The monthly stats are in for Manufactured Housing shipments. They have declined again. A double digit drop. In our premier issue in 2009, we featured the message, “I’m madder than hell and I am not going to take it any more!” That was a famous refrain from the 1976 movie Network. If you do not …
“Those who do not know the past are condemned to re-live it.” – George Santayana Let’s jump into four topics today. 1. & 2. Where have all the philanthropists gone? Warren? Sam? Kevin? Joe? Where are you when the RV/MH Hall of Fame needs you now? Or are you waiting for the dramatic last moment, …
It is Thursday morning as I start writing this blog. We just sent out our twice-weekly emailed newsletter. Already we have received posted comments on Associations, besides those that come in by phone or email. Click here for one Disqus comment posted by an unhappy camper, and click here for one on the other side of the discussion …
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1. March Madness Have you seen our burgeoning Calendar of Events? ? There are Industry Shows galore in March and April as state and national associations across the country sponsor Home Shows and Expos with Trade and Public Days. In 2010, it would have seemed madness to think that some Shows, cancelled because of the …
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Next week, we will launch our new March issue. It will feature a number of various perspectives on manufactured housing associations. You either are or are not a member of an association. Either way, you have a perspective, and you may find the commentary and discussion eye opening. Two other MH CONSORTIUM publishers sparked this …
As reported in our Daily Business News and our Factory Built Housing News at Noon Podcast, The RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana, has lost a sponsor and is now in troubled waters. Please check out the story, pass the word on to others and lend a hand. Also look again at Ross Kinzler’s …
RV/MH Hall of Fame call for help, and more Manufactured Housing News Read More »
Learning from others. We can learn from those in our Industry, or from those outside of manufactured housing. We can learn from people who ‘do it right’ in our business as well as from those who ‘do it wrong.’ What is needed? A willingness to learn in the first place. This isn’t news. Some people …
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No, not that four letter word… …Many say the most powerful 4 letter word in marketing is Free. Certainly, free is used to bring more people to an open house (“Free food and drinks!”), more people to a store, more people to a website. Now, what if you could combine Free, with business development (BD) …
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This may sound for a few moments to be about me, but really the example that follows is more about your neighbor down the street, across town or across the country. So please hang with me, as this is about our Industry and your role and future in this business. If you read some of …
Being Pigeonholed, the Wall Street Journal and Manufactured Housing News Read More »
Ever watch a spine tingling movie? Ever know someone with curvature of the spine? Ever glance at the catchy title on the spine of a book? Get a spine for manufactured housing success! The wisdom of the ages is found in the written (and spoken) Word. Reading or listening to such wisdom and applying it …
