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By Jerry Richard Boone You remember those hand-picked lieutenants of Jesus — the apostles? Jesus chose them to carry on his mission. And that’s just what they were doing when the Gospels were composed. They were the leaders, preachers, and teachers of the early Christian movement. James, the older brother of John, had already died a martyr’s death in A.D. 44. Legendary Heroes How do you expect these men to be portrayed in the Gospel narratives? If it’s a made-up story, one thing we can be sure of, Jesus and his apostles will be the heroes. Bear in mind that myth-makers don’t waste time on half-way measures; that would just befuddle the story. The heroes, Jesus and associates, should look and act the part of true champions. Sanitized Characters But what if they didn’t make up the story? Let’s just say that the Gospel authors took the real characters and cleaned them up a bit, rounding off the rough edges so that they would appeal to potential converts. You can see how they could justify this: “Jesus, Peter, James, John, and the rest should be presented in the best light possible. That would establish the proper example for Christians to follow.” Now our question is: How would the Gospels read if they “cleaned up” the leading characters? More than likely, we would not find the super heroes of myth, but they wouldn’t appear too scruffy either. Certainly nothing embarrassing would be allowed to stay in the story. Real Men Then there is a third alternative. That is, the Gospel writers took the real story without sanitizing it and presented it as honestly as they could. With that, we would expect to see bits of realism seep through. In a group of twelve or so men, there are bound to be some flaws. If the story is told straight, we are likely to see some of these less than perfect traits. Maybe even Jesus himself was occasionally out of sorts. Do the Gospels match any of the three scenarios? Let’s take a look. Gospels Reveal Flawed Apostles Prone to Violence and Selfishness We find James and John, Jesus calls them the “Sons of Thunder,” wanting to rain fire from heaven down on a particular Samarian village which wouldn’t receive Jesus. Jesus said, “No.” (Luke 9:53-55) Later these same two brothers requested preferential treatment for themselves in the coming Kingdom. (Mark 10:37) That didn’t go over well with the rest of the apostles. Pride Still later, Jesus found his disciples arguing among themselves about which one of them was the greatest. (Mark 9:33-34) Of course, the Gospel writers could have remained silent about these indiscretions. We would have been none the wiser, and the apostles wouldn’t have looked tarnished. But they didn’t do that. Fearful What else do Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell us about Jesus’ hand-picked apostles? They are not always the hero type. In fact, we often find them in fear of one thing or another. They feared the storm. So they woke Jesus up and he calmed the sea. (Mark 4:37-39) When they saw Jesus walking on water, they thought he was a ghost and cried out in fear. (John 6:18-20) Remember Peter wanted to walk on water too, but he began to fear the wind and waves, and he started to sink. (Matthew 14:30) Those are disappointments, but the real disappointments were yet to come. We meet them in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus’ enemies arrested him there, and the apostles fled in fear. (Matthew 26:47-56) Then Peter denied he knew Jesus three times. (John 18:17-27) Yes, it was all prophesied ahead of time, and yes, they were fulfilling scriptures. Nonetheless, it was a black day for the apostles in more ways than one. And they knew it. Sunday evening we find Jesus’ disciples hiding in a house with doors locked, afraid the Jews might be coming for them next. (John 20:19) It’s not an inspiring picture. But it is realistic. Let’s give credit where credit is due. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John appear to be telling us exactly what happened; let the chips fall where they may. Lacking in Faith Other flaws surface too. The disciples ran across a demon possessed man who is having a seizure. Jesus says matter-of-factly, they didn’t have enough faith to cast out the demon. (Matthew 17: 9-20) That lack of faith was to resurface later in a shocking way. They had little faith in Jesus himself. Jesus told his disciples time after time he was going to Jerusalem. There he would suffer and die. Then on the third day he would rise from death. He didn’t just give his followers a broad outline of things to come. Jesus filled in the details. He told them exactly what would happen, from his betrayal, to his sentence of death, to his flogging, to his crucifixion, on to his resurrection. (Matthew 16:21) (Matthew 17:23) (Matthew 20:19) (Luke 9:22) (Luke 24:7) Somehow or another, his disciples didn’t catch on. They either couldn’t comprehend, or didn’t believe, or both. Don’t forget now, Jesus was their master, and Peter had already confessed him as the Son of God. So why they didn’t take Jesus at his word strikes us as curious. But the story becomes more curious as it goes along. Jesus did go to Jerusalem. He was betrayed, (Matthew 26:45) tried by the Jews (Mark 14:53-64), condemned (Mark 14:65), and handed over to Roman soldiers who in turn beat him, abused him, and crucified him. (Mark 15:16-24) Can you imagine one of the