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Smart House and Smart Home: A Thorough Explanation of the Differences

Smart House and Smart Home: A Thorough Explanation of the Differences

@aoisouken_official ← Click here for other useful housing information! Smart house and smart home. You have probably heard of both, but did you know that they actually have different meanings?

In this issue, we will provide you with information on the differences between a smart house and a smart home!

We hope you will find this information useful for your home building Please take a look at it for your own reference ✨.

What is a smart house? A smart house is a house that maximizes energy efficiency. They utilize solar power generation, storage batteries, and insulation technology to reduce energy consumption in the home.

What is a Smart Home? A smart home uses IoT (Internet of Things) technology to enable remote control of home appliances and equipment. It is full of features that make everyday life more convenient and safer.

Purpose and Benefits of Each The purpose of a smart house is to improve energy efficiency, while the purpose of a smart home is to improve convenience and safety. Different technologies are incorporated, each with its own unique benefits.

The two can be linked together. By linking the two, a home can combine energy efficiency and convenience. Appliance management by solar IoT combines comfort and environmental friendliness to support a sustainable future lifestyle.

Peace of Mind with EV Linkage Linkage with electric vehicles (EVs) provides peace of mind in times of disaster; by utilizing EVs as emergency power sources for the home, families can live safely even during power outages. Conclusion Why not consider this futuristic home that combines smart technology and energy efficiency with comfort, eco-friendliness, and peace of mind in times of disaster as your next home?

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スマートハウスとスマートホーム 相違点を徹底解説

@aoisouken_official ←その他の役立つ住宅情報はこちら！ スマートハウスとスマートホーム。 どちらも聞いたことがあると思いますが、実は意味が違うことをご存じでしたか？

今回は、スマートハウスとスマートホームの相違点の情報をお届けします！

ぜひ皆様の家づくりの 参考にしてみてください✨ 1.スマートハウスとは？ スマートハウスは、エネルギー効率を最大限に高める住宅。太陽光発電や蓄電池、断熱技術を活用し、家庭内でのエネルギー消費を抑える工夫がされています。 2.スマートホームとは スマートホームIoT（モノのインターネット）技術を使い、家電や設備の遠隔操作を可能にした住宅。日常生活をより便��で安全にするための機能が満載です。 3.それぞれの目的とメリ��ト スマートハウスはエネルギー効率化が目的、スマートホームは利便性と安全性の向上が目的です。異なる技術が取り入れられ、それぞれに独自のメリットがあります。 4.2つの連携も可能 2つを連携することで、エネルギー効率と利便性を兼ね備えた住まいになります。太陽光IoTによる家電管理で、快適さと環境配慮を両立し、持続可能な未来の生活を支えます。 5.EV連携の安心感 電気自動車（EV）との連携で災害時も安心。EVを家庭用の非常用電源として活用することで、停電時でも家族が安全に生活できるのが魅力。 まとめ 快適でエコ、災害時も安心なスマート技術とエネルギー効率を兼ね備えたこの未来型の住まいを、次のマイホームとして検討してみませんか？

他にも家づくりに役立つ情報や、 施工事例を紹介しています。 ▶ @aoisouken_officialから お気軽にご覧ください！

宮城県の注文住宅・リフォーム・リノベーションはあおい創建へ！

[crimsonblackrose]

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They got a new fridge between seasons. And it's got pretty much all the same stuff in it.

Are they in a different room and happen to have two fridges, did they remodel between seasons, or did they have to swap interior locations between seasons?

I wonder if Johnny thought if Kreese found his apartment he also found his home?

I love that Carmen baked a tres leches cake to congratulate Johnny on Miguel's win.

Johnny fearing that Kreese knew where he lived might've been right. I forgot he called Johnny's landline.

Smitty's dinner

So Johnny didn't celebrate with his students, but they left to get victory nachos. Very cute.

Oh, Johnny probably couldn't have gone with anyway. They're at Applebees. 😂

Eli and Demetri won a coding competition at computer camp

Kreese orders corned beef hash and Sanka (instant decaf coffee)

Kreese was in Panama in '89 (if we trust what he says)

The future Miyagi do kids are lucky, Robby did most of the hard work cleaning up the place.

