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A Trustworthy Innovation Process Leads to Efficient Marketing that Grows Businesses
A Trustworthy Innovation Process to Efficient Marketing that Grows Businesses
Every year thousands of people are seen lining up at Ebisu Shrines throughout Japan in early January, trusting that their prayers for prosperity and good fortune will be heard. They clap and knock—as Ebisu is said to be hard of hearing—in case their request might be missed. Deep down, we all want someone to bless …
Quiet Loss When what we love in life slowly slips away, does quiet loss move our hearts? There’s a famous novel of sisters watching their family, their youth, and their hopes gently fade, unable to hold what time took from them. John chapter 11 verses 17 through 27 and verses 32 through 45 reads as …
How should we approach the change we want to see in others and ourselves? Telling someone “don’t do that,” then immediately saying “do this” isn’t the best way to start a conversation about change. When we don’t understand how change really happens, we naturally turn inward for solutions. We try to fix ourselves, but those …
Select the right market to keep your business from becoming obsolete Aged Metal–Driven to Perform Walking back behind the customer counter of a small print shop in San Diego, the founder’s smile beamed as he showed me the depth and character of his monstrous metal collection. Not heavy metal bands of the 70’s and 80’s …
Get a plan to drive growth through innovation. We are moving towards mastery over things that matter, like innovation and marketing. 2 Things Matter To Founders Wanting to Drive Growth through Innovation Founders Need: That 1 – 2 combination must be thrown in the right order, but we’ll float back to that in a future …
Big Picture Question #1 [Mysterious Customer Needs] Answer coming in F.I.T. Future episode 3. Trusted Teaching: [Customer Needs] Trusted teaching coming in F.I.T. Future episode 3 Moving Message: [Purposeful Release] The Mysterious Marketing Heuristic In 2016, award-winning author and behavioral psychologist Robert Cialdini revealed the most purposeful principle affecting human behavior to date. He purposely …
Dare to Dream Question #2 [Defining Your Market] Trusted Teaching [Defining Your Market] The Problem: Defining Your Market Poorly Pulling the glossy brochure from a neatly arranged folder, I gripped it with damp, slightly shaking hands to show an important customer what color printing could look like. My words began to drip data. The number …
Dare to Dream Question #1 [Start Your Business the Right Way] Trusted Teaching [Words Matter] Right Things First Starting your business off on the right foot moves you closer to startup success. There is a right way to step into the boat of innovation, and another that will leave you doing the hop as you …
Being known matters. Beyond casual friendships, we desire care, recognition, and respect. Consider what the Bible says about being known in 2 Corinthians 5:1-11. “For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.” Grandma Moses: Farm Wife–Master Painter Since God knows me and my needs, …
Do you ever find yourself longing for the promise of something truly great? A promise that people say ‘Yes’ to without a hesitation? Or perhaps a promise that says ‘Yes’ to you wholeheartedly? Let’s look at 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 as we consider the fullness of God’s promises. “For our boast is this, the testimony of …
What do we do when facing pain that others cause us? Facing this kind of pain causes us to turn to many different things when we are hurting. Let’s examine the pain the apostle Paul was facing in 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 in the Bible. For I made up my mind not to make another painful …
While fulfilling a promise to speak in New York, British author Salmon Rushdie faced a test of survival during a knife attack by an enemy looking to kill him. Because of that, he lost one eye and feeling in his middle two fingers. This great trouble made him value each day even more. He wrote …
Abraham Lincoln Answered with His Life! Abraham Lincoln answered the question of how to build trust during tough times with his life. He pulled the United States together during troublesome times. Honest Abe had his hands full with: He was under immense pressure. Enough to break anyone. Yet, Lincoln still managed to walk through this …
Committed Community I’ll bet it involves others. Although we have seasons of solitude where God can prepare us for growth, growth happens in committed community. This is because we thrive through the relationships God brings into our lives. Seasons of Service But we’re not always on the receiving end of those relationships. Nevertheless, serving is …
Ideas First: 3 in 1 from the Start The bright yellow plane has 2 wings, innovation and marketing as well as a fuselage called development. All three are fused together from the start of the innovation process. The fuselage contains solutions that retract to help people solve problems like how to get from point A to point …
Have you ever experienced something that made you want to disappear? Jerusalem had suffered 3 invasions in a short time frame that destroyed their Jewish kingdom, scattering their people to the point of losing their identity. Therefore, they knew what it was like to live with shame, but what can we learn from their experience? …
Are fulfillment and happiness only found when good things happen to us? Let’s see how the bible answers that question. I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest …
Are You a Generous Person? Do you consider yourself a generous person, why or why not? Let’s look at Philippians 1:3-11 to see what the bible teaches about generosity. I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of …
The Unknown Life Life is hard when nobody knows your name. Have you ever been rejected by people you wanted to get to know? Beyond surface friendships, we all long to be known. Known in the sense of being cared for, recognized, and respected. We want to share life together. But we’ve all felt lonely at …
What Does Success Look Like to You? If success means many different things to people, what does success look like to you? Who defines it anyway? Let’s read what the Bible says about success and failure in John 21. After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea Tiberius, and he revealed …
First Things First Spring brings a bouquet of first time events to Japan. From the first wonder filled sakura bloom, to first time graduates discovering their way. From first time employees first pay-checks to new promotion tests for seasoned businessmen. And who can forget their child’s first day of school? Moved by excitement, discovery and …
We’re traveling through the gospel of John chapter 8 verses 12 through 20. Let’s unpack John 8:12 in detail. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” So the Pharisees said to him, “You are …
