The Forum included meetings of the Alliance’s Sales & Marketing Committee along with its sub-committees: Branding, Programs & Promotions, Service Center and Education.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance held its annual Sales & Marketing Forum Sept. 10-12 at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk in San Antonio. More than 70 marketing leaders representing more than 40 Alliance shareholders were on-hand for the event.
“The meeting featured a powerful lineup of presenters from both shareholders and staff. The interactive sessions covered the breadth of key issues facing Alliance businesses with a focus on taking the Group’s marketing efforts to the next level,” said Mauro Cifelli, the chairman of the Alliance Sales & Marketing Committee.
The Forum included meetings of the Alliance’s Sale & Marketing Committee along with its sub-committees: Branding, Programs & Promotions, Service Center and Education.
The main session featured presentations on emerging trends in mobile and digital marketing and the increasing significance of national accounts. Those presentations carried over into idea-generation sessions on improving the quality of service and the unitization of technology with service centers.
According to Cifelli, “We know the key to our next level of marketing will involve shareholders educating shareholders. Over and over again, we have learned that messages resonate better when shareholders are learning from their peers. We have over 70 evangelists within our member ranks.”
“It was a fantastic session,” said John Washbish, president and CEO of the Alliance. “I am continually impressed with the effort put forward by our committee structure. Time and again it has assured that our shareholders are not only up to speed on trends and issues within the greater aftermarket, but that they have specific tools to address them.”
