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Automotive advertising agencies don’t know what they don’t know and they are turning to social networking communities like http://AdAgencyOnline.Net to listen and learn about the increasing role of social media in automotive advertising.  Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. — a national network of independent automotive advertising agencies — hosts a blog talk radio station — WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time — where he shares best practices with his affiliated automotive advertising agencies and automotive advertising decision makers that regularly follow his shows and contribute to their shared portal.

Social media is a new phenomenon that allows auto dealers to broadcast their own marketing messages to a targeted audience using established automotive advertising wisdoms, but in a more consumer centric manner and for a fraction of the cost of conventional media.  Technology has always dictated the most efficient means to advertise a product or service and the Internet has opened a new channel with unlimited potential for reach and frequency of message.  Previously, conventional media — such as newspaper, radio and T.V. — was controlled by big business primarily because of the amount of capital that was required to distribute their content.  Philip Zelinger explained his support of social media in a comment on his recent blog talk radio show; “The Internet Super Highway has been built with no tolls — for now at least — and automotive advertising agencies only need to learn the rules of the road in order to travel on it.”

Some of the blog talk radio shows hosted by Philip on WAAOL include Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising - an open business forum with live call in questions from listeners, Lunch With Ralph Paglia Discussing Automotive Advertising - a special platform for Ralph Paglia, the National Director Of Digital marketing for ADP and the host of his own auto industry social networking community http://AutomotiveDigitalMarketing.Com (ADM), and Automotive Advertising Experts where Philip invites automotive advertising insiders to discuss their products, services or unique insights into the future of the automotive advertising industry.  Most recently, the guest on the Automotive Advertising Experts show was L.J. Marhefka, the Program Coordinator for the TARP Lending Program, (Together Automotive Retailing Prospers).  Philip and L.J discussed TARP and their participation in the 2010 NIADA Convention scheduled at Caesar’s Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas June 14th., 2010 through June 17th., 2010. Philip will join the originator of the TARP program, Keith Whann, in a panel on social media to be held on Wednesday morning for the general session at the convention. 

In the week prior to his interview with L.J., Philip interviewed Brian Pasch, the President of PCG Digital Marketing and the host of http://InternetSalesManager.Org.  The pair of automotive advertising experts discussed a new automotive advertising platform introduced by Brian and Sean Wolfington — http://AutomotiveAdvertisingNetwork.Com ,(AAN), that provides leveraged online exposure and resources to develop leads for auto dealers that pay a flat monthly fee to list their inventory. The subjects discussed and the guests that appear on WAAOL are chosen from a diverse group of friends and professional associates of Philip Zelinger who share his philosophy that a rising tide floats all boats. Read the rest of this entry »

Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of the automotive advertising resource/networking portal — http://AdAgencyOnline.Net — promoted the 2010 NIADA Convention and the TARP Lending Program on his blog talk radio station featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net — WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time.  The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, (NIADA), is hosting their annual convention at Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from June 14th, 2010 through June 17th, 2010.  Philip Zelinger will be attending the convention and sitting on a panel discussing social media that is being hosted by Keith Whann, the General Counsel for the NIADA,  host of a new auto industry social networking portal — http://Auttr.Com — and the originator of the TARP Lending Program — Together Automotive Retailers Prosper.

Lenders have been invited to present their financial products and services to the auto dealers and automotive advertising agencies that will be in attendance at the NIADA Convention in a special section set aside by Keith Whann to promote his unique version of the TARP program.  The TARP lending Program is the brainchild of Auto Industry Expert, Keith Whann.  When credit markets were all too tough about a year and one-half ago, Keith, seeing that both dealers and consumers needed capital sources to continue to achieve their goals, sought out lenders that had available capital to service both dealers and consumers.  Keith also realized that there were many other potential lenders with available capital that were doing business with franchised dealers only, but could (and should) be doing business with independents.  He realized through education, we could help lenders mitigate (or in some cases eliminate) risk.  The TARP Lending Program does exactly this; The program brings lenders and dealers together and provides education which helps in the development of strong, long-term lender/dealer relationships.