Future mr. miyagi spin off tagline: It wasn't all bonsais and kata

The look on Daniel's face when Robby points out that their goal is anti-Miyagi-do rule of defense only.

Miguel and Hawk on their little electric scooters.

Hawk is planning to get his mom's sentra when he gets his license.

I get how Miguel and Hawk are confused, they won and yet are getting yelled at. But at the same time no mercy didn't necessarily mean fighting dirty or cheating. And it's good that Johnny tries to correct that and calls it cheating.

Also it's huge that Johnny admits to Miguel he's still learning too.

Johnny's movie homework: Over the Top

Hey Raymond/Stingray

Also the fact Johnny asks for help on finding things.

As a handyman himself, it's gotta sting that Daniel is teaching Robby about repair and what not.

Johnny's little walk of shame. Kind of makes me wonder if he didn't actually want to interrupt or be seen.

Again, Johnny didn't tell Miguel to do that, not really.

"cares more about his rivalry with you then he does about me"

Robby dear, it was your idea to torture Johnny by training with Daniel. And Johnny's literally just pointing it out. It was literally Robby's whole motivation most of season 1.

I do think it's not fully the karate 'cult's' problem that Sam and Miguel didn't work out. It's sort of TKK Ali/Daniel issues exasperated by karate. Like Miguel felt like because of Daniel and Johnny's drama Sam wouldn't introduce her to her family and sort of hid their relationship. That's very Daniel not feeling good enough for Ali because he didn't think her parents would approve and thought Ali didn't approve either which was wrong. But then Miguel majorly screwed up. But still, Kyler got a conversation about with Daniel and Miguel didn't even get mentioned until it was over. You'd think the conversation would be more like hey kid you okay you've had two awful breakups like back to back and you're not hanging out with your friends.

Instead we're just doubling down on the romeo and juliet Cobra Kais vs Miyagi-do's.

I do love that Sam is like but I don't want to fight them. They're my friends.

I didn't realize Johnny cried upon getting a blue belt. I thought that crying moment was earlier in his cobra kai journey.

So Johnny wanted to talk to Kreese about his step dad and Kreese was like nope.

Yeah Robby picked up the nail trick!

Question for the millionth time, does Shannon know where Robby is and what he's up to?

lol for when you lose focus? It was to calm you down when you got mad.

There we go Daniel, had to get out of the mongoose brain and back into actual Miyagi style.

Sam!

Does....Daniel have to fill out the paperwork that Johnny did and have the inspection to open a dojo? They really only ever show Johnny having to do that and Daniel's the one with a rock in the middle of his dojo.

Then...Kreese where have you been all this time?

Did Kreese keep that trophy or did he go buy a new one?

That smile and music is why I don't trust anything Kreese says.

[noble-nekoatsume]

Just got the café remodel for the first time, and the kitties love it! Found here

[hitokayachichi]

☼ protective daichi scenario ☼

✎ ... “ Could you write a fluff Daichi imagine where he's dating the captain of the girl's soccer team who's one of the best players (but she's so humble about it) and they're a top team while the boys' isn't and the boys' captain is resentful about it so he's aggressive to her and she ignores his comments (unless he's talking about her teammates then she gets mad) but it clearly is bothering Daichi so like his handling of it all? “

☼ … • ahhh as someone who is normally too shy to stand up for themself, this req is super cute to me ☹️💕

♡  ...

♡ daichi doesn’t typically have a reason to be protective of you, so you didn’t quite expect his reaction after hearing the way that the boy’s soccer team captain spoke to you !!

♡ normally, both teams practise at the same time, the girl’s team on the proper field and the boys on the practise field, but since they’re currently remodeling the proper field, the school is letting the girl’s team hold practise first and the boy’s team afterwards.

♡ ever since your third year and you became captain, your team has been doing super well! in fact, you’re the top girl’s team in the miyagi prefecture !! :> your team gets a lot of support from the school, past graduates, and even normal people who are proud to have your team represent their prefecture !! it’s all really amazing, and your boyfriend, daichi, who’s also captain of the boy’s volleyball team is endlessly proud of you !!

