Get Visible: Sponsor Your Local Holiday Event
The holiday season is a great opportunity for a small- to mid-sized marina to sponsor a local parade or holiday-themed event. Today, we explore real-world marina sponsorship examples, and how your marina benefits from stamping your name on the local get-together.
The 2024 AMI Conference Speaker and Session Schedule is Here To Browse
Here are the relevant details for the 2024 AMI Conference, with links to pre-conference activities, conference courses, and avenues of registration.
Grow Revenue and Community: The Benefits of Boat Clubs
Are there more types of boat clubs? What are the benefits of boat clubs for a marina? Here are a few types of boat club arrangements and how they can attract boaters to your marina.
The Value of Marina Safety Policies and Literature
Today, we cover how seemingly “afterthought” marina safety structures can help a marina ensure an ongoing culture of safety for its guests and staff.
Hammer & Nail Welcomes Cedar Bayou Marina on Lake Texoma, Texas
Endless stories could be told about a lake that holds a “Burning of the Socks” event each spring, or one that draws anglers to one of the world’s only self-sustaining striped bass populations. These forested shores that hold so much American history are home to Cedar Bayou Marina, which Hammer & Nail has joined with to bring its story to a wider audience.
Down-season: How to Audit and Strengthen Your Marina’s Fine Points
As we move deeper into fall, a helpful exercise can be to assess where your marina has weak points in the little things and take action to strengthen them. Here are a few of the “fine points” a marina manager can address in the fall down-season to self-assess and strengthen their marina’s brand credibility.
A Storm Is Coming – How to Protect Your Boaters
It’s your marina’s responsibility to have emergency structures in place for the customers who entrust you to safeguard their boats. Here are a few preparations that can make an impactful difference before the arrival of a storm.
The 2024 AMI Conference & Expo announces its opening keynote speaker
AMI released an exciting bit of news that revealed it will build on 2023’s conference theme that focused on team-building and fostering competent marina management structures internally. This year’s opening keynote speaker at the AMI Conference & Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Bill Benjamin, will introduce the conference with an address about the “last 8% culture system.”
The Fall Boat Maintenance Every Marina Manager Should Offer To Increase Slow-Season Revenue
Summer is over. You’re allowed to exhale. What’s next? There’s a pocket here to bolster a seriously undervalued piece of your marina business, and the core of it is routine care. Your service department and boat maintenance.
Protect your boaters with Fourth of July boater safety tips
As a marina manager, what can I do about boater safety? Here are a few basic boater safety guidelines that will help ensure your clients have a safe holiday with a greater sense of security in calling your marina their home on the water.
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