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Automotive advertising agencies follow AdAgencyOnline.Net onto the World Wide Web to listen and learn about the latest automotive advertising technologies and applications. The automotive advertising resource / networking portal hosts a blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time – that reviews cutting edge automotive advertising vendors for the affiliated automotive advertising agencies of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. that anchors the portal. The loyal audience of auto dealers, automotive advertising technology providers and site visitors anxious to stay on top of developing automotive advertising trends that follow AdAgencyOnline.Net describe it as ”The one stop site for all of your automotive advertising needs.”

Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of WAAOL, conducts interviews of automotive advertising executives on several automotive advertising focused blog talk radio shows including “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising,” “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising,” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” The shows air weekdays between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST. The shows are often preceded by blog posts and press releases reviewing the guests to build awareness of the unique automotive advertising applications that have earned them an invitation to the show.

Philip announced recently that he is accepting applications from new automotive advertising vendors in advance of his planned speaking engagement at the 7th Digital Dealer Conference to be held November 1st through November 3rd in Nashville Tennessee. “I use automotive advertising venues like the Digital Dealer Conference and the N.A.D.A. Convention to platform cutting edge automotive advertising solutions for my affiliated automotive advertising agencies and attendees of my seminars. The automotive advertising technology sector is growing exponentially in synch with the shift onto the Internet by auto dealers trying to attract the consumers who have been flocking to the WWW to shop for a new or used vehicle. My role on AdAgencyOnline.Net is to find and review cutting edge automotive advertising applications that the main stream media hasn’t discovered yet and that is a never ending search.”

The list of previous guests include many of the most recognized automotive advertising experts in the industry as well as some new entries into the exploding automotive advertising technology sector. Past guests included, Clayton Stanfield from EBay Motors, Mark Boyd and Mark Dubis from CarFolks.Com, Jared Hamilton from DrivingSales.Com, Dale Pollak from vAuto, David Wassmann from NeoSynergy, Jerry Daniels from Automotive Broadcasting Network, (ABN), Terry Alling from Kihon Media, David Marod from LeadConverter, Brian Ferris and Spencer Sterling from DealMaker.Com, Mike Parsons from Laser Stream Video, Brian Hoecht from Ai Dealer, Ralph Paglia from ADP and host to the auto industry social networking community ADM, Len Critcher from ecarlist.com, Tim Zierden from AAX, Jim Ziegler, motivational speaker and consultant to the auto industry, Jeff Kershner, ecommerce director for The Mile One Automotive Group and host of the auto industry social networking forum DealerRefresh.Com, Jeff Raab from the Detroit Trading Company, (DTX), Mike DeCecco from Dealer.Com, Ken Schwartz from CityTwist, Michael R. Spadafore from R. L. Polk & Co., Kevin Schwartz and Rick Rochon from AdSymetrix, Bruce Cerbone from Argistics, Scott Davis from Bull Dog Marketing Technologies, Matt Watson and Douglas Kinney from VinSolutions, Hal Howard and Don Pollock from New Wave Automotive, LLC, (NWA), Michael T. Fay from Colliers Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate and their C.A.R.S. division, Matt Brown and Zack Powell from TheDealerDashBoard.Com, Mark Burack from Liquid Motors, Pat Ryan, Jr. from FirstLook and Al Cantarella from AutoWebsitePlus.com.

The list is about to get longer according to Philip Zelinger, “The auto industry is consolidating their brick and mortar facilities in response to a shrinking economy and the government directed bankruptcy of General Motors and Chrysler. The solution to serving the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s car buyers can be found on the Internet Super Highway vs. yesterday’s local auto row. Automotive advertising agencies are challenged to replace conventional advertising like radio, T.V., Newspaper with online marketing messages. The key is to provide selling systems and processes that integrate the new “virtual showrooms” with the brick and mortar facilities all linked to the diverse channels available on the Internet to address a targeted audience. That solution is being provided by the automotive advertising vendors that I invite onto my shows.”

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, LLC and founder of AdAgencyOnline.Net. He invested 25 years as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by his last ten years in the automotive advertising industry learning from the teams that he built so he can now presume to teach on forums like AdAgencyOnline.Net. His role as a “Dealer Coach” is enhanced by his hosting a nationally recognized auto industry social networking portal and blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. As the author of two books on the auto industry, including “How To Sell A Car – a Career Guide to The Automobile Industry,” he is a recognized authority on market trends and developing technologies with the responsibility of selecting key vendors and applications for his dealer clients as well as forming strategic partnerships for his vendor clients to leverage their shared resources to help them bring their products and services to market.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net and Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

AdAgencyOnline.Net reviews automotive advertising vendors and new technologies on several blog talk radio shows in addition to the Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising. Other shows include “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” The shows attract automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors and O.E.M. representatives that listen to WAAOL to find vendors, applications and technologies to maximize the R.O.I. for their automotive advertising dollars.

AAOL is a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies linked by an online communication / distribution system developed by Philip Zelinger. The proprietary operating system that powers AAOL was designed to reduce fixed and semi-variable expenses for full service automotive advertising agencies. The developing technologies that enhanced the performance of the independent automotive advertising agencies linked by AAOL has served as the role model for the solutions suggested on AdAgencyOnline.Net and represented by AAOL to their affiliated automotive advertising agencies when serving their auto dealer clients.