About The Tarp Lending Program

The first TARP Program was help in Columbus, Ohio in March of 2009.  There were about 30 lenders and 250 dealers gathered at the event.  Next, the TARP Program went to Orlando, Florida and was held with the NIADA Convention.  Other TARP venues include;  Columbus, Ohio (October 2009), Philadelphia, PA (November 2009), Orlando, FL (January, 2010), Dallas, TX (March, 2010), Fredericksburg, VA (May, 2010).  Over 100 lenders have participated at these events and (by the end of the TARP Program in Las Vegas in June) over 3000 dealers will have found success with the program.

The following lenders have participated in the TARP Events to date:

Participating Lenders from the past 6 TARP Events

AFC AFCD Aimbridge Indirect Lending, LLC Alamo Financial AmeriChoice Federal CU – Former IBM Americo Federal CU AmeriCredit Apex Community FCU AppOne Atlantic Financial Auto Use AUTO USE-THE MILBY GROUP Autobank Financial Services Autofunds.com AUTOMOTIVE CREDIT CORPORATION Belco Community CU Bellco Federal CU Berks Community FCU CANTON FINANCIAL Car Bucks Floor Plan Car Financial Services, Inc CFC Investment Company Chase Custom Finance Citadel FCU COCC Community Credit Union Community Bank Cornerstone FCU Credit Acceptance Corporation Credit Union Direct Lending Credit Union Direct Portfolio Services Cross Valley CU Dealer Funding

Dealer PortFolio Services Dealer Services Corporation Dealer Track Discovery FCU Erie Community CU Erie Federal CU Erie General Electric Federal CU E-Z Dealer Finance FIBER GLASS CREDIT UNION Finance Express FINCO Management First Bank of Ohio FIRST-KNOX NATIONAL BANK Flagship Credit Corporation Floor Plans Inc Franklin Oil Regional Globe Acceptance, Inc. GMAC Guardian Finance HUNTINGTON BANK Independent Bank LANCO FCU Laser Finance Lebanon FCU Lydia Cladek MAFS Mongoose Capital Mark-One M-C Federal CU Merck Sharp & Dohme Federal CU Mid-Atlantic Finance Company Morgan Bank National Auto Lenders

Nationwide Acceptance Corporation Nationwide Financial Nicholas Financial Ohio Credit Union League OHIO HEALTHCARE FCU OMNI SERVICE GROUP PAR North America PARKVALE BANK Penn Acceptance Corporation Penn East CU PFS Financial Services Pittsburgh Central Federal CU Preferred Auto Finance Professional Financial Services Corp. PSECU Reliance Federal CU Route One Security Auto Loans – SAL SPE FCU Sterling Credit Sun East FCU SUPREME AUTO FINANCE LLC Susquehanna Valley FCU Thrift Investment Tri-County Federal CU U.S. Small Business Administration United Acceptance, Inc. Vehicle Acceptance Corporation Western Funding, Inc. WESTGATE FINANCIAL Westlake Financial Services Wolters Kluwer Financial Services–AppOne Xpress Finance, Inc.

As of this article, the following lenders intend to participate in the TARP Program at the 2010 NIADA Convention in Las Vegas June, 14th, 2010 through June 17th, 2010:

Americredit, AppOne, AutoFunds.com, AutoUse, Automotive Credit Corporation, Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC), CarBucks Floorplan, Chase Bank, Coastal Credit Corporation, Credit Acceptance, Dealer Services Corporation (DSC), Dealer Track, E-Z Dealer Finance, Finance Express, Globe Acceptance, Manheim Automotive Financial Services (MAFS), Nationwide Acceptance Corporation, Nicholas Financial, Professional Financial Services, RouteOne, Security Auto Loans (SAL), Sterling Credit Corporation, Tidewater Motor Credit, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), United Acceptance, Vehicle Acceptance Corporation, Westlake Financial, Western Funding Incorporated (WFI).

Several other lenders that are still under consideration include:  Aimbridge Lending Solutions, CAR Financial, Credit Union Direct Lending (CUDL), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPS), Independent Bank, Independent Lending Solutions, Mark-One, Mid-Atlantic Finance Company, PACCO, Preferred Auto Finance, Security National Acceptance Corporation (SNAC), Southern Auto Finance Co., United Auto Credit Corporation.

