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The fall/winter trade shows include some in-person events alongside some virtual! Auto Data Direct wants to help keep your calendars up to date with these upcoming tradeshows and events: American Towman | September | Virtual Event NIADA/NABD Virtual Convention & Expo Series | 9/22-10/6 | Virtual Event National Council of Insurance Legislators Summer Meeting | 9/24-9/26 | Alexandria, VA & Virtual Tow Business Podcast | October | Spotify, Google Play, or iTunes Constitutional Officers Association of Georgia Fall Conference | 11/8-11/11 | Savannah, GA Tax Assessor-Collectors Association Fall Conference | 11/10-11/12 | Waco, TX National Council of Insurance Legislators Annual Meeting | 12/9-12/12 | Tampa, FL For more information on the events Auto Data Direct will be attending, email info@add123.

Wait for it…Be on the look-out for an Updated TL-25 and TL-26! Hey Florida tow companies, mechanic and repair shops, and title companies, release by the DHSMV is anticipated any week now. At ADD, we’ve been working hard on your behalf to get our forms and DirectPost-Office programming updated to conform to changes made by the legislature in 2019 that went into effect in January.

The summer tradeshows are off to a slower start than usual but hopefully getting underway in August! Auto Data Direct wants to help keep your calendars up to date with these upcoming tradeshows and events: Georgia Association of Tax Officials (GATO) Annual Conference | 8/30-9/2 | Athens, GA Florida Auto Theft Intelligence Unit (FATIU) Auto Crimes Symposium | 9/8-9/9 | Tallahassee, FL American Towman ShowPlace Las Vegas | 9/9-9/12 | Las Vegas, NV Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association (FIADA) Convention | 9/13-9/15 | West Palm Beach, FL National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA)/National Alliance of Buy Here, Pay Here Dealers (NABD) Convention & Expo | 9/21-9/24 | Las Vegas, NV National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Summer Meeting | 9/24-9/26 | Alexandria, VA Midwest Regional Tow Show | 9/24-9/27 | Mason, OH For more information on the events Auto Data Direct will be attending, email info@add123.

Remember when you used to ride your bicycle with no hands and felt like you were flying? Well, using ADD’s electronic web-based suite of tools is kind of like that. Being able to perform all of those significant business transactions from your desk, with no need to go to the post office or wait for a response from a state or local agency, lets you fly through your work without exposing yourself or your staff to unnecessary risks.

We are inviting you to connect with us on social media! We have re-launched our Facebook and LinkedIn pages, and our goal is to use social media to share valuable industry news, resources, and business solutions with you. Please visit our pages and click “Like” and “Follow” to join in conversations and network with other businesses and associations in your industry.

Things are slow. Maybe you have a few extra minutes to think about how to be more effective in the future when business picks up. Why not mine your ADD account and see if there are features you might be missing that would make your work-flow easier? For example, when was the last time you took a good look at the drop-down box on your DMV123 tab?

Auto Data Direct continues to stress the importance of account security to protect customers' account data and DPPA protected data. ADD requires each user accessing the website to have their own username and password. There is no additional charge to add users to an account. Passwords expire every 90 days to protect businesses against fraud and to maintain account security.

Attention Florida Tow and Title customers! ADD is gearing up for a statewide training blitz to make sure you are ready when changes to the notification process take effect January 1, 2020. Effective January 1, 2020, all towing companies, title companies who process tow liens, mechanic shops and body shops are required to send their notification letters through an approved third-party service.

Come visit the ADD booth (#9) for demos, giveaways and so much more on October 17-19 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, FL for this year’s FIADA Convention and Expo. FIADA will be conducting a series of seminars and meetings all designed to keep our Florida dealers educated and under compliance as well as also providing fun activities designed to help dealership grow their business.

Auto Data Direct wants to help keep your calendars up to date through the end of our show season for this year (2019): FIADA (Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association) Annual Convention | 10/17-10/19 | Orlando, FL APCIA (American Property Casualty Insurance Association) Annual Meeting | 10/20-10/22 | Boston, MA AAMVA Reg III Conference | 10/22-10/24 | Milwaukee, WI Auto Finance Summit | 10/28-10/30 | Las Vegas, NV AAMVA Reg II Planning Meeting | 10/28-10/31 | Atlanta, GA 25th Annual CUNA Lending Council Conference | 11/3-11/6 | New Orleans, LA V.