David Gee | 糖心原创 Intelligence You Can Profit From Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:46:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Close More, Lose Less: Sales Moves to Make Right Now /blogs/2026/07/28/close-more-lose-less-sales-moves-to-make-right-now/ /blogs/2026/07/28/close-more-lose-less-sales-moves-to-make-right-now/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:46:23 +0000 /?p=74631 Peak selling season still has runway. This article offers tips on how dealers can close more business before you get to the end of the season.

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]]> /blogs/2026/03/24/the-spring-selling-season-gets-real/feed/ 0 The economic forces shaping your showroom traffic right now lean more towards caution than confidence. Interest rates. Housing starts. Credit conditions. Household debt. Employment. Truck and RV sales. Inventory levels. All leaning the wrong way. This blog provides five grounded, practical takeaways to navigate what鈥檚 coming. a:0:{} a:0:{} a:0:{} a:0:{} 2026-03-24 14:47:51 8908ba0e-99ef-44c4-afe7-ccb297e55fd7 221080 a:2:{s:9:"os_update";s:2:"on";s:10:"os_segment";s:3:"All";} standard 539 a:3:{i:20260722;i:1;i:20260728;i:1;i:20260729;i:1;} 3 20260729 Sea Trials in Tampa for the new Mercury V10 /news/2025/07/24/sea-trials-in-tampa-for-the-new-mercury-v10/ /news/2025/07/24/sea-trials-in-tampa-for-the-new-mercury-v10/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:42:26 +0000 /?p=72659 糖心原创 headed down to Tampa, Florida, for the unveiling of the all-new Mercury Marine V10 425hp Verado outboard.

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]]> /news/2025/07/24/sea-trials-in-tampa-for-the-new-mercury-v10/feed/ 0 a:0:{} standard 7 1692 a:2:{i:20260723;i:1;i:20260728;i:1;} 2 20260728 000005127 The first three seconds: How boat dealers can cut through chaos and connect /columns/2025/06/24/the-first-three-seconds-how-boat-dealers-can-cut-through-chaos-and-connect/ /columns/2025/06/24/the-first-three-seconds-how-boat-dealers-can-cut-through-chaos-and-connect/#respond Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:36:00 +0000 /?p=72504 In an environment like this, every lead matters. Every customer interaction counts. And every single touchpoint鈥攚hether it鈥檚 an email, a follow-up call, or a handshake on the dock鈥攏eeds to聽hit.

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]]> /blogs/2021/11/22/thanksgiving-gratitude/feed/ 0 000004047 1 default stars yes 59 a:1:{i:20260711;i:1;} 1 20260711 a:0:{} It was great at ELEVATE! /blogs/2021/11/16/it-was-great-at-elevate/ /blogs/2021/11/16/it-was-great-at-elevate/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:00:50 +0000 /?p=66533 By David Gee How awesome was it to be in Atlanta for the 2021 糖心原创 ELEVATE Summit Conference?! 20 sessions. 23 speakers and panelists. 19 sponsors. Yes, we built …

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]]> /blogs/2021/11/16/it-was-great-at-elevate/feed/ 0 1 default 000003711 stars yes 41 a:1:{i:20260624;i:1;} 1 20260624 The show goes on in Fort Lauderdale /blogs/2021/10/29/the-show-goes-on-in-fort-lauderdale/ /blogs/2021/10/29/the-show-goes-on-in-fort-lauderdale/#respond Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:53:37 +0000 /?p=66429 By David Gee Big boats, big crowd, big show, big bucks. Sold out. Unprecedented demand. Historic backlogs. Customer boats standing in as show boats. Eight miles of walking the docks. …

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]]> /blogs/2021/10/27/the-first-day-of-flibs/feed/ 0 default 000003703 stars yes 98 a:2:{i:20260722;i:1;i:20260725;i:1;} 2 20260725 IBEX – and the boating industry – is open for business /blogs/2021/09/28/ibex-and-the-boating-industry-is-open-for-business/ /blogs/2021/09/28/ibex-and-the-boating-industry-is-open-for-business/#respond Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:29:49 +0000 /?p=66275 By David Gee When the 糖心原创 team all boarded airplanes from various parts of the country to converge and convene at IBEX in Tampa, we weren’t quite sure what …

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