AdAgencyOnline.Net

AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising focused social networking portal hosted by Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL). The site reviews cutting edge automotive advertising technologies and vendor applications on their blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time - to share best practices with the affiliated automotive advertising agencies, auto dealer/vendor clients of AAOL and a growing audience of automotive advertising insiders who follow and support the site. Philip Zelinger, the President of AAOL and host of WAAOL recently announced his support for several new technologies and digital marketing applications that can be applied to an old world automotive advertising platform – Point of Purchase, (P.O.P.), Merchandising.

Philip explained the past and pending role of P.O.P. merchandising for automobile dealerships and how new technologies have allowed automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers to consider adding it to their limited automotive advertising budgets. “After investing 25 plus years as a General Manager and Dealer Principal, followed by the last 10 years advising my affiliated automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer clients on how to maximize the R.O.I. for their automotive advertising dollars, I am still amazed how proven old world advertising methods are being re-invented by today’s technology.”

“One of my affiliated automotive advertising agencies, DealerKnows, Inc. – owned and operated by Joe Webb and Gilbert Chavez, has announced their involvement in a new company, DealerSignage, Inc., (DS), that provides custom content delivered directly to the T.V. in an auto dealer’s customer lounge. This kind of automotive advertising message delivered to a captive targeted audience in an auto dealership’s facility to his existing customers has an experienced R.O.I. that can only increase as the quality of the content is improved.”

“Another automotive advertising solution tied to P.O.P. is provided by a vendor client of AAOL – Argisitics, L.L.C. and their AutoTransaXion platform. Argistics has developed a dynamic interactive video wall supported by their AutoTransaXion application – a customer interaction platform – that can be placed in an auto dealership’s service lounge or showroom offering informational videos linked directly to an expert sales or service advisor at the dealership. The process uses Argistics’ proprietary two way video customer interaction platform integrated with the auto dealer’s CRM and DMS to push and pull any information that the customer or the dealer needs to move towards a sale. The ability to promote sales and service specials within the dealership, or even to cross-sell various brands and models for a dealership that represents multiple franchises from one location linked to many others, is just one example of the new marketing capabilities presented by this method of P.O.P. merchandising.”

“PrimeTyme, Inc. is yet another vendor/client of AAOL that has joined the P.O.P. revolution with their unique video panel. The panel is only 1/8″ thick and it can be cut to any size or shape to display a crystal clear video signal with any content that can be delivered to a computer or T.V. screen. The obvious application for the content delivered by DealerSignage or the unique interactive information center provided by Argistics is the future of P.O.P. merchandising and the reason it has earned a place in any automotive advertising plan.”

About Argistics, L.L.C.

Argistics LLC., is a leading developer of CIM software solutions to contact centers, BPO’s, and retailers worldwide. Based in Marietta, GA, Argistics is the developer of web based solutions to assist companies in engaging their customers through video and chat technology and to help online customer’s complete web based interactions.

About DealerKnows, Inc., DealerSignage, L.L.C. and PrimeTyme, Inc.

Gilbert Chavez, the CEO of DealerSignage,(DS), Joe Webb, the COO of DS and Keith Williams, the CTO and VP of DS joined forces to address the growing importance of point of purchase merchandizing for auto dealers’ and the advantage of using digital signage to deliver timely and targeted automotive advertising messages to an auto dealer’s current customers as well as drive by traffic. Joe Webb and Gilbert Chavez are also partnered in a related auto industry focused consulting firm, DealerKnows, Inc. DealerKnows is an independent automotive advertising consulting firm that is an affiliated office of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

Dealer Signage provides the software, hardware, content and consulting services to deliver a targeted marketing message in an auto dealership through televisions strategically placed in key locations throughout the dealership. The ability to cross-sell between sales and service with a custom dealer message delivered in an active border wrapped around a live T.V. broadcast allows a dealer to talk to their existing customers. Specialized hardware and software provided by select vendors allows Dealer Signage to use state of the art technology to customize not only the content but the method of delivery.

PrimeTyme, an approved vendor of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. that was introduced to Dealer Signage, provides a proprietary video projection screen that can be placed on a showroom window, a wall or even as a free standing panel to allow the dealer to provide an interactive experience for customers visiting the showroom or even to pedestrian and drive by traffic outside the showroom. The digital billboard value of this application is obvious; however, the more unique ability to allow customers to actually touch the screen to interact with the message opens up a new world of opportunities. In addition to being able to answer questions to draw customers into the showroom the technology is able to track the people who stop to watch the screen with existing facial recognition software. The next generation of applications being developed promise to provide verifiable R.O.I. and extended marketing methods that will further enhance the value of the services provided by Dealer Signage.

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., (AAOL)

AdAgencyOnline.Net reviews automotive advertising vendors and new technologies on several blog talk radio shows including the “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising,” “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.

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 any of the vendors featured as preferred automotive advertising vendors on AdAgencyOnline.Net or reviewed on WAAOL go to http://AdAgencyOnline.Net or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline and download the related 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!”

AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising networking portal sponsored by Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL). The automotive advertising site leverages the resources of a national network of independent automotive advertising agencies and automotive advertising vendors to benefit their auto dealer clients and share best practices with their affiliated automotive advertising agencies. Philip Zelinger, the President of AAOL and host of the blog talk radio station featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time - will be interviewing Al Cantarella, the President of an affiliated automotive advertising agency of AAOL, Advertising Technologies, Inc., on “The Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising” show. The show is scheduled to air live Monday, June 29^th, 2009 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST, however it can be downloaded as a podcast after the show by visiting www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline .

The blog talk radio show will introduce a new email based community automotive advertising campaign hosted by CityTwist that is scheduled to begin its national launch on July 15^th, 2009. The packaged marketing platform consists of a targeted 100,000 piece email blast sent to a 15 mile radius from the participating automobile dealerships. The proprietary list of opt in email addresses used for the email blast as well as the online distribution platform and creative is being provided by CityTwist, a preferred automotive advertising vendor featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net. The list is filtered by zip codes, relevant demographic and household information sourced from the Post Office to maximize the R.O.I. for the participating automobile dealerships. The fee per dealer is based on a 10,000 piece email blasts with their own sales or service offers but the price per email is based on the leveraged price earned by the 100,000 piece volume discount. At the time of this article the price has not been confirmed, however it is expected to represent a deep discount for participating auto dealers.

Added value for auto dealers participating in the “Community Sales Event” will be offered in the form of free promotions provided by some of the preferred automotive advertising vendors featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net that will be supporting the promotion. SiSTeR Technologies Video CarLot is an automated video production application that converts the still pictures on an auto dealer’s website to video and then distributes them to selected third party advertisers as well as the search engines through their dedicated API with You Tube. Auto dealers participating in their local Community Sales Event will be invited to take advantage of SiSTeR Technologies “5/50 – No Car Left Behind” promotion that will convert 50 of their web site’s vehicles into videos posted on their site. In addition, 5 of those videos will be pushed to You Tube with no contract obligation or fees. In addition, the packages will include a six month agreement with Argistics for the use of their customer interaction application – AutoTransaXion. The basic service included in the promotion provides a two way video chat program linked from the email blast connecting directly to the participating auto dealer’s sales staff or BDC. The service will extend beyond the sales dates for the email blast and will serve as the ultimate conversion tool when installed onto the dealer’s website. Finally, all participating auto dealerships will be invited to post their entire used car inventory on EveryCarListed.Com for no fees and no contract in accordance with their standard dealer agreement. This inventory based website is quickly growing into one of the most visited websites on the Internet and it boasts exposure for auto dealers on the WWW that they could not achieve on their own.

Philip Zelinger described the unique value of the Community Sales Event for his affiliated automotive advertising agencies, auto dealer clients and site visitors, “In today’s troubled times everyone is looking for ways to do more with less. Ad Agency Online was formed to leverage the resources of the independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies that use our proprietary online communication / distribution system as the “ultimate outsourcing tool.” AdAgencyOnline.Net took our leveraged and linked resources to the next level by inviting cutting edge automotive advertising vendors to join our online social networking community to further serve our affiliated automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer clients. The Community Sales event links four of our preferred automotive advertising vendor clients into one offering. CityTwist provides the distribution channel through their online “Do It Yourself” automated email application, Argistics provides an integrated conversion tool to increase sales and service opportunities, SiSTeR Technologies provides their video productions to reduce the bounce rate and increase conversions on the participating auto dealership’s websites and EveryCarListed.Com extends the reach of the campaign by enhancing the dealer’s presence on the WWW. It is a perfect example of “connecting the dots” of networked relationship and resources. Combine these technologies with the dollar leverage of a community sales event and you can’t beat it!”

About Advertising Technologies

Advertising Technologies staff commands over 20 years of automotive and advertising experience. Based in Houston, Texas, they service their nationwide clients with one goal in mind… to increase showroom traffic while minimizing their advertising expenditure.

They deal in Direct Response advertising for their dealers via Infomercials, 30 second spots, a 24/7 live operator call center tied to a host of Auto Credit Hotlines and Vanity numbers such as 888-EasyLoan. Advertising Technologies believes that Direct Response, not general advertising, is the real gold standard. Direct response advertisers know “to the dollar” how effective their programs are and in today’s struggling economy R.O.I. is king.

Advertising Technologies provides television production, radio production, newspaper layout and design, internet marketing, complete media research, media buying, sales training, on-hold messages, fixed operations marketing, billboard design and much more at an advertisers request. According to Al Cantarella, the President of Advertising Technologies, “Today’s struggling economy suggests that businesses will increasingly demand results in cool, hard cash; and that means… Direct Response.

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), Michael T. Fay and Owen G. Cone from Colliers Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate, (C.A.R.S.), 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 , to participate in the Community Sales Event in your area in your area or for information on any of the vendors featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net that will be discussed on the blog talk radio show with Philip Zelinger and Al Cantarella 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!”

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 18^th 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!” ###

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 15^th, 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!” ###

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 12^th 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 13^th 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!” ###