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AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising resource / networking portal that hosts a blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of the blog talk radio show featured on WAAOL – Automotive Advertising Experts – announced that he will be interviewing Dale Boone, the President and C.O.O. of www.EveryCarListed.Com , Darell Campbell, the C.E.O. of Every Car Listed and Briggs Ferguson, the President-Internet of Idearc Media LLC on the show that is scheduled to air on Friday, July 24th 2009 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST.

EveryCarListed.Com is a preferred automotive advertising vendor on AdAgencyOnline.Net and both Dale and Darrell have previously appeared on the Automotive Advertising Experts show to discuss thier inventory based automotive advertising website. Philip explained why Dale, Darell and Briggs were invited to update AdAgencyOnline.Net’s audience of automotive advertising agencies and automobile dealers, “EveryCarListed.Com has earned a position as a preferred automotive advertising vendor on AdAgencyOnline.Net based on their unique understanding of both the automobile business and the new automotive advertising technologies being offered on the World Wide Web. For example, I have always been impressed by their integration of social networking to differentiate EveryCarListed.Com from other third party inventory based automotive advertising websites. Their support of the auto industry social networking site – www.AutoIndustryInsights.Com – known as the “Network Of Networkers” evidences their recognition of the need for relationship based selling to satisfy consumer demand.”

“In addition, EveryCarListed.Com recently proved their priority to give online car shoppers what they want by their decision to post videos on their vehicle listings to improve the transparency on their site; another consumer preference that has surfaced as a must have by online shoppers. Our research has confirmed that consumers prefer a video presentation over copy or still pictures when an auto dealer describes a new car or a used car for sale on their site. EveryCarLIsted.Com announced that they are moving towards becoming the only all-video listing site, with one million vehicle video listing available now, and the remaining vehicles on the site expected to offer video by year’s end.”

“Another announcement that warranted Dale’s repeat visit on this week’s Automotive Advertising Experts show is the fact that SuperPages.Com has launched a new “Cars” tab. The link is positioned at the top of their home page allowing consumers to shop for vehicles within their site by accesing all the listings from EveryCarLIsted.Com – including their video listings. The combination of the trafic from SuperPages.Com and the value added video content of EveryCarListed.Com will create a large and powerful all-video shopping arena that will provide a quality venue for auto dealers and an enhanced shopping experience for car buyers. That “win-win” scenario is something that my affiliated automotive advertising agencies, auto dealer clients and site visitors need to know about!”

Superpages.Com is Idearc’s products and services search engine that has more than 27 million unique visitors and ranks 27th in the top 50 U.S. Web properties according to comScore. EveryCarListed.Com was purchased by Idearc media, a subsidiary of Idearc, Inc., in February 2009. A representative of Idearc provided Philip Zelinger with the following press release and related information in advance of the show to help prepare the agenda for Dale’s interview and review of the new all-video platform planned for EveryCarListed.Com:

Contact: Lisa Vilfordi, Idearc Media, lisa.vilfordi@idearc.com, 972-453-3916

Superpages.com launches a new “Cars” tab housing all listings from EveryCarListed.com

Idearc Media LLC, home to Superpages.com® and publisher of the Verizon® Yellow Pages, today announced that its Internet site EveryCarListed.com SM has launched one million vehicle videos on its free automobile listing site. The videos are provided to each listing for free and by year end, EveryCarListed.com will launch videos to the remaining listings creating the only all-video vehicle listing site in the nation.

The vehicle videos simulate a trip to the dealer by providing consumers a “walk around” experience while a voice-over describes the car features. View this video of a 2007 Hummer H2. According to comScore, in November 2008, 146 million Americans viewed 12.7 billion online videos.

“Online videos are becoming part of the buying process,” said Briggs Ferguson, Internet President at Idearc Media. “Videos touch consumers’ senses and enhance the buying experience, which in turn provides dealers and for sale by owner listings more quality leads from EveryCarListed.com.”

EveryCarListed.com, which launched in August 2008 and was acquired by Idearc Media in February 2009, has more than 2 million dealership and “For Sale by Owner” listings. Vehicle listings on the site are current and updated daily through EveryCarListed.com’s agreements with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). When inventory changes at local dealerships, the OEM relationship ensures the most up-to-date vehicle information is posted to EveryCarListed.com.