♡  but, with this level of praise, there are also going to be those who are filled with jealousy and hate. the boy’s soccer team isn’t doing too well, and it isn’t your fault, but the captain of the boy’s soccer team doesn’t care. he despises that your team is doing better than his. he hates all of the popularity you’ve gotten since you became captain and he blames his teams downfall all on you.

♡  normally things like this dont bother you. you’re confident in yourself and you know that his words are not true. if you really were all the things that he says, then you wouldn’t have brought this team up from the dirt, would you have? so, when he speaks in distaste, you just ignore him. he isn’t worth your time unless he comes for your members.

♡  daichi, however, definitely doesn’t feel this way! he’s never really been super protective of you, at most putting a comforting arm around you in difficult situations, but he never really had a reason to be too protective, until now, it seems. you were standing by the practise soccer field, where you and your team were going to practise first, and the boy’s captain was not happy about that. daichi managed to catch you on his way to his own practise, and he most definitely wasn’t pleased with what he saw.

♡  ...

“You disgust me,” the boy’s captain spits at you, practise jerseys fisted in his hands. To be fair, he had only found out about the situation today, but it still didn’t justify his attitude towards you. “You’re selfish. Selfish girls are ugly.” You just sighed. 

“Yes, I know. You say this every time you see me. Can we please have the jerseys, now?” You hold your hand out, waiting. This stupid argument is delaying your practise time, and in turn only delaying his.

“Do you even deserve it?” he sneers, holding the jerseys away from you. This annoys you, you really don’t have time for games.

“Seriously? Just give me the jersey’s, dude.” He laughs and shakes his head.

“You girls always get everything first. Get the best field. Get to practise first. Get’s the best opportunities. We get dirt compared to you. And for what? You suck. You’re shit at soccer so why the hell do you get everything and we get your scraps?”

Just as you open your mouth to tiredly ask for the jerseys again, a voice from behind you interrupts the conversation. 

“I think you should give the jerseys to her. And I think you should shut your disgusting mouth.” Startled, you turn to see Daichi behind you. He has your water jug in his hand, and you suppose that you accidentally left it in the classroom.

You’ve... never really seen him look this way before. His face is dark, and he doesn’t look furiously angry, but you can see it in his eyes and hear it in the tone of his voice. And that, you think, is leagues more terrifying than visible anger. 

“Maybe,” he says, directly to the boy’s captain. “Maybe you would be getting somewhere if you didn’t spent the time you could be using to practise harassing people that actually worked to get where they are.” Daichi pushes at the captain’s shoulder, and he drops the jerseys as he stumbles. You reach to pick them up, but Daichi stops you. “Maybe if you were nicer, you’d have a larger support system to lift you up instead of bring you down. Your failure is your own doing. Now pick those up, give them to (y/n), and apologise.”

Daichi’s approach was terrifying in it’s own right, but the fact that the soccer captain actually listened show’s the true power that you never knew Daichi held. The captain hands you the practise jerseys and quietly apologises, and leaves. You just stand in shock for a moment, before Daichi puts his arm around your shoulders.

“I know you said you’d handle this yourself, but this was the first time I’ve caught him in the act. I had to say something. The way he was speaking to you was... awful. You shouldn’t have to go through that.” He sounds kinda sheepish, like he’s embarrassed to show that side of himself, but you just look at him in wonder, flushed.

You thank him, and he laughs cutely. “Just promise me that if he tries anything else, you’ll let me know.”

[terrence-silver]

do you think Terry actually liked Daniel? I got the feeling sometimes that if Daniel joined the dark side he'd be accepting

Did he like him? Yes and no. Like I said before, I think Terry enjoys a good project. Taking the poor, sweet, kindhearted, humble underdog kid who was always bullied, picked on, abandoned, who’s relationships can be flimsy at best, who didn’t exactly have a secure family net to rely on and who never strikes first unless it’s for defense and all that bullshit nonsense - hmm, well, taking that and turning him into a second Mike Barnes, or even better, a second Terry Silver - imagine that - well, now, that’s such an attractive, amazing prospect. It no doubt amused him so much he just had to get down to it. Revenge aside, I mean - first he’d hurt Daniel. Then he’d change him. Then Daniel would thank him for it too. 

