The holiday season is always a time of reflection for me, and as part of the Fortellis team, there is so much to be thankful for this year. Beyond the milestones of millions of transactions, the 10X growth in app listings and the thousands of dealers our platform is serving, it’s how we’re helping dealers and their customers that matters the most. Here are some of the Fortellis apps you’ll be thankful for too, after subscribing to them in the Fortellis Marketplace.

The automotive retail industry has a language all its own. Yes, this is a multibillion dollar industry, but these terms show its simple and fun beginning. I recently created a white paper of automotive acronyms and terms to help software developers who are new to the industry. Here are a few terms that didn't make that paper, but are definitely fun to use.

Recently I had the honor of presenting at the Fortellis (dev) day conference. This latest event truly demonstrated Fortellis' commitment to empowering automotive industry engineers and developers with developer tools, APIs and a marketplace for their apps. The Fortellis pillars of connectivity, collaboration and innovation align perfectly with our mission at Foster Strategies Group to be #BetterTogether.

At our recent (dev)day event, I had the pleasure of listening to Michael Cirillo, co-founder and CEO of Flex Dealer and host of The Dealer Playbook podcast. Cirillo’s presentation focused on how to disrupt the automotive technology industry and the importance of building relationships. Here are some of the key takeaways we learned from his talk.