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The 10 Most Viral Ads Of 2012

This brand-related content was shared for different reasons.

Here are the 10 biggest PR fails of 2012 > more…

49% of Mobile Auto Searchers Buy a Car Within 24 Hours

According to a recent study co-sponsored by xAd and Telmetrics, 49 percent of mobile auto searchers even end up making a purchase the same day of their research. Smartphone searchers also show a more immediate need for a vehicle with 36 percent reporting they would make a purchase within the hour. more…

Where To Find The Best Used-Car Dealer?

aztecmotorDepending on where you live you may have to traverse several zip codes to garner the lowest price on a used car or truck these days.

While recent reports suggest a softening of prices in the used-car market in the coming months, more…

FindTheBest Launches A Data-Driven Approach To The Classifieds

findthebestFindTheBest, the startup led by DoubleClick co-founder Kevin O’Connor and backed by Kleiner Perkins’ sFund, has been trying to help consumers make the right decisions by giving them more, and better-structured, data. Now the company is bringing that strategy to a new market — classified ads. more…

King of Classifieds gives Dalhousie $3m in honour of dad

JohnHMcCallMacBainHe was the King of Classifieds, an Ontario man who became a multimillionaire by publishing ads for used cars and goods around the world.

In 2006, he sold his entire line of buy-and-sell magazines like the Auto Trader and Bargain Finder for more…

Grandemercado Launches new vertical CarrosComerciais

carroscomerciaisCarroscomerciais.com, online since the 30th of June, is dedicated solely to the buying and selling of commercial vehicles, including agriculture and construction machinery. The high activity in this area seen on the Grandemercado website, has brought the company to venture in this niche market. more…

123exchanges.com Goes Live With a Video Market Place

123exchangesIt makes perfect sense in the media age in which we live in to present your products with a video instead of with just photos and text. This is the idea behind the new website 123exchanges.com, a new site that offers users the ability to post video adverts of their products.

Leon Nguyen, the founder of 123exchanges.com more…

Twitter: 12% of Q1 Revenue Came From Auto Advertisers

twitter-moneySince rolling out its first advertiser product in April 2010, Twitter has found particular success in the automotive sector, and hopes to extend that appeal to retail marketers next.

Speaking with ClickZ News this week, Twitter’s Chief Revenue Officer Adam Bain, said 12 percent of its revenues came solely from auto marketers during the first three months of the year, thanks in part to strong growth in that industry, more…