Dealer Online Marketing is proud to be exhibiting at the 14th Digital Dealer Conference & Exposition this May 7-9 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, FL. We’ve been to this conference before and had the opportunity to meet many current and future clients, and we hope you’ll take the time to stop by and visit us at Booth #329.

If you haven’t been to Digital Dealer before, you really owe it to yourself and your dealership to attend, especially if you’ve had trouble navigating the sometimes tricky terrain of today’s digital landscape. The conference and expo offer innumerable sessions, workshops, case studies, learning labs and roundtables, all of them focused on improving your operations and becoming a digital leader in your market. Whether you’re looking to better utilize social media, auction used vehicles digitally or move your fixed ops process online, top automotive and entrepreneurial strategy professionals will be on hand to guide you and help your dealership take the next step.

DOM CEO Robert Donovan and DOM President Darryl Thompson will be at the show to answer your questions and provide unbiased insight about the current marketing strategies that are winning in the digital space. DOM is here to offer you the perfect selection of Internet marketing services and solutions designed to increase your Web traffic, your leads and your sales. Make a point to visit Booth #329 and say “Hi” and we’ll make sure you’re glad you did!

Greenville, South Carolina (Feb. 15, 2013) – Automotive marketing professional Connie Gundrum has joined Dealer Online Marketing (DOM) as the new Director of Account Services in an effort to further fortify the company’s internal operations and client relations.

In a continued effort to further expansion and development, DOM welcomes Connie as its new Director of Account Services to refine and enhance the company’s day-to-day workings. Through this role, Connie will help cultivate DOM’s account services department as it continues to grow and evolve by mentoring current and new team members and strengthening client relations. Connie’s experience will also facilitate DOM’s transition from a Digital Automotive Marketing Agency to a full-service marketing resource for automotive dealers who are seeking traditional advertising opportunities, as well. “The thing I love most is being a consultant to clients and helping them build their businesses,” Connie said. “Basically, I want to hire, train and coach so that we can maximize our potential.”

Connie brings more than 14 years of experience to the table. Her resume boasts an impressive track record in traditional marketing and account services, and her career has also been invested in the automotive industry, making her an invaluable asset to DOM’s team. Much of her experience with account services comes from her time with Zimmerman Advertising where she grew from Account Coordinator to Senior Account Executive, Account Director and, ultimately, Group Account Director. Following that, Connie then worked at Dealer.com, a leading provider of digital marketing and operational products and services, as their Regional Director.

Dealer Online Marketing (DOM) is a full-service digital marketing agency located in Greenville, SC, that is dedicated to helping its clients meet their full potential. DOM creates, executes and amplifies digital strategies for automotive dealerships throughout the country—helping its clients increase web traffic, leads, walk-ins and, ultimately, sales.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Connie Gundrum, please call Adriana Dominguez at 864-248-0886 or e-mail Adriana at adriana@dealeronlinemarketing.com.

Greenville, South Carolina (Feb. 8, 2013) – Digital automotive marketing agency Dealer Online Marketing (DOM) recently named Darryl Thompson its new President.

In careful planning with Founders Adriana Dominguez and Robert Donovan, Darryl has stepped into this role to facilitate continued growth and prepare the company for its next phase of advancement. Darryl plans to aid the company in its development internally by further optimizing its operations, and he will also work to establish relationships with Tier 1 and Tier 2 clients. “We want to strategically increase our competence and capacity,” Darryl said. “It’s about developing an internal mastery to better serve our customers and grow more intelligently. We will continue to help dealerships get better results and their people win.”

Skills that groom Darryl for this new position come from a variety of sources. Darryl’s career over the past 35 years boasts a proven track record of management and leadership that has helped companies—some Fortune 500—become more efficient and effective. Past positions include President of EQM, Inc., Corporate Director of Business Systems at Interface, Inc. and Vice President of Organizational Learning at InterfaceFlor.

This restructuring also positions the founders to best serve DOM during its next phase of growth. With Darryl focusing primarily on Tier 1 and Tier 2 contacts, Robert and Adriana will be able to direct their attention to Tier 3—automotive dealers. While maintaining relationships with current and future Tier 3 partners, Robert will work with these dealers to constantly develop cutting edge marketing strategies relevant to the industry. “Being in the dealerships is where new innovations come from,” Robert said. “It’s there that we can come up with the best new standards for marketing in the automotive industry.”

