Carl Hogan Automotive Proudly Showcases Auto Excellence Winners: Dodge Durango and Jeep Wrangler

Carl Hogan Automotive is proud to announce the Dodge and Jeep 2012 Popular Mechanics Auto Excellence Award Winners to their customers and community.

DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal says a $39 million German automotive plant will open in Dublin.

The Courier Herald in Dublin reports that Munich-based Erdrich Umformtechnik GmbH amp; Co.KG will bring 178 jobs to the area. The 130,000-square-foot metal stamping facility will be Erdrichs first US plant.

Erdrich is a family-owned company that manufactures complex metal parts for the automotive industry. The company will work with the states workforce training program, Quick Start, to get new employees ready for the plants 2013 opening.

Erdrich CEO Georg Erdrich said Dublin is a very pro-business community that will help the company establish its US presence. Erdrich has plants in Germany, the Czech Republic and China that supplies parts to companies like BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen.

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Information from: The Courier Herald, http://www.courier-herald.com

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ –#xA0;Award-winning auto dealer CRM solution, DealerSocket (DealerSocket.com), announced today the availability of MarketPlace Social, one of eight tools under the DealerSocket MarketPlace umbrella. MarketPlace Social features customizable options and allows dealers to proactively solicit positive ratings for social media rating sites, such as Yelp, Google and DealerRater. MarketPlace Social automatically sends a thank you email with a survey link to sold or service customers. Customers who respond positively receive an email with links to online reputation sites of the dealers choice requesting the customer to post a review. If a customer responds negatively to the survey, the dealer is immediately notified. MarketPlace Social can be used with DealerSocket CRM or as a stand-alone addition to a pre-existing CRM.

Knowing who your happy customers are and partnering with them to improve your rankings on top social media rating sites is a crucial component to social media success, says Jonathan Ord, DealerSocket Co-Founder and CEO.#xA0;With MarketPlace Social, dealers immediately know who is happy and, in the case of an unhappy customer, allows the dealer to proactively turn that customer into a raving fan. Our dealer customers often request ways to tie CRM into their social media efforts. With MarketPlace Social, they can do it quickly, efficiently and automatically.

About DealerSocket

For ten years, DealerSocket has provided the automotive industry with the most comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and training solutions available, allowing auto dealers to save time and money, and improve sales staff effectiveness, with one consolidated product. With the power to manage sales, service, CSI, marketing and training, DealerSocket is the complete source for all customer-facing automotive dealership departments.

DealerSockets core CRM is enhanced by a powerful, customer-facing Mobile Portal application to keep in contact with customers and prospects via all mobile devices, a data-mining tool called RevenueRadar, an online process-training university called CarMind and an efficient CallCenter solution.#xA0;These products can be used alone or in conjunction with the core CRM solution to provide an end-to-end marketing and revenue-producing engine. More than 75,000 users at over 2,500 auto dealerships throughout the US and Canada now leverage DealerSockets automotive CRM solution to optimize and manage marketing activities, sales processes, customer satisfaction and retention and service-department operations.#xA0; For more information, call 877-888-8048, email sales@DealerSocket.com, visit DealerSocket.com, like us at Facebook.com/DealerSocketCRM, or follow us on Twitter at @DealerSocketCRM.

SOURCE DealerSocket

LAWTON, Okla., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Tyler Doan, owner of Allstar Automotive & Performance, located at 1601 N. Sheridan Rd., recently added U-Haul truck and trailer rentals to the automotive repair garage.

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Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. U-Haul partnering with business owners across North America to increase convenience for customers while helping our environment is just one of the programs that support U-Haul Company’s Corporate Sustainability initiatives.

Allstar Automotive & Performance can now offer its customers a variety of moving equipment and supplies designed specifically for moving household furnishings, including moving vans, open trailers, closed trailers, furniture pads, appliance dollies, furniture dollies, tow dollies and auto transports. Allstar Automotive & Performance also will offer sales items to protect their customers’ belongings and make moving easier, such as heavy-duty boxes, which are made of up to 90 percent recycled content and are available in a variety of sizes.

“U-Haul is proud to be partnering with a quality independent business such as Allstar Automotive & Performance,” exclaimed Brett Hogan, president, U-Haul Company of Oklahoma City. “Tyler is a great example of the type of successful business relationship U-Haul has established in order to build and maintain a strong network of more than 15,000 independent dealers across North America.”

For more information, or to rent your moving equipment today, call 580-354-7180. Visit
www.allstarautomotivelawton.com . Business hours of operation are: Mon. – Sat. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

About U-Haul

U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up during the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: “Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel-efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material and packing peanuts that are 100% biodegradable. Learn more about these facts and others at uhaul.com/sustainability.

Since 1945, U-Haul has been the choice for the do-it-yourself mover. U-Haul customers’ patronage has enabled the Company to maintain the largest rental fleet in the do-it-yourself moving industry which includes trucks, trailers and towing devices. U-Haul also offers storage throughout North America. The Company provides industry leading moving and storage boxes and an extended line of packing supplies to protect customer possessions. U-Haul is the consumer’s number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket. The Company supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard grills as one of the nation’s largest retailers of propane.

Contact:Joanne FriedKelie HaleU-Haul Public Relations(602) 263-6194(602) 263-6772 fax

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