Finally, Daniel would like him, best of all. His own abuser.

Over Miyagi. (racism and personal bigotry to this bit on Terry’s end)

And I can imagine Terry not necessarily stopping at Karate either. He’d probably try to mentor and groom away Daniel’s whole personality after a while. The way he dresses? The way he talks? Walks? Views people? His habits? Who he hangs out with? How he eats? To make one thing clear, he’d practically bully and push him into it the way Kreese did with Johnny Lawrence. It wouldn’t be the soft, understanding kind of teaching and mentoring, nope. Hey, you won a fight and broke someone’s ribs just like I instructed you, lets have a celebratory smoke, he’d say as he pulls out two Cuban cigars. What do you mean you don’t want to smoke? You’ll light that blunt and you’ll enjoy it or else --

So, I can see Terry liking Daniel the way someone would like a lost little pet he can train and teach to do neat tricks. I tell you to jump and you ask how high. This approach could even stem back to his time in the military, if I have to make a big, fat reach. Sure, he’s no doubt aware this kid’s as good as the salt of the earth (and he probably admits there’s a likeable, if not almost pitiable quality to that), the same way he was aware Mike Barnes was obnoxious and he even acknowledged that himself to Margaret. But, man - taking Daniel, breaking him and just molding and remodelling him into something else as he chips away at integral parts of what makes Daniel Daniel is almost as fun as having revenge in Kreese’s name. If not more. 

So, tl;dr, does Terry like Daniel?

In a very roundabout sense, maybe, and honestly that’s the scariest bit. I mean, for what we’ve seen in canon Terry liking someone is probably just as daunting as Terry hating someone, so what’s even the point in arguing it too much.

[soranihimawari]

swing sets and clouds

a little daichi story about him realizing he’s in like with a childhood friend who just moved back from hong kong...

tagging: @smolbludandelions​ @m0nstergeneration20xx​

rated: SDF for Sawamura Daichi Fluff.

word count: 3.7K

“oh man, i don’t know why i had let hitoka-chan convince me into writing this letter, but here goes,” my voice is quiet. i glanced out at the snowy ridden land. a soft smile danced across my face.

i sat down on my desk with the lamp lit staring at a birthday card for one of my senior classmates. i was so sure michimiya had a huge crush on  the recipient, but i think it’s honestly because they have known each other since middle school.however, since i was raised abroad in hong kong for a little while, my friends from elementary school continued forming connections during this time. my parents’ line of work for the international bank for japan had allowed such a trip to occur. i came back at the beginning of our first year of high school.my parents encouraged me to take a majority of the entrance exams for the prefecture we were going to be living when we moved back, which i was grateful for. the results came back via e-mail explaining that i was accepted into karasuno high and given my current grade average being converted, i was placed in the college prep courses. 

moving forward, i had survived my first year making friends and catching up with old ones. i had lunch on the rooftops often since i liked how the fire escape ladders were well hidden behind the main building. never really much of a socializer, i sometimes found it easy to skip a few lectures haphazardly especially when i forgot my homework. not even my seniors knew where i had ran off to. that changed during second year when one of the members of volleyball club had jogged up to the trio of boys in my year asking for an extra set of hands. we bumped shoulders briefly as you hollered over your shoulder a rapid, “sorry!” then you vanished for the rest of the day. apparently your kouhai were getting into a scuffle over who’d protect the lady manager. i continued on my day letting you know if fate brought us together by accident, then perhaps, we would become friends point. luckily we didn’t have to wait very long... 

“you moved and you came back?” you asked me blinking wide eyed at the sports festival that year. our classes were grouped together for co-ed costumed relay race. you were elected the third runner while i, for whatever reason, was the anchor. 

“i ran track then too ya’know, sawamura,” i shrugged my shoulders. “i can’t believe you don’t remember me that well, then again.” 

you passed me a bottle of an electrolyte enriched water. i open it and we said a brief, “kampai!” before we took a swig of it.

“we were seven,” you chuckled. “i can barely keep up with all the nuances go-go.”

