The First Pencil
Kathi Kruse and Mike The Car Guy Correra are best friends, with many many years of retail experience in the car biz. "We decided to get together and talk about the things that are important to us in the auto industry, and hope you’ll come along for the ride. We’ll cover auto industry stuff, dealership profitability, and digital platforms, all with a dose of humor and our love for 80s/90s music. Join us!"
The First Pencil
Google and Facebook: Diluted and Polluted
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This week, Kathi and Mike cover the ground-shift that has happened and is happening with two of the largest companies on earth, Google and Facebook. Both platforms are under pressure to grow even bigger and all of us users are being left out in the cold, including millions of small business websites that have seen their traffic reduced by up to 94%.
Podcasts mentioned:
Adam Conover’s Factually: How Google Ruined the Internet
The Publisher’s Playbook: Google’s Helpful Content Update with Lily Ray
Music segment:
44 years ago: Jello Biafra/Dead Kennedys album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.
California Uber Alles
Holiday in Cambodia
N*zi Punks F*ck Off
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Kathi: kathi@krusecontrolinc.com
Mike: mikethecarguy@outlook.com