New partnership includes webinar and blog post series on using mobile devices to drive productivity MyTaskit, a leading comprehensive software service for connecting service professionals to technicians and customers, has joined the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas as a Partner Member. “We welcome the opportunity to partner with a company like […]
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No Monkey Business: How Bridge Marina Uses Surveys to Enhance CSI
Tuesday mornings bring an extra buzz to Bridge Marina in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. Finding out what people really think of you can have that sort of effect. Distributing post-sale surveys to their customers has been a policy at Bridge Marina for the last decade, and in recent years have been completed digitally via […]
Case Study: How MICD Program Keeps Oak Hill Marina ‘On Track’
Tim Sather and Jake Jostand, co-owners of Oak Hill Marina in Arnolds Park, Iowa, are two of the newest — and youngest — marine dealership principals in the U.S. Jake says working at Oak Hill has been the only job he’s ever really known, advancing his way from teenaged gas dock attendant to showroom […]
Wanted: Marine Retail Case Studies to Showcase at MDCE
Are you a marine retailer with a recent strategy or best practice that is delivering outstanding results? If so, organizers of the annual Marine Dealer Conference & Expo invite you to respond to their Call for Dealer Case Studies, which will close on Friday, April 29. Each Dealer Case Study will take the form of […]
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann Recommended by: Jason Clemons, Owner Clemons Boats Briefly summarize The Go-Giver and talk a bit about some of the main ideas fellow dealership/marina owners might find valuable. The premise of the Go-Giver is simple — but something much […]
Member Spotlight: Old Friends, New Business Partners Forecast Robust ’16
After assuming joint ownership of Oak Hill Marina in Arnolds Park, Iowa, at the beginning of 2015, Jake Jostand and Tim Sather are two of North America’s newest — and youngest — marine dealership principals. Both quickly point out they are friends as well as business partners and say they will never tire of coming […]
News from West Marine: April 2016
West Marine’s BlueFuture Program Launches World Oceans Day Bag Design Contest West Marine, the world’s premier Waterlife Outfitter, has announced the launch of an exciting new competition for fledgling young artists through its BlueFuture Program, aimed at supporting youth-based initiatives on and around the water. It’s called the World Oceans Day Bag Design Contest, and not […]
Submit Your Comments on National Recreational Boating Safety Program
The new National Recreational Boating Safety plan will take effect in 2017 and remain in place through 2021. Comments must be submitted before April 20, 2016. All comments on the Coast Guard’s National Recreational Boating Safety Program must be submitted using the online docket: http://www.regulations.gov Comments can be submitted anonymously
Registration Opens for MDCE 2016
“We are proud to maintain the same low rate for MDCE retail registration that we’ve offered for the past several years, while adding fresh value for attendees,” MRAA Vice President Liz Walz said. “As the boating market has begun to rebound, this has allowed many dealers to increase the number of employees they bring to […]
MRAA Joins Coalition Supporting Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account
Funding for the initiative would ensure better assessment of the economic significance of programs and policies with the jurisdiction of the Departments of Agriculture and Interior. The letters voiced strong support for a recent statement issued by the Federal Recreation Council, which concluded ORSA would “directly and efficiently benefit both the private and public sectors, […]
