One year after our launch in Oct 2009, thousands of Industry pros have come to count on MHMSM.com for INdustry news and views you can use. If you are a returning reader, or a first-time visitor, welcome! The most top writers, the most Industry news, the most readers are all right here at MHMSM.com Our writers and readers have made us Number One, we thank you one and all!
We celebrate our 1st Anniversary Issue by thanking YOU.
Birthdays and anniversaries are a way of marking achievement in service. This year MHI observed its 74th Annual Meeting, George Allen’s International Networking Roundtable its 19th and MHMSM.com our 1st. ONE year. Each is unique, but all seek a similar purpose, to advance the cause of the Industry.
Our specific mission is Innovation – Information – Inspiration for Industry Professionals. ONE Industry. ONE goal: to promote the best affordable, eco-friendly, beautiful houses for the entire spectrum of homeowners: singles, couples, families, parent-care, retirees, vacation homes – you name it; we believe a manufactured or other factory built home is well-suited in any economy!
Interacting with the media to fairly and accurately present the MH Industry is a continual challenge as well as an opportunity to educate and inform. Our recent encounter with the WSJ over terminology has prompted our INdustry in Focus Reporter Eric Miller to prepare a Manufactured Home Fact Sheet for Reporters. Feel free to disseminate it whenever you are in a similar situation.
See our record-breaking line up of Feature Articles for the INdustry’s largest, most popular and highly respected trade journal.
Featured Articles
and Reports for Vol. 2 No. 1, 2010
We launch this second year of publication with more Top-Talent professionals than ever, from A for Adams to Z for Ziglar! And we introduce two new contributors – Ross Kinzler, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Housing Alliance, and Michael F.B. Barnabas, a reader who routinely contacts us. So, here’s your big new line up…
Joe Adams – Marketing
• The Host Couple Program
George F. Allen – MH Commentary
• Five Part Market Share Recovery Program for the Manufactured Housing Industry & the Landlease Community Real Estate Asset Class!
Michael F.B. Barnabas – MH Industry Solutions
• Real Change for Manufactured Housing Results
Rachael Biermann – Website SEO
• Search Engine Optimization: 3 ways to improve your website’s rankings
Chad Carr – Internet Marketing and Sales
• Unlocking the Secrets of the Internet–Part 1: Paradigm Shifts
Tim Connor – Management
• A personal coach is a guaranteed way to achieve your MH Industry career goals, dreams and potential
Tim Connor – Sales
• Alternatives to Cold Calling – better ways to prospect for new business
Suzanne Felber – Trend Tracking
• An Image Campaign for Our Industry Needs to Start at Home
Catherine Frenzel – MHMSAM.com Resources
• What’s In It for Me? How to get more out of your MHMSM.com experience
Nadeen Green – Legal, Fair Housing
• It’s Not Over ’til It’s Over
Nadeen Green – Legal, Fair Housing
• To Cultivate Kindness…
Jamie Hammons – Home Ownership
• Rethinking Homeownership
Mike Hourigan – MH Business Practice
• When You Think About It: It’s The Little Things That Can Kill Your Manufactured Home Business
Chrissy Jackson – Land Lease Community Management
• Upgrading Your Community – Part VI: Improve the Infrastructure, cont’d.
Ross Kinzler – State Association Views
• Hoping for Change Doesn’t Cut It
L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach – Manufactured Housing Institute Awards
• 2010 Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) Awards in Denver, CO
L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach – MHMSM.com Projection
• The Look Ahead for Manufactured Housing Media
Steven Lefler – Green Manufactured Homes
• Ojai Green Homes Tour
Greg McClanahan – Soft Skills and Personal Development
• A Forest of Gold
Mike Moore – Sales
• Selling Intentions, Social Media and Your Economy
George Porter – Evolution of MH Shows
• It’s All in the Way You Look at It
Kenneth Rishel – MH Industry Finance Commentary
• Is a Lack of Financing for Homes Destroying the Land Lease Communities?
Bob Stovall – MHMSM.com Reflection
• Looking Back on an Exciting Year
John Underwood – Sales
• Through the Eyes of the Customer: A “From the outside, looking in” Perspective
Heather Vela – MH Business Practice
• Organization in the MH Workplace: Using the 5S Program
Don Westphal – MH Community Planning
•Community Upgrades – A Fresh Start
Zig Ziglar – Motivation & Inspiration
• Zig On…Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down, Down World – Part 2
From our entire MHMSM.com team of writers, reporter, editing, support and more, we want to thank you for your readership, encouragment and support. Our celebration is yours too.
