Dominion Marine Media appoints Mid-West/Western Sales Manager
NORFOLK, Va. – Dominion Marine Media, a division of Dominion Enterprises, today announced the appointment of Dave Leli to the position of Mid-West/Western Sales Manager, Business Consulting Group, effective immediately.
Leli is responsible for both marine and non-endemic sales in the Midwest and Western regions for Dominion Marine Media’s Business Consulting Group.
The Business Consulting Group’s mission is to provide boat builders, equipment and accessory manufacturers as well as large dealer groups with custom advertising and lead generation programs. It offers opportunities across any or all of the company’s three principal online brands — YachtWorld.com, BoatTrader.com and Boats.com.
“We are excited to have Dave Leli join the Dominion Marine Media team,” Wade Luce, director of the division’s Business Consulting Group, said in a release. “His industry knowledge, expertise and contacts will be important components as we expand our sales efforts.”
Leli brings 25 years of marine publishing and sales management experience to Dominion Marine Media. Most recently, Leli served as Associate Publisher for O’Meara-Brown Publications’ Lakeland Boating and Great Lakes Angler in Chicago. Prior to Lakeland Boating, Leli held sales positions with Bonnier Corporation’s Yachting and MotorBoating. He also served as Advertising Director for Hachette Filipaccchi Media’s Boating magazine and regional director for Time Inc’s Time4Media. Leli graduated with an MBA from Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Ill. He will be based in Chicago.
“I’m honored to be joining Dominion Marine Media’s market leading businesses,” Leli said in the release. “In working with the industry’s leading publications, I gained a solid understanding of dealers’ needs from a business and marketing standpoint. I see this as the next logical step and look forward to providing technology-based solutions to accomplish my clients’ marketing objectives.”
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