Ad Agency Online L.L.C is focused on discovering and representing new automotive advertising vendors not yet recognized by the mainstream automotive advertising industry. Recent automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include; Argistics – AutoTransaXion, EveryCarListed.Com, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, LeadConverter, Gumiyo, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer, NeoSynergy, Laser Stream Video and Winked-In.Com; to name a few.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. or any of the preferred automotive advertising vendors previously reviewed on WAAOL auto dealers and automotive advertising agencies should contact Philip through AdAgencyOnline.Net. Automotive advertising vendors, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers that would like to be considered as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net and/or to hire/join Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. to represent them can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, call him at 888-796-2228 or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net at http://adagencyonline.net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!” ###

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AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising networking/resource portal that shares best practices with automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers and automotive advertising vendors to help them solve common problems in today’s troubled auto industry. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of the blog talk radio station featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time - will review Colliers International – Las Vegas Land and Evaluation Group on his blog talk radio show, “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising.” The show will air today, Tuesday, June 16th 2009 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST.

Philip explained the apparent departure of his automotive advertising show to discuss real estate with his online audience, “The impact of consolidations in the auto industry brought about by a sluggish economy and accelerated by the recent bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler demands a new definition of “full service automotive advertising” by agencies anxious to help their auto dealer clients survive in a shrinking auto industry. Conventional automotive advertising has already shifted to more cost effective Internet based digital marketing investments and integrated selling systems that link the newly developing virtual showrooms on the World Wide Web with proven selling processes in the real world. As brick and mortar dealerships are eliminated the surviving auto dealers are being driven onto the Internet Super Highway to maintain market share and profitability. The shift to online marketing plans does not replace the need for brick and mortar facilities but the efficiencies enjoyed by virtual showrooms suggests the need to reduce the expenses and capital required to support them. Real estate has always represented the single largest investment and fixed expense for auto dealers and it is only logical that it should be adjusted to accommodate the reduced sales volume and profit margins that exist now and in the foreseeable future. Auto dealers need help to reduce expenses and maximize their R.O.I. on many levels and today’s full service automotive advertising agency must expand their services to earn their agency fees.”

“I joined Colliers Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate to help them develop a specialized auto industry division – Colliers Automotive Real Estate Services, (C.A.R.S.), to provide additional insights and resources to facilitate auto dealer acquisitions and dispositions for my auto dealer clients. Colliers International – Las Vegas Land and Evaluation Group is an independent commercial real estate office of Colliers International and a valued member of C.A.R.S. Today’s show features an interview with Grant Traub and Keith Cubba from the Las Vegas office to discuss the unique problems and solutions that exist in the Las Vegas market. I decided to feature a different office each month on WAAOL to introduce some of the many opportunities that are available for those forward thinking auto dealers that are in a position to acquire new franchises and facilities at today’s reduced prices. I am also challenged to assist those dealers that have decided to sell or reduce the size of their facilities as a result of financial or factory pressures.”

Grant Traub commented in advance of his interview to explain his reasons for joining C.A.R.S. and for appearing on WAAOL, “Las Vegas is struggling due to the recession which clobbered the tourist industry. Local car dealerships are hurt and some stores are closing. Now is an excellent time for out of market dealerships to obtain new points in a world class city.”

About Grant S. Traub -Vice President

Grant S. Traub joined Colliers in 1998 after 2 years at CB Richard Ellis. As a specialist in the sale of development land and tenant representation, Grant’s main responsibilities are site selection and deal negotiation. He has brokered over 60 transactions that include land sales, long-term leases, build-to-suits, investment sales, and REO dispositions worth over $162 million dollars in total considerations. Clients Grant has worked with include Community Bank of Nevada, Consolidated Mortgage, Clark County Credit Union, Healthsouth Corporation, Catholic Healthcare West, The Berkley Group, Morton’s Restaurant Group, Sweet Tomatoes, Gateway Computers, Sephora, Candlewood Hotels, Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Avaness Industries.

Grant has served on the Colliers Parrish Board of Director since 2003 and the Colliers Parrish Finance Committee since 2006. He has been a member of the Leadership Committee for Colliers Las Vegas since its inception in 2008.As a committee member and donor for Links for Life, a major golf tournament sponsored by Colliers, Grant has helped the organization raise $2,000,000 for children’s charities in Southern Nevada. He has coached the Del Webb Middle School Lacrosse Team since 2007 and also donates time to Camp Firefly. Grant was born in San Diego and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He earned his degree in Agricultural Business at CalPoly San Luis Obispo.

About Keith Cubba – Consultant

Since joining Colliers International in 2005, Keith Cubba has brokered investment property acquisitions/dispositions worth over $61,000,000 in gross sales proceeds. Investment property closings have ranged from Medical Office, to Retail, to NNN, to Sale Lease-Back opportunities. In the summer of 2007, Keith partnered with Colliers Board of Directors member Grant Traub and marketing assistant Kim Hamilton to form the Land and Investment Group. The team offers brokerage service for Investment properties, Golf Courses, and Land.

