Dealer.com Named "Coolest Company" by Interface Tech News

BURLINGTON, Vt.--Dealer.com, a leading provider of eMarketing solutions that increase online sales and marketing effectiveness for auto dealerships, announced today that it was named a “Coolest Company” by Interface Tech News in the 2006 Technologist’s Technology Guide. Dealer.com was one of three companies honored in its category and the only Vermont-based company to be recognized.

Interface Tech News presents awards to companies that are breaking the mold with their business model, corporate philosophy or employee programs within its region. To be eligible, the companies must be located in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, or Northern Massachusetts.

“We are honored to be recognized as one of the “Coolest Companies” by Interface Tech News, said Rick Gibbs, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Dealer.com. “This award demonstrates Dealer.com’s dedication to producing world-class products for the automotive industry, as well as our commitment to the economic growth of Vermont.”

Dealer.com offers automotive dealers a suite of eMarketing web based solutions and tools proven to strategically reach customers online. The company offers its customers the only fully-integrated web solution including web site development, search engine marketing, search engine optimization and lead management.

Based in Burlington, Vermont, Dealer.com employs more than 100 people and has partnered with the state of Vermont and Vermont HITEC to develop an apprentice program to create technology based jobs for Vermonters. The program has been a huge success; with 32 of Dealer.com’s full-time employees being graduates of the program.

Dealer.com’s award-winning products include SmartSites™, professionally designed Web sites helping auto dealers reach their customers through inventory information, photos and online brochures; LeadMachine^TM, a fully integrated lead management tool allowing auto dealers to track ROI, sales person success rates and generate detailed efficiency reports; and, PowerMail^TM Pro, a broadcast email tool enabling dealers to communicate with customers regarding inventory, promotions and factory incentive emails. Dealer.com’s DOMINATOR^TM, is a search engine marketing program designed to drive local, high quality traffic to dealership Web sites through carefully chosen keywords.