NORFOLK, Va., April 3, 2008—Dominion Enterprises, a leading marketing services company, has announced that five of its automotive businesses, @utoRevenue, AVV, Dealer Specialties, Dealerskins and GetAuto.com, were given top honors in the 2008 Dealers’ Choice Awards. The awards were presented by Auto Dealer Monthly magazine and are based on votes from a national survey of dealers and dealership personnel.
“We are extremely proud that our automotive businesses have been voted as the most highly regarded service providers in the industry by the very people who should know—dealers,” said Robert Berndt, president of Dominion Enterprises’ automotive group.
Receiving awards are:
@utoRevenue—Diamond Award in the CRM category and Platinum Award in the Direct Mail category
AVV (Web Control)—Platinum Award in the CRM category
Dealer Specialties—Platinum Award in Online Auction Listing Services category
GetAuto.com—Diamond Award in the Used Vehicle Internet Lead Provider category
Dealerskins—Placed in the Web Site Design/Provider category
Dominion Enterprises’ automotive group provides innovative marketing and data solutions to help dealers effectively manage their customers and prospects and sell more cars. The portfolio of businesses includes: @utoRevenue, an industry leader in delivering comprehensive multi-channel customer contact solutions; AVV, the leading provider of Internet-based sales and customer management systems; Dealer Specialties, the nation’s leader in delivering photo and video collection services, inventory management and Internet data distribution services; Dealerskins, a premier Web design and solutions provider; GetAuto.com, a dealer portal and the largest “free leads” network in the industry; Autobase, InterActive Financial Marketing Group, XIGroup, DataCube, SelectQu, DataOne Software, Cross-Sell, and Mailmark.
About Dominion Enterprises
Dominion Enterprises, a division of Landmark Communications, is a leading marketing services company serving the automotive, real estate, apartment, recruitment and marine markets. The company operates a variety of businesses that offer Internet marketing, Web site design and hosting, lead generation, CRM, and data capture and distribution services. The company has more than 40 market-leading Web sites reaching more than 12.5 million unique monthly visitors, and more than 500 magazines with a weekly circulation of over 5 million. Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., the company has nearly 6,000 employees nationwide and annualized revenue of more than $946 million. For more information, visit http://www.DominionEnterprises.com.
About the 2008 Dealers’ Choice Awards
Every year Auto Dealer Monthly recognizes the most highly regarded vendors, suppliers and finance companies in the retail automotive industry as voted on by dealers and dealership personnel. Surveys provide dealers and their employees with the opportunity to select the top providers in the retail auto industry. In 2008, more than 36 companies were named winners in 20 categories of products and services, with more than 25,000 votes cast overall. Ratings are based on performance, customer support and service, as well as overall value to dealers. A complete list of winners can be found at AutoDealerMonthly.com/2008DCA_winners.pdf.
Contact:
Jennifer Butsch
Public Relations Manager
Ph: 757-351-7951
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