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Starting the New Year off Right for MHPros
Happy New Year! As 2013 has now gone into the history books, a new year – 2014 – lies before us like a stack of clean white paper waiting to be written or printed. Let's look quickly at a handful of...
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Terrific Tunica and Magnificent March’s Manufactured Madness!
Wikipedia reminds us that it wasn't Oliver Cromwell, but William Blacker who said the words "Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!" Well, U.S. coins and currency still read, “In God...
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Thomas, You’re No Milton (Friedman)
If you are doubting Thomas, perhaps you need to look for Sowell. I enjoyed Thomas Friedman's geo-economic-political OpEd in the New York Times this morning, Follow the Money....
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Las Vegas = Lost Wages; Now that’s Marketing, Sales and Management!
Imagine a product or service where the majority are guaranteed to lose, by design. Be it Vegas, Atlantic City, those reservation gaming centers, river boat casinos or your nearest state lottery,...
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Jumping July! Aware of the Bad, Focus on the Good in Manufactured Housing
Since you, me and everyone of our living friends, associates and acquaintances has both strengths and weaknesses, isn't it amazing how often some focus on the bad rather than the good? Isn't the better...
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Forbes and Research by Investors, Home Shoppers, Public Officials, Non-Profts...
Just as you, I or a colleague might go online to research a restaurant, product or topic, obviously the same happens with investors, news media, government officials, non-profits, educators and the...
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Manufactured Housing 2014’s Amazing August!
August. Back to school sales. People in a rush to get their manufactured home before winter sets in. Those end of the summer vacations. Baseball is starting its wind up, while football season is...
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Outstanding October, Trending Turbulence and Re-energizing Manufactured Housing!
Years ago, a speaker said that without positive and negative polarity, you have no (…electric…) power. The truth is what it is. Some is good, some not good, or even ‘negative.’ When a commercial...
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Nuclear November 2014 – Energy or Explosions for Manufactured Housing?
As the headline implies, this brief intro to our monthly line-up of featured articles isn’t about environmental or energy policies, as important as each may be. Rather, we’re using a metaphor of...
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MH March-ing, Money, Motivation, Movement, Morality and Matthew
Winter will soon release her icy grip on much of the nation. The spring “selling season” is rushing upon us. We are picking up 3 minutes a day of light. The Tunica MH Show will be here in a matter of...
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America’s and the Manufactured Housing Industry’s Crossroads, July 2015
As regular readers know, the first Masthead blog post of the month is devoted to ‘introducing’ the Featured Articles on our MHProNews.com home page. Every month, we list them all, and this month will...
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August 2015 in Manufactured Homeville
In August 2009, shortly after the venerable MHMerchandiser Magazine quietly closed, my truly better half and I made the decision to launch an eZine for manufactured housing industry pros. We have a...
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Serious September – Manufactured Housing Industry Newsmakers, Reports,...
Serious September 2015. It could just as easily be named, how to Scale Success, or Sliding Sideways September. Which of the later two it will be depends on how each of us views and responds to events...
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Taking Care of Business – Manufactured Housing Industry – October 2015
Before we get down to Taking Care of Business in MH, let me first note the following. In the middle of October, we’ll mark the 6th anniversary launch of what we now call MHProNews.com. In this...
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American August in MHVille 2016
In business and all other aspects of life, honest words and good deeds matter. The Ten Commandments include prohibitions not to lie, steal or cheat. In Acts, the Apostle Peter dramatically shows...
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Superior September 2016, How Manufactured Housing Can Do It Better
We as an industry have the superior solution, and while we’re collectively growing nicely, manufactured housing is still just a fraction of its former production levels. Manufactured housing peaked in...
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Warren Buffett and other Manufactured Housing Industry Voices – Post-Election...
Tim Connor, CSP. “I don’t care whether you are a liberal, conservative, independent or something else – the bottom line with this year’s election was simply more of the same or something new, different...
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Principles, Cheers, and Jeers June 2017
Principles, Cheers and Jeers June 2017 The Manufactured Home Industry could be enjoying its best times ever. That’s what the facts tell us. While our industry is experiencing growth, it’s only a...
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Winter will soon release her icy grip on much of the nation. The spring “selling season” is rushing upon us. We are picking up 3 minutes a day of light. The Tunica MH Show will be here in a matter of...
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