What is your vision for your business or organization? Is it to sell a million widgets for a million bucks? To build a business that serves Fortune 500 companies? To build awareness and receive donations for your Non-Profit that builds water wells in Africa? I bet you knew the answer to that question right away. [...]
Making a Goal to Stop Wasting Time
I became a full-time consultant on January 1, 2013. Since then I’ve wasted countless missed several opportunities to bill for project work. When I ran across the “29 Ways You’re Wasting Time Today” blog post on TimeManagementNinja.com I couldn’t help but share a few of my procrastination vices. Ways I’m Guilty of Wasting Time Doing [...]
Content Marketing in two essential points
I found a golden nugget when I opened Reeder for Mac today courtesy of Grand Central, Compendium’s content hub. Content Marketing in two essential points It’s providing golden nuggets of information that your readers want to read Identifying yourself as someone who relates to your clients’ issues Reference: Putting the Content in Content Marketing What [...]
We’re for the Individual
As an avid Apple user it pains me to share this great example of messaging. Microsoft has done an outstanding job with their launch of the new Windows Phone. Their agency, CP+B, has done a really great job of making Windows cool. I’m even a fan of the way they’ve cultivated press and promotion of [...]
My Thoughts on “The Content Marketing Manifesto”
I recently downloaded a short PDF eBook named “The Content Marketing Manifesto – Your Key to Inbound Marketing Success” by Kuno Creative. I’ve been following Kuno Creative for a while and enjoy learning through their content marketing efforts. Thanks, guys! What I really appreciate about them is their honesty on why they share such great [...]
Who am I?
Earlier this week a fellow staff member at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church read this poem as part of a devotional prior to our staff meeting. Ironically, it was the same day as the 3 year anniversary of my Dad’s death. As I heard these words read out loud I started to wonder if my [...]
Vision, a Destination – Strategy, a Route
Enjoy more nuggets of wisdom at www.twitter.com/simonsinek or www.startwithwhy.com. I think the important reminder he mentions is for strategy to be “an adaptable path.” I recently tweeted a link to a related article: “Time to Return to Strategy Basics” bit.ly/OcQ3ZU from @ixchat / acknowledge challenges & provide approach to overcoming them — Chris Davidson (@chrisdavidsonme) August [...]
5 Questions to Ask Yourself
Tonight I started reading “Quitter,” by Jon Acuff. In Chapter 2, Jon shared five questions he found helpful when figuring out his own “hinge” moments. If you want to find out what hinge moments are then I invite you to pick up the book and start reading. But I’m guessing you’ll have a good idea [...]
Pursuing Christ. Creating Art. (Introduction)
So tonight I started a new book called “Pursuing Christ. Creating Art.,” by Gary A. Molander. Not to brag, but Gary actually autographed my copy of the book. Kinda cool, right? Even cooler than that – I’m going to have dinner with him in just one week as part of the Conclave Sessions hosted by [...]
Love Transcends All Languages and Distances
Many of you know that our Student Ministry sent a team to Santiago, D.R. last year to work alongside G.O. Ministries, an on-the-ground ministry that seeks to empower passionate local leaders serving inside their cultures to redeem people, renew communities and restore Creation. I recently had the privilege to spend a week in the D.R. [...]