Lenders considering participating in the TARP Lending Program can visit www.whanntarp.com for additional event details. More information on TARP can also be found on the following links:

http://www.nacsolution.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:tarp-program-created-by-keith-whann-expands-into-regional-conference-8oct09-press-release&catid=18:press-releases&Itemid=71

http://auttr.com/blog/tarp-press-release/

http://www.niadatv.com/programs/finance.htm

http://issuu.com/fiada/docs/feb2010issue

http://www.fi-magazine.com/Channel/Certification-Training/News/Story/2009/10/TARP-Program-Expands-Into-Regional-Conference-Series.aspx

About Keith Whann

Keith Whann, is the founder of the law firm Whann & Associates LLC, located in Dublin, Ohio. Over a career that has spanned 25 years from a beginning as an Assistant Ohio Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division thru today, as General Counsel of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association, a co-owner, CEO and General Counsel of the Columbus Fair Auto Auction and The Car Counselor to the motor vehicle industry, Keith has become a leading national authority on motor vehicle and consumer protection issues.

Through the years Keith has had over 1,000 articles published in trade journals across the country and his monthly columns discussing compliance and consumer protection issues and providing legal updates to the industry continue to be favorites of dealers and consumers alike.

Keith has conducted hundreds of seminars across the country and appeared as a featured speaker on a wide variety of topics affecting the industry. He has spoken at conventions and meetings for over 50 national and state motor vehicle industry related trade associations and regulatory agencies dealing with complex automobile industry issues.

At the conclusion of these seminars Keith would end with an open Q&A session.  These sessions became so popular (ruining numerous meeting schedules along the way) that he developed “Ask the Car Counselor” to make the Q&A session an event in itself. In 2004, at the suggestion of friends, Keith took the show on the road to 97.1 FM in Amarillo, Texas and The Car Counselor program was born.  Unbeknownst at the time, Keith’s two-hour program was one of the first live broadcasts over the Internet.

Since that time, many of Keith’s presentations have been filmed and broadcast on the NIADA.TV and Automotive Consumer Television networks, including the seven hour 2005 and 2006 National Dealer Compliance and Profitability Expos (which Keith both developed and moderated) and various presentations at NIADA National Conventions and Regional Education Conferences from 2005 to 2009. 

Keith has also developed numerous training and compliance programs for the motor vehicle industry.  In 2005, he launched the KeithWhann.com website containing information, a series of tools and various resource materials to assist motor vehicle dealers with business, legal and compliance matters.  In 2006, Keith added sections to the site for consumers to answer their questions and provide them with information to assist them in the car buying and ownership processes.  Today, audio and video answers to hundreds of dealer and consumer questions appear in the Car Counselor section of the site.

Keith’s latest project finds him as one of the developers of the recently launched www.Auttr.com social media website dedicated to the automotive industry. The site not only allows dealers, consumers and the automotive industry as a whole to network, communicate and share information individually and in groups, but also allows you to search for a vehicle and provides instant access to up to the minute industry news, information and answers to questions in written, audio and video formats, with a few live broadcasts for good measure.  Think Facebook, with Twitter capability, the functionality of a MySpace or Linked-in, combined with industry news and information feeds, along with the ability to have a question answered, search for a car or watch and participate in one of Keith’s live broadcasts and – you’ve got Auttr!

In March of 2009 Keith was asked to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection at a hearing titled, “Consumer Protection in the Used and Subprime Car Market.”  Leading up to his testimony, the automobile industry was facing its toughest times in over two decades.

A sluggish economy with sagging auto sales, auto Manufacturers filing for bankruptcy, lenders leaving the automotive sector and consumer bankruptcy rates rising to all time highs were producing a very negative environment in the industry.

As opposed to waiting for something to happen, Keith decided to try and do something to improve what he saw around him.  Using the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s “TARP” acronym he created his own TARP: “Together Automotive Retailing Prospers” with a goal of bringing positive, lasting change to the automotive industry one car deal at a time.  Over 30 lenders and 300 plus attendees participated in the first TARP Event in March.  Over 50 lenders and 900 plus attendees participated at TARP Event at the NIADA Convention in June.