Dealer Online Marketing (DOM) is a full-service digital marketing agency located in Greenville, SC, that is dedicated to helping its clients meet their full potential. DOM creates, executes and amplifies digital strategies for automotive dealerships throughout the country—helping its clients increase web traffic, leads, walk-ins and, ultimately, sales.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Darryl Thompson, please call Adriana Dominguez at 864-248-0886 or e-mail Adriana at adriana@dealeronlinemarketing.com.

Visit Us at NADA in Orlando Feb. 8-11, Booth #A193

Hopefully you’re getting ready for the big NADA Convention & Expo coming up Feb. 8-11 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. I know we are. Last year’s show in Vegas was a great opportunity for us to meet up with old friends and make new ones. We left Vegas with the strong sense of a revitalized auto market after years of slipping sales, and that positive outlook proved to be accurate. We’re hoping that this year’s show will have everyone coming away similarly reenergized.

We hope you’ll take the time to come visit us at Booth #A193 during the show to find out how Dealer Online Marketing can help your dealership reach the next level. Of course, we look forward to seeing our current and past clients, as well. As an added enticement, we’re giving away Google Chromebooks each day of the show.

Just text “domnada” along with your full name and company name to 35350 to enter for your chance to win one of our Google Chromebooks (one entry per contestant). You don’t have to buy anything. We just want the opportunity to show you how Dealer Online Marketing can boost your digital presence, leads and sales, so you do need to be present to win. We hope to see you at the show!

Well, we did it. After several weeks (and some long nights) of development, planning, creating and coding, the new Dealer Online Marketing website is live and ready for viewing!

We hope that you’ll find our new website to be informative, educational and (at times) entertaining. We’ll be keeping you updated regularly with blog posts like this one about what’s up at DOM, as well as items of interest (created by us and others) that we think will help you and your dealership.

So take a look around and kick a tire or two, and please feel free to leave a comment to let us know what you think of our new website.

We’re sitting on the tarmac of LAS ready to head home to Greenville after a successful NADA convention. Adrianna, Darryl and I had a great time meeting with many of our clients, suppliers and partners, as well as meeting several new potential customers.

The expo on Saturday was an excellent opportunity to check out the latest and greatest of what the automotive industry has to offer. The NADA University Workshops provided validation that the path DOM is on is most definitely the correct one. (Thanks, Google!)

We also had an opportunity to hear several of the guest speakers. I was especially moved by Aron Ralston’s story of survival and courage. Being an avid cyclist myself, I found myself relating to his continued desire to chase the rush of the outdoors even after such a traumatic experience. I did promise my wife, though, that I’ll make sure she knows where I’m headed on bike treks from now on.

Thanks to everyone that we had a chance to meet while in Vegas, and my apologies if we didn’t. I’m looking forward to doing it all again next year.

It was while attending NADA’s Dealer Academy in 2008 (Graduation Class GDM-069) that Matt came to understand the role of the Internet in maintaining a successful dealership operation. This ultimately led him to become a DOM client, and in the months that followed, Matt saw the successes that DOM’s strategy brought to his dealership.

And now he’s here, but just for a couple days to meet everyone on staff. Soon he’ll be hitting the road to meet with potential clients and share with them his firsthand story of how DOM works. I can’t think of a better way to kick off 2012. Welcome aboard, Matt!

Everyone here at DOM is ready for the start of what we hope will be an even more successful 2012 for both our clients and ourselves. But we’ll be hard pressed to top what we accomplished in 2011.

The past year saw DOM double both our number of clients and the number of staff we have to serve those clients. That’s pretty much been true every year since I started DOM in 2007, but the larger those numbers get, the more apparent it is how much this company has grown in the past five years. It’s a far cry from when I started this company out of my apartment.

And so I want to thank our clients and our staff for everything you’ve done to make DOM what it is today, and for a most successful 2011. Look for even more great things from DOM in the coming year.