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8 Principles Effective Negotiators Follow

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on June 22, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices, Dealership Marketing

Source: The Business Journals

Knowing what you are trying to accomplish tops the list of effective negotiation strategies. Find out more.

The Big Picture

7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on June 15, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: Harvard Business Journal

Research shows that effective, systematic onboarding brings in new employees 50% faster and reduces failure rates.

Getting Customer Excited about UTVs

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on June 7, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices, Niche Markets

“Get a customer’s imagination going. Let them imagine themselves in this really cool, nice-looking UTV. Sell them something that fits with who they think they are as a person and how they want to be perceived. Get them in ‘want mode,’ not ‘need mode,’” says Steve Shankin.

5 Steps to Feeling More Accomplished

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on May 31, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: Lisa Evans, Fast Company

One idea is to save an easy task for the start of the next work day.

Observing the National Moment of Silence at 3 p.m. Local Time

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on May 27, 2019

The National Moment of Remembrance is an added way to honor America's fallen heroes.

Measuring the Influence of Trust on Purchasing Decisions

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on April 23, 2019 | Posted in Manufacturer News, Data & Forecasts

BrandSpark International surveyed over 12,800 American shoppers to discover what brands they trust most. John Deere ranked first in the home goods/lawn mower category and DeWalt ranked first in the home goods/power tools category.

10 Rules of Effective Employee Management

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on April 18, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: Entrepreneur.com

Rule number 1: Be consistent. Can you name the others?

USDA 2017 Census

Beginning Producers Account for 27% of All Producers

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on April 16, 2019 | Posted in Data & Forecasts, Rural Lifestyle Market

Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2017 Census shows that the operations of beginning farmers are smaller than average in both acres and sales.

Big Picture

Do this 1 Thing to Become a Great Manager

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on April 12, 2019 | Posted in Best Practices

Source: Harvard Business Review

Great managers discover what is unique about each person and then capitalize on it. Find out how you can apply this management strategy at your dealership.

Trends

USDA 2017 Census: See What's Changed for the Rural Lifestyle Segment

By Rural Lifestyle Dealer Staff posted on April 11, 2019 | Posted in Data & Forecasts, Rural Lifestyle Market

Census data just released from USDA shows that farm numbers and land in farms have ongoing small percentage declines since the last Census in 2012. Only very small farms (annual sales of $2,500 or less) and very large farms (sales of $5 million or more) increased in numbers.

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