Phil Zelinger - AdAgencyOnline.Net Automotive Advertising  

Jim Ziegler, renowned speaker and trainer to the auto industry, will be joined by Philip Zelinger, President of Ad Agency Online, L.L.C. and host of AdAgencyOnline.Net – a free automotive advertising resource portal, to discuss “best practices” in automotive advertising.  The pair of dynamic automotive advertising experts will be featured on the “Lunch With Phil - Discussing Automotive Advertising” show scheduled tomorrow, September 09, 2008, between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST on the portal’s blog talk radio station – WAAOL, All Automotive Advertising News All The Time.

Philip Zelinger developed the automotive advertising networking portal to communicate “best practices” using cutting edge automotive advertising applications with his affiliated independent automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer clients.  The online automotive advertising resource / networking portal is an open forum recognized by the automotive advertising industry as the “One Stop Site For All Of Your Automotive Advertising Needs.”

Mr. Zelinger brings 25 + years of retail experience in the auto industry to the show as a general manager and dealer principal followed by 10 years in the automotive advertising industry.  He is the author of two books on the auto industry including one titled, “How To Sell A Car – A Career Training Guide To The Car Business.”  Philip Zelinger was the C.O.O. of a nationally recognized automotive advertising agency, McGee and Star Advertising, prior to striking out on his own when he developed Ad Agency Online, L.L.C., (AAOL) in December of 2001.  AAOL is s national network of affiliated independent automotive advertising agencies, production partners and automotive advertising vendors linked by the online data base and communication / distribution system created by Mr. Zelinger.

Philip Zelinger hosts several shows on blog talk radio station WAAOL and he is a recognized expert and consultant to the automotive advertising industry.  His regular appearances at Dealer 20 Groups and seminars at the 5^th Digital Dealer Conference over the past three years have earned him a reputation as a “Dealer Coach” with the unique ability to relate to all facets of the automotive advertising industry based on his diverse background.

James A. Ziegler, CSP is a professional member of the National Speaker’s Association as well as National Speaker’s Association Georgia and National Speaker’s Association Tennessee.  In July 2001, he earned the prestigious “Certified Speaking Professional” designation at the NSA National Convention in Dallas. Less than 1/3 of one percent of all professional speakers worldwide ever achieves this coveted honor, the association’s highest earned award. 

For more than 30 years, James A. Ziegler, CSP has researched, studied and trained in the retail automobile business as surely as if he were studying for a Masters’ degree in any other profession.  He is the ultimate student of our industry. Intellectual dynamics and incredible ability to perform at levels above the industry…Jim Ziegler’s future forecasting has accuracy for predicting industry trends and events approaching 90%.

President of three corporations with revenues approaching $4 Million annually, nobody has the hands-on experience in the retail automobile business even rivaling his accomplishments and experience. Since March of 1986, when Ziegler left the retail car business following a career as a record setting manager with some of the top dealerships in the country, Ziegler has done business with more than 15,000 dealerships nationwide and more than 100,000 Dealers, managers and factory executives have attended Jim’s automobile dealer management seminars. Traveling more than 200 days a year, the man has physically worked in more than 1000 showrooms in no less than 200 cities in 49 states.

Ziegler is known for his high energy, controversial, top-rated keynote speeches, national convention workshops, and in-dealership hands-on consultancies. He also presents several national seminars in cities nationwide every month.  Jim is one of those extremely rare individuals that can actually perform what he teaches in the real world environments. As Ziegler will tell you… “I am the best there is at what I do!”

He has been the featured keynote speaker for 61 State Automobile Dealer Association Annual Conventions and has been consistently rated at the top of the top ten speakers at 8 National NADA Conventions. James Ziegler is often interviewed, featured in articles by him or about him, and quoted as an industry expert by Automotive News, USA Today, Bloomberg News, Dow-Jones Newswire, Automotive Executive, RV Executive today, Auto Age, Auto Success, in-dealership satellite networks, and Car Dealer Insider.  Jim is the featured monthly columnist in DEALER Magazine with his very popular and always controversial column “The Dealer Advocate.” 