Keith is introducing a new expanded TARP Program.  Its mission is to enable capital to flow to car dealers for floor planning of inventory, develop additional finance sources for retail customers, introduce the new NIADA certified vehicle program, enhance and improve dealership F&I processes and teach the keys to a dealer’s online success.  And now, Keith will also be unveiling his new “Car Buying IS FUN” Program for consumers teaching them the right way to buy a car.  Add it all together, and that’s what the Car Counselor’s TARP is all about!

 L.J. Marhefka, the TARP Program Coordinator, suggested that Lenders who want to participate in the Tarp Lending Program and who wish to exhibit at the 2010 NIADA Convention need to get hotel reservations for Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino. The hotel information can be found at: https://www.harrahs.com/CheckGroupAvailability.do?propCode=CLV&groupCode=SCNAD0E.

 The total cost for a lender to exhibit can be under $1999 — including air fare from most areas with specially negotiated discounts on American Airlines posted on the NIADA website — for one attendee to fully participate in the TARP Lending Program and the NIADA Annual Convention and Expo.  The TARP Lender Table Expo charge is $895.  This includes three days of exhibiting in the TARP Area of the NIADA Expo Hall (for layout details, go to:  http://sites.google.com/site/tarplasvegas/home), and full registration for one attendee. 

 One of the greatest benefits of being at the NIADA Convention as a TARP  Lender are the Lender Tables.  TARP exhibitors have a great position within the Expo Hall and there is very little setup.  Registration as an exhibitor includes the draped table, the chairs, and the sign.  Lenders simply need to bring something informative that describes your niche to hand out to dealers, and a lead-recording tool.

 L.J. suggests that TARP Lender exhibitors should plan on arriving to Vegas on June 15^th and show up at the Lender TARP area by 4:30 and be ready for the kickoff at 5:00 pm.  Stay until 9 pm when the Expo closes.  Be at the your TARP Table on June 16^th from 11-3 and on June 17^th from 11-2.  Head for home on Thursday afternoon, and be back in the office by Friday.

 Registration forms are available at – http://sites.google.com/site/tarplasvegas/lender-forms.  Completed  forms should be forwarded via fax to Kimberly Cook at NIADA (817-649-5866 or 817-649-5618).

 Attendees of the 2009 NIADA Convention were treated to a comprehensive program for TARP hosted by Keith Whann — known as The Car Counselor — that covered the following subjects:

 THE CAR COUNSELOR’S TARP PROGRAM – 2009 NIADA CONVENTION

 Dealership Operations and The Sales Presentation

Review “Compliance Is Not Just A Goal” in the Problem Solved! section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “Who Says Compliance Can Be Easy?…Me!” in the Compliance section on www.NIADA.tv; check out the Sales Process area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

 Privacy Notices and Procedures, Safeguards and Disposal Issues

Review the FTC Publication “The FTC’s Privacy Rule and Auto Dealers” in the Toolbox section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “How to Sell a Car and Keep it Sold” Part 4 in the Operations section on www.NIADA.tv; check out the Operations area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.  Also, NIADA Members may contact your State Association to get a free Safeguards Rule Compliance Package.

 The Red Flags Rule

Visit the Toolbox section of www.KeithWhann.com and review “Developing Your Dealership’s Written Red Flags Rule Program” and watch the Red Flags Rule education and training on www.NIADA.tv.  Check out the Operations area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.  Also, NIADA Members be sure to contact your State Association to get your Free Red Flags Rule Compliance Package.