Recently, the Land and Investment Group have listed major commercial REO properties for local banks as well as evaluated FDIC loan pools for private capital groups. Keith has a BA from Loyola Marymount University and a Masters Degree from UCLA. Previous experience prior to joining Colliers International includes work as an Associate Professor at UCLA, and client based services in both the medical and marketing industries.

The Colliers International “corporate culture” of giving back to the community has inspired Keith to serve as both a counselor and volunteer at Camp Firefly. He is currently the Tournament Chairman for the 14th Annual Links For Life charity golf tournament.

One of the properties discussed on today’s show is a Chrysler Dodge Jeep facility described as follows:

For Sale or Lease: 6770 Redwood Street, Las Vegas, NV 89118

±17.5 Acre Auto Dealership with Service and Collision Center

Seller Financing | Immediate Availability

State of the Art Chrysler built Alpha Prototype Dealership

Land Details

Available unbranded dealership with potential to retain Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge Brand

APN 176-02-201-018; 015 ±17.5 acres

The Southeasterly Corner of Redwood St. and I-215 Beltway±955 feet of direct frontage on I-215 Beltway Frontage RoadC-2 zoning general commercial in the MUD 3 Overlay

Total of 774 onsite parking spaces±151,000 in 2007 daily traffic counts at I-215 between Decatur Blvd. and I-15

Building Details: ±86,270 sf Under Roof First Floor Building Area

Sales area ±14,195 sf

Showroom area ±6,043 sf

2 Story Parts Department and administrative office area totaling ±8,337 sf

Automotive service and repair area ±22,699 sf (42 Service Bays) Collision Center and Body Shop ±27,000 sf7

Heated, downdraft paint booths15 Collision Center Bays30 Vehicle Collision Repair Spaces

Waste containment area ±349 sf

Second Floor Building Area

Administrative offices and parts storage ±13,331 sf

Two Stop hydraulic elevator

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, LLC and founder of AdAgencyOnline.Net. He invested 25 years as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by his last ten years in the automotive advertising industry learning from the teams that he built so he can now presume to teach on forums like AdAgencyOnline.Net. His role as a “Dealer Coach” is enhanced by his hosting a nationally recognized auto industry social networking portal and blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. As the author of two books on the auto industry, including “How To Sell A Car – a Career Guide to The Automobile Industry,” he is a recognized authority on market trends and developing technologies with the responsibility of selecting key vendors and applications for his dealer clients as well as forming strategic partnerships for his vendor clients to leverage their shared resources to help them bring their products and services to market.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net and Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

AdAgencyOnline.Net reviews automotive advertising vendors and new technologies on several blog talk radio shows in addition to the Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising. Other shows include “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” The shows attract automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors and O.E.M. representatives that listen to WAAOL to find vendors, applications and technologies to maximize the R.O.I. for their automotive advertising dollars.

AAOL is a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies linked by an online communication / distribution system developed by Philip Zelinger. The proprietary operating system that powers AAOL was designed to reduce fixed and semi-variable expenses for full service automotive advertising agencies. The developing technologies that enhanced the performance of the independent automotive advertising agencies linked by AAOL has served as the role model for the solutions suggested on AdAgencyOnline.Net and represented by AAOL to their affiliated automotive advertising agencies when serving their auto dealer clients.

Ad Agency Online L.L.C is focused on discovering and representing new automotive advertising vendors not yet recognized by the mainstream automotive advertising industry. Recent automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include; Argistics – AutoTransaXion, SiSTeR Technologies – Video CarLot, EveryCarListed.Com, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, LeadConverter, Gumiyo, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer, NeoSynergy and Laser Stream Video.

www.AdAgencyOnline.Net has interviewed a variety of respected automotive advertising experts including; Clayton Stanfield from EBay Motors, Mark Boyd and Mark Dubis from CarFolks.Com, Jared Hamilton from DrivingSales.Com, Dale Pollak from vAuto, David Wassmann from NeoSynergy, Jerry Daniels from Automotive Broadcasting Network, (ABN), Terry Alling from Kihon Media, David Marod from LeadConverter, Brian Ferris and Spencer Sterling from DealMaker.Com, Mike Parsons from Laser Stream Video, Brian Hoecht from Ai Dealer, Ralph Paglia from ADP and host to the auto industry social networking community ADM, Len Critcher from ecarlist.com, Tim Zierden from AAX, Jim Ziegler, motivational speaker and consultant to the auto industry, Jeff Kershner, ecommerce director for The Mile One Automotive Group and host of the auto industry social networking forum DealerRefresh.Com , Jeff Raab from the Detroit Trading Company, (DTX), Mike DeCecco from Dealer.Com, Ken Schwartz from CityTwist, Michael R. Spadafore from R. L. Polk & Co., Kevin Schwartz and Rick Rochon from AdSymetrix, Bruce Cerbone from Argistics, Scott Davis from Bulldog Marketing Technologies, Matt Watson and Douglas Kinney from VinSolutions, Hal Howard and Don Pollock from New Wave Automotive, LLC, (NWA), Matt Brown and Zack Powell from TheDealerDashBoard.Com, Mark Burack from Liquid Motors and Pat Ryan, Jr. from FirstLook.

