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Don't Tell Me What To Do...

Don't Tell Me What To Do...

Dealers, we don't like change. I didn’t like being told what to do by my parents, my first boss, my wife, my pastor, my accountant, my mother-in-law or our suppliers, but it is like my old ag teacher's favorite saying, “Boys it is just like the white stuff in chicken poop — it is part of it.”

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Start with these information-packed articles hand-picked by our editors:

Why Rural Lifestyle Dealers Need to Do More Online Marketing
About 80% of people are searching online first before making a transaction, according to experts at Signpost, a marketing software company.

6 Steps to Increase Service Department Profits
Don’t underestimate what good processes, flat rating and efficiency incentives can mean for service department revenues.

 

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Join top farm equipment dealerships from around North America on August 6-7, 2024 in Madison, Wis., for 2-days of unrivaled learning and networking during the 2024 Dealership Minds Summit. No other event gives you a FOR DEALERS ONLY learning opportunity featuring targeted sessions that deliver the latest research, ideas and tools to help your dealership reach its top potential.

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  • Bring Back the Classics: Veteran Insights on John Deere and 1980s Business Strategies

    There is an old saying: "You can't be everything to everybody." I've worked in the agricultural/outdoor power equipment industry all my life. I was a Toro, Wheel Horse, and Lawn-Boy dealer.
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    Don't Tell Me What To Do...

    Dealers, we don't like change. I didn’t like being told what to do by my parents, my first boss, my wife, my pastor, my accountant, my mother-in-law or our suppliers, but it is like my old ag teacher's favorite saying, “Boys it is just like the white stuff in chicken poop — it is part of it.”
  • Digital Dirt in your Parts Data

    Referring to demand history you don’t want, digital dirt is called “abnormal demand”. In a nutshell, any time you make a sale that you don’t expect to repeat, it's considered abnormal.
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    Why Your Sales Staff Should Never, Ever Talk About the Competition

    In the farm equipment business, many managers often tell their sales crews to never mention the competition when making a product pitch to farmers. It’s a negative to bring up another dealer’s different colored highly competitive machines, service concerns, parts delays and other business practices.

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Autonomous Farm Equipment: U.S. Farm Adoption & Outlook

Autonomous Farm Equipment: U.S. Farm Adoption & Outlook

This custom research report offers a summary of autonomy’s technological progression and indicates that the intersection of remote sensing, internet connectivity and rapid technology advances have ushered in a new tipping point for fully-automated farm operations.

Equipment Opportunities in Organic Farming

Equipment Opportunities in Organic Farming

Today, organic is the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. To provide insight into this continuously growing segment of the ag market, Ag Equipment Intelligence researched industry trends and interviewed manufacturers, growers, industry experts to uncover the market potential for equipment among organic producers. The insights from this report are intended to help your business understand how to further penetrate the organic farming equipment market and what this niche needs most from their equipment manufacturers and partners.

Rural Lifestyle Equipment in North America: A 10-Year Recap of Primary Research & Outlook/Trends

Rural Lifestyle Equipment in North America: A 10-Year Recap of Primary Research & Outlook/Trends

Rural lifestyle dealers are forecasting 2023 to be their most unique year in the last decade. These dealers, who serve homeowners, hobby farmers, landscape contractors and municipalities, had a strong 2022, but are predicting new challenges for 2023. After dealing with — and continuing to battle — a mix of supply chain issues, rising interest rates and increasing costs of new equipment, their outlook has shifted vs. previous years.

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