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      <title>Selling Snow Removal Equipment &amp; Improving Winter Cashflow</title>
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        <![CDATA[Snow removal equipment can offer sales and service revenue year-round based on proper stocking, early promotions and dedicated service teams.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <media:description type="plain">Understand the different areas of a customer’s property to recommend the right equipment. For instance, in tree-lined areas where there isn’t room for banks created by blading, snow blowers may be the preferred method of snow removal. Source: Ariens</media:description>
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      <title>How to Sell: Expanding into Construction with Skid Steers</title>
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        <![CDATA[In <em>Rural Lifestyle Dealer’s</em> 2017 Business Trends and Outlook Report, more than 31% of respondents said they planned to add skid steer loader products to their portfolio this year. That decision may not be surprising with many economic indicators showing a strong homebuilding market.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Sell: Finding Success with Niche Products</title>
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        <![CDATA[The goal of <i>Rural Lifestyle Dealer’s</i> “How to Sell” articles over the years has been to disseminate sales practices to help you sell more. By sharing the wisdom of your peers, we hope to help you increase sales and profits from niche rural lifestyle equipment.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/4779</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/4779-how-to-sell-finding-success-with-niche-products</link>
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      <title>Stock on Hand Leads to Sprayer Success</title>
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        <![CDATA[It may seem odd to discuss how to sell a product for which the selling season has ended. However, if you want to enter the sprayer business or if you’d like to step up your efforts, the time to start is now by ordering product for the 2016 season. Sprayers sell when weeds grow and most customers won’t wait for an order to be placed when purchasing. They want to take them home and put them to use.]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/4596-how-to-sell-sprayers-stock-on-hand-leads-to-sprayer-success</link>
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      <title>Selling Saws Better</title>
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        <![CDATA[Plan for bad weather sales and promote safety gear and service to increase sales opportunities.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/4351</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/4351-how-to-sell-selling-saws-better</link>
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      <title>Warm Up to Wood Stove Sales</title>
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        <![CDATA[This niche product can offer add-on sales to other equipment, such as chain saws.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Solving Property Debris Problems with Chippers &amp; Shredders</title>
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        <![CDATA[Promote the benefits of chippers and shredders,  including year-round property maintenance and  environmental advantages, to urban and rural customers.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/3782</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Sell: Service a Must for Pressure Washer Sales</title>
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        <![CDATA[Carrying high-end pressure washers could  boost sales -- if you've got the service to back it up.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/3558</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Sell: Seeders &amp; Planters</title>
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        <![CDATA[Manufacturer partnerships, strategic promotion and highlighting versatility can bring a healthy sales harvest for seeders and planters.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/3399</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Sell: Sell Blowers Year-Round</title>
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        <![CDATA[Promote their usefulness in many applications and stock a variety of models to increase sales.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Sell: On the Fence About Fencing?</title>
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        <![CDATA[Fencing can be difficult to sell because of a &quot;price-match&quot;&nbsp;competition with big box stores. Expert knowledge can help you win long-term customers.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Sell: New Ways to Sell an Old Standby — Post Hole Diggers</title>
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        <![CDATA[With the options offered by the new generation of post hole diggers, homeowners and dealers have more reasons to get to know this equipment.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/2533</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/2533-how-to-sell-new-ways-to-sell-an-old-standby-post-hole-diggers</link>
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      <title>How to Grow Your Off-Season Service Business</title>
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        <![CDATA[That first warm day in the spring is usually what sets off the spring rush. After that last lawn mowing in the fall, your rural lifestyle customers have stowed their mowers in the shed and shut the door for the winter.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/2388</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/2388-how-to-grow-your-off-season-service-business</link>
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        <media:description type="plain">B&amp;amp;G Equipment of Paris, Tenn., encourages rural lifestyle customers to leave the tractor with the service department for a week to 10 days. This practice has helped even the shop’s workload, allowing the dealership to work with one less service technician. Tim Brannon (left) and Michael McDaniel (rt.) are from B&amp;amp;G’s service department.</media:description>
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      <title>How to Sell: Quality, Stocking, Demos Increase Log Splitter Sales</title>
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        <![CDATA[The allure of a cozy fire crackling in the fireplace on a cold, wintery night is part of the rural lifestyle dream. And, for some, the satisfaction of felling the tree and splitting the wood for those fires is part of that vision. For others, burning wood for heat just makes good economic sense, with wood roughly one-third the cost of natural gas, electricity or oil.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Handling Animal Feed Adds Another Dimension to Equipment Sales</title>
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        <![CDATA[Many of your customers have made the lifestyle choice to buy property in the country and move back to the land. And your dealership has successfully helped them buy and service the equipment they need to manage their property. But would you be able to lend a hand if they pulled up to your dealership with a baby goat in the backseat of their car?]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Sell: Trailers: Customers Can't Move Without Them</title>
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        <![CDATA[While equipment dealers typically sell trailers as a sideline, rural lifestylers who buy a lot of machinery consider them primary equipment.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How to Sell Generators: Selling Peace of Mind</title>
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        <![CDATA[In August, as Hurricane Irene aimed for the U.S.'s Eastern Seaboard, residents along the coast went shopping. Stores were cleaned out as people bought essentials to help them get through the storm and clean up in the aftermath. In a few hours, flashlights, batteries and essential food items were in short supply across the region.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/1351-how-to-sell-generators-selling-peace-of-mind</link>
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      <title>Skid Steers &amp; Attachments: Compact, Strong and Looking for Work</title>
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        <![CDATA[Often called the “Swiss army knife” of construction equipment, the compact and powerful skid steer and its tracked counterparts can find work on a hobby farm or in a landscaping operation as easily as they can on a building site.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Sell Rotary Tillers: Sell Today, Till Tomorrow</title>
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        <![CDATA[Picture this: I's a Friday afternoon in May, and the warm, dry weather is expected to continue through Sunday. Then, a couple shows up at your dealership and walks straight to the rotary tillers. Is your staff ready to close the sale?]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Sell Wood Burning Stoves: New Technologies Fuel Sales</title>
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        <![CDATA[Wood-burning fireplaces, fireplace inserts and wood stoves and furnaces - collectively known as hearth appliances - are among the most desired features in American homes, and outdoor equipment dealers have taken notice.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/659-how-to-sell-wood-burning-stoves-new-technologies-fuel-sales</link>
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      <title>How to Sell: Unlock the Secret to Selling Outdoor Power Equipment</title>
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        <![CDATA[Having product available when they want it and being the expert for rural lifestylers will open the door to repeat business.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>All-Purpose Vehicles Opens Door to Consumer Retailing</title>
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        <![CDATA[Attractive to farm customers and consumers alike, ATV and UV sales are moving some ag dealerships to look like a cross between a motorcycle shop and a tractor store.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/35-all-purpose-vehicles-opens-door-to-consumer-retailing</link>
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