ContactAtOnce!, a leading provider of internet marketing tools that move online shoppers into live conversations with car dealers, today announced that Cox AutoTrader, one of the world'ss leading providers of online and print automotive consumer information, has deployed the ContactAtOnce! dealer live chat service on CarShopSmart.com the just-launched web2.0 sister website of AutoMart.com. Cox AutoTrader/AutoMart online operations combined have more than 1 million new and used vehicles for sale and reach over 2 million car buyers monthly.
Today'ss online car shoppers want new types of content such as consumer-generated reviews and they also want more convenient ways to contact dealerships, said Melanie Kovach, General
Manager of Cox AutoTrader/AutoMart. Many consumers prefer the handy and instant communication available with live chat when making a phone call isn'st convenient or available.
ContactAtOnce! powers graphical elements such as drop-in business cards that appear if a sales person at a dealership is available at the moment a site visitor is looking at a car. Site
visitors are offered a variety of ways to contact the dealer, including chat and a phone number. Dealers appreciate ContactAtOnce! because all chat conversations are tracked and recorded,
making it easy to measure the effectiveness of advertising and to conduct sales training. ContactAtOnce! dealer chat is simple to use and designed specifically for sales people who are
not always at their desks.
AutoMart.com is a long-time customer that'ss done an excellent job of leveraging ContactAtOnce! to connect more of their site visitors with dealers, said John Hanger, president 's38; CEO
of ContactAtOnce!. We are honored that they have selected ContactAtOnce! for use on CarShopSmart.com.
The ContactAtOnce! dealer live chat service is available on CarShopSmart.com immediately.
About CarShopSmart.com
CarShopSmart.com features car listings exclusively from dealerships throughout the country, with inventory content provided by AutoMart.com including vehicle images, VIN, and dealer
contact information. In addition to multiple browsing options to identify and find local cars, CarShopSmart features industry content including top ten lists and buying tips powered by
ForbesAuto.com credit and insurance options, and it is among the first industry websites to feature and encourage consumer generated dealership ratings and vehicle reviews.
CarShopSmart.com modernizes online vehicle searches by offering car buyers ease of use coupled with the social media application of consumer generated content for a complete car shopping
experience.
About Cox AutoTrader
Cox AutoTrader is among the world'ss leading providers of online and print automotive information. Operating subsidiaries include majority-owned AutoTrader.com and Cox
AutoTrader/AutoMart. AutoTrader.com is the Internet'ss leading auto classifieds marketplace and consumer information web site with more than 3 million vehicle listings and more than 13
million qualified buyers each month. Cox AutoTrader/AutoMart is a leading provider of print auto classified publications with 356 titles and 3.9 million magazines distributed weekly. Cox
AutoTrader/AutoMart also features online operations, including AutoMart.com and AutoExtra.com in addition to the new CarShopSmart.com which combined have more than 1 million new and used
vehicles for sale and reach over 10 million car buyers monthly.
About ContactAtOnce!
Contact At Once!, LLC is a leading provider of internet marketing tools for automotive sales, apartment leasing, and other industries where consumers conduct research online before
visiting a dealership or office. The ContactAtOnce! service typically moves at least 25% more website visitors into live conversations with sales people by utilizing a suite of
technologies such as presence, IM/chat, VoIP telephony, video chat and text messaging, resulting in increased revenue and a better return on marketing expenditures. ContactAtOnce! is the
only solution with features specifically for vertical search websites and over 35 such sites, along with thousands of merchant businesses, are using it today. ContactAtOnce! Website
(http://www.contactatonce.com) ContactAtOnce! Blog (http://blog.contactatonce.com)