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This year marks the 11th anniversary of Rural Lifestyle Dealer’s Dealership of the Year program where the “best of the best” are recognized for their excellence. Big Valley Tractor of Stockton, Calif., is recognized as the single-store recipient. Ewald Kubota of Seguin, Texas, is recognized as the multi-store recipient.
The nominations were judged by an expert panel using a point system to weigh financial performance along with other factors, including community involvement, training, succession planning and more. According to the judges, the 2017 group of nominees was extremely strong,
Learn more — from the dealers themselves — how they are achieving excellence.
This 22-part 2017 Rural Lifestyle Dealer Dealership of the Year video series sponsored by Machinery Pete. MachineryPete.com is the premier online destination for farmers and dealers, providing a comprehensive used farm equipment search experience with tens of thousands of equipment listings, searchable for free. The site also now offers dealers innovative multimedia marketing solutions, including local market intelligence, targeted online advertising and site analytics.
Class of 2017:
Big Valley Tractor, Stockton, Calif., 2017 Dealership of the Year, Single-Store Recipient
Ewald Kubota, Seguin, Texas, 2017 Dealer of the Year, Multi-Store Recipient
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Ewald Kubota Learns from Its Peers |
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Identifying Challenges, Success Through Personal Contact |
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BIG VALLEY TRACTOR |
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Winning Sales by Being Prepared & Professional |
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Building a Facility to Encourage Customer Flow |
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Retail Practices that Drive Incremental Business |
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Setting Up the TeamWatch Video |
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Following Best Practices in Parts & ServiceWatch Video |
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Watching Key Performance Metrics & TechnologyWatch Video |
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Big Valley Tractor's Mobile Service Strategy |
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Looking Ahead to the Next 5 YearsWatch Video |
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What We Need from ManufacturersWatch Video |
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Turning Customer Satisfaction into ReferralsWatch Video |
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Meshing Personalities on the Sales TeamWatch Video |
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Monitoring Key Financial MetricsWatch Video |
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Educating Customers About New RegulationsWatch Video |
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Building the Sales Team, Watching InventoryWatch Video |
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Building a Quality Shortline OfferingWatch Video |
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Increasing Market ShareWatch Video |
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Challenges Unique to CaliforniaWatch Video |
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Establishing a Harvest Rental ProgramWatch Video |
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Building a Successful Sales TeamWatch Video |
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Marketing StrategiesWatch Video |
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For its part, the editorial team at Lessiter Media, reporting on behalf of Farm Equipment, Rural Lifestyle Dealer, Ag Equipment Intelligence and Precision Lifestyle Dealer, joined the AEM Manufacturing Express at two of its stops, including Woods Equipment in Oregon, IL and Kuhn in Brodhead, Wisc.
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