit of innovation, Magellan is developing new cloud-based technologies, OEM and B-to-B solutions to meet the changing needs of today's consumers and businesses. Follow Magellan on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

LONG BEACH, CA.—(September 22, 2017) – FrogData is pleased to announce that it has become an approved CDK Partner, giving the company the ability to seamlessly access dealer data for use in its Dealer Data Analytics Platform.

Joining the CDK Global Partner Program is a major milestone in FrogData’s efforts to provide a best in class data analytics solution for dealers. By being able to access dealership transaction data in a timely manner, FrogData can now provide daily reports to dealers to help them make more informed decisions, faster. 

The FrogData Analytics Platform offers dealers access to big data analytics at an affordable price. The solution not only helps dealerships improve their reporting capabilities, but also their ability to use the information in those reports. With FrogData, dealerships can monitor the entire sales process from incoming leads to sales to F&I and track service transactions after vehicle purchase.

  “We are pleased to obtain this approval from CDK and are looking forward to providing our customers daily dashboards and analytics using our powerful big data platform,” said Tej Soni, CEO of FrogData. “Our platform capabilities, combined with seamless data integration with CDK, will give us the ability to respond rapidly to our customer’s needs.”

“We’re very pleased to introduce FrogData as the newest member of the CDK Global Partner Program,” said Howard Gardner, vice president and general manager, CDK Data Services. “FrogData’s data analytics solution adds to a growing range of partner offerings.”

For more information about FrogData, as well as its data offerings, please visit www.frogdata.com.

Portland, OR.—(Sept 11, 2017) – AutoMap, the leading inventory tracking and audit solution for dealerships, is thrilled to announce their inventory tracking solution has been chosen by a panel of top industry executives as one of five finalists to compete in the 2017 Innovation Cup Contest at this year’s DrivingSales Executive Summit.

The DrivingSales Innovation Cup contest is held during a DSES general session and uncovers the Most Innovative Solution of the Year. Five automotive vendor finalists are invited on stage to present their solution/product and compete head-to-head with each other. A panel of on-stage dealer judges reviews each solution with the competitors, then determines the winner of the Innovation Cup Award for “The Most Innovative Solution of the Year.”

“It is such an honor to be selected out of all of the online applicants to be one of five finalists to present on stage at the Innovation Cup,” said Mark Sargeant, Director of Sales and Marketing for AutoMap. “It shows that this solution is desperately needed in the industry for dealerships, audit companies, auction houses, lenders, and ultimately, the customer themselves.”

Through AutoMap, a blue-tooth enabled onboard diagnostics device (OBD) chip is attached to each vehicle, a simple set up that takes less than 30 seconds per vehicle. Once the device is enabled, each vehicle’s location is broadcast to the main software site, or AutoMap app on mobile, for tracking. Once all vehicles are tagged, dealership staff can instantly search inventory by VIN, stock number, or model, across multiple lots on their computer or smartphone through the AutoMap mobile app.

The OBDs installed are specially engineered for the harshest climates and have virtually no impact on vehicle batteries due to their low power draw. AutoMap also offers the system to auction houses and lenders.

For more information on AutoMap and their inventory tracking and auditing solutions, please visit www.automap.us  or call 503-707-9574.

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About AutoMap:

AutoMap is the leading inventory tracking and audit solution for dealerships across the United States. Once a low-powered onboard diagnostic device (OBD) chip in installed in each vehicle, a 30 second process, managers are able to track all vehicles across multiple lots on their computers or smartphones using the AutoMap app. Instant tracking and auditing helps dealership staff sell more cars, increase customer satisfaction, accelerate the auditing process and monitor all vehicles in inventory. You can find out more about AutoMap at www.automap.us.