May 2, 2024
OIADA Partners With SmartGroups™
Partnership Introduces Innovative Program to Make 20 Groups Accessible to Smaller Dealerships – And Pays Group Members’ Association Dues
The Ohio Independent Automobile Dealers Association has joined with SmartGroups™ in a partnership that includes picking up the tab for dealers’ state IADA dues – and introduces a groundbreaking new way to put the advantages of 20 Group membership within reach of virtually every dealer.
As part of the partnership, SmartGroups: 20 Groups Reimagined will pay the annual state association dues for any Ohio dealer who joins a SmartGroups 20 Group, whether the dealer is a current member of the association or not.
That applies to any dealers from Ohio who are already members of a SmartGroup.
The joint venture includes education and training opportunities for OIADA’s member dealers.
OIADA executive director Wendy Rinehart called the partnership “a very exciting opportunity for OIADA.”
“We’re always looking for ways to increase membership and bring additional value to our association’s dealer members,” she said, “and this partnership is a way for us to accomplish both of those goals.”
The partnership also creates an innovative new concept in 20 Groups, designed to be far more cost-effective and accessible to smaller operations.
SmartGroups Lite are state-specific 20 Groups designed to minimize the time spent away from the dealership and the costs of travel, accommodations and meeting expenses. Ohio’s SmartGroups Lite will include primarily dealers from Ohio, with all meetings held within the state on an accelerated two-day schedule.
Members of SmartGroups Lite still have the benefit of the industry’s best moderators/consultants and best meeting content, topics and speakers, but in less time and at lower cost.
“We’re excited to launch a very first in 20 Groups,” SmartGroups founder and CEO Justin Osburn said. “Low prorates, no air travel necessary all dealers from within the state. Thanks to OIADA, this is literally the most affordable 20 Group program ever offered to retail dealers in Ohio.”
Lite 20 Groups are available in every state in which the IADA is partnered with SmartGroups, and SmartGroups will pay the state IADA dues for all members of the Lite Groups.
If your state IADA isn’t partnered with SmartGroups and you’re interested in joining a SmartGroups Lite, contact your state association’s executive director or email SmartGroups director Howard Bullock at howard@smart20groups.com
For more information, visit smart20groups.com/ohio.
As part of the partnership, SmartGroups: 20 Groups Reimagined will pay the annual state association dues for any Ohio dealer who joins a SmartGroups 20 Group, whether the dealer is a current member of the association or not.
That applies to any dealers from Ohio who are already members of a SmartGroup.
The joint venture includes education and training opportunities for OIADA’s member dealers.
OIADA executive director Wendy Rinehart called the partnership “a very exciting opportunity for OIADA.”
“We’re always looking for ways to increase membership and bring additional value to our association’s dealer members,” she said, “and this partnership is a way for us to accomplish both of those goals.”
The partnership also creates an innovative new concept in 20 Groups, designed to be far more cost-effective and accessible to smaller operations.
SmartGroups Lite are state-specific 20 Groups designed to minimize the time spent away from the dealership and the costs of travel, accommodations and meeting expenses. Ohio’s SmartGroups Lite will include primarily dealers from Ohio, with all meetings held within the state on an accelerated two-day schedule.
Members of SmartGroups Lite still have the benefit of the industry’s best moderators/consultants and best meeting content, topics and speakers, but in less time and at lower cost.
“We’re excited to launch a very first in 20 Groups,” SmartGroups founder and CEO Justin Osburn said. “Low prorates, no air travel necessary all dealers from within the state. Thanks to OIADA, this is literally the most affordable 20 Group program ever offered to retail dealers in Ohio.”
Lite 20 Groups are available in every state in which the IADA is partnered with SmartGroups, and SmartGroups will pay the state IADA dues for all members of the Lite Groups.
If your state IADA isn’t partnered with SmartGroups and you’re interested in joining a SmartGroups Lite, contact your state association’s executive director or email SmartGroups director Howard Bullock at howard@smart20groups.com
For more information, visit smart20groups.com/ohio.