 Third Party, Service Provider & Insurance Contracts and Lender Agreements

Review “You Signed The Contract, But Do You Know What It Said” in the Problem Solved! section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “Who Says Compliance Can Be Easy?…Me!” in the Compliance section on www.NIADA.tv and check out the Sales Process area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

 Dealership Paperwork

Review “Financial Benchmarks Help Protect The Bottom Line, But Compliance Benchmarks Protect It” in the Problem Solved! section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “A Review Of The Forms In A Motor Vehicle Sale” in the Compliance section and “How To Sell A Car And Keep It Sold” Part 4 in the Operations section on www.NIADA.tv and check out the Paperwork – Documents area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

 Dealership Advertising, Subprime Credit and Dealership Websites

Review “Motor Vehicle Advertising: Getting Back to the Basics” in the Problem Solved! section and “CAR ADS: Reading Between the Lines” in the Toolbox section on www.KeithWhann.com; take a look at the information in the Marketing & Advertising section of www.IndependentDealer.com and check out the Advertising area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

 Warranties, Service Contract Programs, Certified Vehicles and Goodwill Repairs

Review “Service Contract Or Warranty: The Answer Depends On What Your Salespeople Say And How Your Paperwork Reads” and “Wondering If Your Service Contract Program Creates Legal Exposure For Your Dealership?” in the Problem Solved! section and the “Dealer’s Guide To The FTC Used Car Rule” in the Toolbox section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “Making Sure Service Contracts Remain A Profit Center” in the Sales section on www.NIADA.tv; check out the Warranties, Service Contracts and Insurance area in the Car Counselor section at www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

Selling v. Financing Activity, Menu Selling, Co-Signers/Applicants/Buyers, Spot Deliveries and Adverse Action Notices

Review “F & I Practices And Menu Mishaps That Can Sink Your Dealership” in the Toolbox section and “Co-Applicant Vs. Co-Signer: What’s The Difference?” in the Problem Solved! section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “F&I: Profit Center or Problem Area, The Choice is Yours in the F&I” section on www.NIADA.tv and check out the F&I Financing, F&I Product Sales and F&I Menu Selling areas in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

Advertising and Selling Over the Internet

Review “Selling Over the Internet:  Is it Somewhere Over the Rainbow?” in the Toolbox section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch the “Marketing and Selling Vehicles on the Internet” program from the “2^nd Annual National Dealership Compliance and Profitability Expo” in the Compliance section and “Selling Over the Internet:  Is it Somewhere Over the Rainbow?” from the Sales section on www.NIADA.tv and check out the Internet Sales and Buying and Selling Online areas in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

Establishing/Operating a Related Finance Company and Starter Interrupt Devices

Visit the Toolbox section of www.KeithWhann.com and review the section of the IRS Audit Technique Guide on Independent Used Automobile Dealerships (page 3-47); watch “How To Establish And Operate A Related Finance Company” in the F&I section and “How To Properly Use A Starter Interrupt Device In A Motor vehicle Transaction” in the Compliance section on www.NIADA.tv and check out the Buy Here – Pay Here area in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

Customer Satisfaction, The Delivery Process and Arbitration

Review the FTC Guide “Buying a Used Car” in the Toolbox section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch “A Review Of The Forms In A Motor Vehicle Sale” (from 14:40 to 18:00) in the Compliance section on www.NIADA.tv and check out the How To Resolve A Problem and Car Buying Process areas in the Car Counselor section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

The Dealership Walk-Thru and Overall Dealership Compliance

Review “Take A Good Look At Your Dealership:  Do You See What I See?” in the Problem Solved! section on www.KeithWhann.com; watch The “Dealership Compliance Walk-thru” programs from the “2^nd Annual National Dealership Compliance and Profitability Expo” in the Compliance section on www.NIADA.tv and check the Car Counselor Dealer Questions section of www.KeithWhann.com and Keith’s blog posts and wires to friends, along with information from various groups and others on www.Auttr.com.

