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First Class Educators (FCE) is pleased to welcome some of the top industry vendors that have signed on to sponsor the third annual Automotive Marketing Boot Camp conference. This year’s conference will be held on May 15th-17th in at the Monte Carlo Hotel, Las Vegas. This year’s sponsors include Dealer eProcess, Car-Mercial, Moore and Scarry Advertising and Cars.com. Select sponsorship opportunities are still available.

New to this year’s Automotive Marketing Boot Camp sponsorship opportunities is the Exhibit Hall Space which will provide select sponsors a 10×10 or 10×20 booth to display their products and services. All sponsors will also have the opportunity to network with the leading dealerships in the country that have come to the Boot Camp to learn more about enhancing their digital marketing strategies and take their business to the next level in 2012.

Sponsorship opportunities are categorized by level of sponsorship including Bronze to Platinum, Keynote Speaker, Promotional Marketing Sponsor, Cocktail Reception Sponsors and Lanyard/Badge Sponsor.

Automotive Marketing Conference

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The 2012 Automotive Marketing Boot Camp (AMBC) is designed to give dealers access to the top industry experts to refine their automotive marketing strategies and operating processes that have been implemented for 2012. It is an intimate event limited to 300 dealer employees that gives all attendees one-on-one time with industry leaders, market experts, and innovative vendor partners.

The Boot Camp offers hands-on skills based training programs which cover the most important elements of automotive digital marketing strategies: social media, blogging, video optimization, mobile marketing, link building, content creation and SEO.

Similar to last year’s format the boot camp will feature classes and speakers from some of the industry’s leading digital marketing and operations experts. Attendees of last year’s boot camp posted rave reviews regarding their investment of time for this unique industry event.

The Automotive Marketing Boot Camp delivers the skills dealers need to understand, create, execute and manage their online marketing strategy. The classes are designed to give attendees the tools needed to implement effective ideas and strategies for their dealership. The boot camp is perfect for General Managers and Internet Sales Managers.

For more information about becoming a Boot Camp sponsor, please call Carrie Hemphill at 732.734.6993.

Dallas area car dealers are pleased to see the PCG Pit Stop digital marketing conference coming to Texas on July 9th and 10th. The conference will be held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency in downtown Dallas. PCG has secured great room rates ($109) to allow attendees to come the Saturday afternoon presentations, dinner, and reception and then stay overnight to prepare for the full day of workshops on Sunday.

This is the first time that DFW Metroplex dealers can gain access to high quality digital marketing training offered by PCG Digital Marketing without a flight out of town! The program is designed to provide the same high quality education offered at larger national events at a much lower cost per attendee.

Car dealers looking to learn more about effective digital marketing strategies will be able to participate in workshops lead by industry experts and thought leaders from PCG Digital Marketing. PCG has a strong reputation for attracting the best speakers and creating the most compelling materials for their educational programs.

Dealers looking for updated strategies for SEO, SEM, Social Media, Reputation Management, CRM Lead Handling, Chat, Fixed Operations, and Improving Sales should mark their calendars and register today.

Why Should Dealers Attend?

Please Answer These Questions:

• Are you leveraging the new communication channels provided by social media?
• Do you have an integrated digital marketing strategy for your dealership?
• Is your website conversion rate increasing each month?
• Could you be handling your calls and Internet leads better?
• Would you like a 2-4% average increase in closing ratios to to phone and Internet leads?
• Is your Fixed Operations Budget using SEM, SEO, and Social Media?
• Are you looking for advice on how to structure your entire advertising budget?
• Are you ready to implement free advertising strategies to increase website traffic?

Get the answers, advice, and strategies from industry pros at the PCG Pit Stop Conference in Dallas!

Register Today and Save!

Register to attend the next PCG Pit Stop^® today using the link on the menu above or just click here. The conference is conveniently located in Dallas so you can easily travel to and enjoy the workshop experience offered by PCG Education. Six other cities are included in the 2011 tour so if you can’t make the Dallas tour date, hop of a plane and get to a conference in another city.

Dallas/Fort Worth dealers need more than just their 20 Group Meetings and annual conferences to stay connected with the latest changes in our industry. Google has been making significant changes to Internet marketing every few months so don’t get left behind. In fact, anyone in Texas or surrounding states would be well advised to invest in this conference.

Details on the automotive conference can be found in the color brochure below:

The highly anticipated 2011 Automotive Marketing Boot Camp in Orlando will feature a keynote presentation by noted author and speaker, Bob Burg.  Burg is a National best selling author of educational and motivational books and sought after speaker. He is known for his powerful presentations delivered in a dynamic and humorous style which keeps his audience engaged and able to put their new skills to work immediately.

The automotive community has embraced Burg for his critically acclaimed book and CD series, Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales. The book has sold over 200,000 copies and continues to be used as a training manual for top sales organizations throughout the world. The Endless Referrals CD series has been extremely effective in the automotive industry in helping dealer sales professionals and dealer principals rethink their sales and marketing strategy.

In addition to working with the automotive community, he speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations.

Register for the Automotive Marketing Boot Camp

Many dealer professionals know Burg for his national bestseller, The Go-Giver. It has been heralded as a new business classic and to date has been translated into 18 languages.  The Go-Giver is Burg’s fourth book to top 150,000 copies sold.

Burg will deliver his presentation at the 2^nd annual Automotive Marketing Boot Camp to the leading dealerships in the country that are focused on leveraging Burg’s proven ‘success formula’.

Brian Pasch, CEO of PCG Digital Marketing, is quoted, “We are thrilled to have Bob at the Automotive Marketing Boot Camp.  He is revolutionizing the way car dealers all over the country are doing business and I know every dealer professional that attends is going to be amazed by Bob’s presentation.”

The Automotive Marketing Boot Camp is being held April 16-18^th in Orlando and is organized by PCG Digital Marketing.