AdAgencyOnline.Net Adds Blog Talk Radio Show – Auto Industry Insiders – For Automotive Advertising Agencies

AdAgencyOnline.Net is an automotive advertising resource/networking portal for automotive advertising agencies. The site hosts a blog talk radio station — WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time. Philip Zelinger, the President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of WAAOL announced on today’s blog talk radio show — Lunch With Ralph Paglia Discussing Automotive Advertising — that he will be hosting a slightly altered show in the same Thursday 12 Noon EST time slot to be titled “Auto Industry Insiders.” Philip was quick to explain that Ralph Paglia is an established member of the “Network Of Networkers” that comprise the group known as Auto Industry Insiders featured on AdAgencyOnline.Net. According to Philip, the contributing members of Auto Industry Insiders have been invited to co-host the show on a rotating basis and Ralph Paglia will still be a regular host on the show.

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Detroit’s Big Three automakers saw June sales drop between 12 and 13 percent as buyers pulled back from the previous month, suggesting that the hot May sales may have been an aberration. So automakers on Thursday were touting their year-over-year June sales numbers, which compared favorably with 2009′s depressed figures.

Hyundai was the world’s only major automaker to buck the downward trend, reporting a 4 percent June sales increase from May and a 35 percent jump compared with June 2009.

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Facebook continues its move towards market domination, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying it could be the first social networking site to reach 1 billion users.

The website currently has 500 million users, but Zuckerberg is confident Facebook can reach 1 billion once it conquers the relatively small number of countries that are yet to fully embrace the site, the New York Post reported.

Zuckerberg told the audience at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in France that China, Japan, Russia and South Korea were the only countries where Facebook wasn’t the social networking site leader.

“While Facebook has fewer than 1 million users in Russia, the growth rate is doubling every six months,” he said.

Facebook opened an office in Moscow in April and opened discussions with local mobile phone operators as part of a project to expand in Russia.

Zuckerberg said Facebook wouldn’t reach the 1 billion mark this year but it “has a decent shot” down the line, the New York Post reported.

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Chevrolet is the first automaker to launch a multiscreen ad campaign that allows consumers to ‘kick the tires’ virtually using Kinect for Xbox 360.

PARIS, REDMOND, Wash. and DETROIT, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Chevrolet and Microsoft Advertising demonstrated at the 2010 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival today an example of the first multiscreen advertising campaign that incorporates Kinect for Xbox 360 as a way to promote the Chevrolet Volt electric car launch later this year. Formerly called “Project Natal,” Kinect for Xbox 360 delivers a whole new way to play, with controller-free games and entertainment. For advertisers, it provides an innovative way to connect with consumers by enabling them to physically explore and engage with a brand through voice and gesture.

When Kinect for Xbox 360 launches this fall, consumers will have the opportunity to take the test-drive concept to a new level by driving a Chevrolet Volt in “Kinect Joy Ride,” the first controller-free racing game from Microsoft Game Studios. After viewing the video advertisement in-dash on Xbox LIVE or on the Web, consumers will be able to unlock the Chevrolet Volt in “Kinect Joy Ride” to actually drive the car in the game.

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New Integrated Platform for the Automotive Industry Auttr.com, a Gateway to Real-Time Information, Unites the Auto Industry with Social Networking and Vehicle Merchandising

Jun 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Auttr.com introduces the automotive industry’s most powerful integrated platform for automobile consumers, dealers, vendors, and lenders. Built on the foundation of industry specific and relevant content, Auttr.com provides a deep knowledge base and reference library as a resource to anyone involved in the car buying/sales cycle.

“We are excited to bring this community together,” states Keith Whann, Auttr.com President and CEO. “We started with a social networking portal with auto industry specific content and the concept grew to include a gateway to all things related to the car buying and ownership experience.

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Keith Whann presenting Auttr.com to NIADA convention attendees at the Auttr Booth (#313).

Excellent crowd at the NIADA Convention today. Stop by the Auttr Booth (#313) and see a free demo of Auttr.com.<

The NIADA Convention is a great event and the Auttr.com booth (#313) has been busy. Stop by and see how Inventory Management, Education and Social Networking can help your dealership. We’re here to help!

The NIADA 2010 Convention in Las Vegas begins today. The convention runs June 14-17, 2010 at the Caesars Palace Hotel. Click here for the Schedule of Events, Convention Brochure or Frequently Asked Questions. And stop by the Auttr Booth #313!

If you will be attending the 2010 NIADA Convention next week — and of course you should — and if you will be attending Keith Whann’s panel discussion on Social Media Wednesday morning — which again, you shoud — then please be sure to ask Keith or me after the discussion for the suite number for our Auttr Networking Party at our suite in the Venetian Hotel next to Caesar’s at 9 PM immediately after the National Leadership Awards Banquet that runs from 7PM to 9PM. After all, what are friends, NIADA — and Auttr — for! SEE YOU IN VEGAS!