Superpages.com features a new “Cars” destination tab at the top of the home page, allowing consumers to shop for vehicles within the site. According to comScore, the Superpages.com network has more than 27 million unique visitors a month and ranks 27th in the top 50 U.S. Web properties.

“With Superpages.com’s traffic and EveryCarListed.com’s content, we are creating a powerful automobile sales arena,” said Ferguson. “These sites will provide a venue for dealers to take advantage of exclusive advertising opportunities that will bring more consumers to their dealerships.”

On the EveryCarListed.com site, consumers can search listings by make, model, fuel economy and many additional preferences. Automobile dealer inventories are listed at a basic service level at no charge to the dealer. The site also offers new vehicles from franchised dealers, and “For Sale by Owner” listings free of charge.

The EveryCarListed.com video technology, provided through Digital Motorworks, Inc., is the Liquidus Video Platform. Liquidus offers a unique real-time video capability that ensures vehicle information is always fresh and up-to-the-minute for every dealer and every vehicle.

Certain statements included in this press release and the hyperlinked materials constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements reflect Idearc management’s current views with respect to Idearc’s financial performance and future events with respect to its business and industry in general. Statements regarding Idearc’s exploration of alternatives related to its capital structure are forward-looking statements. Statements that include the words “believe,” “will,” “anticipate,” “foresee,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Idearc cautions you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The following important factors could affect future results and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements: (i) that the bankruptcy filing and the related cases disrupt current plans and operations; (ii) risks that Idearc’s business could suffer from the loss of key customers, suppliers or personnel during the pendency of the bankruptcy case; (iii) risks that Idearc’s plan of reorganization fails to obtain the requisite approval from the claim holders entitled to vote on the plan; (iv) risks that Idearc will be able to maintain sufficient liquidity for the pendency of the bankruptcy cases; (v) risk that the bankruptcy court rejects Idearc’s plan of reorganization; (vi) limitations on Idearc’s operating and strategic flexibility during the pendency of the bankruptcy cases; (vii) risks related to a long and protracted restructuring; (viii) risks related to Idearc’s declining print revenue, including a reduction in customer spending resulting from the current economic downturn; (ix) changes in Idearc’s competitive position due to the competition from other yellow pages directories publishers and other traditional and new media and its ability to anticipate or respond to changes in technology and user preferences; (x) declining use of print yellow pages directories; (xi) changes in the availability and cost of paper and other raw materials used to print directories and reliance on third-party printers and distributors; (xii) increased credit risk associated with reliance on small- and medium-sized businesses, in particular in the current economic environment; (xiii) changes in operating performance; (xiv) Idearc’s ability to attract and retain qualified executives; (xv) Idearc’s ability to maintain good relations with its unionized employees; (xvi) changes in U.S. labor, business, political and/or economic conditions; (xvii) changes in governmental regulations and policies and actions of regulatory bodies; and (xviii) risks associated with Idearc’s obligations under agreements entered into with Verizon in connection with the spin-off. For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, see Idearc Inc.’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which you may view at www.sec.gov, and in particular, Idearc Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

About Idearc Media,LLC

Idearc Media LLC, a subsidiary of Idearc Inc. (IDARQ.PK), delivers products on multiple platforms to help consumers find the information they want, wherever they are. Idearc’s multi-platform of advertising solutions include Verizon® Yellow Pages, Verizon® White Pages, Verizon® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, FairPoint® Yellow Pages, FairPoint® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, Superpages.com®, Switchboard.comSM, LocalSearch.comSM, Superpages MobileSM and SuperpagesDirectTM direct mail products. For more information, visit www.idearc.com.

About EveryCarListed.com

EveryCarListed.com the nation’s largest all video free-listings Web site for automobiles, designed to contain all new and used vehicles for sale in the U.S. Its business model is like that of the Yellow Pages, which has a highly utilized model of free listings. Including all dealer inventories at a basic service level free of charge and allowing all “For Sale by Owner” listings to be placed for free, EveryCarListed.com creates a powerful automobile marketplace. Millions of current vehicle listings, updated daily, and agreements with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) as well as GM Certified Used Vehicles and other strategic partners, ensure that when inventory changes at local dealerships, the most up-to-date vehicle information will be posted to the Web site.

For more information visit www.EveryCarListed.com/corp.

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 and Laser Stream Video; to name a few.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., EveryCarListed.Com, AutoIndustryInsights.Com 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 reviews cutting edge automotive advertising applications for their affiliated automotive advertising agencies, auto dealer / vendor clients and site visitors. According to Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL), and host of the blog talk radio station featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time - Ai Media Group is on the short list to be approved as a preferred automotive advertising vendor on the free automotive advertising resource / networking portal.

