Government backs Ford green engine plan
Eco Friendly cars
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The re-emergence of the British motor industry shifted up a gear today after the Government said that it would financially back a £1.5 billion investment by Ford in producing cleaner engines in the UK.
The American motor company said that it was injecting the money into four sites in the UK to develop low-carbon vehicles.
The Government, which wants the UK to be a global hub of green motoring development, said that it would back the programme with £360 million of loan guarantees.
The news follows government grants to Nissan to build electric cars in the UK and a £270 million loan guarantee for Vauxhall to invest in greener cars at its Ellesmere Port factory.
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motortradesolutions.net specialises in social advertising, social marketing and social website management for UK Motor Industry. Social advertising and networking is growing fast and is a very cost effective marketing strategy. Creating a Facebook page or Twitter account is the first step to starting a social network that can benefit your business needs.

A Facebook page is a great way of getting a product or entity published to thousands of potential clients and is a great way to gain conquest business. This gives you the opportunity of reaching hundreds if not thousands of new clientele which will increase with proper management.

Let motortradesolutions.net do the job for you while you reap the benefits and focus on running your business. We have various packages and forms of car dealer marketing that can provide powerful social networking support that will benefit your business. motortradesolutions.net specialises in auto dealer social media and we are able to accommodate and provide marketing for any motor trader website.

Interested? For more details of what we provide please visit the Motor Trade Solutions dedicated Car Dealer Social Media page featuring Blogger, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter here>>> Or call us on 0845 658 6880

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Email Marketing Campaign
Barretts Honda New & Used Secret Event
Honda Sales Event
Honda Jazz 0% Finance
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Honda CR-V 0% Finance
Used Honda Cars

Barretts Honda - part of the Barretts Kent Motor Group with dealerships in Canterbury and Ashford have commissioned motortradesolutions.net again to run the email campaign alongside their New and Used Honda Event being held from 11th - 14th March 2010.




Working alongside the management and marketing team for the Barretts Group, motortradesolutions.net provided the following services:

• Email Design and Production
• Broadcasting of over 10,000 emails
• Social Media Networking Management and Promotion
  
• Production of Landing Page and Registration Form
• Autoresponder to all recipients
• Customer Contact Data returned 'live' to Barretts Honda
  

Following the campaign Motor Trade Solutions will provide email data statistics allowing the management of Barretts Honda to measure effectiveness which will show the subject matter that was most popular and the path the customer followed. The data provided will include open rate, bounced (poor data), unopened and forwarded emails.

This just a small part of the marketing services and motor trade social media management that motortradesolutions.net are involved with. To see more of our work or to find out more visit these pages:

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World Car of the Year Awards Announcement
Mercedes Benz E Class
Volkswagen Polo
Toyota Prius
New York Auto Show 2010

More important than the Oscars, the 3 finalists for World Car of the Year Award has been announced. From a list of 30 cars around the world, the WCOTY committee has created a shortlist of three vehicles – the Mercedes Benz E Class, Toyota Prius and Volkswagen Polo.

The awards ceremony will take place on the 1st April in time for the opening of the 2010 New York Auto Show.

In addition to the announcement of the last three cars vying for the World Car of the Year Award, the other finalists from different categories, including one for performance vehicle and another for design, were also announced.

The Green finalists include the aforementioned Toyota Prius, the Honda Insight and the Volkswagen`s BlueMotion diesel range.

The Audi R8 V10, the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Ferrari California will compete for the performance vehicle category while the Citroen C3 Picasso, the Kia Soul and the Chevrolet Camaro are finalists for the design category.

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Don't let your database get you down, help is at hand and it costs a lot less than you think...

We take several enquiries here at studio808.co.uk from businesses that want to embark on email marketing or some other form of targeted prospecting activity.

They've heard about the success it can bring if done properly and they like the fact that it is less expensive than direct mail campaigns.

Though the problem they face after they make the enquiry is usually one of these two scenarios:

1. They don’t have email addresses for their existing client base (or enough to make it worthwhile).
2. They do not have confidence in the accuracy of information in their database – and unfortunately they are usually right.

The good news is that at studio808 we have developed systems that mean we can help our clients to not only to cleanse their database, but also introduce systems that collect relevant email data for future marketing activities too.