About Auttr.Com

www.Auttr.com:  The social network dedicated to the auto industry.  While Auttr brings social media to the auto industry, it’s much more than a social network.  Auttr enables you to network, communicate and stay informed within the auto industry.  Whether you become a friend of Keith’s, join a group (there is a TARP group) or read the blogs and posts, Auttr is your gateway to real-time information and answers.

www.KeithWhann.com:  Articles, guides and other information in the Toolbox and Problem Solved! sections and video and audio programs in The Car Counselor section for both dealers and consumers covering a wide range of topics pertaining to the motor vehicle industry.

www.NIADA.tv:  Video and audio programs, presentations and question and answer sessions for dealers on a wide range of topics pertaining to the motor vehicle industry.

www.NIADA.com:  Various articles and other information for dealers on subjects relevant to the industry, including monthly LLR Updates and Used Car Dealer Magazine.

www.IndependentDealer.com:  Information for dealers and consumers alike on a variety of topics, along with links to various licensing and regulatory agencies.

www.AutoConsumer.tv:  Information for consumers and dealers on consumer protection issues including The Car Counselor’s Consumer Buying Tips and re-broadcasts of Ask The Car Counselor programs.

Philip Zelinger and Keith Whann have further leveraged their individual automotive advertising networks — http://AdAgencyOnline.Net and http://Auttr.Com respectively — in a project designed to link together a number of nationally recognized auto industry and automotive advertising focused social networking sites.  The contributing members are defined as — Auto Industry Insiders — and their linked online resources have already earned them a reputation as a “Network Of Networkers.”  Philip and Keith have been joined by Ralph Paglia and his http://automotivedigitalmarketing.com , Brian Pasch and his http://www.InternetSalesManager.Org, Jared Hamilton and his http://DrivingSales.Com , Chris Saraceno and Kelly Motors and their http://DealerElite.Net , Jody Devere and her http://AskPatty.Com and Scott Monty from Ford Motors and his http://ScottMonty.com.  For now the group links their daily blogs and articles through RSS feeds to a central section hosted on AdAgencyOnline.Net appropriately titled Auto Industry Insiders.  However, plans are in process to expand their shared resources in online webinars and meetings at auto industry and automotive advertising venues like the NIADA Convention, The 9th Digital Dealer Conference and the NADA Convention; amongst others.   

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and the 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. Some of the automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include ronsmap, SiSTeR Technologies Video CarLot, TeleTextSolutions, DealerMouth, GetAutoAppraise.com, Argistics – AutoTransaXion, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer and Laser Stream Video; with more being added weekly.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., The 2010 NIADA Convention, The TARP Lending Program, Auto Industry Insiders or any of the vendors on AdAgencyOnline.Net contact Philip at http://AdAgencyOnline.Net.  Automotive advertising vendors, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers that would like to be considered as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net and/or to hire/join Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. to represent them can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, or call him at 888-796-2228.  To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!  After all, what are friends for!”  ###

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 the automotive advertising resource / networking portal http://AdAgencyOnline.Net , announced on his Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising show that he will be integrating a special section on AdAgencyOnline.Net called “Auto Industry Insiders.”  Automotive advertising agencies are following their auto dealer clients onto the Internet Super Highway for the same reasons that auto dealers are following their customers there — to sell more vehicles and service.  The Internet is the media of choice to find information on anything automotive related.  Automotive advertising agencies need to keep up with new technologies to help them sell more vehicles and service with reduced staff and budgets so they are turning to social networking communities to find and share best practices to solve common problems.

Philip explained why he is adding the Auto Industry Insiders section to AdAgencyOnline.Net with direct links to what some might consider competing automotive advertising resource / networking sites. “Sharing best practices with the affiliated automotive advertising agencies supported by Ad Agency Online allows us all to leverage our individual resources and relationships.  I formed AdAgencyOnline.Net to enhance our online communication platform with the blog talk radio shows functioning as open business meetings where we could review present and pending automotive advertising vendor solutions.  Our success in discovering bleeding edge automotive advertising applications on WAAOL proved out our shared philosophy that a rising tide floats all boats and by opening our platform to the World Wide Web we expanded our network of friends exponentially.  I consider the growing number of auto industry and automotive advertising social networking websites as an extension of our own online community and resources.  Our Auto Industry Insiders section is my way of recognizing their contributions by hosting it as a Network Of Networkers made up of recognized auto industry insiders who have resources and best practices to share.  After all, what are friends for!”