Philip interviewed Sergio Alvarez, the COO of Ai Media Group on his blog talk radio show “Automotive Advertising Experts” that aired on May 15th 2009 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. The show is scheduled to run as an encore presentation today, Thursday, July 16, 2009 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST and it is available as a downloadable podcast at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline .

Philip explained why Ai Media Group is being considered 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.”

“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.

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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AdAgencyOnline.Net is a free automotive advertising resource / networking portal that evaluates cutting edge automotive advertising applications for their affiliated automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer/vendor clients. The site also has a growing number of visitors surfing the web for the latest and greatest online automotive advertising solutions. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL), and host of the blog talk radio station featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time – reviewed ActivEngage in an on air interview with its co-founder Todd Smith that aired today, June 13th 2009 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST.

Todd provided Philip with the following press release explaining the unique products and services offered by ActivEngage that prompted Philip to consider them as a preferred automotive advertising vendor for his affiliated automotive advertising agencies;

Orlando, Florida – (June 30, 2009) ActivEngage, the automotive industry’s premier provider of proactive live chat with business intelligence for dealer websites, today announced the latest release of their proprietary live chat software and services. The new enhancements were made based on direct feedback from dealers, consumer trends and the latest advancements in technology. The new version enables even more personalized communication with consumers, enhanced efficiency in lead management and advanced, consolidated reporting. Expanded capabilities let dealers collect more customer intelligence from site visitors to guide communication, both during and after chat sessions, and move even more shoppers through the sales cycle.

Enhanced efficiencies include sending chat leads to specific departments; parts leads can be sent directly to the parts department, service leads to the service department, new car leads to new car sales, etc. Alternatively, depending on the size and organizational structure of the dealership, all leads can be sent to a single person. In addition, dealers can now survey website visitors. These fully customizable surveys are available for both pre and post-chat, allowing dealers to collect valuable data from visitors both before and after chat sessions. Pre-chat survey information is also included in the chat window, enabling chat agents to use this knowledge to help guide conversations.

In addition, all text from chat transcripts is now available in database format for reporting. For example, dealers can monitor the number of times any particular make or model was discussed in chat. This business intelligence can then be used to inform special offers and promotions, based on what the majority of consumers are looking for at the dealership website. Real-time form-field tracking also lets dealers monitor visitors’ online form entries as shoppers actually enter the information. This data is also captured even if shoppers do not complete and submit the entire form. Further, completed form-field values are now shown in the chat window, along with complete visit details.

Fully customizable reports are also available, allowing dealers to view and mine data in the format best suited for their dealership’s unique needs. Consolidated reporting, across multiple websites, is another new feature of the system upgrade. Reporting is now available in a single location, for dealerships with a single website, or dealer groups with 100 websites. The upgrades also include advanced server detection and tracking that make it easier to identify where shoppers come from. This increases the automated, custom actions that can be performed when triggered from shoppers’ actions at the website.

“We spend a lot of time talking to our dealers and we take their ideas and requests very seriously,” commented ActivEngage co-founder Ted Rubin. “The latest version of our live chat software and services includes upgrades and advanced features that have been rigorously tested and are proven to help dealers move more previously anonymous site visitors through the sales funnel. The enhanced reporting capabilities also increase the business intelligence dealers can use to guide and continuously improve communication, based on what’s working best for site visitors.”

Information on ActivEngage can be found at http://www.activengage..com/MediaHome.shtml or by visiting http://adagencyonline.net or http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adagencyonline and downloading the blog talk radio show – Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising – that reviewed their automotive advertising application.

