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NOVEMBER 2014 | Volume 57 | Number 11
14 GIE+EXPO 2014 Show Recap
In the first of a two-part series, OPE Editor Steve Noe
touches on the highlights of the Green Industry
& Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO), which took place Oct.
22-24 at Louisville's Kentucky Exposition Center.
16 Succession Planning:
5 tips on how to start
Jeff Sheets, founder and owner of OPE Consulting Services,
discusses the hurdles that often need to be overcome when
passing on ownership of a dealership.
20 Lease or Loan?
What you need to decide
William G. Sutton, CAE, president and CEO, Equipment
Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), provides 10 tips
to help your customers know how to choose between a
lease or a loan to finance equipment for their businesses.
22 SEO Trends
Colleen Brousil, ARI's director of marketing, gives advice
on how to boost your search engine ranking by staying
up- to-date with current search engine optimization
(SEO) trends.
24 Servantage Dixie Sales celebrates
"100 years strong"
Jim Starmer highlights the 100th anniversary of Servantage
Dixie Sales (Dixie Sales Company), an independent, full-
service, value-added distributor headquartered just outside
of Greensboro, N.C.
6 Upfront
8 Anonymous Distributor
10 Industry News
34 Marketplace
35 Key Distributors
38 Advertisers' Index
28 Equipment Focus:
Commercial Walk-behind and Stand-on Mowers
32 Product News
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Cover image by John Kmitta
