Next Generation Dealer Services Announces A Comprehensive Online Social Media Course For Auto Dealers

Online, March 4, 2011 (Newswire.com) - NEXT GENERATION DEALER SERVICES announced today that they will be putting on a comprehensive online social media course for automotive dealers, hosted at AutomotiveSocialMediaSuccessSummit.com

The Automotive Social Media Success Summit will offer auto dealers a self paced training course on the use of social media for both sales and fixed ops through 18 hours of live coaching sessions, free playback and ongoing training for a full year.

At a recent survey, conducted at the Pivot Conference, it was found that 75% of the people surveyed said that they were going to increase their usage of social media in 2011 which should spark a bigger interest in social media training as auto dealers look for ways to take advantage of new media. "Now is the perfect time for something like this," said David Johnson, Social Media Strategist at Next Generation Dealer Services. "I'm seeing more and more dealers trying to go at it alone and as a result they are sucking up as much knowledge as possible on the strategic use of social media. At the Automotive Social Media Success Summit we will be offering the most comprehensive social media course for auto dealers in existence, if that weren't enough we will also include a full year of session playback and ongoing training. This promises to be huge!"

With training sessions such as: Reputation Management- Setting Up A Social Mentions Dashboard, Facebook Engagement- Advanced Strategies For Creating A Loyal Fan Base and Measuring Your Return on Influence, The Social Media ROI the Success Summit will cover a broad spectrum of social media related marketing tactics for both the novice social media dealership and the advanced.

"We didn't want to stop at just 18 hours of live training sessions," said Rob Hagen, CEO of Next Generation Dealer Services. "No, we wanted to go even further than that and give auto dealers access to a full year of ongoing training!"

Included with membership is a private community where auto dealers will have access to trainers and other members as well as specific training paths for sales people, fixed ops and even F&I directors. At its core the Automotive Social Media Success Summit is a place for members to get a comprehensive education in social marketing without ever having to leave the dealership.