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of AdAgencyOnline.Net with 25 + years of experience in the retail auto industry as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by 10 years in the automotive advertising industry including 3 years as the C.O.O. for a nationally recognized automotive advertising agency. Philip is the author of two books on the auto industry including one titled “How To Sell A Car – A Career Training Guide To The Auto Industry.” Philip founded AAOL in December of 2001 as an online communication / distribution system that operates as a “paperless” automotive advertising agency linking a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies, production partners and select vendors using a proprietary operating system that he developed. Philip is the host of AdAgencyOnline.Net, and the site’s featured blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. The blog talk radio shows on WAAOL include; “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising“, “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” In addition to handling daily operations at AAOL and hosting AdAgencyonline.Net, Philip speaks at Dealer 20 Groups, is a regular guest speaker to the advertising classes at Northwood University in West Palm Beach Florida and a seminar host at a number of national auto industry conventions including four successive years at the Digital Dealer Conference.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net

AdAgencyOnline.Net was formed by AAOL to find, review and recommend automotive advertising applications and coordinated selling process for their auto dealer clients. Auto industry vendors reviewed on the blog talk radio shows on AdAgencyOnline.Net include; LeadConverter, AI Dealer, Laser Steam Video, NeoSynergy, CarFolks.Com, ADP, BZ Results, Kihon Media, R.L. Polk & Co., The Detroit Trading Exchange, Ebay Motors, Veeple, Dealer.Com, AdSymetrix, Gumiyo, vAuto, AAX, AdTel, ReachLocal, ecarlist, nada-24, FirstLook, AI Media Group and PrimeTyme – among others.

Many of the featured vendors on AdAgencyOnline.Net have engaged AAOL as their automotive advertising agency and/or consultant including but not limited to ; DealMaker.Com, EveryCarListed.Com, SiSTer Technologies-Video CarLot, CityTwist, Argistics-AutoTransaXion and Bulldog Marketing Technologies.

Automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors, auto industry networkers and/or bloggers as well as O.E.M. representatives that would like to support AdAgencyOnline.Net should contact Philip Zelinger directly at 1-888-796-2228 or via email at pzads@bellsouth.net or through www.adagencyonline.net. Anyone interested in joining AdAgencyOnline.Net as an affiliated automotive advertising agency, auto industry vendor or auto dealer client of AAOL should also contact Philip or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click Away!” ###

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AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising resource / networking portal that reviews cutting edge automotive advertising applications for the affiliated automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer clients of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL). Philip Zelinger, the President of AAOL and host of the blog talk radio station featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising All The Time – will be reviewing AskPatty.Com on the “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising” show that will air today, Wednesday, July 8th 2009, between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST.

AskPatty.Com is a “female friendly” auto industry social networking site that features articles on issues that are of interest to women on many fronts. Jody Devere, the President of AskPatty.Com, will be joining Philip to share best practices with automotive advertising agencies anxious to learn how to market to women since women are often the decision makers when purchasing a vehicle. In addition to reviewing the automotive advertising portals hosted individually by Jody and Philip, the pair will also be discussing their shared interests and support for a new auto industry social networking site – http://AutoIndustryInsights.Com . Philip and Jody will be linking their content on “Auto Industry Insights,” (AII) as a means to spread the word beyond their own spheres of influence in both the real and the virtual world. The new “Network of Networkers” site is sponsored by a preferred automotive advertising vendor featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net – http://EveryCarListed.Com .

A select group of equally respected auto industry targeted online communities will be joining Philip and Jody on the Advisory Panel for AII with the shared philosophy that a “rising tide floats all boats.” At this time, the Advisory panel includes Philip Zelinger and http://AdAgencyOnline.Net , Jody Devere and http://AskPatty.Com , Jared Hamilton and http://DrivingSales.Com , Ralph Paglia and http://www.automotivedigitalmarketing.com , Scott Monty and http://www.scottmonty.com/ and Joe Webb / Gilbert Chavez and http://DealerKnows.Com .

Philip Zelinger will be serving as the senior moderator of AII, however he is quick to share the credit with the automotive advertising insiders that have joined him to support the site. AII also has the support of the Automotive advertising agencies partnered with AAOL who represent auto industry vendor / clients as well as automobile dealerships that share their vision to “blur the line between the virtual and the real world.” AII contributors are able to leverage the resources of their independent auto industry networking sites to the benefit of their individual online communities and the new shared audience that AII will attract.

About Jody DeVere

Jody DeVere is the CEO and President of AskPatty.com, Inc. with more than twenty-five years of achievement as a successful entrepreneur focused on sales and marketing leadership including ten years developing web based business solutions across diverse industries. DeVere is currently the President of the Woman’s Automotive Association International – the premier women’s organization for women automotive professionals, a member of the Car Care Council Women’s Board , a member of the California State Advisory Board for SkillsUSA, Chairperson of the United Spinal Motor Sports Committee, and a member of the SEMA Businesswomen’s Networking Association and is the Editor of the Car Channel on Blogher.com.JD Power Automotive Internet Roundtable, GYNYDA, NAWBO, Car Care Council Women’s Board, BlogHer.org, SEMA, SEMA Business Women’s Networking Association, Northwood Auto Show and the Association of Automotive Internet Sales Professionals. She has been a speaker with the National Automobile Dealer Association (NADA.org), National Independent Automobile Dealer Association (NIADA.org).

