Automotive dealers! You now have the opportunity to influence consumers at the top of the purchase funnel when using advertising via the mobile web.

As the mobile Web becomes more important to consumers, automotive marketers need to make their advertisements mobile-friendly. The only difference is that the information is on smaller screens and literally in the hands of prospects.

Consumer engagement on automotive mobile advertising has been steadily increasing, so catch the mobile advertising wave while by contacting us today.

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Stream Companies is an award-winning advertising agency located right outside Philadelphia, … Continue Reading

A continuing auto industry trend is switching from traditional to online advertising. Because of this, online auto advertising agencies have adapted to a new system.

The system enables dealers’ inventory to be automatically listed across the Vast.com network which includes automotive sites such as AOL Autos, Overstock Cars, and AutoMedia. The true upside to this switch is the benefit of online networking.

Online local ad spending for American auto manufacturers is approximated to be 14% in 2010, while online ad spending will most likely increase by 8.6%.

So far, it has increased internet ad spending … Continue Reading

Your dealership may not have any plans to create a Facebook campaign, but, the fact is, your competitors are already planning to take advantage of what Facebook has to offer. Consider that right now you can order a pizza on Pizza Hut’s Facebook page; Volkswagen will tell you which car is most suited to your personality based on your personal profile on Facebook; and Coca Cola and Starbucks each have almost four million fans waiting to see their next wall post.

By developing special applications and offering expanded services, these successful brands … Continue Reading

Audi has launched a new campaign, focusing on the clean power of Diesel. Audi’s ad focuses on an emotional appeal of the problems foreign oil has caused for the United States over the past thirty years. While Diesel engines are known for being 20-30% more fuel efficient over regular gas engines, that’s not what you’ll see in Audi’s ads. They are tapping into consumers’ sensitivity to the environment.

While Audi’s ads certainly instill a desire to go buy a Diesel car in less than two minutes, Audi doesn’t have the Diesel line-up … Continue Reading

A response to Advertising Age’s article

You have logged into your daily check of your Facebook account and you are notified right away by the nice little red flag at the bottom of the web page, 8 new message. And of course, as any person would be, you are excited that so many people would want to contact you, popularity in its best form. With this excitement in hand, you click on that little red flag only to find out that, no, … Continue Reading

Who exactly dosen’t text?

According to Deloitte, the age group know as “millennials” are the heavest users of SMS texting.  SMS texting is sending video, pictures, or sounds to your friends and family. 

According to NOP 83% of 18-to-24-year-olds and 85% of 25-to-34-year-olds were sending text message at the end of 2008.  This is well above the 61% average of all mobile texting users.

According to Scarborough Research only 48% of mobile phone subscribers texted in 2008, and Yankee Group put … Continue Reading

Advertising Age Embedded Player

GM’s new spot from Deutsch is meant to educate customers about its reorganization. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

According to AdAge.com Chrysler wanted to spend $134 million in advertising over the nine weeks it’s expected to be in bankruptcy — in it’s infinite wisdom the U.S. Treasury’s auto-industry task force is allowing half of the amount.

The good news: the Task-Force at least understands that advertising is necessary.

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A recent article in AutoReMarketing Magazine discussed the effectiveness for using contextual and behavioral ads to increase your online effectiveness.

This article will be helpful for manufacturers and Tier II, but little can by used by Tier III advertisers.

The article reinforces that advertising works!  Fuel effeciency and value messages can have a positive imapct on “intent”, but the down side is the article does not show that value translating to click or visit to a dealers website and ultimate sale.

Many in the digital space neglect that 100% of all auto sales occur … Continue Reading

Auto Sales up for Stream Clients

Two of Stream’s auto clients had record weekends selling 46 (Northern NJ) and over 60 (Philadelphia).  Consumers are buying but you must show VALUE.