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Whether it’s across the street or around the globe, the process of 'moving' in today’s topsy-turvy world can be an intensely personal, highly emotional, and psychologically upsetting experience. Unfortunately most naive buyers searching for useful, pertinent information don’t know what “deliverables” they should be looking for…, or standards they should be using to [...]
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Trade Associations – What do you get for your money?»
There's an interesting discussion about moving industry trade association membership going on over at the Moving etc… Network relocation forum. Moving etc… Network is an online community based in the United Kingdom (U.K) that now has over 1100 members from within the removals industry worldwide. Access to the lively discussion is password protected, but membership [...]
WHAT'S NEW
News feeder to replace Google Reader»
Several weeks ago RELO Roundtable changed the method that interested visitors could use to subscribe to or consume some of the curated content and information updates published at the niche relocation industry site. The modification was made after the granddaddy of online search announced that it planned to retire their popular Reader product on [...]
CAREER CORNER
Casualty of sequester? Semper Fi!»
Household goods carriers and independent movers worried about this summer's looming capacity shortage should pull a page from a former Marine's small business playbook. Nick Baucom d/b/a Two Marines and a Truck d/b/a Two Marines Moving, is a licensed motor property contract carrier and small business start-up established by an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. In [...]
TECHNOLOGY
A social media mantra for movers»
Care to guess who developed the twelve-word social media mantra on the right? If you decided on a middle aged mid-Western male doctor who has more than 20 years of experience working with patients at risk for cardiovascular disease or advanced heart failure because of poor lifestyle choices you'd be right! Today Farris K. Timimi, [...]
MOVE MANAGEMENT
SDDC Industry Day 2013»
Today's the day the the military Surface Deployment Distribution Command (SDDC) is scheduled to meet with the captains of the household goods moving industry to explain the scoping procedure they plan to use in this year's iteration of the Defense Personal Property Program, DP3. SDDC is the executive agent for U.S. Department of Defense's automated [...]
THE CHANGING FACE OF RELOCATION
Personal branding for moving and storage professionals»
Long before it became popular as a modern marketing colloquialism, the word "brand" originally meant anything hot or burning. The idea of using a branding iron to designate ownership dates back over five thousand years. In the U.S., the notion of branding is tied to the practice of permanently marking two or four legged animals [...]
TRENDS IN RELOCATION
Atlas releases 2013 Corporate Relocation Survey»
Atlas Van Lines, one of largest and most reputable household goods carriers in America, just released their 46th Annual Corporate Relocation Survey. The complete 214-page report offers a thorough review and compressive analysis on trends in the moving, storage, and freight forwarding industries worldwide. The good news for companies and employees planning a relocation this [...]
STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Benefits of Aggregators for the Self-Storage Industry»
There has been much debate recently, on whether or not business lead aggregators have a place in the self-storage industry. Being a historically outdated industry, most people don’t see the benefit of signing up for these types of services, stating that they destroy property value, dilute your brand, and in the end only have value [...]
COMMENTARY
The true meaning of Memorial Day»
Despite all the sales hype and savings hoopla you're hearing in the media, Memorial Day isn't supposed to be a commercial. After the Civil War, "Decoration Day" was designated by Congress as a special, solemn holiday to commemorate and remember those who sacrificed their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Originally [...]
Consumer Help
Are you ready for National Moving Month?»
Don't be fooled by Mother Nature – especially if a local or long distance relocation is in your future! Despite the dirty snow and melting ice still sitting on many properties, May is "National Moving Month", the official start of the household goods industry's peak moving and storage season. Professional relocation product suppliers and transportation [...]
