Tag Archives: digital marketing

Our local boat shows still drive the majority of revenue at the dealer level and in some cases, the budget to exhibit is over half of your annual marketing budget. Just exhibiting, however, and marketing your attendance with emails is not enough sometimes in today’s digital world. Leveraging Facebook with the below action plan of Pre, During and Post boat ...

As we prepare for 2018, I challenge each of you to rethink the marketing techniques you do inside of your organization. The easiest way to do this, is to look at your business through the eyes of a consumer with their online buying process. A few months’ back I wrote about my experience through the boat buying process and the ...

In a recent 60 Minutes interview, Brad Parscale, digital director for the Trump campaign, discussed that Facebook played a major role in the president’s win last November. Let’s take a look at a couple factors on how he did it and apply it to our own businesses as manufacturers and dealers. Social advertising vs. traditional “Facebook now lets you get ...

We’ve seen a lot of “About Us” pages on dealership websites, and they can really range in quality. Sometimes dealers put a lot of thought into this page – and it shows. The dealer has gone beyond a block of text that quickly summarizes the dealership’s products and encourages customers to buy – instead, the “About Us” page leaves the ...

If you’re annoyed with how attached to technology your customers are today, it’s unfortunately not going to get any better. Next month, Apple plans to introduce a new set of iPhones, one of which is a premium model that can scan 3-D objects. Samsung also recently introduced the Galaxy Note 8, which has a fast dual-lens camera. “2018 will be ...

Social media platforms are a goldmine for reaching your customers. According to data from Statista, 81 percent of Americans use social media, and that includes Americans of all ages. Not only is social media popular now, but it’s only expected to increase in popularity with time. While it’s not likely that your parents or retirement-age neighbors were actively using social ...

While a niche segment, the marina business is very much a part of a wide spectrum of industries, including hospitality. IGY Marinas has already played in this space, expanding our F&B restaurant brand, Fat Turtle and owning/operating Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina in the Hamptons/Montauk area. Taking this further, we’ve recently launched our hospitality division, as our team has ...

Verifying your local business page (your dealership page) adds a layer of legitimacy to your social media presence can help customers feel more confident when they engage with your dealership on Facebook and increases your page’s visibility in search results. What is a verified page, you ask? For a local business page like a dealership, the verification symbol is a ...

Ten years ago – or even five years ago, for that matter – when someone asked you how you were advertising your dealership, what would your answer have been? It’s likely that you were running ads in your local newspaper, on the radio, maybe you had a commercial on TV – if you were really wanting to make an investment, ...

According to Facebook, consumers spend an average of 50 minutes per day on the social network. They are also using the internet to conduct pre-purchase research. Your brand is competing for attention not only with other manufacturers, but friends, family, groups and other types of business Pages. To be seen by your desired audience and make it easier for them ...