After 3 days in Texas, flying in last night over the nighttime skies of Chicagoland was an amazingly thought provoking experience. All cities are different, and while you may find Wal-Mart and McDonald’s here and there, every city and town has its unique flavors.
With another flight heading out West tonight, my ‘in depth’ report on the TMHA meeting that soon to wed DJ and Company put on will need to wait until this time next week.
Briefly for now, the gals and guys of Texas absolutely know how to hold an annual meeting that is informative, fun and uplifting. A great mix of social, informational, business building, political updates and discussions that no doubt are part of the mix that makes the Lone Star state rank so high in the manufactured housing shipments and sales stats.
The Dominate Your Local Market seminar went well, and I’ll ask all of you who asked me for a copy to be patient until next week so I can sort through all those business cards, emails, etc.. For those readers who are planning on going to Nancy Geer and Company’s NYHousing meeting in October, we will present Dominate there too. I certainly hope you will have as many take aways as the good folks in Texas thoughtfully said they received.
Indiana – IMHA – your MHMSM.com program will be different: “How to Attract More Customers with Good Credit” will be the theme of my presentation for you there.
We also are working up a fine set of speakers for the Louisville Show in 2012! Other than introductions, my plan is to let others do the talking, while I sit back and soak up what sales, management, marketing and finance pros have to share that will drive more business for 2012. We have a particular item that I think could end up BIG news, that I’m told will be rolled out at Louisville in 2012. The price is right, folks, so please be there! I came in the snow to Louisville this past January and 970 other MHPros that did too seemed to feel like it was a great way to start off the new year.
Without letting the cat out of the bag, I have to say that Texans think big. I heard some news that I’m just dying to share, because there needs to be a broad industry discussion on key topics.
What I will share is that Texans are talking about big issues, in their board meetings and in public sessions.
Stay tuned to learn why Texans have confidence that inspired me, and IMHO, that we all need to be inspired by, so that we take all the action that is needed to protect and promote our great industry.
It was a pleasure to be back in Tejas ‘The Friendly State,” and I look forward to sharing some photos and reports about the TMHA annual meeting, beyond the one we have already published about Joe Garcia’s address in yesterday’s Daily Business News.
For all who made it happen, and to all who were so kind as to say hello while I was in Fort Worth, hat’s off! # #
