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From my inbox: How do you get to test drive cars?

Monday, May 17th, 2010

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With the 2010 Buick Lacrosse

I got an email recently asking how do I get to test drive vehicles:

From: Barbara
Subject: car

Message Body:
“Hey Tami,
Madre Minutes here, Barbara, and wanted to know how are you always test driving cars.  I read about the contest and voted but you don’t keep the car right?  It seems like you are always testing different cars….do you just call up dealerships and ask?  Or do they approach you?
Thanks for the help.
b†

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My kids with the 2010 Chevy Camaro

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2010 Buick Lacrosse

My response:

Hi Barbara, thanks for your email. I’ve been working with GM for almost a year now. What happen was that I was at a bloggers event and met the pr person for GM. I told her what I did and sent her info on my talk show and my blog. We have been working together every since.

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2010 Chevy Traverse

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You have to have a certain amount of reach with your viewers and readers. Either the hits on your blog or the viewers on your show. If you have a newbie blog, you may want to wait awhile.

GM was also looking for bloggers in my area and also that fit a certain criteria. I just so happen to fit the demographics that they were looking for. Now I can just call them and tell them what I have going on like, out of town trips and they try to accommodate me.

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Isis and I with the 2010 Cadillac SRX

When I did the contest with Cadillac, that was a separate situation. They were looking for people that were influential in different cities and I was referred.

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Me and the Cadilac SRX lol

It’s really cool to test drive different cars and I will be working with other car companies in the future. If you are a fellow blogger make sure you have great content,good info and fit what they are looking for. I have referred several of my blogger buddies but they have yet to hear from them. Be persistent and good luck!

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Thank you General Motors!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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I’m leaving to go out of town to do a review this weekend at Tybee Island in Savannah,Ga. All of this was put together by the fab Toren Anderson! The place that I’m reviewing is www.oceanfrontcottage.com. Then I thought to myself, hmm I should give my pals over at General Motors a phone call so that I can ride in style. Last car I test drove for GM was a Buick Lacrosse and I loved that car! I hated to give it back. They called me back in a prompt manner and said yes, we can have that delivered to your door this week! Now if that ain’t service with a smile, I dont know what is lol.

I explained what I was doing and they were happy to oblige. I was jumping up and down when they said they had a 2010 v6 Chevy Camaro! The rep said and guess what Tami we are shipping you the bumble bee! I said gasp, not the yellow one? He said you got it! I am going to be riding in style, cant wait to drive it! I would like to thank Araba from GM for hooking me up, you rock!

From GM:

2010 Chevy Camaro. With a 304 hp V6 and an EPA est. 29 MPG highway, Camaro proves that awe-inspiring design, performance and efficiency can coexist – perfectly. On top of that, Camaro also comes standard with OnStar1 for one year, XM Radio2 with three trial months, and MP3 playback. Add in available USB connectivity3 andBluetooth® wireless technology4 for select phones on select models, and you’ll see that Camaro is as technologically savvy as it is exhilarating.