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		<title>CRM Dead? Not a Chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I’ve heard several comments alluding to the fact that CRM (customer-relationship management) is dead, or at least is at a point where people are tired of talking about it. There is a notion among many dealers that vendors have over-promised and underdelivered. It might be dealers are expecting too much.
Ask for a definition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kelley Blue Book Wants to Change How Online Leads Are Bought and Sold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Kelley Blue Book’s relationship with AutoTrader.com ended prematurely this June, it immediately devised a strategy to take on the industry behemoths, AutoTrader and Cars.com.
Read the entire story here.
KBB is launching a pay-per-performance model (also called pay-per-lead) directly contrasting with the subscription models of Cars.com and AutoTrader. It’s a gutsy move, perhaps born out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips For Finding Used Inventory</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the hunt for used vehicle inventory? Here are some tips from Consultant Tony Albertson, a used-car specialist with NCM and Associates, that he provided for a story in our Ward’s Remarketing 150.
Hire an offsite buyer to beat the bushes for vehicles. It’s OK to pay the buyer anywhere from $200 &#8211; $500 for each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NADA to shut down longtime magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AutoExec magazine, produced by the National Automobile Dealers Association, is folding.  The publication is a victim of slumping ad revenue, changing readers&#8217; preferences and auto industry turmoil, NADA spokesman David Hyatt said today.
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		<title>SBA floorplan program is now under way</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Small Business Administration announced a new dealer floorplan loan program in early June, it was heralded by industry leaders as a breakthrough in solving the credit crunch plaguing the marine industry.
Since then, many dealers have complained that the program does them no good because they can&#8217;t find any SBA-approved lenders that offer floorplan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brunswick Corp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript Note</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now let&#8217;s turn to some key factors that influenced our wholesale sales, that is the boats we sold to our dealer network. In addition to the underlying retail demand, another factor that is having an effect on overall wholesale demand is the availability and cost of floor plan financing. Several traditional floor plan lenders have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA floorplan financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SBA floorplan financing
When the SBA announced its dealer floorplan financing program on July 6, the industry described it as “the first step in improving access to credit for dealers.”  Three weeks into the program, dealers are still finding it difficult to find banks willing to get involved with dealer floorplan financing.
Dealers trying to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Chrysler Corporation looking for FloorPlan Lenders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Technorati Tags: floor plan financing, Floorplan Financing, Floorplan Loans


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		<title>Dealer Floor Plan Financing Overview (SBA)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 20:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Small Business Administration is committed to providing small businesses with the tools and resources they need to survive in the current economic climate. Starting on July 1, 2009, through the Dealer Floor Plan, SBA will offer government-guaranteed loans to finance inventory for eligible auto, recreational vehicle, boat, manufactured home and other dealerships.
The DFP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA Will Offer Floor Plan Financing to Auto, RV, Other Dealerships Beginning July</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Release Date: May 28, 2009
Contact: Hayley Matz (202) 205-6948


Release Number: 09-37
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news







KOKOMO, IND. &#8211; The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer government guaranteed loans to finance inventory for eligible auto, recreational vehicle, boat and other dealerships under a new pilot program announced today by SBA Administrator Karen Mills.
Dealer Floor Plan (DFP) financing will be [...]]]></description>
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