PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Seattle Executives Association

Mar

25

Today, we have invited Mr. Yoshida of Yoshida Group to Seattle Executives Association (SEA). SEA invites only few speakers to talk to their weekly meetings. I was very dynamic, funny and motivating. I think everyone at the meeting enjoyed. I will try to post his video as soon as I can.

#Business #Marketing

Do you know this person?

Mar

24

Do you know this man?

He is one of the most successful business people that I personally know. He is Mr. Junki Yoshida. We went to meet Yoshida-san, chairman of Yoshida Group, in Oregon. He owns and operates 18 companies including Yoshida Foods, Oregon International Airfreight. He is an extremely busy person, but he always spend entire afternoon. He sits on the board of directors of my company.

He will be involved more with the company that I am creating too. He is coming to Seattle to speak at Seattle Executives Association where I am a second VP. I will get to introduce him tomorrow.

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The Great Wolf Lodge

Mar

24

We went on a day trip to Portland Oregon. It is about 180 miles (290km) one way. It usually takes little less than three hours on Interstate 5. About a half way there, there is a place called Tenino and we saw great building being built for last several trips. The place is called The Great Wolf Lodge.

We decided to visit and have breakfast there. It was an amusement park with huge indoor swimming pools and rides. There are a lot of customers. It was a lot more than we were expecting. We had buffet style breakfast ($13 each). We all thought it was an Indian Tribal Casino, but no casino there. We were really surprised by the amount of businesses they are generating being in middle of Seattle and Portland.

No recession there! It is a good sight to see.

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Interesting Marketing Tactics

Mar

20

I received an interesting direct mail from one of the premier online golf store. It says, IF SERGIO WINS IN AUGUSTA, YOUR TAYLOR MADE DRIVER IS FREE.

Is it only me, it sounds like they are so confident that Sergio cannot win, Taylor Made is willing bet on it. I personally use Taylor Made Irons and like them very much. I am thinking about getting r9 Driver, but after seeing this I dont know if I want to buy this.

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Cyber Marketing

Mar

19

Cyber marketing. I have been spending last few weeks exploring what Linked In can do, or I should say what I do in Linked In. first of, I needed to join groups and participate in discussions. It is not easy. You so not want to SPAM people. So, I stayed away from creating a discussion. Instead, I focus on responding to some of the discussions. I try not to sell anything, but it is hard.

Like real networking, if you are quiet, nothing will come to you. You must be active in updating your profile, making sure you enter what you are working on and actively searching for people to link to. You also want to join groups. I have joined, eMarketing Association Network, Golf Executive Club, Hosting Industry, Linked:Seattle, Seattle Executives Association, SMB Technology Network, Software as a Service (SaaS) Group, Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and Web Standards Design + Development groups within Linked In.

Now I must spend time to check each group and read discussions and reply to relevant postings. That is in addition to my personal blogs in English and Japanese. I am spending a lot of time in front of computer. But I am starting to realize that there is a real business potential in cyber space. Many of the sites are free but you need to account for time you spent. When you start generating leads from your participation in Linked In and other sites, you may need someone full time to just do that.

I never thought about cyber marketing can be a business by it self, but it is real. I seriously need to think about this and act very quickly.

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Open House

Mar

14

On April 9th, PSPINC will host an open house to Seattle Executives Association. We will be opening a door at 3:00pm, which is an hour earlier to host a small seminar in our conference room. The topics will be

PSP Web Tools Bloguru, Web de Video & Web de Photo

Working with LinkedIn

Email Marketing (Newsmail2U)

Those will help many companies kick start on the cyberspace marketing.

About Seattle Executives Association

Seattle Executives Association is more than a networking business community. It's the premier place to come do business. You'll gain access to Puget Sound's top decision makers. Get connected to the area's finest firms, professions and industries. Join a sphere of influence working to build business for each other by sharing valuable leads and knowledge. When it comes to executive resources, you won't find this level of power and experience anywhere else in the city.