by The Alpha Dawg | May 7, 2013 | cars.com, Data Wars, Jim's Thoughts, Video
Jim Ziegler and Tim Martell discuss the Cars.com controversy. When a consumer submits a lead on a paying dealer’s inventory, is it wrong for cars.com to feed the consumer the competition’s inventory too?
by The Alpha Dawg | May 2, 2013 | Data Wars, Jim's Thoughts, Video
The Data-Pirates may be at it again. Check and see for yourself. Are renegade vendors putting your proprietary inventory on other websites you did not authorize? Do they have a legal or contractual right to do this?
by The Alpha Dawg | Apr 29, 2013 | ADM, cars.com, Data Wars, Jim's Thoughts, Video
Jim Ziegler has long been dealer advocate as well as a consumer advocate. In this video Jim expresses strong personal opinions about the recent conduct of Cars.com, a lead generation company in the automobile business. Cars.com, in Ziegler’s opinion, is creating...
by The Alpha Dawg | Apr 21, 2013 | F&I and Showroom, Jim's Thoughts
There’s nothing the human race loves more than a war of epic proportions. Whether the battle is rooted in the struggle of good vs. evil, or the need to save the world from total destruction, we are drawn to it like moths to a flame. There’s nothing better than when...
by The Alpha Dawg | Apr 5, 2013 | Jim's Thoughts, WardsAuto
Another milestone achieved, Zach moved out last week. Again. Parents with grown children will appreciate that we love our son dearly, but he now is in his early 20s, and it was time for him get his own place. I hope the fireworks display in his rearview mirror didn’t...
