In this issue: Behind-the-Scenes Look at the GSWHS! – Introducing MHSpirit! – Obama Executive Order Prods HUD – MHI re: MH Energy – Web Marketing Solutions! – ‘Fast Start’ 2011! – Voices from Louisville – Understanding ‘Them’ – Top Headlines… and more!
MANUFACTURED HOUSING NEWS AT NOON – TOP 10 HEADLINES
- Re-Opening PA Plant to Build Classic Line
- Factory-built Home Owner has Lowest Electricity Bill in County
- Texas Releases Funding to Provide Mortgage Credits
- Building Permits Jumped in December
- Re/Max Says Homes Sales Rose in December
- Mortgage Application Activity Rises
- MHI Briefs Congress on Finance and Energy Issues
- MHARR Uses Executive Order to Press HUD on In-Plant Regulation
- UVA Wins Haiti Homes Design Competition
- December Home Sales Jump
MHSPIRIT IS ONLINE!
Introducing MHSPIRIT, The Speaker, Trainer and Coaching Resource of MHMarketing Sales Management – now available online to fill your manufactured housing, modular and prefab home building industry needs.
Featuring Industry-leading speakers such as Tim Connor, Suzanne S. Felber, ‘Eddie’ Hicks, Mike Hourigan, L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach, Bob Stovall, Don Westphal and John Underwood, MHSpirit has the speaker, trainer or coach to meet your needs.
Click here to see what MHSpirit can do to help you build YOUR MH business in 2011.
WHAT’S NEW IN THE BLOGS
NEW! – Publisher, Marketing and Industry Consultant L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach presents A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The World’s Largest Manufactured Housing Show in Tulsa, OK in The Masthead Blog today. Stop by, read up, see pictures and videos… and glimpse why the Great Southwest Home Show is The Place to Be to grow your business and network relationships!
NEW! – INDUSTRY VOICES – Matthew Silver reports on Voices from Louisville, January 2011 quoting some luminaries in the Manufactured Housing Industry.
NEW! – In The Cutting Edge of Online Marketing, IT and WebTech Manager Bob Stovall looks at the 2010 Open Source CMS Marketing Report in WordPress, Joomla! lead among Open Source CMSs again – even better solution for manufactured housing websites in search of the best solution to your web marketing needs.
NEW! – INDUSTRY VOICES – In President Obama’s Regulatory Executive Order Puts HUD Regulators on the Spot, MHARR‘s Danny Ghorbani reports on a development with major implications for the MH Industry.
NEW! – INDUSTRY VOICES – MHI Reports on MHI Briefs Congress on Finance and Energy Issues for Manufactured Housing, where MHI industry members participated in a high-level briefing on Capitol Hill today focused on high energy performance in manufactured and modular homes.
NEW! – Tim Connor‘s Words of Wisdom focuses on The fast start concept and gives you the positive boost you need to make 2011 your best year ever! – But don’t delay because the clock is ticking and the window is closing. Read it now!
NEW! – In INspiration – Elizabeth Lesser: Take “the Other” to lunch. Her TED presentation explores the two sides of human nature within us (call them “the mystic” and “the warrior”) that can be harnessed to elevate the way we treat each other.
ALWAYS NEW – Daily Business News always has the latest in industry news updated as we get them. Make this your first stop every day and check in regularly to keep up-to-date.
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The GREAT SOUTHWEST HOME SHOW SLATED FOR APRIL 28 – MAY 1 IN TULSA, OK
The Great Southwest Home Show for 2011 will be held April 28 – May 1 at the QuikTrip Center at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trade Industry days are April 28 & 29. Public days begin April 29 at 3PM and run through May 1. For more info on the show, see the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma Press Release or the Great Southwest Home Show page at MHMSM.com.
MHMSM.com OFFERING FREE “DOMINATE YOUR LOCAL MARKET” SEMINAR AT GREAT SOUTHWEST HOME SHOW
If you will be at the Great Southwest Home Show, you will want to attend the FREE MHMSM.com-sponsored “Dominate Your Local Market” Seminar on Apr. 29th. MHMSM’s IT Manager Bob Stovall and Publisher, Marketing Director and Industry Consultant L.A. ‘Tony’ Kovach will let you in on the latest in online marketing techniques you can use to blow away your competition!
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WE ARE IN NEW RECORD TERRITORY!
December was a record month! with 36,180 visitors, double+ what other industry publishers report. You’ve voted with your time and web browsers, thank you! In January we are already running ahead of those stats.
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