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Chicago IL, July 31, 2012 – Automotive Internet Media, a leading provider of internet marketing services to the auto industry launches AIM’s CarClicks to drive more auto shoppers to dealership websites. AIM’s CarClicks is the first program to offer dealerships the ability to drive auto consumers shopping on independent automotive sites directly to the dealership’s website. Dealership inventory is displayed with priority placement on a network of automotive shopping sites. When auto shoppers click on the dealership’s listing, they are taken directly to the vehicle detail page on the dealership’s website. “We believe that CarClicks will quickly become one of
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Chicago IL, June 2, 2012 – Automotive Internet Media, a leading automotive online marketing company, announced they have enhanced their offerings to provide all their internet marketing services for dealers in one complete package. Automotive Internet Media offers services in over 10 marketing communication disciplines across numerous strategic platforms. The company continues to provide a la carte offerings based on the need of the dealership but has packaged all their services to provide dealerships a turnkey online marketing solution. “If a dealership wants to dominate their online market, we can make that happen, “said Tony French, President of Automotive Internet
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Chicago IL, April 19, 2012 – Automotive Internet Media, a leading automotive online marketing company, announced today they are hosting Chicago DigitalCON on May 9-10th at the Chicago Automobile Trade Association. The inaugural Chicago DigitalCON will bring the industry’s best digital subject matter experts from around the country to share the latest online strategies to help dealerships learn ways to enhance their online marketing. Chip Perry, CEO of Autotrader.com, will deliver the conference’s keynote presentation on Wednesday the 9th at 1:00 PM. Mr. Perry’s vast industry insights will set the tone for a great mix of speakers that will deliver
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Chicago IL, March 30, 2012 – Automotive Internet Media launches AutoIndustryBuzz.com to cover breaking news and current events in the automotive industry. The site will focus on all aspects of the retail side of the industry with a concentration on technology and other automotive news. The site was launched to provide a single destination to cover the latest news, emerging technologies, new products and services, whitepapers, and other helpful information for the automotive industry. The site will aggregate multiple channels of content while also having a fun feel to it. “The site will have a “Wiki” feel to it,” said
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PLAINFIELD, IL, February 2, 2012 – Infycosm, Inc., a division of Infutor Data Solutions Corp. and market leader in providing data and database marketing solutions to organizations that support local small to medium businesses, announced today a partnership with Automotive Internet Media, Inc. (AIM), a premier integrated media and lead distribution company to deliver Lead Enrichment services to automotive dealers. Incomplete or inaccurate sales leads are a costly problem for business to consumer sales organizations. Many times, customer or background information is insufficient for sales professionals to respond to leads. This problem is so common that the Yankee Group estimates
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Chicago, IL, August 13, 2010 – Lemonfree.com is a very popular emerging automotive marketplace. Their network of automotive sites is quickly growing, with their audience approaching almost 100,000 unique vehicle shoppers every day. LemonFree.com can attribute its astounding growth in the last few years to an understanding of how internet savvy auto consumers make purchases online,” said Tony French, President and Co-founder of Automotive Internet Media (AIM). “Search combined with reputation are the most important resources consumers look for when purchasing an automobile using the web.” Over the past four years, LemonFree.com has focused on reputation and search. This strategy
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Chicago, IL – March 2, 2010 – The negotiation process when shopping for a new car can be stressful and many times confusing. Keep in mind that most salespeople are professional negotiators who know how to juggle the figures and focus your attention away from what they are really giving you for your trade. It’s important to keep the emotions out of the car buying process and come to the dealership prepared. Automotive Internet Media Inc. (AIM), a provider of automotive portals to assist consumers in their car buying process has officially launched ValueTradein.com (www.ValueTradein.com). "We saw an opportunity to
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Chicago, IL – February 3, 2010 – Who should be the apple of your marketing dollar’s eye? It’s women, because of both their purchasing power and decision-making authority. Men’s median income has barely increased while women’s have soared over the past few years. While women still earn less than their counterparts, they make more than 80% of all buying decisions. Automotive Internet Media Inc. (AIM), an up and coming Website Company to the auto industry, has recently purchased Cartango (www.Cartango.com) – the internet’s first female automotive shopping site. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "We realized there is huge
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Chicago, IL – January 19, 2010 – Every day millions of people use search engines such as Google and Yahoo to search for new and used vehicles. The challenge for most car dealerships is trying to keep up with the ever changing world of SEO, the different social media networks, Blogs, Video and the way to win online every day. Automotive Internet Media Inc. (AIM), an up and coming provider of leads to the auto industry, has officially re-launched Autosales.com (www.autosales.com). "We saw Autosales.com as an opportunity to overhaul a possible sleeping giant in our space," said Michael McDonnell, CEO
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Chicago, IL – January 15, 2010 – Texting has quickly become the most powerful and effective communication tool in use today. There are more text messages sent each month than phone calls placed. With more than over 270 million mobile phones in the United States and 100 billion texts sent each month, text messaging has become the preferred form of communication for millions of consumers. Recognizing this shift in consumer behavior, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA) has partnered with Text2Drive to harness the power of this communication channel throughout this year’s Chicago Auto Show. CATA will incorporate the Text2Drive
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