Former Owner Looks at RV Parks As A Guest

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Mary Arlington Mary Arlington is an avid RVer, former RV park owner and a lifetime certified park operator (CPO). Since selling her RV park in west Kansas, Arlington now teaches and consults with small businesses through her marketing and management company, MMCC Inc. Find her online at www.MaryArlington.com. This column appears in the April issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. Traveling by RV before buying... Read more

’13 National School Used Skype Technology

Evanne Schmarder, while staying in California, teaches her class for the National School of RV Park and Campground Management in West Virginia. Evanne Schmarder is the principal at Roadabode Productions, a firm specializing in digital marketing strategy, consulting, and education for the outdoor recreation industry and is the co-author of “Unconventional Wisdom Works.” She’s also the host and producer of the RV Cooking Show. She provided this column which appears in the April issue... Read more

Gorin: ’13 National School Most Outstanding

David Gorin David Gorin is the former president of ARVC and is currently the president of Best Parks in America and the principal of David Gorin Associates LLC. He wrote this column which appears in the April issue of Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM). He can be reached by e-mail at david@bestparksinamerica. It’s pretty common knowledge that February and March are really busy months for the park industry, no matter where you might be. In the Sunbelt, it’s the height of the winter season... Read more

Profaizer: Mobile Marketing, Hot Trend in 2013

Linda Profaizer Linda Profaizer, a Colorado resident and immediate past-president of ARVC, wrote the following column for Woodall’s Campground Management. She can be contacted at lprofaizer27@gmail.com. Having stepped away from her association duties at the end of 2010, she welcomes input on topics of importance to campground owners for upcoming columns. As you might imagine, much of the talk for 2013 and the future is about mobile marketing. While I am personally still a believer in some print... Read more

Market Your Campground with ‘GuestReviews’

Bob MacKinnon Bob MacKinnon, president of GuestReviews and MacKinnon Campground Consulting, is a leading campground industry consultant, instructor and regent for ARVC’s National School of RV Park & Campground Management, and a 30-year veteran of the Walt Disney Co. He provides a broad range of services, including feasibility studies, business plans and design concepts for park owners, buyers, and developers. He wrote this column for Woodall’s Campground Management. Contact MacKinnon... Read more

Schmarder: ‘Maximize Local Search Marketing’

Evanne Schmarder Evanne Schmarder is the principal at Roadabode Productions, a firm specializing in digital marketing strategy, consulting, and education for the outdoor recreation industry and is the co-author of “Unconventional Wisdom Works.” She’s also the host and producer of the RV Cooking Show. She writes a column for Woodall’s Campground Management. Evanne gets great satisfaction out of helping business owners maximize their marketing potential and can be reached at evanne@roadabode.com... Read more

Gorin Discusses New Best Parks Arrangement

David Gorin David Gorin is the former president of ARVC and is currently the president of Best Parks in America and the principal of David Gorin Associates LLC. He writes a monthly column for Woodall’s Campground Management. He can be reached by e-mail at david@bestparksinamerica. First, in the spirit of full disclosure, I created Best Parks in America in 2003 and have owned the intellectual property, the brand and the program since that time. In 2013, Best Parks is breaking new ground. As... Read more

Gorin: How California Parks Could Go to Pot

David Gorin David Gorin is the former president of ARVC and is currently the president of Best Parks in America and the principal of David Gorin Associates LLC. He can be reached by e-mail at david@bestparksinamerica. This column appears in the February issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. A belated Happy New Year to all and best wishes for a great 2013. If the country’s not gone off the cliff by the time you read this, there may still be hope for an economically strong year. I’m looking... Read more

3 Digital Marketing Trends to Watch in 2013

Evanne Schmarder Evanne Schmarder is the principal at Roadabode Productions, a firm specializing in digital marketing strategy, consulting and education for the outdoor recreation industry and is the co-author of “Unconventional Wisdom Works.” She’s also the host and producer of the RV Cooking Show. Evanne gets great satisfaction out of helping business owners maximize their marketing potential and can be reached at evanne@roadabode.com or (702) 460-9863. The following column appears... Read more

Modern Marketing: Social Media Revisited

Evanne Schmarder Evanne Schmarder is the principal at Roadabode Productions, a firm specializing in digital marketing strategy, consulting, and education for the outdoor recreation industry. She is the co-author of “Unconventional Wisdom Works.” She’s also the host and producer of the RV Cooking Show. Evanne gets great satisfaction out of helping business owners maximize their marketing potential and can be reached at evanne@roadabode.com or (702) 460-9863. This column appears in the... Read more

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