“ah-ha! you do remember me!” i replied. “you used to call me that on the swingset by our old school.”

you blushed slightly when i poked your cheek. “c’mon, seems like our break time is almost over.”

our race was a close one while our peers began to saunter off one by one. by the time the baton came to me, you were breathing heavily. it was a solid pass; the charcoal stick with white and orange detail was pressed into my palm with a stern look in your eye. i’d never forget how intense your eyes were, sawamura. 

“go!” you yelled out to me as i turned my attention around to face the path in front of me. i took off, gaining speed and momentum with breaking from a speed walk, to a jog, to a sprint as our competitors in the next lanes gained on me. i pushed myself further and came in first. 

“i did it!” i whispered to myself. i raised the baton in the air while my breath was catching up. you nodded in my direction as our classmates passed on their congratulations, but you turned to your back on me to talk to your other friends instead. i told myself to let that action go. i didn’t belong in your world anyways, just as much as perhaps you think you didn’t belong in mine.

==third year==

“who’s that daichi-senpai?” one of the volleyball club first years had asked you.

“oh her?” sugawara’s voice took over a teasing tone. “that’s the girl daichi wants to date.”

“shut it suga,” daichi said while the rest of the team teased him for having his crush be openly outed.

i was probably practicing a few moves from my dance hobby after classes had been dismissed. i had signed up for an adult ballet dance class along with a modern international dance club; i had my music from my smartphone connected wirelessly to the mini-portable speakers i had brought with me. i was attempting a take on a dance i saw online from the renowned magda butterfly competition. my black ballet slippers were worn at the sole, but i pursued the completion of the instrumental ‘lava short’ ballad. 

the song ended as it skipped to the next song a stark contrast while the violins’ solo melody picked up it’s tempo, i leapt into completing a grand jete diagonally across the gym’s faded boundary paints. my hair hung around my shoulders as it flew in the wind behind me. my hair tie was holding less and less of my hair, but i didn’t mind one bit as i took my place spinning around with my eyes closed. i raised my hands above my head and moved my wrists down both sides of my face because both sides of my face, then the song fades. i glanced up at the clock, inspecting the time. i wrapped my chords and placed them in my bag on the stage from the entrance ceremony. i zipped up my bag, not really caring whether i had an audience observing me or not. i stretched my arms above my head once more stifling a yawn. i shook my head side to side as i re-tied my hair in a ponytail.

“mmhm.” i hummed. “perhaps i should call it a day. seems like the volleyball club’s practice begins soon.”

i spun around on my heel to leave the gym via the side door on the eastern side, easily slipping out of sight.

that evening, i received a text from sugawara. we were in the same science class this year, but that’s besides the point.

--[17:10]--

suga-k.: hey hey! i had a question for you... 

suga-k: [mysterydance.vid] is this you? 

go-go: how do you? why do you? ... 

suga-k: ?

go go: yeah. that’s me.

on the other side of the line, sugawara was walking home from practice with his two best friends next to him. he had thanked one of their underclassmen who shot a snapchat video on their phones for him. it was the first app hitoka tapped on and although she deleted the snap, she saved the file first thus sending it to her senpais who had asked her for it (it was just suga who shared it with daichi who was blushing harder in the changing room after practice had ended).

“you should ask go-chan out on a date,” sugawara suggests. 

“eh?” asahi questioned his silver haired friend. sugawara shows him the video clip of the girl who danced so effortlessly before they had practice. “daichi, you should. she’s--”

“i know guys. trust me i’d love to, but honestly, what am i supposed to say suga? hi go-go. i’ve been in love with you since we were seven and when your family moved to hong kong i believed we weren’t meant to be together?”

his two friends stopped walking for a moment as their friend was finally admitting some truths aloud to himself to hear.

“you DO like her,” sugawara clasped his friend’s shoulder. “asahi! you pay for my share of the pork buns mr. double or nothing ace.”

“oh, ok,” the gentlest ace had acknowledged the bed handing his co-captain five hundred yen.

“you guys made a gamble?! on my love life? damn it!” daichi exclaimed kicking the dirt pile closest to his feel while begrudgingly placing his hands in his club tracksuit pockets.

