In each monthly Pulse Report survey sent to dealers, one question we ask is, “What’s working?” We also ask the flip side, “What’s not working?” This month, with the MRAA’s Spotlight focus on the pre-owned boat market, we also added two questions to gauge their approach to the used boat market in terms of sales […]
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11 Best Practices to Guide You to More Success in the Pre-Owned Boat Market
The word on the street is that expert advice has taken a hit lately, as certain parts of society seek out advice online in the form of YouTube videos, online influencers and other online outlets to find their own information to surmise a strategy for their business, health and life’s other decisions. Call me old-fashioned, […]
5 Tips to Get More Pre-Owned Boats Approved
Insights to Help You Identify and Avoid Any Traps Along the Way By Jared Zimlin, Director of Business Development, Elite Recreational Finance In the new norm we are currently in, demand is up and the supply of new boats down or delayed. Because of this, many dealers are turning more and more to selling pre-owned […]
2021 Compensation Data is Almost Here!
In November, 2021 MRAA launched the Marine Industry Compensation Study. It was conducted for the first time in 2017 and came as a response to an industry-driven desire to identify compensation and staffing trends in dealerships across North America. With several years having passed, economic and workforce changes and, of course we can’t forget the […]
Hire Learning
For some marine retailers, the struggle to fill holes in their dealership is presenting difficult challenges and new approaches to recruiting and hiring Like many other people in the world, your “daily feed” is filled with coverage about rising inflation, spiked gas prices, war (and all the political dancing around it) and concern about interest […]
Know These Red Flags Hurting Your Recruiting and Retention Efforts
Hiring has never been easy, and today the challenges are multiplied, as every business is struggling to find employees. That’s why on April 1, Continuous Certification released its second course for 2022, “The 5 Red Flags that Derail Your Recruiting & Retention Efforts,” by four-time bestselling author Kelly McDonald. Having had the joy to work […]
What Dealers Need to Know about ‘The Great Resignation’
Workforce challenges are nothing new to the marine dealer community. If you’re like most dealers, you probably can’t remember a time that “technician shortage” wasn’t part of our regular conversations. The specific challenges that have come to light as part of what the media has coined “The Great Resignation,” however, are new. For dealership managers […]
Your Voice and Workforce — Advocating for an Improved Labor Market?
By Chad Tokowicz, MRAA Government Relations Manager and Wendy Mackie, Director of Workforce & Foundation Although you may be consumed by repair cycle times, a lack of inventory, or one of the many other woes of owning a small business, advocacy is integral to creating a strong selling environment and keeping your dealership staffed. While […]
Develop a Culture Prime for Recruiting & Hiring
Imagine your dealership is fully staffed. Not only do you have enough people to do all of the work, but whenever you do have an opening, high-quality applications come flooding in, with the right candidates ready to start right away. Okay, that might be wishful thinking. Especially in 2022. But it shouldn’t be too far […]
Answers to Your Most Common Hiring Questions
As you ramp up your hiring efforts to prepare for the 2022 boating season, here are tips and resources MRAA have developed to help you answer some of the common questions you ask us: How many people do I need to hire and in which roles? With the changes in consumer shopping behavior and expectations, […]
