Matt Radich sets an example for our industry to emulate when it comes to fighting for and protecting our businesses. Listen in to this great and very important conversation on how boat dealers can take a few easy steps to get more involved in advocacy work and take the lead in overcoming restrictions, bad policy and harmful legislation that can and will harm the boat business.

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Gain some great insights into the world of digital marketing and digital retail in this fun conversation with Lori Stacy and Nicole Schantz from Boatline. Recorded at MRAA's 2022 Dealer Week Conference and Expo, listen in as they talk to JB about how dealers can tap into the wealth of data and information from Statistical Surveys. Boatline is a valued Education Champion member of the MRAA.

It’s all about exposure at Boats Group, a platform to literally get your boat inventory listed all around the world–from small boats to yachts. Listen in to this episode as John Souch, Sales Director at Boats Group, shares insights into what the recent model year listing activity and the overall healthy consumer activity mean for the year ahead. Boats Group is a valued Strategic Partner of the MRAA, and this special edition podcast was recorded at MRAA's Dealer Week Conference and Expo.

Tune in to this special edition episode of the Boat Biz Podcast, to hear some of the key elements that Russell Baqir from Northpoint Commercial Finance believes dealers should be thinking about throughout 2023. Follow along as Russell and JB talk about how perspectives from the RV industry may translate into the marine market, when aged inventory may become an industry issue, and what it will take to navigate the year ahead. Northpoint Commercial Finance is a valued Education Champion member of the MRAA, and this special edition episode was recorded at MRAA's 2022 Dealer Week Conference and Expo.

In this special edition episode of the Boat Biz podcast, which was recorded at MRAA's Dealer Week Conference and Expo, you can gain some great insights into the world of retail finance from Jimmy Delegro, the founder of Elite Recreational Finance. Listen in to how he built the company from the ground up and how he’s carved out a niche as an industry leader. Relationships have been the key, and you’ll hear from Jimmy first-hand on that topic. Elite Recreational Finance is a valued Education Champion member of the MRAA.

Technology continues to become more and more critical to the success of our boat dealers. Take a listen to this great conversation, recorded at MRAA's 2022 Dealer Week Conference and Expo, between JB and Brad Lloyd of Lightspeed Dealer Management Systems to hear how automating processes can help dealers become more effective in their customer communications and overall dealership systems. Lightspeed is a valued Strategic Partner member of the MRAA.

Listen along to this great special edition episode of the Boat Biz podcast, recorded at MRAA's 2022 Dealer Week Conference and Expo as Nancy Cueroni, president of the National Marine Distributors Association — a personal friend and mentor of MRAA president Matt Gruhn — summarizes what it was like on the distributor side of the covid-related supply chain issues and shares her wisdom and experience having navigated the ups and down of the market place over her career. The National Marine Distributors Association is a valued Education Champion member of the MRAA.

A longtime friend of the MRAA, Ross Solwold of Vantage Resource Group touches base with JB in this special edition of the Boat Biz podcast, which was recorded at MRAA's Dealer Week Conference and Expo, and shares his insights into how dealers can strengthen their alternative profit centers through Vantage’s unique products. Vantage Resource Group is a valued Education Champion member of the MRAA.