Most of us attended high school or college sporting events. If we were supporters of our team, we experienced a pep rally.
Thefreedictionary.com defines a pep rally this way:
Noun 1. pep rally – a rally (especially of students) before a game
mass meeting, rally – a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
We can imagine a pep rally before the big game. Why do people do a pep rally? Because enthusiastic supporters can make the difference between victory and defeat on the playing field! Texas A&M is famous for their “Twelfth Man!” Ask most any team in any sport. Home field advantage is all about the advantage of having your fans cheering your team!
We need fans rallied for manufactured housing. That starts with the professionals like you and me.
When you attend certain seminars in the business world, you see a similar effect. Part of them is very much of a pep rally. You hear the music of “we will, we will rock you!” playing over the loud speakers. Famous author and speaker Tony Robbins certainly does this, but others do, too. Why? Because rallying the troops in battle or business is like rallying the fans for a sporting event!
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”
– Napoleon Hill
This pithy quotation summarizes much of what makes a pep rally for sports, military or business so helpful. Belief! Believing you can do something is often half the battle! I recall the famous Zig Ziglar explanation for Enthusiasm: the last four letters in enthusiasm are an acronym for “I Am Sold Myself!” A sound plan of action combined with enthusiasm is a proven winning combination.
So where is our equivalent to this pep rally in the manufactured housing industry? At a good trade show!
The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show is upon us. Hundreds have signed up! Hundreds more can just show up at the door and sign up live and in person at the Kentucky Exhibition Center!
There is an energy at a good show that you don’t find anywhere else in the manufactured housing world. If you don’t already have a good plan for 2011, come to the show and get one!
Do you have problems or challenges you face? Come to the show and get the answers from a business or expert that is proven in their field.
Those of us from MHMarketingSalesManagement.com will be in booth #932 at the Show. Our IT Wizard – okay, his official title is IT and Productions Manager – Bob Stovall and I will be doing a free seminar on “How to Dominate Your Local Market!” I will MC Eddie Hicks’ MH Community Financing seminar. There are fine presentations by George Allen, Ken Rishel and Don Westphal. Each of these pros offers solutions that pros need for their businesses today.
If you are in the trade market area served by the Louisville Show, or one of those bold and committed souls from Texas, Florida or other states eager to make the flight to get a jump on the year, please stop by and say hello.
Our Jeff Templeton will be there to show you ways to grow your business in 2011. Men, stay close to your ladies; Jeff is a handsome and charming guy, but more important, he has the know-how to move you and your business in a healthy, more profitable direction in 2011!
We are bringing in Matthew Silver, a freelance journalist, to help us cover the event. “Live From Louisville!” Matthew will be a filming a series of short videos with professionals like you who come to the show. We will video you or others sharing your comments. We will share those comments with the world right here at MHMSM.com!
A week will go by and we will soon be covering the reasons to go to the Great Southwest Home Show in Tulsa, OK in 2011. Having attended that show last year, I am excited about going there. We will talk about that great event soon… But Louisville is NOW.
There are those who believe to their core that manufactured housing is a great product that offers a quality, safe home at an affordable price. Believers still need some enthusiasm! Believers still need answers to their challenges. We all need a good pep rally.
To paraphrase Chad Carr, Information or even great ideas without action is just entertainment.
If you want the elements of success, you have to ACT. Come to the show!
Sure, we want to inform you here at MHMSM.com. But we also want to inspire action that results in professional and Industry advancement. I believe in manufactured housing and have since the early 80s. When I saw my first manufactured home, I thought “WoW! I want to be in the business of selling that home!” Maybe you did and do, too.
When enough business like yours improve in 2011, our Industry will improve. There are profitable, growing businesses in our Industry today. They have a plan and they are executing it. They see problems as opportunities in disguise; solve the problem and you have a competitive edge in your market!
We hope to see YOU in Louisville! # #
