Cutting the Cable

Watch how kids consume media – I don’t know of a kid who would turn to a TV when they had a free moment of downtime. But what is more telling is that they don’t ever consider television – it isn’t even in their option tree of choices. If...

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign…

When 128 Volvo closed a few weeks ago, one thing which happened incredibly quickly was the dismantling of the VOLVO sign on the side of the building. Within a day, you no longer could see the familiar Volvo blue letters advertising that you could buy a Volvo in...

The Poor Choice Troika

If you are doing advertising for a dealership, your poorest choice would be to run an ad in a newspaper (ROI roughly equals $0). A slightly less poor choice would be traditional radio, but the ROI isn’t much better. And the 3rd pillar of poor choices would be...

Newspaper Non-Advertising

With the closing of 128 Volvo, it got me thinking about the wholesale changes in the world of dealership newspaper advertising. If you look back at the archives of the Boston Globe from earlier this century, you would find a substantial Sunday Automotive section...

128 Volvo Closes Down

With the shuttering of 128 Volvo, you no longer can buy a Volvo , get your Volvo serviced, or purchase any Volvo genuine parts at 614 North Ave in Wakefield. It’s the end of an era. Volvo was always an outlier when it came to small, local ownership of their...