apostles keeping a list of Jesus’ prophesies and checking them off one by one as they happened? On Sunday morning after the crucifixion, the list would look like this: [x] Going to Jerusalem (Yes, we did that. Check that one off.) [x] Son of Man betrayed to chief priest and teachers of law (Yes that happened) [x] They will condemn him to death. (That’s what they did.) [x] They will turn him over to the gentiles. (Yeah, they did that too.) [x] [x] [x] The gentiles will mock, flog, and crucify Jesus. (Yes, yes, yes, they did all three.) [ ] On the third day, Jesus will rise to life. (Hey, that’s today! That’s next on the agenda. Jesus was right about all those other things, maybe he’ll come through on this one too.) Clearly, none of the twelve, now eleven, apostles were list keepers because no one seemed to reach this conclusion. Obviously, they didn’t take Jesus at his word either. They weren’t expecting his arrival. They had given up; they were alone, afraid, and defeated. Luke tells us that Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and others with them came to the house that same morning and told the apostles. “Jesus has risen.” They still didn’t believe. As Luke puts it, the women’s “words seemed to be nonsense.” (Luke 24:10-11) Later two disciples came to the house saying they had seen and talked with the resurrected Jesus. (Luke 24:33-35) The apostles didn’t believe them either. Finally, Jesus himself appeared and rebuked them for their lack of faith. (Mark 16:14) Thomas wasn’t with them, however. Evidently, Thomas didn’t believe Jesus when he said he would rise on the third day. He didn’t believe the women who reported it happened. He didn’t believe the two disciples when they said it happened. And we see he did not take the word of his fellow apostles who told him they saw Jesus. (John 20:24-25) How’s that for a determined skeptic? And these were Jesus’ own hand-picked disciples! Lacking in Understanding Often we discover Jesus’ disciples just didn’t understand what Jesus was talking about. They didn’t understand the parable of the sower (Mark 4:10); they didn’t understand Jesus’ power in the feeding of the five thousand (Mark 6:35-44); they didn’t understand Jesus’ warning about the “yeast” of the Pharisees. (Matthew 16:6-11) And Peter didn’t understand Jesus’ statement: “What goes out of a man makes him unclean, not what goes into him.” (Matthew 15:10-20) Likewise, Peter didn’t understand why Jesus was washing the disciples’ feet. (John 13:6-10) And again, it is Peter who strongly objected to Jesus’ announcement of his own death. He didn’t understand God’s plan. (Matthew 16:21-23) The apostles seem like normal men, bumbling their way along. They were not exceptionally intelligent, nor exceptionally courageous, nor exceptionally trusting. In fact, they weren’t exceptionally anything. Jesus’ three favorites: Peter, James, and John couldn’t even stay awake and keep watch with him an hour or so in Gethsemane. (Mark 14:32-41) Those who read the Gospels discover a very authentic group of men surrounding Jesus. They are shown with all their spots and blemishes. No cover ups. No embellishments. These are real men doing real things. 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By Alan Boyer When I started to write this article on the biggest mistake almost every marketer makes I was going to focus on THE BIGGEST single mistake, but there are several. And, an even bigger aha moment is that most companies that “call themselves” professional marketing companies make the mistakes as bad, if not worse, than the non-professionals trying to build their own business.` Mistake #1 - Assuming that Marketing Results are Vague, Black Magic, and Not Predictable Marketing tip –Marketing done correctly will provide consistent, predictable results As a guideline, the national average for direct mail marketing is 0.5% to 1.0%, meaning that if you send out 1,000 letters, postcards, flyers, etc. And IF you are even average, then you should have between 5 and 10 people contacting you. Although that is considered average, doing some simple things can take that number up to 10%-30%, or even higher. Mistake #2 - Trying Marketing One Time and Giving Up….Because That Didn’t Work. Marketing Tip –Marketing Results, or Leads are one of the critical results of a business that are ABSOLUTELY necessary. In other words you can’t survive without delivering the number of leads needed to survive, nor will you ever super succeed without delivering the exact number of leads needed for that level either. Therefore, when someone tells me that they Tried marketing onceTried direct mail onceTried a newspaper ad onceOr any other approach in marketing and walked away because it didn’t work (that’s their opinion, not a reality) then I’m looking at a company that will fail soon, or at least not far down the road. Some move on to things that cost less in dollars and cents, but cost more in time, and the results delivered is almost nil. Delivering consistent marketing results, and in the right amount is not a choice. Do it or close your doors! Marketing Tip — Marketing results, or leads, are dependent on two things How many people see our marketing materialsThe percentage of those that see our materials who actually are COMPELLED to give us a call, signup, or touch base with us in some way.It looks like this: If I need 10 people to call me this week, and if I know that for