MRAA Blog

Free Apps to Streamline Your Dealership

            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

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: Andrea Chase

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 […]

Member Spotlight: Greg Knop

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 […]

Member Spotlight: Karen Davidson

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 […]

Member Spotlight: Judy Herring

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 […]

Member Spotlight: Christi Romero

Christi Romero is one tough and determined lady. She’s spent nearly the last three decades at The Sportsman in San Benito, Texas, working her way up from secretary to general manager. And she’s done it with a style and grace all her own; one that inspires her co-workers and her boss. Christi takes a few […]

Member Spotlight: Aric Chaltry

Aric Chaltry started his marine industry career in high school, cutting grass at Nestegg Marine. Shortly after graduating from Northern Michigan University, he spent summers building new docks and working in the service department. Over the last few years, Chaltry took courses through Mercury Marine, Raymarine and Lowrance. And in November 2013 he was awarded […]