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Edmunds launches price guarantee for online car shoppers
for the first time expects to launch a national television advertising campaign to promote its pricing feature and other content ..... Group. Edmunds.com plans to roll out a national television advertising campaign in the fourth quarter of this year to raise further
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Ford Ka faces uncertain future
marketing executive said that the minicar has been left out of a new, brandwide advertising campaign. "For quite a long time we have not produced new advertising " for the Ka, Elena Cortesi, Ford of Europe's director of social media, told
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May Winners, Losers (6/4/13)
that she and needed during its financial crisis. Lot according to that tree near his calling too nice to get the job done. advertising agency Mullen is looking to shake things up. They're firm strategy for upscale brand is to inject more emotional appeal
his calling -- too nice to get the job done. -- -- advertising agency Mullen is looking to shake things up. They're firm strategy for -- upscale brand is to inject more emotional appeal. We -
Acura makes MDX longer, adds fwd model
predecessor. "We don't use it for PR purposes," said Jim Keller, MDX large project leader. "We don't use it for advertising . It's just another test track for us." Compromises and shortcomings: The third row is still really only habitable for
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Radio, print, TV left out of auto ad boom
With auto advertising booming this year, automakers and ..... to spend $17.29 billion on auto advertising this year, up from $15.70 billion ..... the additional dollars will go to advertising such as Web site banner ads and car
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2 brands declare crowd-funding a success
competitive, we wanted to create awareness and actually get the Dart talked about," says Melissa Garlick, head of Dodge brand advertising . Driving sales was less of a priority, she says. The two initiatives represent the auto industry's earliest attempts
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Chrysler Group offers dealers more training on diesels
steps to make sure they have diesel techs. Some have begun advertising positions or sending their service personnel for diesel certifications ..... Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram in Lapeer, Mich., began advertising for a diesel tech to fill a vacancy and to gather resumes
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Acura makes MDX longer, adds fwd model
predecessor. "We don't use it for PR purposes," said Jim Keller, MDX large project leader. "We don't use it for advertising . It's just another test track for us." Compromises and shortcomings: The third row is still really only habitable for
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Study: Older drivers more likely to buy new vehicles
highest probability of success per driver," Sivak said in a statement. Plache said automakers are not wasting money by advertising to young drivers --- who are up-and-coming buyers getting to know brands. Marketing aimed at an older audience might
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Bill Bruce, Infiniti's first general manager, dies at 70
that created Infiniti. Bruce was part of the team that grudgingly gave approval for the controversial "Rocks and Trees" advertising launch for the brand. Because the car lineup wasn't camera-friendly, the ad agency proposed not showing the cars at
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Cadillac's Bierley: Great communications is 'missing ingredient'
brand, Craig Bierley, who was promoted to advertising director in February, told Advertising Age , an affiliate of Automotive News ..... veteran who earlier in his career oversaw advertising for GM's Buick-GMC division, was one
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Nissan pulls Facebook ads amid concerns about offensive content
important part of Nissan's digital advertising and the automaker targets a wide range ..... and Sentra -- currently hold the most advertising weight overall for the automaker ..... important part of our overall digital advertising plan." Facebook recognized in a blog
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Not satisfied with OnStar's steady profits, GM wants to create a global 4G powerhouse
Analyst Itay Michaeli of Citi Investment Research in New York sees vehicle-to-vehicle communication and in-vehicle advertising as other options. Build a stronger link to dealers. GM uses OnStar and the array of sensors in the Chevrolet Volt plug
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Entrepreneur's venture fills high-end niche
We live and die by referrals. "I can't compete against the local Ford or Chevrolet dealership from a marketing and advertising point of view, so word-of-mouth has to work for us," he says. Customer service at SweetCars occasionally even includes
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Experian vehicle history reports to appear in AutoTrader.com starting in September
better product to dealers. It's that simple." Carfax, by making itself the brand consumers know through aggressive advertising , has become the dominant player in used-vehicle history reports. Exclusivity deals with third-party classified sites
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NY court bedevils Nissan's taxi deal
directed against city officials. Among them: Nissan's see-through roof would prevent cabbies from selling roof-mounted advertising . Moulton acknowledged the various grievances against the plan. But he said the only issue that concerned the court was
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Porsche to keep U.S. ad account with Cramer-Krasselt
Porsche, after a six-month review of advertising agencies, has opted to keep its creative advertising account for the United States parked ..... Krasselt will continue to handle national advertising across all channels and Porsche dealer
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Chevy joins 'Mad Men' buzz on Twitter
Mad Men" follows a fictional New York advertising agency in the late 1960s, which currently ..... then said, "Thanks for satisfying our advertising craving," in a tweet that included ..... Mad Men" during a meeting with his advertising department. Heath said Chevy's newer
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Acura seeks image boost by reviving NSX in Ohio
forecast for the NSX, and company officials did not talk about prices or marketing plans. In March, Honda signed a new advertising agency, Mullen of Boston, for the Acura account. Acura trails rivals BMW, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac in sales
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Auto marketers want TV viewers to reach for another device
searches happen while the user is watching TV. Mondragon said TV is still a logical starting point for auto ads, but TV advertising budgets could be scaled back as marketers spread their campaigns across multiple screens. "If you're launching a new