every person who sees my marketing 1% will call me then I only have to touch 1,000 people with my marketing. Now does that sound hard? Of course it isn’t…if you are reaching out to over 1,000 people every week. (# exposed to marketing materials) X (response rate) = # leads . The problem is that in the hundreds of seminars I’ve done, most people miss that point totally. They report that they sent out 100 letters and only got 1 reply, so, in their opinion, it didn’t work because they didn’t get the 10 they needed. They missed the whole concept. Mistake #3 - Not knowing your response rate Marketing Tip - Always know your marketing response rate, or be finding it. So, when you send out marketing and have no clue of what your response rate is, then how in the world do you know how much to send? Well, I’d send out enough to hit the 0.5% as a test market, and then measure the actual results coming back to be used in the next mailer. Mistake #4 - Not knowing when your marketing isn’t working? Mistake #4A - Not sending out marketing because it is perceived that it “costs too much.” Mistake #4B - Not knowing what it requires to acquire a customer? These are sort of one in the same mistakes - Not knowing when your marketing isn’t working, and How to measure when it does work. And the answer to both is “what does it cost to acquire a client.”How would you define “not working?” There is only one time when your marketing could be defined as “not working” and that is when it costs too much to acquire a customer. Notice, I didn’t say what marketing cost. I said what it costs to acquire a customer. Most decisions to not send marketing this month are based on “fear of spending money” when the decision should be made on “for every dollar spent on marketing it will generate X times more dollars” and then we MUST know what X is. If X is larger than an acceptable figure we move forward no matter what the cost because it will always generate more money than we put in. Let’s look at it this way, if you could generate 15% every year in the stock market would you do it? Of course….most would anyway. I wouldn’t because I believe that for every dollar put into my business I see 10-100 times come out and so I’m always looking for where to invest my money for the greatest return. And if you start managing your business that way instead of where to “avoid spending” you’ll find the answer and see similar results. So what does it cost you to acquire a client? That usually is a result of not knowing what it costs to acquire a lead or acquire a customer, or what the response rate is for your marketing. Let’s say that a mailer costs you $0.35 (for a postcard, printed and mailed, using http://www.usps.com/ ). If you send 1,000 pieces, that is $350, and if you get 1%, or 10 calls, that lead cost you only $35.00 each….right? Not bad if you ask me. Now that is a lead, not a sale. So, let’s say that you close 40-50% of your sales, which I also consider a reasonable figure. That means that it costs you $70.00 to acquire a customer. If that is a reasonable figure for you, then your statement of “I can’t afford to send marketing this month” is nothing but a business killer.” It really should be changed to “how many customers do I want to buy this month” and then adjust the number of letters going out to deliver that result. If your sale is small enough that $70 will not work, then we’ve got to work on that we can. The point is you can’t afford to not make this work. We just have to find the results that will work for you. Marketing tip - Have a clear cost to acquire a customer, and knowing what is acceptable. Mistake #5 - Marketing that talks about you, your product, your features. Most companies look at marketing as a black hole, or black magic that they have no control over. That is only their perception….in which case they’ve made it reality….at least for them. You are going to get a golden niblet here. This is a huge mistake that businesses make, and this is the one that relegates them to the “less than nothing” response rates in their marketing. Learn that this isn’t about you, it isn’t about your product, it isn’t about the features of your product, or even what you do….it is only about one thing….”what your prospect wants and needs, or a solution to his greatest problem.” I know….I know…I hear the grumbling now….You say your product does all of that. The customer doesn’t know that, so don’t open your marketing with anything about you, your product, your features, or what you do. The first thing at the very top of your marketing should Get Your Prospect’s Attention by making a value statement about what kind of results the prospect could get, or will get, or you will guarantee that he will get, or that a previous customer has gotten. Make it in dollars and cents.Your response rate will jump up to over 5% to 10%. If you’ve been getting 0.5% to 1.0% (the national average) then this is a 10 to 20 times increase in the number of people walking through your door for a relatively simple change. If you’ve not even been hitting the 0.5% area, then it is how much bigger than where you are now….pretty darned big. I’ve seen customers increase their business results by over 10 times in a week by getting this right. Marketing Tip-Marketing is ALWAYS about the customer, his wants and needs, and his pain or solution. Not about you, your product, features, or what you do. Mistake #6 - Hiring a