09 NOV 07
First Advantage CREDCO teams with Advent Resources to deliver Prospect Leads to automotive dealers.

First Advantage CREDCO, a leading provider of vehicle purchase requests and specialty credit reports to the automotive industry, today announced the integration of its prospect lead solutions with Advent Resources, Inc., a provider of high-value software solutions for the retail automotive vertical market. Under the agreement, First Advantage CREDCO will deliver its Lead Prospector Internet, Bankruptcy, Targeted and Subprime lead solutions through Advent’s customer relationship management platform, the Advent High Performance Sales System.

The integration of First Advantage CREDCO’s lead solutions will enable participating U.S. automotive dealers to efficiently target and manage customer prospects in their direct market area.

“Our integration with First Advantage CREDCO offers dealers the solutions they need to identify in-market prospects and to manage the lifecycle of a consumer’s automotive buying process,” said Advent Resources president, Tim Gill. “A consumer’s decision to purchase a vehicle doesn’t usually happen quickly, since most conduct a fair amount of research and comparison shopping first. Now we can provide dealers the tools they need to effectively communicate with consumers – and manage their purchasing expectations – throughout the buying lifecycle.”

Seamless integration gives dealerships a “click and go” process for managing lead prospecting information directly from their Advent’s High Performance Sales System. This solution enables dealers to focus on showing cars and closing deals, not administering prospect leads.

“Our expanded relationship with Advent Resources enables our mutual customers to access quality consumer leads in an efficient manner,” said Eric J. Rumsey, president of First Advantage CREDCO. “Our suite of lead solutions allow dealers to optimally manage their contact strategy so they can maximize their marketing results and sales opportunities as consumers shop for and purchase vehicles.”

Since 1995, the two companies have enjoyed a successful business relationship based on First Advantage CREDCO’s credit information services. First Advantage CREDCO provides Advent dealerships with integrated, flexible credit reporting to help make fast, accurate and reliable business decisions. The integration of lead generation solutions expands this relationship, providing another value-added service to users of the Advent High Performance Sales System.

 

03 Feb 2007
Advent Resources, Inc. Announces F&I Express – A new software solution to streamline the sale of after-market products.

F & I Express Advent Resources powerful new F&I Express is an an innovative new tool designed to streamline the ordering process for any after-market product currently being sold by a dealership. With the sale of after-market products is completely manual, several hours is added to the sales transaction, tying up valuable sales and F&I resources that could be working on other deals F&I Express streamlines the process with a few clicks of the mouse, printing the required forms and submitting the relevant deal information electronically to the third party vendors “We’ve built F&I Express to work with the various after-market vendors to ensure they can electronically receive the customer and vehicle information for their products”, stated Tim Gill, CFO of Advent Resources. “We feel the use of F&I Express will easily save an F&I department at least 30 minutes per customer, allowing the department to work more deals each day.” F&I Express will not require dealers to change the mix of products they currently offer. Advent is currently working to sign deals with many strategic partners to ensure excellent coverage across products. Best yet – the product is offered at no charge to the Dealer. “For over 17 years we have been at the leading edge in providing our clients with state-of-the-art dealer management solutions that enhance their productivity and profitability. F&I Express is just another example of making our vision into our clients’ reality”, stated Gill.