Our guest for this episode is Jason Curnyn, the current General Manager at one of the best-looking Mazda dealerships. Jason has over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry. He talks to us about his strategy as the new GM to the store and his ideas to bring more customers and community to the store. Local Mazda car clubs can find out info on how to be a part of this event by following them on social media.

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Rich and Matt sit down to talk about the changes that not only are happening internally at the office but also the many changes happening in social media:

By now we have all heard about the stocks app Robinhood and its decision to stop purchases of Gamestop's stock (among others) promoted by Reddit's WallStreetBets community. What some don't know is that Google removed 100k negative reviews of the trading app from the Google Play store after a surge of angry users posted their reviews and frustrations, causing Robinhood's 4-star rating to plummet all the way down to 1-star in just one day.

Now that we are ready to put a bow on 2020, we predict what will be trending in Social Media in 2021. How will it affect your business?

Snapchat added 11 million more daily actives taking it to 249 million overall. The growth continues Snap's momentum, which had stalled at one stage early last year.

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A micro-influencer is someone who has anywhere between 1,000 to 100,000 followers on a social media platform. They will typically focus on a specific niche or area and are regarded as an expert in their industry. So is the micro-influencer a good idea to have as part of your marketing strategy?  Mateo and Richard describe the rise of micro-influencers in recent times.   

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Our guest is Michael Furino. He's a semi-pro drift racer and an all-around inspiration to others. He's several years sober now and welcomes anyone that is battling an addiction to talk with him. He's out to make his dreams of becoming a professional Drift Driving King a reality. You can follow his journey on Instagram!

It's been about a week since Instagram made 'Reels' available to all. It seems to be the Instagram version of TikTok. So what's the verdict? Richard joins on this episode and he is a massive TikTok fanatic. As an avid user and marketer, what does he have to say? Does he agree with Mateo's gripes on the new IG product?

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Recently, the popular syrup company, Aunt Jemima announced that they would be rebranding. Some people thought this rebranding was all a reaction to BLM and maybe a little pre-mature. Others thought it was a great time for a change.

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When it comes to doing research for used & pre-owned cars, how do you start the research? Who do you research? And now that we have some stats, how do we use them to our advantage?

Mateo speaks with JT to find out.

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