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Issue #8 www.MHMSM.com brings you our first of a series of articles by respected Industry veteran, Ken Rishel. While Ken’s experience spans retail, community operations, development and more, his focus will be on the key topic of Financing, notably chattel financing for the HUD Code Home Industry. Of course we have a full lineup of top talent, we’ll go through those in a few moments.

As noted in my recent blog post, one of our Advisory Council members, esteemed industry pro George Allen, suggested that we should check the percentage of our writers who are members of national or state Industry trade associations. While our survey isn’t complete, we can tell you that some 70% of our writers or their firm is a trade association member. To rephrase the significance of that statement, you are getting valuable insights from people who know their business and our Industry when you read our featured articles.

MHI stats and anecdotal reports suggest that business in general is on the upswing! More on this below, let’s get into this month’s Featured Articles by Top Pros!

Featured Articles
and Reports for May, 2010.

Once again, we bring you “All The Best.” Top Talent, professionals from A for Adams to Z for Ziglar! Let’s get started with your big May line up…

Joe Adams – Marketing
• Buying Motives of Seniors

Rachael Biermann – Marketing, Internet
• Google Opportunities your Business can Use

Chad Carr – Management
• The First Pillar – Getting the People Right

Tim Connor – Sales
• Timing is Everything

Tim Connor – Management
• The Benefits of a Slow Economy

Suzanne Felber, Lifestylist®
• The Balancing Act in Your Model Homes

Susan Frost – Financing & Marketing
• Practical Tips for Retailers and Developers

Nadeen Green – Legal, Fair Housing
• Who’s Got you Covered?

Chrissy Jackson – Land Lease Community Management
• Upgrading Your Community – Part 2

L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach – Growing your Business in 2010
• Do Your Job!

L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach – Post Meeting Photo Report

• MHCC Meeting in Tulsa

L. A. ‘Tony’ Kovach – Post Show Photo Report
• Growing Numbers attend Great Southwest Home Show (tons of photos!)

Steven Lefler – Green Building
• Our Quest for an Energy Efficient Home

Greg McClanahan – People Skills & Personal Development
• “Best Day of My Life”

Mike Moore – Selling
• The Sales Revolution

George Porter
• But Your Honor…

Kenneth Rishel
• Compliance is More than the Right Contract

Bob Stovall – Online Marketing
• Traffic sources can generate leads, Part 3 – Video Marketing

Jim Talerico – Social Networking
• Are your Social Networking Efforts Working?

John Underwood – Sales
• Selling 101: Connecting

Donald Westphal, ASLA – Community Corner
• Get the Word Out

Zig Ziglar – Motivation
• Zig On… the Talent you Already Possess

The Key to Industry Growth is YOUR growth and the growth of firms and teams like your own. That happens by taking the Silver Bullet Challenge! Invest at least 15 minutes a day reading feature article(s), our 24/7 news, press releases, Inspiration Blog, Industry Voices, Tim Connor’s Words of Wisdom, Bob Stovall’s The Cutting Edge of Online Marketing or your editor Tony Kovach’s The Masthead blog.

It is also nice to report yet another record month here at www.MHMSM.com! We hope to keep that growth coming, thanks in part to your reading and passing along links to our articles and web address to your friends, members and co-workers.

Business is starting to turn around. This is the time to learn more to earn more! This is the time to get the word out about your product and services. Get involved in positive initiatives here and with associations working to boost the Industry.

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Enjoy and benefit from the May 2010 issue of Manufactured Home Marketing Sales Management Magazine.##