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Channel Blade Offers Reduced Pricing on Website and Lead Management Solutions to Brunswick Dealer Advantage Participants Virginia Beach, VA -- June 21, 2007 -- Channel Blade Technologies, the leading provider of Web site and lead management solutions in the marine industry, is now offering reduced pricing on its award-winning solutions to qualified Brunswick Dealer Advantage participants. Channel Blade's Web site solutions include intuitive content management functionality that enables each dealer to make changes to their site instantly. A dealer can update photographs, add models, modify and distribute inventory to third-party classified portals and much more -- without time-consuming and costly programming. "Channel Blade's Web site solutions make managing your online business easy," said Channel Blade's Co-Founder and Executive Vice President Chuck Lewis. "Our Web sites directly contribute to the success of the most profitable dealerships in the industry -- more leads in less time drive more profits." Dealer Advantage participants will also benefit from discounted pricing for Channel Blade's FootstepsTM lead management solution. FootstepsTM allows a dealership to manage all of its leads in one central Web-based location, monitor follow up and measure resulting sales. FootstepsTM also enables dealers to easily run targeted marketing campaigns and increase the efficiency of the dealership's day-to-day operations. "Boat dealers have enough to do without having to be Internet experts," said Brunswick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dustan E. McCoy. "By providing them with more affordable access to professional Web site solutions, we are introducing yet another advantage to help their businesses succeed. Combined with the lead management solution, dealers will have powerful tools to generate more leads and to convert more leads into sales." All participating Brunswick Dealer Advantage dealers will have access to significant savings on Web site and lead management solutions. Dealers achieving the gold and platinum levels will benefit from additional products and services including reduced pricing for on-site education, as well as lead and inventory integration with IDS -- Brunswick's dealer management system. In addition, platinum level dealers will have access to product data for all Brunswick brands they carry. |
About Channel Blade and ARI
Channel Blade, an ARI company, provides online lead generation, lead management and sales education solutions that drive more leads and sales to manufacturers and dealers within the marine and recreational vehicle industries. Channel Blade supports its clients worldwide with its award-winning, cost-efficient solutions and hands-on education programs -- including 70 percent of Boating Industry's prestigious 2008 Top 100 Dealers.
ARI Network Services, Inc. (ARI) is a leading provider of electronic parts catalogs and marketing services to dealers, distributors and manufacturers in the manufactured equipment markets. ARI currently serves approximately 100 manufacturers and 190 distributors worldwide, as well as more than 25,000 dealers in several markets, including outdoor power; power sports; marine; recreation vehicle; appliance; agricultural equipment; floor maintenance; construction; and aftermarket auto and truck parts. Both of the companies’ products, as well as the websites designed for its customers, have received numerous industry awards, including Editor’s Choice Award for SearchEngineSmart™ in February, 2009 awarded by Powersports Business Magazine and this year’s Best Dealer Website of the Year for MarineMax.com.
For more information on Channel Blade and ARI, please visit www.channelblade.com and www.arinet.com.
Media contact: Lindsay Rapoport, (757) 222-6723; lindsay.rapoport@channelblade.
