Here’s your chance to promote your product to the hundreds of auto industry executives who will attend this year’s AADA Convention at the Marriot Resort Spa on the Gold Coast, 11 – 13 September.The ‘AADA’ is the only convention designed specifically for the Australian auto dealer to showcase the latest trends in marketing, advertising, technology, allied services and CRM solutions.An extensive range of high profile sponsorship and advertising opportunities are now available including:• Profitable Produc... read more »
It's a sad state of affairs again, now that we have seen another major event in the USA where someone has caused trouble in Boston, and the news is putting speed ahead of clarity or accuracy and this time, safety too. As the Police in Boston and surrounding areas were conducting their duties of trying to round up and apprehend the suspects, the news media was aggregating social media images from the public and posting them online. This put the officers in potential danger.Things got so bad, the news medi... read more »
DBC2's Tom Hughes.DBC2's Tom Hughes reveals latest Aussie V8 Ute Racing Series sponsorship details. Leading Australian and New Zealand hose and fitting service provider, ENZED®, has announced that they will once again be the official partner of the Australian V8 Ute Racing Series 2013 Drivers Championship, continuing a major series sponsorship that began at the start of the 2011 season.After a highly successful 2012 season, ENZED® will continue to support what has become one of Australia’s fastest growin... read more »
By the time she’s 21, she will, like most of her girlfriends, control two-thirds of the consumer wealth in the U.S. according to a recent research study by Fleishman-Hillard Inc. Furthermore, she will have the final say on all purchases as well as having a direct influence on most of the big ticket items such as new home, car and appliance – and that’s on top of her daily purchases such as groceries, clothes and take-away food.What does this mean for marketers and advertisers? It means that whatever we p... read more »
As you're well aware by now, yesterday there was a series of explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. I first heard of the news through Twitter. I got most of my information through twitter after I realised that the news media was just looping the same three seconds of video and knew nothing.The thing that stood out most was twitter rapidly morphed from the "micro-blog" service that it usually is, into a full on emergency communication network. We were getting information from the Red Cross,... read more »
Social Video App Vine for Business Tips A de-VINE Scalable Social Video Platform to Engage with Consumers in Today’s Inbound Marketing Era Over the past ten years, the relationship between brands and consumers has evolved into an interactive and dynamic one. As such, the public is growing more accustomed to this and is becoming [...] The post Social Video App: Leveraging Twitters Vine for Business appeared first on . read more »
Brit car dealer Matthew Holcombe hailed as a hero after rescuing two women during a recent flood and snowfall. If you’re like me you will have had a few ‘locals’ over the years. Me? I’ve had four.The first one was ‘The Beauie” or Beaumaris Hotel which sat at the top of a cliff and overlookedan oyster farm and yacht club. On Friday nights, the public bar was filled with tradies and surfers and could get a bit rowdy while the bistro was rather more genteel thanks to the older, more mature crowd.My s... read more »
I had such a great time! It wasnt great because it was exciting (not that it wasnt)it was great because it was so RELAXING. Walking through the festival, looking at all of the wonderful works of art, tends to relax me and really make me thankful for all that God has given me. Its amazing [...] read more »
Blogger Ketty Colom.activeEngage's Ketty Columasks what'sthe value in your social media icons?There is a reason your social media icons aren’t doing anything. Simply put consumers will ask--what’s in it for me? While browsing many dealerships websites I found these social media icons slapped on the homepage with no value proposition or very lackluster call-to-actions. As a consumer, why do I want to connect with you? One dealership thinks I want to be friends while many others did not give me a reason ... read more »
Overview Today has been my best day in terms of Likes and Views on my website. I have come to the obvious conclusion that most people are more interested in seeing pretty pictures than they are in reading articles on source code. That’s ok, I also like pretty pictures I have uploaded some more eye [...] read more »