Professional Marketing Company That Won’t or Can’t Define Their Measurable Results When you hire anyone for anything, always ask for measurable results as a guideline. If you noticed in mistake #5 above, I suggested that you state your value in dollars and cents to the customer. After all, he will ultimately make a decision on hiring you or someone else based on the value you bring to the table. When you allow the customer to figure out what you are worth it isn’t likely to be anything near what you are actually worth. So, why shouldn’t you expect your marketing provider to provide you the measurements you need to make your decision? Also, when a vendor is aware that that is what they are responsible for delivering they will also start managing it for better and better results. It just seems to happen that way. So, IF you decide to hire out your marketing then ask one key question: What measurable results do you, as my professional marketing company, typically deliver? It should be a response rate, in other words a statement like “approximately 1% to 5% of the marketing sent out should call you” or what other action you want. And keep in mind that 1% is considered average and for a really good marketing company it should be a LOT higher. Now, here comes the surprise, and something that will save you a LOT of money. If they won’t give you a number…and MOST won’t…..what do you think that means? They don’t know - which means that that wasn’t on their radar screen, that isn’t something they are managing, and that WAS the reason you wanted to hire them…right? People manage what is important to them. They are managing their sales numbers, not the results they provide for you….get the idea?They don’t want you to know what their results are -no further comments needed here?Most will sidestep the question by stating things like: Everyone is different…therefore, I can’t answer that.You are different….so we’ll have to find what works for you.All are avoiding the real question….”What has been typical for their clients before?” You are buying results, so don’t get sucked into “beautiful graphics” or “fantastic copy” or “our clients are …..and …..”. when in reality, the only thing that counts are the results they have provided, the number of clients, response rates, dollars paid for dollars generated by their marketing. Do NOT allow them to take you away from measurable RESULTS…anything else is just activity that may or may not be delivering any results. They state results or walk. 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This creates one heck of a “slip and fall” liability problem. Keep this in mind when speaking to the decision makers of commercial and municipal facilities. Learning Curve There is a learning curve involved when getting proficient enough to clean/seal/restore wood decks for the public. It is best to learn on your own deck or on the decks of close friends and relatives. When learning make sure to do more than one. Different decks can present different challenges. Inspect When organizing your project or preparing your bid make some simple observations. Has the deck ever been sealed? Is there old sealer that needs to be stripped and reapplied? Do I have all the chemicals, tools and equipment required for this project? ( we will include a sample list at the end of this article) Is there any damaged or rotted wood that needs to be replaced? ( Now is a good time to measure.) Are the any missing or loose bolts, nails or screws? Are there any adjacent bushes or plants that need to be protected? Are there any electrical appliances, outlets, light fixtures or telephone jacks? Note: these will have to be sealed water tight. Remember water and electricity is a dangerous combination. Decks in upscale neighborhoods will probably contain most of these challenges. Make sure the circuit breakers will be accessible to you prior to starting. Beginning Ok you’ve cleared everything from the deck and placed it far enough to be out of harms way. You’ve locked out the circuit breakers that provide electrical service to the deck area. Outlets, fixtures and jacks have been sealed water tight. Close proximity plants and bushes have been protected with a clear plastic tarp. Loose bolts. nails and screws have been tightened or replaced.with galvanized fasteners. Rotted or damaged wood has been replaced. Only now are you really ready to begin. Clear the Deck of Dirt and Debris With a stiff bristle broom or a leaf blower clear all loose dirt and debris from the surface of the deck.. What Chemicals to Use Sodium Hydroxide ( a high caustic chemical) is very popular with professional deck cleaners. Because this chemical does most of the work very low pressures of 500-1200 PSI can be used which helps avoid the condition known as “furring”. Safety note: Always wear headgear with face shields and cartridge type respirators when working with high caustic or acidic chemicals. This is not a suggestion it’s a must. While Sodium Hydroxide is a very effective chemical it will darken or may even blacken the deck. Because of this the PH will have to be neutralized with a mild acidic solution. Acids used are Citrus,Oxalic or Phosphoric. These acid solutions will act as brighteners. Neutralizing the PH of a high caustic cleaner will restore a deck very close to it’s original color. Add approx. 5oz. acid to each gallon of water. 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