Zig Ziglar has graced our pages for almost two years here at MHProNews.com. He died this morning, at the age 86, after a brief battle with pneumonia. Image credit ZigZiglar.com Wikipedia says: “Zig Ziglar was born in Gary, Indiana, to parents John Silas Ziglar and Viola Ziglar. He was the tenth of twelve children. In …
The beauty of affordable quality home living in a business sense comes in good measure from that first descriptor. Affordable! Because manufactured homes are affordable – plus offers quality living – we have a potential advantage any time we are willing to put it to work. There will always be a segment of the population …
In this issue we have the exclusive "Cup of Coffee" interview with Democratic Senate candidate, Congressman Joe Donnelly, who co-sponsored the bi-partisan HR 3849. You will also find an election study done by a team at the a University of Colorado that uses a formula has been 100% accurate in predicting the outcome of presidential …
When you promote the value and durability of our product, you are protecting and promoting yourself and our manufactured and modular home industry. Let's start the day with some quotes from Industry personalities you may know, and then wrap up with a few rapid fired points on protecting and promoting yourself in an enlightened fashion. …
I was looking at a list of some of our readers on MHProNews.com's twice weekly emailed 'newsletter' update. The thousands of names reads like a Who's Who for the fabled and powerful in our Industry, for association leaders and also includes throngs of the mom and pop operations, managers and rank and file from every …
The BUZZ is on because it will be 'show time' in Louisville this week! The extended weather forecast for next week indicates high temperatures in the 40s and 50s. The show is all indoors at the South Wing of the fine Kentucky Exhibition Center, so no matter what is happening outside, it will be comfortable …
National MH Issues, including Meeting of Successful Retailer's, focus on enhancing Business Growth We have two national manufactured and modular home topics to look at, and they are very much inter-related! The historic Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago is the source for one manufactured housing industry news item below, and Phoenix, AZ is …
A very successful retail center, one of the top 100 in the country, has the following practice that I though was brilliant. Every day, people in their office read stories from sources like ours. Then they discuss them! I’m told the ideas that come from that discussion are part of what makes and keeps these …
“You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Most of us will be familiar with this quite American maxim quoted above. Yet this insightful statement is all too often ignored. There is the surface level of the quote, literally about the cover of a book. I know I’ve read books that had covers that caught …
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There are reasons why 125 million people attend trade shows and marketing events annually, and why over 100 billion dollars are invested by those who market using such shows.* Many business-to-business marketers believe that trade shows are one of the most cost effective ways of reaching their audience. The Small Business Administration (SBA) states that …
