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Arkona Partners With AskPatty.com

Arkona Inc., a dealer management system provider in the United States, has partnered with AskPatty.com Inc., a turn-key sales and marketing certification program that helps dealerships attract, sell, retain and keep loyal women consumers.

by Staff
April 10, 2007
2 min to read


Sarasota, Fla. – Arkona Inc., a dealer management system provider in the United States, has partnered with AskPatty.com Inc., a turn-key sales and marketing certification program that helps dealerships attract, sell, retain and keep loyal women consumers.


The agreement between Ask Patty and Arkona will provide dealerships with more comprehensive sales and marketing packages and an improved method of reaching out to female consumers.

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“We recognize the important role that the Internet plays in the purchasing process, and we want to provide a new and innovative tool to help our dealers be more successful and compliment their existing web sites,” commented Dave Jenkins, vice-president of marketing at Arkona Inc. “The Ask Patty program not only increases a dealership’s exposure but will also help improve its web site positioning in the search engines.”


As part of the agreement, Ask Patty will make available its full marketing program, dealership training, and certification to Arkona dealers. The Ask Patty agreement further augments Arkona’s line of marketing tools for dealers which already includes Arkona’s CRM and eMailSync products and the Arkona Allegiance customer loyalty solution.


“Ask Patty is very excited for the opportunity to partner with Arkona because they are one of the top DMS providers, and the feedback we’ve received from their clients is phenomenal,” stated Peter Martin, CEO of AskPatty.com Inc. “We are thoroughly impressed with their customer service and their relationship with their client dealers. Their initiation of this partnership shows a true commitment to providing great products to their clients to improve their dealers’ business.”


For more information visit http://www.askpatty.com.



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