Automotive Media Partners LLC and First Class Educators are pleased to announce the seventh recipient of the TrueCar® Scholarship program. The program grants a full scholarship for automotive professionals to attend AutoCon 2012, September 5-8th at the Aria Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Andrew “Jake” Bower, Internet Manager for Ruxer Ford Lincoln, is the seventh recipient out of twelve to receive the scholarship that will send him to AutoCon 2012. Matt Tucker, E-Commerce Director of Bommarito Automotive Group, Katia King, BDC Director for Pat O’Brien Chevrolet, Sean Rancier, Internet & IT Director for Bill Rapp Superstore, Ashley Lopez, Internet Marketing Coordinator of Access Ford Ltd., Jillian Lopez, Director of Operational Marketing at Bolton Ford, and Kevin Gordon, Ecommerce Manager for Jim Pattison Auto Group are also scholarship recipients. Five more scholarships are yet to be awarded.
“TrueCar is honored to support automotive professionals across the country through our AutoCon scholarship program,” said Mike Timmons, executive vice president at TrueCar. “TrueCar understands the importance of working with dealers and is dedicated to the betterment of the industry through training and thought leadership exchange within the retail automotive landscape.”
Here is a portion of Andrew’s scholarship application:
“I have been selling vehicles here at this store for 15 years. I am one of the top guys as far as new and pre-owned sales go. I have been the Internet Manager for about 10 years. I have worked with small budgets and being the odd guy who works on the computer all day. Well about 2 years ago there was a shift in the store. They started embracing the online presence of the dealership. They sent me to some training that was cookie cutter stuff. I need more help. We are on the cusp of going to next level in online sales and AutoCon could help take us there.”
TrueCar® is happy to give Andrew the opportunity to attend AutoCon 2012.
TrueCar Scholarship Program to Grant 12 Scholarships to AutoCon 2012
AutoCon 2012 is the newest industry conference designed to connect car dealers with the latest technology, processes, and strategies to increase sales and profits. The TrueCar® Scholarship Program will grant a total of 12 scholarship to facilitate cutting edge education for automotive professionals.
The conference is an extension of the widely popular Automotive Digital Marketing Community (ADM) created by Ralph Paglia and the industry’s largest automotive social networking site, DealerElite.net, created by Chris Saraceno and Mike Myers. For the first time, these communities, which boast thousands of members, will move their online conversations, education and discussions to an educational conference format.
AutoCon 2012 offers automotive professionals a choice of over 70 educational workshops that cover important areas of dealership business operations: people, process, measurement, social media, website technology, reputation management, CRM, local marketing, and mobile applications.
In addition to the expansive workshop curriculum, AutoCon 2012 has attracted the top industry motivational speakers and trainers to energize attendees. James Ziegler, President of Ziegler Companies, will open AutoCon 2012 with a powerful keynote address followed by the 2012 Automotive Website Awards (AWA) ceremony.
AutoCon 2012 attracts top dealers and automotive professionals who desire to keep pace with the changes in the automotive industry. Registration and conference information can be found on the official website: http://www.AutoCon2012.com
TrueCar, Inc. is an online automotive information and communications platform focused on creating a better car buying experience for dealers and consumers. Consumers want a hassle-free car buying experience and dealers want high-quality sales velocity. TrueCar helps achieve these goals by providing unbiased market information on new car transactions and by supplying an online communications platform through which dealers and consumers can communicate with each other.
TrueCar’s market-based information provides both consumers and dealers with an accurate and comprehensive understanding of what others actually paid recently for similar vehicles, both locally and nationally. TrueCar’s communications platform then allows informed, ready-to-buy consumers to communicate directly with participating dealers. Some of the nation’s largest and most well respected membership and service organizations rely on websites powered by TrueCar to help educate their members and customers who are in the automotive market.
TrueCar is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, and has offices in San Francisco, CA, and Austin, TX. After experiencing dramatic growth since 2006, TrueCar is developing a suite of products and services centered on radical clarity through the comprehensive analysis of market data and information. TrueCar’s participating dealer partners have sold over 500,000 new vehicles to TrueCar users nationwide.
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