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Week of 8/7/2009 Q: Do you display your hourly rate?
Yes:	70%
No:	30%
354 Total Responses

Week of 7/17/2009 Q: Are you having a hard time keeping or hiring techs?
Yes:	50%
No:	50%
36 Total Responses

Week of 6/19/2009 Q: Does your dealership offer rentals?
Yes:	42%
No:	42%
No, but I'm thinking about it:	16%
31 Total Responses

Week of 6/5/2009 Q: Are your service rates competitive?
Yes:	70%
No:	6%
I don't know:	24%
71 Total Responses

Week of 5/22/2009 Q: How has busines been so far this spring?
Exceeds expectations:	36%
Meets expectations:	27%
Below expectations:	31%
Awful:	6%
70 Total Responses

Week of 5/1/2009 Q: Are you using social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc) to promote your dealership?
Yes:	12%
No:	44%
No, but thinking about it.:	44%
16 Total Responses

Week of 4/17/2009 Q: Do you share your dealership's financial information with your employees?
Yes:	52%
No:	48%
27 Total Responses

Week of 4/3/2009 Q: Have you ever pooled your marketing resources with those of a competitor?
Yes:	76%
No:	24%
21 Total Responses

Week of 3/20/2009 Q: Have you recently updated your showroom?
Yes.:	76%
No, but I plan to soon.:	8%
No.:	16%
25 Total Responses

Week of 3/6/2009 Q: Have you ever considered becoming a consultant to the outdoor power equipment industry?
Yes, and I became one:	4%
Yes, I plan to become one:	15%
Yes, I'm still considering it:	55%
No:	26%
78 Total Responses

Week of 2/22/2009 Q: Do you have a minimum purchase amount policy to use a debit or credit card?
Yes, for some time:	22%
Yes, added recently:	0
No, but thinking about it:	50%
No, don't believe in it:	28%
18 Total Responses

Week of 8/12/2008 Q: Which employee recruitment technique has been the most effective?
Word Of Mouth:	49%
Internet Career Site:	12%
Dealership Web Site:	0
Teaming with voc/ed program:	7%
Teaming with local tech. college:	1%
Temporary Service:	0
Head Hunter Service:	3%
Local Newspaper:	10%
Recruit from other dealerships:	17%
69 Total Responses

Week of 7/29/2008 Q: At summer's midpoint, how has business been this season?
Better than last summer.:	25%
The same as last summer:	0
Worse than last summer.:	75%
Too early to tell.:	0
8 Total Responses

Week of 11/5/2007 Q: What business task or opportunity are you most looking forward to this winter?
Focusing on snow equipment sales and repair:	19%
Attending trade shows:	0
Developing new business-boosting systems:	12%
Preparing new sales opportunities for the spring:	27%
Relaxing! Business really slows in the winter:	8%
Cleaning up and reorganizing the shop:	31%
Catching up on past issues of Commercial Dealer:	4%
26 Total Responses

Week of 8/13/2007 Q: What are you most looking forward to at the combined GIE+Expo show this year?
Networking with other dealers:	11%
Networking with contractors:	0
Get answers from manufacturers face-to-face:	22%
To get out of the shop and relax a little:	33%
To get ideas on how to better my business:	11%
To look at other lines I may want to add:	11%
Pick up competitor's information for comparison:	11%
9 Total Responses

Week of 4/19/2007 Q: Are you planning to open another location in the near future?
Yes - I'm breaking ground right now.:	20%
No - I have enough to do already.:	60%
Haven't given it much thought.:	20%
15 Total Responses

Week of 3/5/2007 Q: Does the daylight savings time issue worry you?
Yes - I still have to update my devices.:	14%
Nope. I took care of it weeks ago.:	43%
Daylight what?:	43%
7 Total Responses

Week of 2/12/2007 Q: Do you plan on expanding by adding more locations?
Yes - I've planned it all along.:	0
No - We're fine right now.:	0
Maybe - If the conditions are right.:	0
1 Total Responses

Week of 11/30/2006 Q: Do you think your dealership offers truly good customer service?
Yes - Always. It's a way of life.:	33%
It's good, but could be better.:	27%
Nope. We need some work.:	40%
15 Total Responses

Week of 7/17/2006 Q: Does your dealership offer rentals?
Yes:	29%
No:	71%
17 Total Responses

Week of 5/1/2006 Q: Are you having a hard time keeping or hiring techs?
Yes - always been a problem:	58%
No - Not really:	42%
19 Total Responses

Week of 3/30/2006 Q: Are you offering any last-minute deals or sales to contractors who are anticipating spring?
Yes:	33%
No:	33%
I'm considering it:	33%
3 Total Responses

Week of 10/10/2005 Q: What is the No. 1 reason you go to EXPO?
Networking with other dealers.:	0
Get answers from manufacturers face-to-face.:	25%
To get out of the shop and relax a little.:	0
To get ideas on how to better my business.:	0
To look at other lines I may want to add.:	25%
The free sausages in the outdoor Kohler tent.:	50%
Pick up competitor's information for comparison.:	0
Power equipment? Have you seen the golf courses?:	0
4 Total Responses

Week of 6/8/2005 Q: So far this year, how do you estimate your business is doing?
Worst year ever.:	15%
Slower than last year.:	50%
About the same as last year.:	19%
Better than last year.:	8%
Best year ever.:	8%
26 Total Responses

Week of 12/17/2004 Q: Do you sell/service go-karts in addition to your power equipment sales and service?
No. It's too much of a hassle.:	33%
No, but I'd like to.:	33%
Yes I sell, but do not service.:	0
Yes I sell and service go-karts.:	33%
15 Total Responses

Week of 5/20/2004 Q: To date in 2004 how have your sales compared to this time last year?
Increased dramatically:	23%
Increased somewhat:	27%
Remained flat:	18%
Decreased somewhat:	14%
Decreased dramatically:	18%
66 Total Responses