Major Social Media Milestone Benefits Auto Enthusiasts

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) August 04, 2011

Shine Box Media has reached a milestone in their innovative channel marketing program with the 1,000th car club to join the My Shine Box car club network.

?Our goal is to develop exclusive, high-value, interactive marketing programs that connect our brand clients with key car club presidents across North America?, says Mark McCracken, President of Shine Box Media. ?Now with access to over 1,000 clubs, we can help marketers reach brand-loyal on a scale that maximizes their brand presence among the enthusiast segment of their marketing plans.?

The 1,000th club to join the My Shine Box Car Club Network was the Hampton Road Club MINI, http://www.hrmini.com, a club based in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia and dedicated to MINI owners. ?Our cars may be considered small,? says Hampton Road Club MINI President Dale Blankenship, ?but the more than 400 enthusiasts that make up our club have a huge passion for MINIs. It doesn't matter if they have the original car or the current model, we welcome all MINI owners.?

?As a club, we are truly excited about joining the My Shine Box Car Club Network,? adds Blankenship. ?Whether it?s one of our big runs like our Fall Colors Run through the mountains of Virginia or a smaller event like a simple local ice cream run, we love our cars and love modifying them even more. You can find our club putting on events throughout the state. We are looking forward to bringing Shine Box exclusive product and service offers to our enthusiast members. We truly appreciate companies who value our business, both as individuals and as a group.?

In the three years since its inception, Shine Box Media,http://www.myshinebox.com has redefined the way the automotive aftermarket industry communicates and connects with the North American automotive enthusiast.

?With 1,000 clubs now in the network we feel we?ve reached the kind of critical mass and have the scalability that will allow us to double or triple the network in very short order. Membership is not limited to a specific make or model.? explains McCracken. ?We have most every kind of luxury, muscle car, street rod, exotic, tuner, off-road, multi-make and track club you can think of. We welcome any organized group of car enthusiasts to join our network and have their opinion heard. And it?s one of the best ways for automotive aftermarket and OEM?s to reach passionate enthusiasts.?

About Shine Box Media:

Based in St. Louis, MO, Shine Box Media? is an alliance of veteran advertising, event and sales promotion professionals offering integrated trade and consumer marketing solutions specializing in the automotive and automotive aftermarket industries. The company?s myshinebox.com provides clients with exclusive access to one-of-a-kind grassroots interaction and e-commerce synergies with North America?s extensive network of automotive enthusiasts. Clients include Castrol USA, Ford Motor Company, Mazda Motors USA, Fatheadz Sunglasses, Michelin USA, Cooper Tire and Black Magic Car Care Products among others.

For more information, contact: Shine Box Media, http://www.myshinebox.com, 314/749-3521.

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Dealer Text Chat Drives Mobile Sales for Auto Dealers

Wayne, PA (PRWEB) October 31, 2011

Advanced Mobile, LLC, a leader in ?Driving Mobile? through its Cars2Go Services for auto dealerships, announces the introduction of its Dealer TextChat TM platform and its 24/7 Managed Services feature. Dealer TextChat TM is the latest addition to its Cars2Go services.

With Dealer TextChat TM, auto dealers are able to have 2-way communications with customers and prospects via text message/SMS. Users can now text message the dealership?s sales or service personnel. Dealers can, in turn, send and receive text/SMS messages from the convenience of their desktop computer, smartphone, or iPad. Now, consumers have another choice in how they communicate with a car dealership.

Text chat sessions can be initiated by the user from either: a keyword and short code; an iPhone or Android App; a mobile website; the HTML dealer website. The dealer can either have one of its staff respond to the text/SMS inquiry or use the 24/7 Managed Services feature in which a trained agent will respond on behalf of the dealership. All Dealer TextChat TM communications are archived and can be exported via ADF to any dealer CRM.

For example, a consumer is on a dealer?s app or mobile website that is designed specifically for the auto dealer. The consumer chooses to ask a question about a particular vehicle via the Click to Text option. The text message arrives in the Dealer TextChat TM system. The dealer now can either have an employee respond to the inquiry or it can utilize the Managed Services in which a Cars2Go TextChat agent will respond on behalf of the dealership.

In the past, the auto dealer responded to the inquiry via a return phone call. Many customers found this more intrusive than effective and were turned off by the return phone call. With TextChat, the auto dealer can easily communicate with the customer or prospect from his desktop computer to the consumer?s cell phone.

For those dealers that do not want to have staff assigned to handle such inquiries, Cars2Go is now offering a turnkey 24/7 Managed Service solution that will handle the interaction for you. When the TextChat communication progresses to the point of a legitimate lead, the customer contact information is turned over directly to the auto dealer staff.

?The fact of the matter is that many folks simply do not want to talk on the phone these days,' said Bret Dunlap, CEO of Advanced Mobile. ?They would much prefer to text rather than talk. Dealer TextChat TM gives auto dealers the tool to engage their customers in a text dialog, but from the convenience of their PC.?

Advanced Mobile, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, is an industry leader in providing mobile solutions to auto dealers. Over 1000 auto dealers in the United States use its Cars2Go Services that include: dealer iPhone & Android apps, custom mobile web sites, text message marketing, custom QR Codes, and Dealer TextChat TM.

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