For additional information on www.AdAgencyOnline.Net , Colliers International – Las Vegas Land and Investment Group, Colliers Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate, C.A.R.S. or any of the subjects or properties discussed on today’s show go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline and download the show. Automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers or automotive advertising vendors that wish to join AdAgencyOnline.Net or seek representation by Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. should contact Philip Zelinger directly at pzads@bellsouth.net or call him at 1-888-796-2228. To quote Philip, “Help is only a click away!”

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AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising resource / networking portal that usually focuses on reviewing cutting edge automotive advertising technologies and Internet based applications for their online audience of auto industry insiders, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL), and host of the blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time – featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net, will address the growing concerns of the automotive advertising industry regarding the bankruptcy of Chrysler and the potential bankruptcy of General Motors on his show, Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising, in an interview with attorney Lewis Kuhl. The anticipated informative exchange of information on the changing landscape of the auto industry is scheduled to be broadcast live Monday, May 18th 2009 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline .

The blog talk radio show is an open business meeting with the affiliated automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer / vendor clients of AAOL that shares best practices with the online audience of automotive advertising decision makers who tune into WAAOL to listen and learn from Philip Zelinger and his invited guests. Philip explained his reasons for inviting Lewis Kuhl to help him analyze the impact of the recent and pending bankruptcies in the auto industry, “It is obvious that automotive advertising agencies can’t keep doing business as usual in the wake of the consolidation in the auto industry. While I continue to counsel my affiliated automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer clients to maintain their market share through both conventional and Internet based digital advertising campaigns I recognize that reduced sales volumes brought about by conditions beyond the control of auto dealers requires special consideration. Conventional wisdoms in automotive advertising are built on free market principals and human nature with experienced success insuring a projected R.O.I. Unfortunately, the artificial and in some ways arbitrary decisions by the administration to reduce the number of Chrysler and General Motors dealerships has created a dynamic that does not follow established principals. Since the rules have changed through a legal process I thought it best to talk to someone who can shed some light on what is happening in the Bankruptcy Courts and how it will impact the auto industry as we know it. I have known and trusted Lewis Kuhl for many years and I have relied on his expertise in dealing with a variety of issues that I faced as both an auto dealer and an automotive advertising agency. Frankly, I couldn’t think of a more experienced attorney to turn to for advice on how to deal with the issues that are facing the automotive advertising industry in today’s troubled economy.”

About Lewis D. Kuhl

Lewis D. Kuhl is an attorney with Pathman Lewis, LLP, a Miami, Florida based law firm. He concentrates his practice in the area of motor vehicle dealer and automotive industry law and the wide variety of issues impacting the industry. He brings more than 20 years of legal experience to the firm including significant experience with motor vehicle dealer and automotive industry issues.

Before joining Pathman Lewis, Mr. Kuhl was Senior Counsel for the JM&A Group. Based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, the JM&A Group of companies is one of the largest independent insurance and automotive service contract companies in the United States. It has one of the largest dealer distribution networks throughout the United States. In addition, he also served in the legal departments of JM Family Enterprises, Inc. subsidiaries: World Omni Financial Corp. and Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC.

Prior to joining the JM Family Enterprises, Inc. companies, Mr. Kuhl served in both legal and operational positions with a Louisville, Kentucky based, closely held group of companies comprising motor vehicle rental operations, motor vehicle dealerships and an automotive finance company with locations in the Southeast and Midwest.

He is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and earned his J.D. from Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, The Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, the National Association of Dealer Counsel, the Florida Auto Dealers Association, the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association and the National Independent Auto Dealers Association.

Mr. Kuhl has been a frequent speaker to dealers, dealer group, state dealer associations and other industry associations on a wide variety of automotive industry related topics and issues. In addition, he recently appeared on CNN Headline News’s Comcast Newsmakers South Florida and is scheduled to be a speaker at the F&I Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida in September.

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, LLC and founder of AdAgencyOnline.Net. He invested 25 years as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by his last ten years in the automotive advertising industry learning from the teams that he built so he can now presume to teach on forums like AdAgencyOnline.Net. His role as a “Dealer Coach” is enhanced by his hosting a nationally recognized auto industry social networking portal and blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. As the author of two books on the auto industry, including “How To Sell A Car – a Career Guide to The Automobile Industry,” he is a recognized authority on market trends and developing technologies with the responsibility of selecting key vendors and applications for his dealer clients as well as forming strategic partnerships for his vendor clients to leverage their shared resources to help them bring their products and services to market.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net and Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

AdAgencyOnline.Net reviews automotive advertising vendors and new technologies on several blog talk radio shows in addition to the Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising. Other shows include “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” The shows attract automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors and O.E.M. representatives that listen to WAAOL to find vendors, applications and technologies to maximize the R.O.I. for their automotive advertising dollars.

