Amy Mattinat Author of 'How To Buy A Great Used Car' to Join the Advisory Panel of Ask Patty
Amy Mattinat, automotive author and co-owner of Auto Craftsmen Ltd., will join Ask Patty as a member of the automotive advisory panel of industry-expert women on Ask Patty.Com, Inc.
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) September 8, 2006 –- Ask Patty.Com, Inc., announced today that Amy Mattinat, author of ‘How To Buy A Great Used Car’, will join the automotive advisory panel of industry-expert women for their new woman’s portal, Ask Patty. enterprise version of the Ask Patty website at http://www.askpatty.com launched August 21, 2006 and provides a safe place for women to get advice on car purchases, maintenance and other automotive related topics online.
Amy’s career in the automotive industry began at Auto Craftsmen Ltd. (www.autocraftsmen.com), an independent Import Dealership located in Montpelier, Vermont. Over the years Amy has done almost every job in the place. From part-time to full time, she took on more and more responsibility until she became so integrated in the life of the business and the customers that she was asked to become a business partner.
Encouraged to “spread the word,” Mattinat writes a monthly newsletter, and has written both newspaper and magazine columns on automotive repairs, maintenance, car care and safety. After selling used cars for six years, she has also written an easy-to-use manual, “How To Buy A Great Used Car,” available at http://www.usedcarexperts.com. She believes that everyone deserves to purchase a quality car no matter what their budget is.
Mattinat is teaching other shops how to improve communication with their customers and how to create lasting, top-notch customer service. She is a board member on the education committee for the Women’s Car Care Council, belongs to WAAI (Women’s Automotive Association International,) and AWARE (Advancing Women in Automotive Retail Enterprises).
In her automotive advisory role, Mattinat will respond to questions from consumer women on automotive related topics via the website. The Ask Patty interactive advice blog launched May 22, 2006.
“I am thrilled to be part of Ask Patty’s team of automotive advisers and share my inside knowledge and experience with other women to assist them in their automotive questions and concerns,” states Amy Mattinat. “Asking the right question, and getting a real answer can make a huge difference in getting a great deal in automotive sales, service and repair. Ask Patty is a place that women can safely ask their questions to other women and get the answers they need."
“Amy Mattinat is an excellent addition to our panel of automotive expert women,” says Jody DeVere, President of Ask Patty. DeVere continues, “Her grassroots experience in the world of car care, service and repair will be a benefit to the women consumers who visit AskPatty.com.” According to DeVere Ask Patty provides the safe environment for women to get advice and information needed to feel empowered and confident when they go to their local dealership for car service, repairs, maintenance and to negotiate and purchase a new or used vehicle.
Peter Martin, President of CarsMagazine.com adds, “With all of her hands-on experience in the dealerships, Amy Mattinat is a valuable member of our advisory panel. She is well-versed in the inner workings of the sales and service departments of auto dealers, which is knowledge that can now be passed on to the women consumers through Ask Patty.”
About AskPatty.com, Inc.:
Ask Patty provides women consumers an opportunity to send questions about car buying, selling, repair and maintenance to a panel of expert automotive women and is a safe online place to share and discuss their car buying experiences. Women can submit posts directly to the Ask Patty website by going to the http://www.askpatty.com. The Ask Patty advisory panel of automotive expert women is headed up by Deborah Renshaw -- professional NASCAR driver, and is comprised of women who hold various leadership positions in the automotive industry.
Women purchase over 50% of all vehicles sold in the United States each year and influence 85% of the buying decisions, spending over $80 billion. Yet, shopping for and buying a car can be a challenge for women who are first time car buyers or for women who had a bad experience in the past with a car salesman or dealership.
Ask Patty is a safe place for women to get advice on car purchases, maintenance and other automotive related topics. Women can Ask Patty for automotive advice on the Ask Patty "Get Advice" blog by clicking here: Ask Patty Blog; Patty will typically reply back to you the same day. Selected questions and answers will be answered by the panel of automotive women experts for the benefit of all women.
Properly armed with the right tools and training your dealerships can increase its share of the largest and fastest growing demographic of new vehicle buyers in the US -- Women Consumers. The Ask Patty Certified Dealer program was designed specifically for car dealerships to attract, sell, retain and keep loyal women consumers.
AskPatty.com is endorsed and in partnership with CarsMagazine.com, (http://carsmagazine.com), a member and 2006 corporate sponsor of the Women's Automotive Association International based in Detroit, MI, (http://www.waai.com), on the Women's Board of the Car Care Council, (http://carcare.org), a SEMA member (http://www.SEMA.org) and a member of the SEMA Business Women's Networking Group.
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