What's Going On? with Shaun Shaun Raines

What's Going On?...with Shaun is back with one of the brightest minds in the automotive industry. Bill Playford, is a Founder at Dealerknows and a deeply experienced veteran of the car business. I've known Bill long enough to not remember how many years it's been. His automotive experience includes retail inside dealerships, technology providers, true data science, and expert, results-based consulting. If you're not connected with Bill, start with Linkedin as this is where he drops thought pr...

In this podcast episode, Shaun finds out what's going on with the CEO of Reunion Marketing, Dave Spannhake. After a brief chat about their shared love for the Texas Rangers and their first ever World Series win, the discussion quickly turned to Google and the automotive industry. Dave, expresses frustration over Google's decreased support and increased automation, and reduced assistance for dealers. He criticizes Google's verification process and the impact of their policies on small business...

Well it's about time!!! Long overdue, but worth the wait, my long-time friend from the car business Eliana Raggio finally joined me for an episode. Eliana is well known in the automotive industry as the Webinar Goddess. In addition, she is an intelligent, thoughtful marketer, public speaker, US Navy Veteran, wifey of Mike, mother of Tristan and the kind of friend and colleague we all wish we had more of. Recently, Dealer eProcess recruited Eliana to join their leadersh...

When you need someone who can and will fight like hell to help you find success, improve your business and be a better human...look no further than Mike Donovan and Cody Jerry from SearchEnginesMD! On this episode we talk about the origins of their company, SEO, digital marketing, music, MMA and much more. I'm blessed to know guys like this and they have so much to offer. Their approach to business is grounded in true effort to do the right things for the right reasons.&nbsp...

No matter how much I wanted to end 2021 with an amazing podcast episode, life (covid) had other plans. Recorded in November of 2021, this episode features someone who has been blazing trails since the day he snapped off his training wheels. Bill Wittenmyer is a friend from the car business who I never seem to have enough time with. For more than 25 years, Bill has been an industry leading revenue, performance and profitability driver. His unique value comes from years ...

I couldn't start Season 2 of the podcast with a better guest. Mike Shaug is the founder of Premier Online Marketing and no surprise...one of my best friends. I met Mike when he was 20 years old making balloon animals for my kids at a TexMex restaurant in Frisco, Texas. We talk about that story and a few others in this episode, but we also cover a lot of digital marketing ground. With no disrespect to my many friends in the digital marketing world, Mike is hands down th...