Fleet Management News: Volume 2, Issue 2
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IN THIS ISSUE
- HOW TO IMPLEMENT FUEL BEST PRACTICES
- 5 WAYS TO INCREASE CASH FLOW WITH GPS
- GIVE YOUR MARKETING MORE BANG
- THE TRUTH ABOUT GPS TRACKING
- CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATION AND MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
- FLEETMATICS TRACKER UPDATE
- EVENTS CALENDAR
1. HOW TO IMPLEMENT FUEL BEST PRACTICES
The volatility of fuel prices poses a special concern for fleet owners. When fuel prices are low, it's business as usual. But when they are on the rise, the costs associated with your fleet can increase dramatically.
The best way to make sure your fuel costs remain as low as possible is to implement fuel best practices for your business.
Some best practices include fuel cards, re-evaluating personal use charges, mileage reporting and installing GPS.
For the full article, click here:
http://www.automotive-fleet.com/Channel/Fuel-Management/Article/Story/2008/12/Implementing-Fuel-Best-Practices/Page/1.aspx
2. 5 WAYS TO INCREASE CASH FLOW WITH GPS
If your company is not using a GPS Tracking System to monitor your fleet, you are losing substantial cash flow every hour your fleet is off site... guaranteed!
The FleetMatics GPS Vehicle Tracking Solution can increase cash flow in five ways:
1) Increase Productivity
2) Reduce Fuel Costs
3) Decrease Overtime Hours
4) Save on Your Phone Bill
5) Improve Your Maintenance Schedule
Find out exactly how our GPS Solution can solve your cash flow problems by getting a free look at our system running on a live working fleet.
Click here for your free demonstration: GPS Vehicle Tracking System
3. GIVE YOUR MARKETING MORE BANG
Ever wonder why a particular marketing brochure or ad didn't generate business? It could've been any number of things: the offer, the copy or the incorrect target audience.
But often times, the cause of failure can be poor design. Great marketing design can be the difference between boosting sales or throwing money out the window.
The Ideabook blog provides tutorials on proper marketing design written for non-designers to understand and implement.
You'll learn everything from how to prep a design for the printer to how to design "hard-sell" piece.
Click here:
http://www.ideabook.com/tutorials/
4. THE TRUTH ABOUT GPS TRACKING
There’s no doubt that installing quality GPS fleet tracking can help your business lower costs and succeed in this troubled economy.
But you must choose the GPS solution that has the right features to effectively cut your costs and meet your specific needs.
The free GPS Buyer's Guide will help you make an informed choice.
Click here to get it FREE: GPS Live Tracking Buyer's Guide
5. CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATION AND MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
The NAFA Fleet Management Association will present the Master's Seminar: Carbon Footprint Calculation and Management on April 24, 2009 in New Orleans.
Fleet owners will learn how to calculate the carbon footprint of their fleet, the environmental effects of different fuels, how to track a fleet's environmental performance over time and US EPA mandates.
“The time has come when fleet managers need to know how their fleet effects the environment,” said Stephen B. Russell, the seminar's moderator. "If a fleet manager hasn’t been asked by upper management or the City Council yet what the carbon footprint of their fleet is, that day is coming soon.”
Click here:
http://www.nafa.org/Template.cfm?Section=Press&Template=12_pr/ViewArticle.cfm&ArticleID=114
6. FLEETMATICS TRACKER UPDATE
Get the latest advice, resources and news about GPS vehicle tracking and fleet management issues at The FleetMatics Tracker blog.
Our latest entries include the benefits of Internet-based systems and how to become a super "trail boss".
Stop by and give us your thoughts.
Click here:
http://vehicle-fleet-tracking.com/
7. EVENTS CALENDAR
Visit FleetMatics Representatives at the following events for a free demo of the FleetMatics GPS Vehicle Tracking Solution.
Carolina's Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association (CRSMCA)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 20 - 22, 2009
http://www.crsmca.org/
International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Expo (AHR)
Chicago, Illinois
January 26 - 28, 2009
http://www.ahrexpo.com/
National Roofing Contractors Association Convention (NRCA)
Las Vegas, Nevada
February 3 - 5, 2009
http://www.nrca.net/
New England Grows Convention
February 4 - 6, 2009
http://www.negrows.org/
CT-PHCC & CHCC Tradeshow
Hartford, Connecticut
February 21, 2009
http://www.ct-phcc.org/