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09/05/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

This graph shows you by price range the most viewed vehicles across our network in the last 60 days.
Click HERE to view a larger image of the results.


26/04/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

Are you preparing end of financial year data for your accountant, and don’t know where to start?
Are you struggling to catch up after staff changes and can’t see the end in sight?
If your answer is yes, you need an accounting specialist, with Dealerlogic experience.
We have great news for you! Dealer Solutions can now put you ...
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17/04/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

Half way through their free leads period, which runs until 31 May, Carsguide.com.au has announced record traffic figures as a result of their new marketing campaign.
The following was announced during a recent press release direct from Carsguide:
Carsguide announce a 161%* increase in visitors carrying out searches on dealers’ used cars and a 58%** increase in ...
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16/04/2012 - Posted by Admin

Raylea Wakefield, wife of Chris Vening – Dealer Solutions CEO, passed away on the morning of Sunday April 8th after being fatally injured in an accident.

Our Motor Industry friends and colleagues are invited to attend the funeral service to be held on Monday April 23rd at 10:30am

Full details can be found by visiting www.inmemoryofraylea.com.au


26/03/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

It just got cheaper for Dealers to sell Parts and Accessories with Ebay.
From 2nd May 2012 the Featured Store monthly subscription will  reduce by an amazing 75% from $99.95 to $24.95 and featured Store fixed price insertion fees will reduce 34% from 30c to 20c for all parts and accessories categories. The final value fee ...
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Social Media for Retail Motor Trade
22/03/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

At the moment it is hard to have conversations with Dealers like yourself that don’t involve questions like “What is this Social Media thing?” and “How do I sell cars with Social Media?” and “Oh come on, who’s going to buy a car using something called Twitter?”.
You may have already established that everyone you talk ...
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09/03/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

This arrived in my inbox today. The story speaks for itself but obviously we are also very happy that results like this are happening for our dealers.
“Just FYI fellas, just received confirmation that we have sold a complete Tradesman accessory kit for a Navara to a client in Sydney which consists of Bullbar, Driving lights, ...
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09/03/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

Tired of not being able to pick the car that owns this headlight? Don’t give up just yet! Bragging rights and the  $50.00 gift card may just be yours if you pick/guess/fluke the car that owns this Headlight.
The winner will be first person who uses the blog comments (no emails or texts or facebook messages) ...
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05/03/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

Continuing with our philosophy of supporting our dealers with maximum advertising choice we are pleased to advise that www.carsupermarket.com.au is now available as an advertising destination.
John from Carsupermarket has this message for you:
“I would like to introduce our company, Carsupermarket. We are a company that works for the dealer and private sector saving  time and ...
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24/02/2012 - Posted by Chris Vening

A Sydney Dealer achieves 21K in sales with a 26% GP with their eBay parts and accessory store in January 2012.
A Melbourne Dealer achieves $19940.00 in sales in January with a 18.5% GP and gets the bonus of exceeding their OEM accessory target for the “first time in ages”.
Both these dealers have less than 400 ...
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