• Interest in the Great Dealerships to Work For awards criteria suggests a commitment to excellence. After I sent out the recent MRAA press release announcing the 22 Certified Dealerships that earned a 2023 Great Dealerships to Work For (GDTWF) award at Dealer Week in Tampa, Fla., I received an email response asking what is […]
Author: Jerrod Kelley
The Magic of Dealer Week
The 2023 MRAA Dealer Week Conference and Expo was the largest Dealer Week on record, from its attendance to its sheer size! I feel honored to play a role in helping make the annual event happen. But, as some of my co-workers have stated, Dealer Week 2023 just hit differently. Maybe it’s because of the […]
Pitch & Catch: Throwing Strikes with Robust Education
• Two Dealer Week educators to deliver soul-stirring keynotes. Imagine this. You put on baseball catching gear and squat down on your toes 60 feet 6 inches away from a hard-throwing pitcher on a mound of dirt. Your goal is catching his 102-mph fastball and arsenal of sliding and sinking pitches while framing each one […]
Ron Hoover RV & Marine Centers Acquires Master Marine in San Antonio, Texas from George Noyes
November 6, 2023 – Performance Brokerage Services, the leader in dealership buy-sell activity, announces the sale of Master Marine and Outdoor Living RV in San Antonio, Texas to Ron Hoover RV & Marine Centers. Performance Brokerage Services, North America’s highest volume dealership brokerage firm, is pleased to announce the sale of Master Marine and Outdoor […]
Dealer Week Industry Celebration – The Rockin’ Good Time You Deserve, Cool Cat!
MRAA’s Dealer Week is about learning, growing and educating your dealership team for even more success in the year ahead. However, it’s also about having fun, seeing friends, making new connections and celebrating another year of being part of the greatest industry ever! Last year in Austin, Texas, the MRAA held a 1970s-themed Industry […]
Dealership Tip: Boat Storage Drop-off Lot
• Minnesota dealership creates a boat drop-off lot for its storage and winterization customers No one would fault a boat dealer if they chose to maintain the status quo during the seasonal shift from summer to fall, where demand for their Service Department’s time is at its maximum. Demand for storage and winterizing customers’ vessels […]
In Your Search for Wisdom & Success Dealer Week 2023 Education Delivers!
My high school geography teacher had several quirky expressions he used to say to help a student realize their effort was not meeting his expectations. The one he used most often was, “There are two kinds of people in the world, the quick and the dead.” Typically, his message delivery included a Dwayne “The Rock” […]
Leadership Requires Strength & Humility
William H. McRaven, retired U.S. Navy Admiral and author, discusses the word hope in chapter 9 of his book “The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy).” Anyone in a leadership position has either used hope or have heard something said like “I hope it all works out.” McRaven goes on to […]
A Guide to Fraud Detection & Prevention
As a business owner, you have seen and heard about scams that others have gotten caught up in. These increasingly sophisticated deceptions can create a lot of headaches for your staff and your finances. Your industry peers within the marine and powersports markets are experiencing the same pressures as you. To maintain a healthy business, […]
Collaboration, Customer Experience and the Boating Community
A video Q&A with Alan Wendt, Soundings Trade Only, and Matt Gruhn, MRAA President, on the current conditions, dealership concerns and the needs within the marine industry.