So this is a message to all those out there who feel that they have a hopeless cause because they have one or both of the problems we have listed above. And so never enquire or enjoy the benefits that using something like email marketing can bring.

And lastly let me dispel another myth for you. We are often told (with great confidence) that email is only used by young people, because they are the only ones who use computers on a regular basis. Interestingly we are usually told this by the ones with the poorest database management, and suddenly they are experts on their customer profile?

53% of iphone users are over 35
The fastest growth of Facebook users are 45 and over
20% of Twitter users are 55+

Pre-judge your client base at your peril. The internet is not the domain of geeks or kids. You’ll be amazed at how many people of all ages judge your business by your online activity. Your potential dream client may be passing you by because your website gives the wrong impression of your business. And because web traffic is anonymous you’ll never know.

Don’t let your shabby database stop you. Help is at hand. Give us a call; we have cost-effective methods that can quickly and inexpensively straighten your database out and gain those all important email addresses. Best of all it usually generates some sales leads in the process so any investment you do make is often covered by the sales you gain.

We all know that it’s cheaper to keep the customers we’ve got than go out and win new business. No matter how messy your database is there’s business to be done in there with people who have dealt with you before so let Studio808 help you uncover it.

Visit the Studio808 website or call us on 0845 230 3808 to find out more and let us take the problem away.

A new strategic marketing company has been created for the UK Motor Industry called motortradesolutions.net (MTS.net) which is part of the Studio808 Group of Companies. MTS.net will provide outsourced marketing support car dealerships, motor manufacturers as well as motorcycle dealers, van and truck suppliers and to new and growing businesses in this sector.

The company has been set up as the result of the increasing Motor Industry business that Studio808 had been attracting. James Thomas and Greg Bottle decided to create MTS.net as a division that was completely focused on the needs of the Motor Industry and then allow Studio808 concentrate on its other ventures and core products.

The business brings together strategic consultancy, marketing management expertise and creative know-how under one brand along with the industry leading products and services that have been developed by Studio808.

• Email Marketing
• Website Design and Hosting
• Stocklist Database Systems
• eCommerce Websites
• Corporate Identity and Design
• Dealer Management Systems (standalone)
• Microsites

The team comprises strategists and marketing professionals complemented by creative designers, web developers and copywriters.

Also joining the team are industry professionals who have in the last 5 years have been at the leading edge of internet car retailing. They have led projects in private and Plc businesses to develop web operations and set up internet sales departments for both the retail and corporate sectors.

MTS.net’s outsourced marketing solutions have been designed for companies that don’t have an in-house team; lack the necessary skills internally; have staffing restrictions; or require temporary support for ad-hoc projects.

James is “looking forward to launching some of our new products including a dedicated parts and accessories website with eCommerce facility, a standalone stocklisting web facility for dealers wishing to expand their coverage or even to advertise non-franchise stock and our highly powerful email marketing facility.”

He added, “With this kind of expertise MTS.net will be able to provide an outsourced marketing department for companies that don’t have one, or extra support for those that do.”

As the name suggests Motor Trade Solutions won’t only be providing marketing services to the automotive industry. The company's slogan is Dedicated To Helping You Succeed and the belief is such that MTS.net can bring real benefits to all areas of the business. James has gathered a team of industry professionals who can help in a variety of areas on an outsourced basis.

“Our research has found that in light of recent economic events many businesses scaled down their staffing to such a point that they are now exposed or now lack the people with the necessary skills. We have industry experts who are available on a pay-as-you-go basis to assist in key areas such as Customer Relationship Management, FSA Compliance, Health & Safety, Marketing and many types of Training. Coupled with this we have the facility to provide services as extreme as contract valeting, video mystery shopping, pest control, office cleaning and market research. We are even about to launch an aftersales upsell programme that can add significant profits without any further investment or overhead. So as the list is beginning to grow we are now a one-stop-shop.”

For more information on Motor Trade Solutions by Studio808 please visit their website (motortradesolutions.net) or call the team on 0845 658 6880 or you can now use this form to contact us.

Welcome to the new studio808 news blog.

We have updated our client portfolio and freshened up our website, which was long over due. You can check it out here:



We have also added a news blog, something we have been meaning to do for quite a while, which we will updating regularly.