The new Auto Industry Insiders section is expected to be live on AdAgencyOnline.Net on or before May 31st, 2010.  Presently, the following auto industry insiders and their associated networking sites have been invited to be featured in this communal information resource section:

Ralph Paglia, National Director of Digital marketing for ADP and host of ADM — http://AutomotiveDigitalMarketing.Com

Brian Pasch, CEO of PCG Digital marketing and host of http://www.InternetSalesmanager.Org

Jared Hamilton, a third generation Ford Dealer and host of http://DrivingSales.Com

Keith Whann, Attorney At Law – Founder of the law firm Whann & Associates LLC, located in Dublin, Ohio – and host of http://Auttr.Com

Jody Devere, President of Ask Patty and host of http://AskPatty.Com

Scott Monty, Head Of Social Media for Ford Motors and host of The Social Media marketing Blog — http://ScottMonty.Com

Chris Saraceno, Vice President/Partner Kelly Automotive Group and host of http://DealerElite.Net

All of the selected contributors to Auto Industry Insiders have established reputations in the auto and automotive advertising industry.  Their respective online networking communities have differing personalities and rules that govern their content and memberships, however they share their common goal to improve the auto industry that defines them as much as they define it.

Philip anticipates that there will be many more Auto Industry Insiders added to the site and he has designed the section to be easily expandable as these valued contributors surface.  “Frankly, I have a list of friends and other sites that I personally support and contribute to, however, these first honored participants represent a diversity of experience, resources and site regulations that govern their content which is complimentary and representative of a variety of specialized verticals within the auto industry and the automotive advertising industry that supports it.  My personal branding line of — What are friends for — reflects the opportunity that Auto Industry Insiders should bring to us all since the reciprocal links to our respective sites should enhance our individual S.E.O. as well as providing added value content for our communities.  Besides, combining business with pleasure is always a good thing; this is going to be fun!”

About Ad Agency Online, L.L.C.

Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (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. Some of the automotive advertising vendors represented by AAOL include ronsmap, SiSTeR Technologies Video CarLot, TeleTextSolutions, DealerMouth, GetAutoAppraise.com, Argistics – AutoTransaXion, DealMaker.Com, CityTwist.Com, Bulldog Marketing Technologies, Kihon Media, CarFolks.Com, Ai Dealer and Laser Stream Video; with more being added weekly.

About Philip Zelinger

Philip Zelinger is the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and the 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.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., AdAgencyOnline.Net and their new Auto Industry Insiders section or any of the automotive advertising social networking communities supporting it contact Philip directly at http://AdAgencyOnline.Net.  Automotive advertising vendors, automotive advertising agencies and auto dealers that would like to be considered as a “preferred automotive advertising vendor” on AdAgencyOnline.Net and/or to hire/join Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. to represent them can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, or call him at 888-796-2228.  To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!  After all, what are friends for!”  ###

AdAgencyOnline.Net announced that 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 – will be reviewing AskPatty.Com this Tuesday, October 13^th 2009 on the “Lunch With Phil Discussing Automotive Advertising” show. Philip will be interviewing Jody Devere, the C.E.O. and President of AskPatty.Com, and Patricia J. Roberts, the National Business Director Development of AskPatty.Com. The show will be aired live between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST as an open forum for site visitors to call-in questions in a problem/solution forum designed to share best practices with the trio of automotive advertising experts focused on the unique needs of women car shoppers.

Jody has been a regular guest on WAAOL however this is the first time that Patricia will be introduced to the audience of this free automotive advertising resource networking portal. Patricia provided the following blog posted on http://AdAgencyOnline.Net and distributed to the affiliated offices of AAOL in advance of the show as a thought starter for the automotive advertising agencies that plan to call in questions.

Best Practices for Automotive Retailers on Hiring and Retaining Women

The statistics about the importance of women as a consumer are very familiar to all of us. Women account for 85% of all purchases which includes everything from homes to groceries and control TRILLIONS of dollars of wealth in this country. For those of us in the Automotive Industry, we know how vital the women consumers are to all of us; after all, they represent over 65% of our business. The challenge for all of us is how to make our place of business a comfortable place for women to patronize and purchase our products and services.

It goes without saying that the place where business is conducted must be inviting to both the women and men who come through our doors AND it must also reflect the marketplace in which we do business. Having said that, many of us do not know how or where to find the women we need to hire.

