The lunch crowd’s last stragglers offer a wave and nod as Bill Gage walks swiftly through his restaurant and selects a seat inside a plush corner booth with a picture window view of Lake Geneva. He sits down, inspects the silverware for spots (there were none) and jokes about how he inherited an eye for […]

                        Once the technician has been assigned the task, the service manager can then use the task grid to prioritize the technician’s tasks. The screen shot below shows the task priorities for a technician named “Bobby Bottom.”   In this example, the technicians are […]

            You can use Google Calendar to schedule and coordinate the daily job assignments and/or boat delivery schedule with your employees. Just set up a new calendar and start adding events as your jobs. You will need to include your employee’s email address as the attendee of the event. After […]

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 […]

Sea Ray of Cincinnati was recently recognized (again) as one of Boating Industry Magazine’s “Top 100 Dealers.” Talk a bit about the secret sauce over there and what it means to the team to be included amongst the industry’s heavyweights. Our team is extremely proud to be a Top 100 Dealer again for the 10th consecutive […]

How did you get started in the boating industry? Growing up in and around the dealership while it grew and created its own identity was very influential on my own future goals to enter the dealership as an employee.  My career really got going in 2008.  I worked in outside sales for a construction materials […]

How did you get started in the boating industry?  Well, it goes way back to the late 60s, when my dad was stationed overseas and had a custom sailboat built in the Netherlands. We ended up keeping the boat at a marina in Holland and used to go back and forth from Belgium to spend the […]

Q: How did you get started in the Boating Industry? A: I got my start in boating as a child. My first memory of being aboard a boat was at about age 5 and I can still remember the feeling of the wind in my face – I’ve been hooked ever since. I am a […]