{"id":1085,"date":"2021-02-08T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2021-02-09T13:32:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T18:32:13","slug":"open-house-2021-pivoting-the-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/open-house-2021-pivoting-the-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEN HOUSE 2021: Pivoting the Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/open-house-2021-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1094 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/open-house-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"378\" data-size=\"564x378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/open-house-2021-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/open-house-2021-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/open-house-2021-1-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/> <\/a><span style=\"color: #488ba6;\"><strong>2020 was unlike any other year\u2014but the same.<\/strong><\/span><\/span> Despite the unforeseen shutdowns, a global pandemic, and uncertainty just around every corner, which kept us all guessing, one thing that hasn\u2019t changed is our gratitude for the relationships we share with our customers and suppliers. And this is something we are committed to.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So, this year\u2019s Open House will go on as usual, but with a pivot. Instead of a morning at our facility, we decided to include our Open House Workshop topics in the <i>Homestead Post<\/i> newsletter as an expanded issue. We hope you find value in the information. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mervin Beiler<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"color: #648e65;\"><i>P.S.: We\u2019re looking forward to hosting a customer appreciation breakfast mid-year, after restrictions have eased up. Stay tuned for updates!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #488ba6;\"><strong>Open House Articles\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/open-house-2021-2021-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021. And beyond.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">By: Stuart Jeffcoat, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">CEO, Burgard<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/open-house-2021-should-i-join-a-trade-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should I join a trade association?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">By: Todd Burgard, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">President, Burgard<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/open-house-2021-managing-customer-expectations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing Customer Expectations<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">By: Dan McHugh, <\/span><i><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">Wolf Home Products<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/08\/open-house-2021-how-to-take-photos-of-your-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Take Photos of Your Job<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">By: Melanie Hess\u2014<\/span><i style=\"color: #648e65; font-size: 1rem;\"><span style=\"color: #648e65;\">c<\/span>ontent writer and marketing project manager at Superior Plastic Products and Key-Link Fencing &amp; Railing<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 was unlike any other year\u2014but the same. Despite the unforeseen shutdowns, a global pandemic, and uncertainty just around every corner, which kept us all guessing, one thing that hasn\u2019t changed is our gratitude for the relationships we share with our customers and suppliers. And this is something we are committed to.\u00a0 So, this year\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1095,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}