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Why “Liking” and “sharing” products or businesses helps your friends and family.

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Facebook’s like and share button, twitters retweet icon, StumbleUpon’s icon are all very powerful idea and message spreaders for your friends, family, co-workers, your overall sphere of influence. As such the more that you use them the smarter you get and the smarter your online community gets.
Do you remember years ago when you first learned [...]

Do you know the best way to buy a new or used vehicle?

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

It’s really pretty simple and I’ll be providing details in an upcoming series of blogs and videos to put you in the best position possible for buying your next ride. In a nut shell here’s what you should do:
1) Go to a site that has the most vehicles … like ronsmap.com (how’s that for a [...]

ROI or SOI? – You and your customers’ “Sphere of Influence”

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Today you can’t help but notice the many articles, reports and discussions around the shifting of traditional marketing spends to digital marketing spends that are taking place in various markets and that shift in spending appears (at least in the blogosphere) to be most pronounced in the automotive retail space (see Ford Fiesta and VW [...]

The number one Social Media factor… the Consumer!

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Last week I attended the JD Power Automotive Internet Round-Table in Las Vegas, NV. The venue was an attractive upscale wide-open largely attended suite of conference rooms and ballrooms at the Red Rock Resort & Casino. Very nice setting indeed. When I say the event was largely attended what I mean is that while there [...]

Fee-Bate… coming to a vehicle purchase near you!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

ConsumerReports.Org posted an an article on this interesting new incentive called the Efficient Vehicle Leadership Act introduced today by Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The incentives – primarily for automakers would start in 2011. What do you think? Here’s the detail!

When you need a car – what do you do?

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

We’re excited about the ideas that so many of you are giving us. We’ve incorporated most of them. ronsmap is really becoming a great consumer site because so many of our friends are giving us great ideas.
If you’re new to us… if you’re curios, say hi! Tell us what you do when you buy a [...]

Facebook is profitable and growing… and helping consumers!!

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Take a listen to this interview with Sherly Sandberg about Facebook profitability. There are many similarities relative to how ronsmap focuses on helping consumers. Do me a favor, listen to it and tell me what you think.
Embedded video from CNNMoney.com Video

Are dealers and sellers listening?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Dealers and sellers like most businesses are being encouraged to join their communities online and participate in online conversations. The first step of course is for sellers to listen to us – the consumer. Are they? What evidence is there that sellers are listening? Have you had any experiences in that regard? If so, please [...]