Category Archives: General Discussions
TrueTarget™ Mobile is here.
Sometimes it’s difficult to take a step back and evaluate your progress when you’ve been hammering away for so long. Our growth over the past few years has been nothing short of astounding thanks to our tremendous staff and our… Continue reading
BING?!?
Even though Microsoft has spent hundreds of millions of dollars reinventing and marketing their search product, I still never know whether to put their new search engine in lower case, all caps or add an exclamation mark at the end. … Continue reading
Data – A Big Responsibility
Data could arguably be considered the largest responsibility we have at eCarList. We are in the business of collecting data, storing data and serving data. Therefore, we must ensure accuracy, availability and scalability to our customers, which usually happens… Continue reading
How do you handle leads?
The philosophy of eCarList is simple- Provide the very best tools to dealerships so they can realize optimal success. I know that simply buying a set of Craftsman tools isn’t going to rebuild the engine of a “classic” junker, even… Continue reading
To Chat or Not to Chat, Is There Really a Question?
I’ve heard it over and over; we’re in the era of a changing of the guards. Out with the old and ushering in the new. We can all agree on the old way isn’t going to work in the here… Continue reading
IE6 – I do not love you anymore!
Internet Explorer 6 will be nine years old this fall. It was released a few weeks before 9/11. Released before Google was the #1 search engine. In use before Google Maps, Google Analytics and even Gmail. It came out before the… Continue reading
Never Listen To Your Customers
I recently read a post by Mark Cuban entitled “Why You Should NEVER Listen To Your Customers”. It was a fascinating read that really got me thinking. Specifically how eCarList was formed and what separates our corporate culture and philosophies… Continue reading
Twitter, Set My Inventory Free!
FINALLY! For all you dealers fumbling around in the darkness that is Social Media integration, it seems like somebody may have found the light switch…or at least turned on a night light. Yesterday bing announced they would integrate Twitter updates… Continue reading
My Favorite Client…and Your (Should-Be) Role Model
Do you consider yourself a progressive dealer? Is it something innate, or learned? I consider myself a pretty successful guy…or at least strive to be one, but I know people who still sit around watching COPS all day playing the… Continue reading