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GIE+EXPO 2016 Registration is Open for Dealers

May 17, 2016 | Posted in Event Coverage

The annual tradeshow is set for October 19-21 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville and online registration is available at www.gie-expo.com.

6 Positions You Need in Your Service Department

Create the level of performance your customers expect and the level of profitability you deserve.

By Bob Clements posted on May 2, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

A dealership’s service department is the backbone of the organization. No other department in the dealership, be it parts, wholegoods or rental, will have more impact — positive or negative — on a customer. That’s why I am so passionate about making sure they are profitable for the dealership and deliver a “wow” experience for customers.

Achieving Peak Performance: Checking the Health of Each Department

Three simple numbers can help you quickly gauge performance.

By Bob Clements posted on April 23, 2016 | Posted in Dealership Marketing

Long before technology was available to detect lethal gases in coal mines, miners carried canaries into the mines with them to act as an early warning system. If the canary died, it meant the gas levels had risen to where the miners’ lives were in danger and it was time to evacuate. While we don’t actually use canaries in our dealerships to alert us of potential issues, we do have three simple numbers that warn us of impending doom.

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Expediting Equipment Repair Part 2: Adding ‘Triaging’ Processes

By Bob Clements posted on April 18, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

The triaging approach to service helps move equipment more quickly and efficiently through the evaluation and repair process.

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Expediting Equipment Repair Part 1: 24-Hour Rule

Evaluate how you’re communicating with your service department customers to eliminate frustration, including following the 24-hour rule, and introducing the concept of “triage.”

By Bob Clements posted on April 4, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

Evaluate how you’re communicating with your service department customers to eliminate frustration, including following the 24-hour rule, and incorporate the concept of “triage.”

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Managing for Success

| Posted in Best Practices

This "Managing for Success" report shares how you can sell more, create better employees and bring professionalism to your service department and it’s FREE!

Building Profits Through Key Performance Indicators

[Webinar] Managing By the Numbers

February 23, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

In "Managing By the Numbers," Rural Lifestyle Dealer columnist Bob Clements shares how your business management software can help you improve the performance of the people and profitability of each of your departments. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]

Online Extras: Winter 2016 Issue

February 7, 2016

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

Rural Lifestylers describe their relationship with their equipment dealer and what keeps them going back
Dealership Strategy Webinars from Bob Clements
Videos from the 2015 Dealership of the Year series with Kelly Tractor & Equipment and PrairieCoast Equipment

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Retain & Recruit the Best Employees with Core Values

By Lynn Marcinkowski Woolf posted on February 1, 2016 | Posted in Best Practices

Take time during this off-season to evaluate how you’re managing employees and establishing a company code of conduct may be one place to start.

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Mowhawk Mowers Enters the Zero-Turn Space

Mowhawk mowers using decades of manufacturing experience to enter the zero-turn space and grow its dealer network.

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