AAOL is a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies linked by an online communication / distribution system developed by Philip Zelinger. The proprietary operating system that powers AAOL was designed to reduce fixed and semi-variable expenses for full service automotive advertising agencies. The developing technologies that enhanced the performance of the independent automotive advertising agencies linked by AAOL has served as the role model for the solutions suggested on AdAgencyOnline.Net and represented by AAOL to their affiliated automotive advertising agencies when serving their auto dealer clients.

Ad Agency Online L.L.C is focused on discovering and representing new automotive advertising vendors not yet recognized by the mainstream automotive advertising industry. Recent automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include; Argistics – AutoTransaXion, SiSTeR Technologies - Video CarLot, EveryCarListed.Com, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, LeadConverter, Gumiyo, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer, NeoSynergy and Laser Stream Video.

www.AdAgencyOnline.Net has interviewed a variety of respected automotive advertising experts including; Clayton Stanfield from EBay Motors, Mark Boyd and Mark Dubis from CarFolks.Com, Jared Hamilton from DrivingSales.Com, Dale Pollak from vAuto, David Wassmann from NeoSynergy, Jerry Daniels from Automotive Broadcasting Network, (ABN), Terry Alling from Kihon Media, David Marod from LeadConverter, Brian Ferris and Spencer Sterling from DealMaker.Com, Mike Parsons from Laser Stream Video, Brian Hoecht from Ai Dealer, Ralph Paglia from ADP and host to the auto industry social networking community ADM, Len Critcher from ecarlist.com, Tim Zierden from AAX, Jim Ziegler, motivational speaker and consultant to the auto industry, Jeff Kershner, ecommerce director for The Mile One Automotive Group and host of the auto industry social networking forum DealerRefresh.Com , Jeff Raab from the Detroit Trading Company, (DTX), Mike DeCecco from Dealer.Com, Ken Schwartz from CityTwist, Michael R. Spadafore from R. L. Polk & Co., Kevin Schwartz and Rick Rochon from AdSymetrix, Bruce Cerbone from Argistics, Scott Davis from Bulldog Marketing Technologies, Matt Watson and Douglas Kinney from VinSolutions, Hal Howard and Don Pollock from New Wave Automotive, LLC, (NWA), Matt Brown and Zack Powell from TheDealerDashBoard.Com, Mark Burack from Liquid Motors, Pat Ryan, Jr. from FirstLook, Christy Roman from Now MarketPlace, Hal Wendel from Fididel discussing their online transaction tool InteractNow and most recently Sergio Alvarez from Ai Media Group sharing best practices on Search Engine Marketing using their proprietary software application.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., Lewis Kuhl and his advice regarding the impact of bankruptcy on your individual auto dealership or any of the preferred automotive advertising vendors previously reviewed on WAAOL, auto dealers and automotive advertising agencies should contact Philip through AdAgencyOnline.Net. Automotive advertising vendors, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers that would like to be considered as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net and/or to hire/join Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, call him at 888-796-2228 or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net at http://adagencyonline.net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!” ###

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AdAgencyOnline.Net is a free automotive advertising resource / networking portal that provides a forum to present and review cutting edge automotive advertising vendors and applications to the automotive advertising industry. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL), and host of AdAgencyOnline.Net’s blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time – interviewed Sergio Alvarez, the COO of Ai Media Group on the station’s blog talk radio show “Automotive Advertising Experts” to review their unique S.E.M. services. Philip and Sergio discussed best practices in Search Engine Marketing, (S.E.M.) in a problem / solution forum during the blog talk radio show that was broadcasted live on WAAOL on Friday, May 15th, 2009 and is available as a downloadable podcast at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline .

Philip described the added value provided by Ai Media Group that earned them consideration as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net, “I have always prioritized Search Engine Optimization, (S.E.O.), over Search Engine Marketing, (S.E.M.), because of my preference to develop long term branding messages for my auto dealer clients vs. short term digital marketing campaigns. My goal has always been to provide lasting “top of the mind awareness” to a targeted audience to build frequency through consistency to insure retention of the message. That said, I also recognize the need to jump start online marketing campaigns for new accounts through the use of Pay Per Click, (PPC), digital marketing campaigns often directed to specialized landing pages or micro-sites to extend the online footprint for my auto dealer clients who demand instant and verifiable results.”

Mr. Zelinger continued in his evaluation of Ai Media Group by describing the unique aspects of their S.E.M. services, “My interest in Ai Media Group was sparked by their proprietary software application that relies on an algorithmic formula to manage and monitor PPC campaigns in a scalable fashion providing efficiencies in the process that is not offered by other outsourced S.E.M. vendors that I have used. Of course the process is not completely automated; which is a good thing since the science of S.E.M. is best supported when it is managed and monitored by an experienced professional who knows what to look for when evaluating the volumes of data that is required to conduct a comprehensive PPC campaign. I was impressed by the knowledge and experience of the Ai Media Group’s support team and the diverse background that Sergio Alvarez represents. I have always valued people over product and price and I am confident that Ai Media Group provides the right mix of both.”