Extremely popular with the Dealers and respected by the factories and industry insiders, the man has become an in-demand celebrity speaker in the retail automobile industry. Factory executives seek his advice on marketing trends and industry future forecasts. James A. Ziegler is a cut above; he is the author of the best-selling book Prosperity Equation, The Entrepreneur’s Road Map to Wealth, where he reveals his secrets of what it takes to be a success in the business world.  Controversial…arrogant, focused, intense, egotistical, the man is a showman. There’s nobody else quite like him. Those who really know him see past the act.  They’ll tell you Jim Ziegler is honest, intellectual, and sincere.  They will also say that James A. Ziegler is the best there is in the retail automobile business today. 

Jim Ziegler is one of many auto industry insiders representing a variety of automotive advertising technologies and applications to be interviewed on AdAgencyOnline.Net’s blog talk radio station.  Regular programs are scheduled live Monday through Friday between 12:00 noon and 12:30 EST on www.adagencyonline.net  with downloadable podcasts available after the show.

Representatives like Don Crawford from EBay Motors, Mark Boyd from CarFolks.Com, Jared Hamilton from DrivingSales.Com, Tomer Alpert from SiSTeR Technologies Video CarLot, Dale Pollak from vAuto, David Wassmann from NeoSynergy, Jerry Daniels from Automotive Broadcasting Network, (ABN), Spencer Sterling and Brian Dillon from DealMaker.Com, Shuki Lehavi and Richard Abronson from Gumiyo, Terry Alling from Kihon Media, David Marod from LeadConverter, Mike Parson from Laser Stream Video, Brian Hoecht from Ai Dealer, Ralph Paglia from ADP and host to the auto industry social networking community ADM have all preceded Jim Ziegler on previous programs to share their wisdom and experience with site visitors. 

Another interesting interview is expected on this week's Lunch With Phil show on Wednesday, September, 10th with Jeff Kershner, ecommerce director for The MIle One Automotive Group and host of the auto industry social networking forum DealerRefresh.Com, joining Philip Zelinger in a deiscussion regarding "Reputation Management."  The two anticipate many shared wisdoms, however, Mr. Zelinger recognized Mr. Kershner as a valued resource with access to information that should provide insights not previously available.

This week’s “Automotive Advertising Experts” scheduled for Friday, September 12^th, 2008 between 12:00 Noon EST and 12:30 PM EST features the C.E.O. of – www.EveryCarListed.Com .  This new automotive advertising website has already attracted an inventory of over two million vehicles with their offering of “free” postings.  Their unique business plan and added value resources to the auto industry will be discussed and reviewed by Philip Zelinger and site visitors who are invited to call in live questions asked and answered in a problem / solution format. 

In today’s shrinking auto industry automotive advertising agencies are in need of new technologies and automotive advertising applications geared to the Internet that provide cost effective ways to deliver an auto dealer’s message to car shoppers.  Philip Zelinger selects automotive advertising technologies and applications for AdAgencyOnline.Net that “blur the line between the real and the virtual showroom” by integrating old school best practices with new world technology. 

AdAgencyOnline.Net is accepting applications from automotive advertising agencies to join their network of independent affiliated offices.  Auto industry vendors are also invited to platform their automotive advertising products and services to the portal’s audience of automotive advertising decision makers.  Auto dealers, automotive advertising associations and O.E.M.’s visit AdAgencyOnline.Net to learn new ways to sell cars and service on the World Wide Web since conventional advertising has become too expensive when compared against the more effective online alternatives presented on the site.

For additional information on AdAgencyOnline.Net automotive advertising agencies, auto industry vendors and auto dealers are invited to visit the portal at www.adagencyonline.net or to contact Philip Zelinger directly at 888-796-2228.  To quote Philip Zelinger, “Help s only a click away!”