Meet Don
Internet marketing
Sailor, rigger, mechanic, electrician,
California yacht broker.
San Francisco Yacht Broker
[email protected]
C: 510.469.3330 O: 510.981.2021
home
town
Indiana
First boat 14’ Woodie
first job Newspapers
favorite
boat
music Tipitina
favorite
boat
show Annapolis
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Don Margraf got an early start
knocking almonds and picking fruit
with Braceros. He hauled interstate
with the Teamsters. He built Mus-
tangs for Ford. He tore down ware-
houses, rebuilt Victorians, played
guitar at the Palomino and the Fill-
more, shook hands with Dolly Par-
ton and Lech Walecza, produced an
album for a Grammy singer, ran the
gamut, dodged a bullet and went the
extra mile.
His first boat was a 14-man wood-
ie on the Tippecanoe River. He then
sailed Rebels and Lightnings on a
lake and was hooked. He sailed a
couple hundred thousand ocean
miles. He studied and worked with a
great naval architect and consulted
for boat builders on 3 continents. He
raced sailboats and delivered yachts
across oceans.
He wrote magazine stories and mar-
keting plans. And he swears the
rhythm of the sea is heard best when
Professor Longhair plays “Tipitina.”
AGLCA
Denison captures thousands of boat buyers through aggressive
marketing tactics on over 40 MLS services and websites
including clasificados online . It’s never been more important
to strategically advertise listings on the internet. Implementing
a smart web strategy requires experience and a proven game
plan. Simply placing a listing on a few websites and waiting
for the phone to ring is not a sufficient way to market a yacht
online.
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America’s Western Boating Magazine
YachtHub.com
Powerboat Authority
H A R B O U R
International Marine Markets
YACHT
Authority.com
Boat Dealers
yachtworld
craigslist
boat buys
Promoting listings on international websites, enhanced listings
on the major MLS services, building a content-rich website,
creating an aggressive Google
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Clasificados online
AdWords campaign, and executing a
consistent search engine optimization plan
are a few of the components of Denison’s proven internet
strategy.
powerboatlistings.com
Sailboat Authority
custom landing page
Denison’s custom landing pages have
become popular with all the major search
engines. Each listing includes important
details such as full specs, photographs,
equipment lists and broker contact
information.
These landing pages have been designed
to attract buyers searching for boats on
Google, Bing and Yahoo. Your boat’s custom
landing page with Denison will get you SEO
results.
200,000
Web Traffic At A Glance
(Monthly) 2016
100,000
50,000
10,000
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