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Practical Politics: Pickup the Phone!

Practical Politics: Pickup the Phone!

Last week, Don Westphal sent us an Industry Voices Guest Blog post on the topic of HR 5019. The bill past the House and is now headed on to the Senate for action.

I personally picked up the phone and my watch. It took me a total of 3 minutes to call the Capitol Switchboard’s number at (202) 224-3121, get the phone number to my representative here in IL, then call his office’s number and ask for my congressman to vote for HR 5019. They took my name and address. Painless! No apathy! No fear!

All Good Things

All Good Things
They say that “All good things must come to an end.” It is never fun for me to talk about endings. When the Manufactured Home Merchandiser Magazine closed last summer, it was painful…

…Every loss is a wake up call. It is a reminder to focus on what matters most and not let little things drag your time and attention away.

…If it isn’t good, if it is dying, then work to prune what needs pruning and save what you can…

Political Action and Lobby Day

Political Action and Lobby Day

…The necessity for political engagement, the understanding of the legal processes and dynamics at play along with discussion on how to improve our Industry’s political effectiveness were all among the topics covered…

Amazingly Allen, The IMHA and the Chairman’s Reception

Amazingly Allen, The IMHA and the Chairman’s Reception

It is my hope this upcoming weekend to carve out enough time to do justice to Bob Thieman and all who made Lobby day at the IMHA annual meeting such a fine function. It is also my intent to share some aspects of the Chairman’s Reception at the IMHA last night – or at least those parts of it that event which can be publicly shared…

…for example, I could tell you that I must vow to never, ever again to be without my ‘good camera’ close at hand. There were too many Kodak moments – okay, my current preferred camera of choice is a Sony – where words alone will not do justice, and where my cell phone’s camera won’t produce the quality or clarity that was needed!

For example, it was quite impressive to see a room full of adults be dazzled as George Allen performed feats of legerdemain before our very eyes

The Golden Egg

The Golden Egg

Marketing is all about:

* Standing out from the crowd,
* Setting yourself apart from the rest,
* Attracting positive attention and
* Bringing a stream of good prospects to your sales professional(s).

Turning Lemons into Lemonade

Turning Lemons into Lemonade
by Tony Kovach

On of my favorite Zig Ziglar quotes is this:

“When life hands you lemons, make Lemonade.”

If every time a business encountered a problem or situation, it approached that challenge with a solution orientation, how much further ahead would that business be? If we personally took those sour lemon situations and made them into lemonade, how much further ahead would you be or I be?

The Future is Calling Today

As a result of last week’s article referenced in last week’s blog, linked below http://www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com/blogs/tonykovach/positive-no-cost-public-relations/ a mover and shaker in the real estate development world gave me a call. We met on Thursday for breakfast. We met again Saturday for lunch, a ground level tour of his model homes in Chicago. The vision this gent …

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Positive No Cost Public Relations

Positive No Cost Public Relations…

…People in our business often complain about media bias against the HUD Code manufactured housing industry in particular. While there is no doubt a common negative perception, there is a sure way to change that and that is through one on one direct efforts. You don’t need to win everyone over, just enough people to keep you busy and profitable. Newspaper editors are often willing to share a different perspective. If you approach them professionally and often enough (don’t bug them to death, don’t be a total stranger either – some place in between) so they think of you when a need comes up for them. Magazines are interested in topical stories that fit their publication’s theme.