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New Article Posted - Playing Well with Others Part 1 of 2

NatPlane — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:38:00 GMT

The first in a two part series on managing your lead trading relationships. The first article is on how to support your providers and how to get the most out of your provider relationships.

http://leadtrading.org/blogs/general/pages/Making-_2800_and-Keeping_2900_-Friends-_2D00_-Landing-High-Profile-Buyers-and-Sellers.aspx

Call for standards

NatPlane — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:28:00 GMT

A new article is coming soon, I promise. However, until then I thought I would try to start up a dialog of interest in the forum. The first logical place to start would be on the lack of standards in the autmotive finance leads space. There are no established standards for tasks as simple as communication, so let's start there and work our way up. I'll be adding a thread in the forum shortly, hope to see you there!

New Article Posted : Time's Up! - Intelligent Communication Timeouts

NatPlane — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:51:00 GMT

Our second article has been posted, Time's Up! - Intelligent Communication Timeouts. This article addresses one of my least favorite topics (and I doubt I'm alone!) timeouts.

Link to article : http://leadtrading.org/blogs/general/pages/Time_2700_s-Up_2100_-_2D00_-Intelligent-Communication-Timeouts.aspx

Enjoy!

Nat

New Article Posted : Effective Bidding - An Introduction to Dynamic Pricing

NatPlane — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:20:00 GMT

The first article posted for the new LeadTrading.org community is on dynamic pricing. In this article I try to introduce dynamic pricing, identify the differences between tiered and dynamic pricing, detail the benefits and give tips on effective dynamic pricing implementation. Again this is the first in the series, I plan to do at least 1 a week so check back often!

Link to article : http://leadtrading.org/blogs/general/pages/Effective-Bidding-An-Introduction-to-Dynamic-Pricing.aspx

Enjoy!

Nat

Introducing LeadTrading.org

NatPlane — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:40:00 GMT

Welcome to the new LeadTrading.org website, a community built for and by lead traders, aggregators and buyers. It is my hope that you will frequent this site for insight into the latest tips and trends in the industry. I also hope you will contribute your experiences and help your fellow traders.

Why the website? Why do we need a community? Well, I've been in this industry for almost a decade now and I have been less than satisfied, shall we say, with the level of communication amongst the community as a whole. We as an industry face many of the same problems every day, and yet are reluctant to work together to solve these problems. There is a widespread sense of paranoia in our industry as it relates to information exchange even at the most insignificant levels. My hope is that we can eliminate this paranoia and replace it with a sense of community that we can use to help empower all of us to be more successful in our efforts. My contribution to this problem is this website, LeadTrading.org.

LeadTrading.org is a centralized community of individuals and organizations that are active participants in our lead trading industries. The purpose of the site is to provide a simple, unbiased forum for all participants to openly discuss and research industry practices, trends and concepts. The site also serves as a marketplace to openly advertise the need for new buyers and/or providers of leads in specific locations, verticals, etc.

With that all being said, I have committed myself to offering up insight in the form of blog postings and featured articles that are aimed at helping the community as a whole. Everyone will have the same opportunities for exposure here, however I ask that you keep it professional and honest. Let's keep the advertising out of the blogs and info share and in the marketplace forums where it belongs. Again, if we are all willing to participate in a community, all of our businesses will grow and the industry as a whole will benefit. Thanks, and good luck!