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About Gene Muchanski

Executive Director at Dive Industry Association. Board Member at Dive Industry Foundation. Marketing Consultant to the Diving Industry. I have been a certified Scuba Diver since I was 15 years old and have been a passionate waterman for as long as I can remember.

Editorial – August 2026 – Making Businesses Better Not Bigger

Making Businesses Better Not Biggerby Gene Muchanski, EditorThe Dive Industry Professional With a new diving season starting in September, August has always been a time when dive industry businesses get their products ready for production or distribution, conduct their sales … Continue reading

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Marketing: Basic Marketing Vehicles

Marketing Series:Basic Marketing Vehiclesby Gene Muchanski, EditorThe Dive Industry Professional Marketing vehicles are used to carry marketing messages.  They are the means by which we use to communicate with each other.  As business professionals, we use them to communicate with … Continue reading

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Editorial – July 2026 – The Diving Lifestyle

The Diving Lifestyleby Gene Muchanski, EditorThe Dive Industry Professional The definition of lifestyle is the way a person lives his or her life.  It’s more than what we do or who we are.  It’s the way we do what we … Continue reading

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Editorial – June 2026 – The Purpose of Engagement

The Purpose of Engagementby Gene Muchanski, EditorThe Dive Industry Professional The word “engagement” means different things to so many different people.  It is also referred to differently according to the generational group you identify with.  I looked up the word … Continue reading

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Mastering Face-to-Face Marketing

Marketing Series:Mastering Face-to-Face Marketingby Gene Muchanski, EditorThe Dive Industry Professional One of the best forms of marketing is face-to-face marketing.  It is also the oldest form of marketing that has been used in the diving industry for seventy years now.  … Continue reading

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Editorial – May 2026

Integrating the Diving Communityby Gene Muchanski, EditorThe Dive Industry Professional The main purpose of Industry Planners is to identify industry challenges and create a plan to overcome them.  Last month’s editorial talked about Defining the Global Diving Community. Once we … Continue reading

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Marketing Messages & Marketing Vehicles

Marketing Series: Marketing Messages & Vehicles by Gene Muchanski, Editor The Dive Industry Professional Marketing is an art and science that we use in the business world to accomplish many things.  Businesses are created to produce programs, products, and services … Continue reading

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Editorial – April 2026

Defining the Global Diving Community by Gene Muchanski, Editor The Dive Industry Professional The first step in any journey is to establish where you are, before you begin.  Then decide where you want to go.  The rest is elementary.  Create … Continue reading

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DIA Marketing Series

Marketing Series: The Value of Marketing by Gene Muchanski, Editor The Dive Industry Professional When we survey Dive Industry Professionals in the Global Diving Business Network about their five most important business needs, something to do with marketing almost always … Continue reading

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2026 Industry-Wide Dive Retail Survey

Dive Retail Survey – 2026 by Gene Muchanski, Editor The Dive Industry Professional In conjunction with the Dive Industry Retail Association, the Dive Industry Foundation is conducting its annual Industry-Wide Dive Retail Survey.  We are asking all Dive Retailers to … Continue reading

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