Webinars

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Boating Industry webinars provide the marine industry, from dealers, marinas, manufacturers and industry members a chance to gain insight and intelligence in a virtual setting. If you need a little community building among your industry peers, we invite you to join us at our next webinar.

Upcoming Webinars


New Strategies For Revenue In 2022, Especially With Inventory Issues

Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM CST

In the past year, dealers have had to make some major adjustments to the way they interact with customers, especially given inventory and parts challenges. And we are likely to see even more changes and challenges in 2022.

In this webinar, we’ll take a look at some predictions for marine dealers heading into the new year. We’ll dig into a variety of changes to look out for, and some things you may not have thought of yet. This is a webinar you do not want to miss.

Specifically, this webinar will discuss:

  • Predictions for 2022
  • Changes to interactions between dealers and customers
  • Inventory issues strategies
  • Collecting payments more quickly and easily

McKay Allen is the VP of Marketing at Kenect. Kenect is the test messaging platform for more than 3000 dealers throughout the US and Canada. It allows dealers to send and receive text messages from their business phone number, request Google reviews via text, conduct video chats and much more.

Sponsored by: Kenect

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Past Webinars


The 3 Permanent Changes COVID Has Caused for Dealerships

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:00 PM CST

COVID has made the last 12 months...unforgettable. Some things are getting back to normal. Others have changed forever. In this webinar, we'll dive into the 3 biggest things that WILL NEVER be the same again. These are permanent changes that will impact dealers forever. 

A few of the items we'll discuss: 

  • Interesting data from COVID: number of leads, customer communication 
  • The changes that will go back to normal
  • The changes that will be permanent
  • What to expect as we head into the busy season of 2021

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Sponsored by: Kenect

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How to make compliance a “golden standard” in today’s environment

March 4, 2021

Compliance, when it comes to identifying and protecting against identity theft, protecting against any form of trafficking with terrorists, terrorist organizations, and sympathizers, and protecting against any form of entanglement with money laundering activities, is always important for dealers - and it is also hard to manage correctly. 

Join host David Gee and speaker Myril Shaw as he navigates this topic to help you make your compliance a 'golden standard’.

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Sponsored by: Dealer Profit Services

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How to Deal With Negative Google Reviews

March 11, 2021

Few things can negatively impact your business more quickly than bad Google reviews. We’ve seen it sink dealerships. Research shows that 93% of consumers choose a business based on reviews. Even 1 negative review can have a significant impact. So, in this webinar, we’ll discuss how to deal with negative reviews. And more importantly, how to avoid them in the first place 

Join us and we’ll discuss:

  • What to do when you get a negative review
  • What NOT to do when you get a negative review
  • How to increase service capacity in what could be an historic season
  • Methods to follow-up with leads quickly and effectively 

Don’t let the rude customers define and impact your revenue. Be proactive! You’ll learn how in this webinar.

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Sponsored by: Kenect

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