About Ask Patty

 The Ask Patty.com, Inc. website and blog is a safe place for women to get advice on car buying, maintenance and other automotive related topics. Women can shop for cars, tires and automotive service at our network of Certified Female Friendly retailers across the U.S. and Canada.

AskPatty.com is a member and 2009 corporate sponsor of the Women's Automotive Association International based in Detroit, MI, Board member of the UnitedSpinal.org, Member of the California SkillsUSA.org board, on the Women's Board of the Car Care Council, a SEMA member and a member of the SEMA Business Women's Networking Group.

AskPatty.com is partnered with Parenthood.com, Tire Review Magazine, IMSweb.com, LightSpeedVT.com, CareerBuilder.com, AutoTrader.com, NIADA, DriverTv.com, MyCarPage.com, MyAutoLoan, Aware and BlogHer.com.

AskPatty.com was a 2007 sponsor of the No. 112 AskPatty.com Chevrolet driven by the highest ranked professional female race car driver Deborah Renshaw, who heads up the panel of automotive expert women.

Ask Patty Certified Dealer Program:
Properly armed with the right tools and training automotive retailers can increase their share of the largest and fastest growing demographic of new vehicle buyers in the US and Canada -- Women. The Ask Patty Certified Female Friendly program was designed specifically for automotive retailers to attract, sell, retain and increase loyalty with women.

What Is An Ask Patty Certified Dealer?
An Ask Patty Certified Female Friendly retailer creates a safe and comfortable environment where women feel welcome and make the experience of purchasing and maintaining her vehicle a pleasant one.

Ask Patty trained and Certified Female Friendly retailers are held to a high level of customer satisfaction for women consumers.

To find out how to become an Ask Patty.com, Inc. certified dealer click here.

Visit the Ask Patty Panel of Automotive Expert Women

Who is Ask Patty?

Patty is a Mom, Daughter, Wife, Niece, Grandmother and Auntie, Patty is young, old, married, single, an experienced driver, a new driver, a race car driver , a hot rod driver, a classic car driver, a mini van driver, a truck driver, a luxury car driver, a SUV driver, a disabled driver, a carpool driver, a stay at home Mom, a female executive and comes in all the sizes, shapes and colors of the rainbow... Patty is YOU, ME and US - Women Consumers. Patty influences 80% of all vehicles purchased in the US and buys approximately 50% of all new and used cars and 40% of all trucks sold in the US and Canada.

About Jody DeVere

Jody DeVere is the CEO of AskPatty.com, Inc. a social media marketing to women expert, journalist, car care & safety spokesperson and has more than twenty-five years of achievement as a successful entrepreneur focused on sales and marketing leadership including ten years developing web based business solutions across diverse industries. DeVere is currently the President of the Woman's Automotive Association International, member of the Car Care Council Women's Board, member of the California State Advisory Board for SkillsUSA , Board member of UnitedSpinal.org, member of the SEMA Businesswomen's Networking Association and is a Contributing Editor for the Car Channel on Blogher.com .

She was the 2009 spokesperson for the Rain-X Division of Shell Oil and Mobil1 Motor Oil division of Exxon/Mobil on car care and safety.

In the past, she has been a speaker for American Car Care Centers, DSP20 Groups, Mercedes Benz Corporate, the National Automobile Dealer Association (NADA.org), National Independent Automobile Dealer Association (NIADA.org), JD Power Automotive Internet Roundtable, GYNYDA, NAWBO, Marketing to Women Conference , ( M2W.biz), Car Care Council Women's Board, BlogHer.org, SEMA, SEMA Business Women's Networking Association, Northwood Auto Show and the Association of Automotive Internet Sales Professionals. She has appeared in the New York Times, Forbes, Wall St Journal, Oprah Magazine, Pink Magazine, F&I Magazine, iMedia.com, Paul Gillin's book "The New Influencers," "Secrets of Social Media", and has been an expert guest on many radio and television shows, including Motor Trend Radio, Car Concerns, Oprah & Friend's Radio Network on XM, Greenstone Media's Radio Ritas, National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" with Marti Barletta, Fox 11 Morning News in Los Angeles as a guest on "Ask the Expert" with Jean Martirez, and many other TV, Radio and other public appearances.

She continues to do speaking engagements on the automotive industry, social media, marketing, and everything in between.

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