Based on my experience here are some suggestions:

• Create awareness that your place of business is hiring women and what career opportunities it has to offer.
• Visit schools and colleges and participate in career days
• Offer intern programs which will help identify and attract talented people
• Offer scholarships in the name of your business
• Join local women’ organizations
• Invite women’s organizations to hold their meetings in your place of business
• Support women’s events in your local community
• Advertise in women’s magazines or trade publications
• Offer incentives to your own employee for referrals
• Speak at the local Chamber of Commerce to get the word out that you are looking for female employees
• Most real estate agents are women so connecting with the local Real Estate business is another resource for hiring women

The importance of word of mouth in addition to formalized advertising is very critical in attracting women employees so the more you can get out into the community, the better the success of finding and hiring talent.

Make certain that your work place policies are conducive to both men and women.

• The workplace should be clean and neat and an inviting one that works for all employees
• It should be inclusive environment where everyone is treated with respect and valued
• Offer not only full time employment but flexible work place policies such as part time, work at home, team selling, job-sharing for everyone not just women. After all, work life balance is an issue for everyone.
• Have a mentor or buddy system not just for women but for the all new hires
• Post “work week” schedules in advance so that employees can plan their “life week”
• Provide processes that will accommodate for input and feedback for workplace improvement
• TRAIN-TRAIN-TRAIN all of your employees to understand how to treat each other in the work place and also how to treat the female customers when they come into your business establishment.

The important key here is to make sure that ALL employees are valued, are treated with respect, and have opportunities for growth.

Turnover in any is business unwanted and it seems that in the Auto Industry there is a higher percentage than other businesses.

By having policies in place to attract and retain talented employees: it will increase your customer base, reduce absenteeism, reduce costs, improve employee morale, and very importantly it will positively impact your bottom line.

CONCLUSION

This compilation of best practices is my insight into what needs to be in place to attract and engage women but it is also important to remember that companies pursue programs and practices that specifically fit your organization, your workers, and your managers. What is most vital is to harness the skills, talents and hard work of everyone on your team.

Customers want to feel comfortable, respected, and trusted and so do your female (and male) employees.

About Patricia J. Roberts

Prior to joining AskPatty.Com, Roberts was the General Director Women’s Retail Initiative on the General Motors Vehicle, Sales, Service and Marketing Staff in Detroit, MI. She was responsible for programs to increase the number of females in retailing for General Motors. This included the recruitment, training and appointment of female dealers, working with dealers to attract more women into automotive retailing positions, and to provide an enjoyable selling and service experience.

Before Roberts worked in Detroit, she worked in General Motors’ Western Region where she was manager of diversity marketing for General Motors’ Western Region. She was responsible for the development and execution of a strategic plan and the tactics for the diverse markets within the western region.

Roberts joined General Motors in 1967 in the Financial Department with Buick Motor Division. She served in a variety of financial assignments prior to her appointment in a managerial position as a district sales manager in Atlanta. Roberts transferred to Cleveland in 1977 and held the position of car distribution and office manager. In 1979, Roberts transferred to Pittsburgh as the organizational and business manager and in 1983 she became the assistant zone manager for Buick in Boston.

In 1988, Roberts was appointed to the position of business development manager for GMAC in Dallas. She returned to Buick in 1989 as the zone manager in Charlotte, North Carolina. From 1993 until February 1996, Roberts served as director of strategic marketing and research at Buick in Flint, Michigan. Roberts subsequently was appointed to the position of General Director of Marketing for General Motors of Canada, effective March 1, 1996. In January 1999, Roberts was assigned to the newly structured Western Region as the regional divisional marketing manager for Buick.

Roberts holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northwood Institute in Midland, Michigan and a master’s of business administration from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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, 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, Laser Stream Video and Winked-In.Com; to name a few.

For more information on Philip Zelinger, Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., AskPatty.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. to represent them can contact Philip Zelinger at pzads@bellsouth.net, call him at 888-796-2228 or visit AdAgencyOnline.Net at http://adagencyonline.net. To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help is only a click away!” ###

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 8^th 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!” ###