Q&A with Cleo Franklin on Retirement, the State of the Industry & What’s Ahead by Rural Lifestyle Dealer

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, editor Lynn Woolf is joined by Fran O’Hagan, president and CEO of Pied Piper Management Co. who discuss the recently released results from its internet lead effectiveness (or ILE) study.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, editor Lynn Woolf is joined by Alyn Brown, who is a vice president for LevelUp Development, a custom hardware and software development company.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, editor Lynn Woolf is joined by Ben Garton of Garton Tractor, the chief marketing officer for the 10-store dealership based in California.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, "Preparing Your Dealership for Major Weather Events," Jonathan Hinze of Ewald Kubota shares lessons learned from preparing for Hurricane Harvey and many other major storms, The dealership is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, so is often in the path of storms coming off the Gulf.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, editor Lynn Woolf is joined by senior consulting adviser with ITR Economics, Alex Chausovsky, who breaks down the complex topic of the U.S. economy and how to prepare for future swings.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, brought to you by Yanmar, Bob Clements of Bob Clements Intl. is helping dealers dig into and get more from their business management software — an expensive investment, but well worth it, he says. But it’s up to you to make that investment pay off.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, brought to you by Yanmar, we talk with Rex Collins, a principle at HBK CPAs & Consultants, to tackle the subject of succession planning.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, brought to you by Yanmar, we talk with Lee Parish, owner of Parish Tractor, who shares how he is building his dealership’s reputation and sales through Facebook.

In this episode of the Rural Lifestyle Dealer podcast, brought to you by Yanmar, we talk with John Hoffmann, branch manager of Atlantic & Southern Equipment, who at the time of recording, was watching flood waters rise after Hurricane Florence hit the East Coast.