Pittsburgh-based Jeram Marketing hosted a regional Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals certification boot camp for the sales and F&I personnel of its dealer clients and other interested parties last month. AFIP highlighted the event drew 15 attendees representing nine dealer groups. The dealer groups that participated included: — The Billy Bender Auto Group and […] [Read More]

You’ve never seen a closer like my mom, Mary. I’m telling you — if you haven’t been to her house for dinner, and her fabulous red sauce, well … there’s a seat waiting for you next Sunday night. Hosting dinner is her bread and butter (quite literally) — she doesn’t take no for an answer, […] [Read More]

Several companies involved in the automotive industry’s sphere were represented on FORTUNE’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 2015. Amongst the 100 included organizations such as the USAA (33), JM Family Enterprises Inc. (34), Automotive Resources International (36), Credit Acceptance Corporation (37), CarMax (64) and Capital One Financial Corp. (91). The USAA ranked […] [Read More]

Here’s a statistic shared by Search Optics chief relationship officer Christian Fuller that may shed some light on how important your dealership’s mobile website, and the design of that website, can be.   “What we find is that your conversion-to-lead on a mobile device, the ability to take a visitor that comes in from a […] [Read More]

Raymond and Joey Wilkes, a father-son team with more than 50 years of automotive experience, on Friday opened Capital City Auto Auction, a new independently owned and operated facility in Ohio. The owners highlighted their management and staff are committed to combining the warm and friendly feel dealers enjoy at auctions with technology and all […] [Read More]

Carfax announced Wednesday it’s now able to provide instant automobile accident reports. This is done by utilizing Crashdocs.org, which helps provide crash reports from police departments all over the United States, with the number of agencies providing data growing. According to the company, insurers, lawyers and other such interested parties can order the reports and […] [Read More]

This week’s introduction of a Congressional measure to “reform and refocus” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — changing the bureau’s structure from director led to a bipartisan five-person commission appointed by the president — received immediate cheers from eight different organizations representing banks, credit unions and finance companies. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, chairman of the Financial […] [Read More]

Along with highlighting company successes since new chief executive officer Edgars “Edz” Sturans took control last September, BillingTree also explained the potential benefits of leveraging “omnichannel” platforms. BillingTree head of corporate marketing Dave Yohe said the “omnichannel” bandwagon is gaining steam because the term is a buzzword and is spreading throughout the business world. “It […] [Read More]

Enterprise Car Sales generated a record $483 million in loan volume to more than 28,000 credit union members during 2014. Enterprise Car Sales is a service of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest rental car brand in North America, and specializes in working with credit unions of all sizes to increase auto loans. Enterprise's record loan volume […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing has learned of new leadership within the pre-owned operations of General Motors. There is a new position — manager of used-vehicle strategy — that is being filled by Douglas Kaczmarski, who led the rental sales team for GM Fleet and Commercial over the past seven years, according to the automaker. In the new role, […] [Read More]