About AskPatty.Com

The Ask Patty.com, Inc. website and blog that Jody heads is a safe place for women to get advice on car purchases, maintenance and other auto related topics. Women can shop for vehicles at their network of certified female friendly dealerships across the U.S. AskPatty.com is a member and 2008 corporate sponsor of the Women’s Automotive Association International based in Detroit, MI, Board member of the UnitedSpinal.org, Member of the California SkillsUSA.org board, on the Women’s Board of the Car Care Council, a SEMA member and a member of the SEMA Business Women’s Networking Group.

AskPatty.com is partnered with several auto industry sites including, but not limited to, NIADA, DriverTv.com, MyCarPage.com, MyAutoLoan.Com, Aware and BlogHer.com.

AskPatty.Com has an established track record in training. The site provides a variety of products and services designed to educate auto dealers and automotive advertising agencies including their highly regarded dealer certification program. Properly armed with the right tools and training dealerships can increase their share of the largest and fastest growing demographic of new vehicle buyers in the US — Women Consumers. The Ask Patty Certified Dealer program was designed specifically for car dealerships to attract, sell, retain and keep loyal women consumers. An Ask Patty certified dealer is a dealer that creates a safe and comfortable environment where women feel welcome and a dealer that makes the experience of purchasing and maintaining her vehicle a pleasant one. Ask Patty trained and certified dealers are held to a high level of customer satisfaction for women consumers.

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of AdAgencyOnline.Net with 25 + years of experience in the retail auto industry as a General Manager and Dealer Principal followed by 10 years in the automotive advertising industry including 3 years as the C.O.O. for a nationally recognized automotive advertising agency. Philip is the author of two books on the auto industry including one titled “How To Sell A Car – A Career Training Guide To The Auto Industry.” Philip founded AAOL in December of 2001 as an online communication / distribution system that operates as a “paperless” automotive advertising agency linking a national network of independent affiliated automotive advertising agencies, production partners and select vendors using a proprietary operating system that he developed. Philip is the host of AdAgencyOnline.Net, and the site’s featured blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. The blog talk radio shows on WAAOL include; “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising“, “Lunch With Ralph Discussing Automotive Advertising” and “Automotive Advertising Experts.” In addition to handling daily operations at AAOL and hosting AdAgencyonline.Net, Philip speaks at Dealer 20 Groups, is a regular guest speaker to the advertising classes at Northwood University in West Palm Beach Florida and a seminar host at a number of national auto industry conventions including four successive years at the Digital Dealer Conference.

About AdAgencyOnline.Net

AdAgencyOnline.Net was formed by AAOL to find, review and recommend automotive advertising applications and coordinated selling process for their auto dealer clients. Auto industry vendors reviewed on the blog talk radio shows on AdAgencyOnline.Net include; LeadConverter, AI Dealer, Laser Steam Video, NeoSynergy, CarFolks.Com, ADP, BZ Results, Kihon Media, R.L. Polk & Co., The Detroit Trading Exchange, Ebay Motors, Veeple, Dealer.Com, AdSymetrix, Gumiyo, vAuto, AAX, AdTel, ReachLocal, ecarlist, nada-24, FirstLook, AI Media Group and PrimeTyme – among others.

Many of the featured vendors on AdAgencyOnline.Net have engaged AAOL as their automotive advertising agency and/or consultant including but not limited to ; DealMaker.Com, EveryCarListed.Com, SiSTer Technologies-Video CarLot, CityTwist, Argistics-AutoTransaXion and Bulldog Marketing Technologies.

Automotive advertising agencies, auto dealers, auto industry vendors, auto industry networkers and/or bloggers as well as O.E.M. representatives that would like to contribute content to AII should contact Philip Zelinger directly at 1-888-796-2228 or via email at pzads@bellsouth.net or through www.adagencyonline.net. Anyone interested in joining AdAgencyOnline.Net as an affiliated automotive advertising agency, auto industry vendor or auto dealer client of AAOL should also contact Philip or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click Away!” ###

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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!”

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