Seven topics this week, one that is pure fun, others more serious, so let’s dive right in. 1. Manufactured Housing: Endangered Species or Phoenix Rising? If you listen to the likes of consultant Chuck Shinn or academic Dr. David Funk, you would think Manufactured Housing is poised for a potentially bright future. In fact, as …
Manufactured Housing: Phoenix arising or Endangered Species? Read More »
At times many tire of the long string of ‘bad news’ that seems to flow endlessly towards our Industry from Washington DC, our state capital or locally. Many working in our businesses today never knew the glory days of the late 90s, when 372,000+ manufactured homes were sold by HUD Code builders in 1998. Even …
Kicking a Man Who Is Down and the Manufactured Housing Industry Read More »
I heard an interesting fact yesterday. In 1900 there were some 1800 carriage builders in the U.S. Today, only one of those firms survived – Fisher – and they did so by adapting, by changing with the times. Body by Fisher, now a branch of General Motors (GM), became famous and wealth followed. The horse-drawn …
Change or Die – Delivering Success for Manufactured Housing Read More »
Are you looking for ways to earn more income this year? Want to drive more business in 2011? Learn the secrets from award-winning companies and recognized pros! Join an estimated 1200 Industry professionals who will attend the Tunica Manufactured Housing Show free. Among the homes and services, you will find the seminars indicated below to …
Success Secrets for Manufactured Housing Communities, Retailers and More! Read More »
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 …
Tapping the Negative Energy, Associations and Manufactured Housing News Read More »
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 …
Learning from others, including those we don’t like, and Manufactured Housing Read More »
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) …
A Four Letter Word, Boosting BD and Manufactured Housing News Read More »
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 »