About Sergio Alvarez

Sergio Alvarez, COO and Founder of Ai Media Group has led some of the most successful sales teams across the country in the internet sales arena. Mr. Alvarez led the top-ranked sales team in the nation for Verizon’s SuperPages for four consecutive years and was instrumental in training and developing the roll out of the Superpages.com strategy. In 2005 he rolled out Yahoo Yellow Pages in the New York Market as Vice President for Ambassador Media Group where he led Yahoo Yellow Pages in online revenue growth. As EVP at Ambassador Internet Mr. Alvarez launched an internet only sales team and developed an industry first budget and planning tool for his sales force.

More recently Mr. Alvarez has been working with the Automotive community presenting at NADA helping to bring more dealers online with measurable business results previously unattainable. The mapping technology and proprietary algorithmic systems developed by Ai Media has led to the success of dealers across the county, generating leads and business intelligence never before seen.

About Ai Media Group

The exemplary skills of Ai Media Group professionals have been at the forefront of search marketing, from digital advertising to Yahoo Yellow Pages, to bridging the gap into algorithmic search. Ai Media Group professionals have a proven record of providing measurable results to thousands of advertisers. The company’s mission is to educate the marketplace on the newest offerings and act as consultants to enhance business decisions with strategic business intelligence. Ai Media Group’s entire staff is well-versed on all aspects of search and is comprised of the industry’s most knowledgeable and experienced specialists.

Ai Media Group is made up of a team of experienced professionals ready to offer unique digital advertising solutions including “traditional” search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) as well as promotional campaigns for video, mobile, emerging digital media, widgets and social networking.

Ai Media Group is headed by its Chief Operating Officer, Sergio Alvarez, who formerly led the top-ranked national sales team for Verizon’s SuperPages.com. Ai Media Group is 100% employee owned and operated. “In today’s ever changing digital landscape, offering placement on a few networks is already old news,” says Sergio Alvarez. “Advertisers demand more and count on us to help them understand and track new advertising methods. We work with agency needs, whether it’s video, mobile or social networking. It’s not ‘one product fits all,’ rather which products are right for that advertiser.”

Chief Information Officer, Ron Trenka, has over 20 years of experience developing web applications for companies like Olympus America, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Alitalia Airlines, Absolut Vodka and others.”The push for emerging technologies and different methods of advertising keeps us ahead of the curve,” Trenka says. “Our job is to deliver these results in a package that is easily understood while educating our partners.”"Ai Media Group is an ideal choice for agencies, Certified Marketing Representatives (CMRs), and local businesses based all over the nation,” says Sergio Alvarez. “Part of our success comes from working as a team, which in a sales environment can be difficult. We integrate sales and technology into one unit in which independent roles work toward the same goal. In the end, it makes for a comprehensive package for the advertiser.”

The following links provide additional information on Ai Media Group:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS160581+02-Sep-2008+BW20080902

http://aimediagroup.com/press/yahoofinance_adm.html?.v=1

For more information, visit http://aimediagroup.com/ .

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, LLC and founder of AdAgencyOnline.Net. He invested 25 years as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by his last ten years in the automotive advertising industry learning from the teams that he built so he can now presume to teach on forums like AdAgencyOnline.Net. His role as a “Dealer Coach” is enhanced by his hosting a nationally recognized auto industry social networking portal and blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. As the author of two books on the auto industry, including “How To Sell A Car – a Career Guide to The Automobile Industry,” he is a recognized authority on market trends and developing technologies with the responsibility of selecting key vendors and applications for his dealer clients as well as forming strategic partnerships for his vendor clients to leverage their shared resources to help them bring their products and services to market.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net and Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

AdAgencyOnline.Net reviews automotive advertising vendors and new technologies on several blog talk radio shows in addition to the Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising. Other shows include “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” The shows attract automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors and O.E.M. representatives that listen to WAAOL to find vendors, applications and technologies to maximize the R.O.I. for their automotive advertising dollars.

AAOL is a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies linked by an online communication / distribution system developed by Philip Zelinger. The proprietary operating system that powers AAOL was designed to reduce fixed and semi-variable expenses for full service automotive advertising agencies. The developing technologies that enhanced the performance of the independent automotive advertising agencies linked by AAOL has served as the role model for the solutions suggested on AdAgencyOnline.Net and represented by AAOL to their affiliated automotive advertising agencies when serving their auto dealer clients.

Ad Agency Online L.L.C is focused on discovering and representing new automotive advertising vendors not yet recognized by the mainstream automotive advertising industry. Recent automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include; Argistics – AutoTransaXion, SiSTeR Technologies - Video CarLot, EveryCarListed.Com, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, LeadConverter, Gumiyo, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer, NeoSynergy and Laser Stream Video.

