As I'm writing this, it is the Jewish feast of Yom Kippur. In 2012, Yom Kippur began on the evening of Tuesday, September 25 and ends in the evening of Wednesday, September 26. Wikipedia says: "Yom Kippur (Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר, IPA: [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], or יום הכיפורים), also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest day …
Wikipedia defines microtargeting as follows: "Microtargeting is the use by political parties and election campaigns of direct marketing data mining techniques that involve predictive market segmentation (aka cluster analysis). It is used by United States Republican and Democratic political parties and candidates to track individual voters and identify potential supporters. They then use various means …
The first time a lady listens to a man's 'sales pitch' at a bar, she may be beguiled. But after four years of hearing that same pitch from the same person, she ought to know if it rings true or if it rings hollow. My wife and I love our five and a half year …
There is a synergy that can – and does increasingly – exist between business professionals, associations and your industry's trade media. That was manifest in a very substantive way this week, when Kurt Kelly sent me an article that shared 10 tips for Gulf Coast Manufactured Home businesses to implement in preparation for the landfall …
The rear view mirror isn't our focus when we drive. But danger may lurk from behind when driving, so we ignore the rear view mirror at our own peril. Or as historian philosopher George Santayana said: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana A variation on Santayna's gem is this: Those who …
You just have to love movie titles. Most are short, pithy and just hit you with a Sudden Impact Sounds pretty Clint Eastwoodish, doesn't it? Or how about this one: Shoulder to Shoulder Are right, the last was a Brit mini series and not a movie, so enough titles for now. Executive Decisions. Shoulder to …
Some eight centuries ago, a keen thinker observed to his associates that hoarded seed rots. That was a pithy way of saying, get to work, spread your seed, nurture it so it may yield its crop. Is the hoarded seed of our manufactured housing industry rotting? If so, what are we doing about it? When …
William Shakespeare dramatically asked, "What light through yonder window breaks?" Have you been looking for the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel? Or even the light from behind a dark shade covered window? Then take heart. When word came that U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban …
The calls, texts and emails that come in privately far outnumber those posted publicly on MHProNews.com. The following are a sampling of recent posted comments. About Putting the Qualified Mortgage Dilemma in Perspective. “Ronnie, Good article! This should be sent to all state associations so they can send it to dealers who don't join because they …
I confess there are times that we at MHProNews.com have failed to report on a topic. An example might be my sitting in a room where former MHI President Thayer Long sat and was politely told by a respected state executive director that MHI was not getting their job done. Would it have been a …
