Charting a Course to Success and Profitability within the Marine Industry In my opinion, marine marketers can enhance their success rate by integrating into their efforts lessons learned from sailing/boating, training and experience. Sailing and marketing are both processes based on a myriad of defined, repetitive, and creative decisions and, in part, utilize the same...
Money can buy happiness. There’s just one catch: you have to spend it on experiences. A version of this article originally appeared on the Boatyard blog When we first came up with the idea for our startup, we had to ask ourselves a few questions: “what do we truly love to do?” and “why does...
Interactive, hands-on features and special events attract more boat show attendees and help to highlight the boating lifestyle during off-season winter months There’s a trend of adding interactive features at boat shows, and winter boat shows are no exception. In fact, the idea of experiencing the boating lifestyle in an indoor maritime oasis is an...
The importance of promoting value-add products and services that improve the boating lifestyle and overall experience The word “experience” has become somewhat of a buzz word in the boating industry in recent years. Smart marine marketers are jumping on the idea of creating an “improved boating experience”… and with good reason. Boating is all about...