www.AdAgencyOnline.Net has interviewed a variety of respected automotive advertising experts before his online discussion with Sergio Alvarez from Ai Media Group including; Clayton Stanfield from EBay Motors, Mark Boyd and Mark Dubis from CarFolks.Com, Jared Hamilton from DrivingSales.Com, Dale Pollak from vAuto, David Wassmann from NeoSynergy, Jerry Daniels from Automotive Broadcasting Network, (ABN), Terry Alling from Kihon Media, David Marod from LeadConverter, Brian Ferris and Spencer Sterling from DealMaker.Com, Mike Parsons from Laser Stream Video, Brian Hoecht from Ai Dealer, Ralph Paglia from ADP and host to the auto industry social networking community ADM, Len Critcher from ecarlist.com, Tim Zierden from AAX, Jim Ziegler, motivational speaker and consultant to the auto industry, Jeff Kershner, ecommerce director for The Mile One Automotive Group and host of the auto industry social networking forum DealerRefresh.Com , Jeff Raab from the Detroit Trading Company, (DTX), Mike DeCecco from Dealer.Com, Ken Schwartz from CityTwist, Michael R. Spadafore from R. L. Polk & Co., Kevin Schwartz and Rick Rochon from AdSymetrix, Bruce Cerbone from Argistics, Scott Davis from Bulldog Marketing Technologies, Matt Watson and Douglas Kinney from VinSolutions, Hal Howard and Don Pollock from New Wave Automotive, LLC, (NWA), Matt Brown and Zack Powell from TheDealerDashBoard.Com, Mark Burack from Liquid Motors, Pat Ryan, Jr. from FirstLook, Christy Roman from Now MarketPlace and most recently Hal Wendel from Fididel discussing their online transaction tool InteractNow.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., Ai Media Group or any of the preferred automotive advertising vendors previously reviewed on WAAOL, auto dealers and automotive advertising agencies should contact Philip through AdAgencyOnline.Net. Automotive advertising vendors, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers that would like to be considered as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net and/or to hire/join Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, call him at 888-796-2228 or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net at http://adagencyonline.net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!” ###

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Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL,) and host of a free automotive advertising social networking portal – AdAgencyOnline.Net, reviewed two automotive advertising vendors this week on the site’s blog talk radio station, WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. The show that featured the new automotive advertising solutions was the “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising” that airs every Monday through Wednesday between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST on WAAOL.

Philip invites decision makers from the automotive advertising industry to share best practices with his affiliated automotive advertising agencies, auto dealer / vendor clients and site visitors. The site has attracted a growing audience of automotive advertising insiders challenged by a shrinking auto industry to deliver more for less for their auto dealer clients.

The show on Monday, May 12th 2009 featured “Now MarketPlace” during an in depth interview with the company President, Christy Roman. Philip added his insights to comments from the online audience that he passed on to Christy who answered them in a problem / solution forum. The online audience was anxious to listen and learn from Christy and Philip who discussed ways to maximize their R.O.I. from their Internet advertising investments. It is anticipated that the feedback on Now MarketPlace from site visitors will determine if Now MarketPlace is invited to join the national network of independent automotive advertising agencies as an affiliated office.

About Christy Roman

With a background in advertising sales and management including a few online start-ups, Christy Roman has a unique perspective on advertising as it pertains to the Internet. Her past roles include: media buying and ad agency business development; sales and management for newspaper and cable ad sales; participating in a pilot program with AOL Time-Warner to regionally cross-sell cable, magazine and online media; developing and piloting the “Partnership Program” dealer initiative at AutoTrader.com; and consulting for television stations to help them develop online revenue streams. Her current company, Now Marketplace, Inc., is a one-stop shop for dealers and local businesses wanting to maximize the Internet as advertising.

About Now MarketPlace

Now MarketPlace was recently chosen to participate as part of the University of Central Florida Business/Technology Incubator, which is partnered with multiple cities in Central Florida and is one of the premier business incubators in the country.  The company brands itself as “your one-stop shop for all your internet advertising needs!” Christy suggests that dealers should become their own lead generator by applying proven advertising principles online. The dealer’s name recognition, their reputation and the sales experience their past customers have enjoyed is what engages the consumer. The Dealer’s web site, their online advertising and their customer follow-up programs must stand out from the crowd. And, most importantly, they must look and sound exactly like all of their other marketing initiatives.

The Company Provides Everything You Need to Succeed:

• Online Strategy and Consulting

• Pay Per Click Management

• Search Engine Optimization

• Web Site Design or Re-Design

• Interactive Online Specials Pages

• Pre-Owned Merchandising

• CRM Training and Consulting

• Landing Pages

• Streaming Video

• Chat Software

• Ad Tracking

• Email Marketing

• Social Networking

• Online Creative

The Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising show scheduled for Wednesday, May 13th 2009 will feature another new automotive advertising vendor, Fididel and their new online transaction tool, InteractNow. Philip Zelinger will be interviewing Hal Wendel, the Chief Executive Officer of Fididel, in an effort to evaluate their application as a preferred automotive advertising vendor on AdAgencyOnline.Net.

 

About Hal Wendel and the Management Team of Fididel

 

Hal Wendel is the founder and CEO of Fididel.  Hal has had managed global sales and marketing organizations with many silicon valley technology companies in CEO and VP positions. Hal received an economics degree from the University of Washington and a Sloan Fellowship and Msc. in Business from the London Business School.

 

Raphael Carty is a consultant for business development and marketing. Raphael is an experienced technology leader with more than 20 years of management experience in marketing, product management, general management and business development most recently at DealerTrack, where Raphael was head of marketing. Raphael went to Harvard and also received his MBA from Harvard.

 

About Fididel

 

The company has headquarters in Carlsbad, Californian with offices in the Bay Area and New York. The firm is funded by Quest Venture Partners and has been in business for over two years.

