Rural Lifestyle Dealer
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Spring 2018
Volume: 12
Edition: 1
Earning Customers' Trust
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dealer ProfileEast Tennessee ATV & Powersports: All Work & All Play
The Clawsons of Elizabethton, Tenn., make running 3 businesses look easy, including a 1-year-old tractor dealership. To them, it’s as much recreation as it is work.Read More
What Rural Lifestylers Want From youLandscaping for Whitetails
Michigan hunter grows his deer management business by adding new equipment and developing promotional partnerships with his dealer.Read More
Succession Planning Step-by-Step: Part 2
In Part 2, we examine integrating estate plans, designing a contingency plan and adjusting.Read More
Try These Dealer-Proven Great Ideas
Rural Lifestyle Dealer is launching this “Great Ideas” series, sharing how dealers are solving issues that nag many others as well. In this kick-off feature, Proven Power, VineTech Equipment and Zimmer Power Equipment have researched, reached out and taken chances on new ways to recruit and retain employees as well as enhance their online reputation. See how they did it and adapt their ideas.Read MoreProven Power Recruits Veterans for Service Team
Proven Power Inc., a Wisconsin-based John Deere dealership, is trying new ways to find employees, including seeking out veterans for their technical expertise as well as those from outside the industry who have a strong customer service background.Read MoreZimmer Power Equipment Outsources Online Marketing
Zimmer Power Equipment enhances its Google Maps location with a showroom view and finds a partner to seek out customer testimonials.Read MoreManaging the StoreDo All You Can to Avoid Litigation
It’s in your best interest to keep your customers safe.Read MoreAchieving Peak PerformanceThe Critical Role Service Writers Play
Service writers keep customers happy and loyal to your dealership between purchases.Read More -
Featured Articles
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Dealer ProfileEast Tennessee ATV & Powersports: All Work & All Play
The Clawsons of Elizabethton, Tenn., make running 3 businesses look easy, including a 1-year-old tractor dealership. To them, it’s as much recreation as it is work.Read MoreSuccession Planning Step-by-Step: Part 2
In Part 2, we examine integrating estate plans, designing a contingency plan and adjusting.Read More -
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