 

Overview of Fididel / InteractNow and LocateNow

InteractNow - Real Time Interaction Service Highlights

· Interact with several web site visitors at the same time — tab format makes this easy and efficient made possible by the Queue system

· Queue system allows more than one dealer representative to be in the same chat with customer and to transfer the interaction from one sales rep to another

· Queue system allows dealers to participate in three-way conversations with the web customer

· Negotiate offers in real time with web site visitors

· Option to accept a Paypal deposit on a vehicle

· System can be ordered with negotiation or without negotiation depending on dealer preferences

· Dealer Interact Chat button can be prominently displayed on the vehicle detail page and on any other web site home page to maximize web site engagement

· Interact Module also delivers vehicle information which saves time for the dealer and improves customer satisfaction.

· Proactive vehicle page button — popup balloon proactively engages web site visitors to start a dealer chat

· Craigslist InteractNow! – new feature enables Craigslist users to start a dealer chat directly from the advertisement

· Extremely easy installation – hosting partner can turn on the service on behalf of the dealer.

· Multi stores can get group level visibility (no need to log into separate accounts for mgt)

· Dashboard reports capture details of all interactions with web prospect

 

LocateNow - Monitoring Service — Always be able to reach web prospects

Fididel monitors incoming dealer chat requests to an auto dealer’s web site and contacts dealer sales personnel through SMS to get them connected to web site visitors immediately.

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, LLC and founder of AdAgencyOnline.Net. He invested 25 years as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by his last ten years in the automotive advertising industry learning from the teams that he built so he can now presume to teach on forums like AdAgencyOnline.Net. His role as a “Dealer Coach” is enhanced by his hosting a nationally recognized auto industry social networking portal and blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. As the author of two books on the auto industry, including “How To Sell A Car – a Career Guide to The Automobile Industry,” he is a recognized authority on market trends and developing technologies with the responsibility of selecting key vendors and applications for his dealer clients as well as forming strategic partnerships for his vendor clients to leverage their shared resources to help them bring their products and services to market.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net and Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

AdAgencyOnline.Net reviews automotive advertising vendors and new technologies on several blog talk radio shows in addition to the Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising. Other shows include “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” The shows attract automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors and O.E.M. representatives that listen to WAAOL to find vendors, applications and technologies to maximize the R.O.I. for their automotive advertising dollars.

AAOL is a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies linked by an online communication / distribution system developed by Philip Zelinger. The proprietary operating system that powers AAOL was designed to reduce fixed and semi-variable expenses for full service automotive advertising agencies. The developing technologies that enhanced the performance of the independent automotive advertising agencies linked by AAOL has served as the role model for the solutions suggested on AdAgencyOnline.Net and represented by AAOL to their affiliated automotive advertising agencies when serving their auto dealer clients.

Ad Agency Online L.L.C is focused on discovering and representing new automotive advertising vendors not yet recognized by the mainstream automotive advertising industry. Recent automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include; Argistics – AutoTransaXion, SiSTeR Technologies - Video CarLot, EveryCarListed.Com, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, LeadConverter, Gumiyo, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer, NeoSynergy and Laser Stream Video.

www.AdAgencyOnline.Net has interviewed a variety of respected automotive advertising experts including; Clayton Stanfield from EBay Motors, Mark Boyd and Mark Dubis from CarFolks.Com, Jared Hamilton from DrivingSales.Com, Dale Pollak from vAuto, David Wassmann from NeoSynergy, Jerry Daniels from Automotive Broadcasting Network, (ABN), Terry Alling from Kihon Media, David Marod from LeadConverter, Brian Ferris and Spencer Sterling from DealMaker.Com, Mike Parsons from Laser Stream Video, Brian Hoecht from Ai Dealer, Ralph Paglia from ADP and host to the auto industry social networking community ADM, Len Critcher from ecarlist.com, Tim Zierden from AAX, Jim Ziegler, motivational speaker and consultant to the auto industry, Jeff Kershner, ecommerce director for The Mile One Automotive Group and host of the auto industry social networking forum DealerRefresh.Com , Jeff Raab from the Detroit Trading Company, (DTX), Mike DeCecco from Dealer.Com, Ken Schwartz from CityTwist, Michael R. Spadafore from R. L. Polk & Co., Kevin Schwartz and Rick Rochon from AdSymetrix, Bruce Cerbone from Argistics, Scott Davis from Bulldog Marketing Technologies, Matt Watson and Douglas Kinney from VinSolutions, Hal Howard and Don Pollock from New Wave Automotive, LLC, (NWA), Matt Brown and Zack Powell from TheDealerDashBoard.Com, Mark Burack from Liquid Motors and Pat Ryan, Jr. from FirstLook.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., Now MarketPlace, Fididel or any of the preferred automotive advertising vendors previously reviewed on WAAOL, auto dealers and automotive advertising agencies should contact Philip through AdAgencyOnline.Net. Automotive advertising vendors, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers that would like to be considered as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net and/or to hire/join Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, call him at 888-796-2228 or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net at http://adagencyonline.net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!” ###

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