--the next day--

i was roaming the halls during the-mid morning break heading back to my classroom when i saw you out of the corner of my eye asking michimiya-san to borrow the girl’s vbc gym for practice that afternoon. she likes you too, i mused. i suppose if i stayed here in miyagi, you and i would have a very similar friendship. she’s a sweet girl but before you could say your goodbyes, she called out my name.

“h-hey michimiya, sawamura.” 

the lilt in my voice was hiding the sinking feeling i felt my heart do when i approached you two.

“go-go, are you going to watch the game against shiratorizawa?” michimiya asked. she looked so hopeful and i recalled hearing she pulled a victory charm at the shrine the other day. 

“if someone on the team asks me, sure,” i answered. “maybe i’ll ask suga-san.”

michimiya nods in earnest, but when she saw her fellow capitan’s face slightly frown, i had cleared my throat.

“i meant to say as a friend. after all, sugawara and i are in the same science class this year,” i said. i bowed toward them before i left them to converse in private again. 

--classes dismiss at karasuno--

“daichi-senpai’s skipping practice?” hinata asked. sugawara, with the thanks of tanaka and noya, covered for their captain explaining he had a slight-non medical emergency to take care of.

“it’s about go-senpai, isn’t it?” hitoka whispered to her head manager, who nodded. 

--elsewhere off campus--

“oi! go-go!”

twice in one day, someone on the volleyball team called out to me. twice in one day the person who i had developed a crush on, who had gifted me friendship chocolates last year for the first time, called out to me.

“yeah? what’s the matter sawa-kun?” i asked. i had my hershel brand backpack slung over my shoulder. i gave him a few moments to catch his breath. “woah, did you run over here?”

“not really,” he chuckled. “i run with the guys before practice all the time.”

“i see.”

“listen, can we talk somewhere? it’s nothing serious.”

i nodded. “lead the way.”

we walked silently side by side enjoying the ambiance of the early afternoon. we stopped when we reached our destination. it took me a moment to realize where we were. i turned my head to the left and saw the boarded up school with the notice saying it was currently closed for remodelling for the remainder of the school year. from where we were standing, we were inside the parameters of the park in front of our old primary school. 

“you remember this place,” i said softly. i turn to look at him with an warm smile. 

“so do you,” his voice is firm, but there were hints of mischief. “it’s been a long time since we played here.”

“haha, you’re telling me. honestly, i’m touched, truly by this, but why exactly did you bring me here. it can’t possibl--”

“i like you,” his confession interjects my statement.

“i like you too,” i say. the way my head turned around real quick in the autumn air had my brain process what he had said. “it can’t possibly be the...wait.”

his shadow eclipses my face for a moment as his brown eyes studied my features while i took a half step back to brace myself for whatever he did next.

“i know i’m late in telling you this,” his voice faltered for a moment, he gave me a small smile.

“you’re not late, daichi. you’re right on time,” i said running up to hug him. he took a step back when i laughed.

“oof!” he exclaims from the impact, falling into a laughter almost immediately after he embraces me.

“you jerk!” i said burrowing by my face into his chest.

“can’t be, not around you,” he whispers into the my hair. one of his hands combs my hair behind my ears gently; using the same hand i feel him tilting my chin up. i close my eyes as i closed the gap between our lips. if you could taste insurances of timed magic, that is what this kiss felt like. there is a calm stillness between he and I; when the kiss breaks, i giggle at how the boy blushes.

“y’know, you’re not half bad daichi,” i tease. i press my lips to the side of his face. “wanna walk me home?”

==[winter break]==

“write to daichi?” i asked balancing my phone on one ear. i called hitoka & shizumi asking them their opinions on what to get someone you like for the holidays; hitoka suggested i wrote a letter.

“yeah! one for good luck or his birthday,” her voice said.

“ok. thanks,” i said. “oh by the way, are we still up for that trip to the gardens tomorrow? the winter festival i heard was going on...”

“mmhm. meet at campus. night!”

we three hung up, i searched for a card.

==[31/12, 19:04]==

daichi and i since that day at the park had unofficially officially been ‘together.’ everyone on the team knew about our relationship, but to the outside, we were just really close childhood friends who reconnected in high school.

i don’t know why i was so nervous when i stood outside his door. i was dressed in a fancy pants suit my parents wanted me to wear to the party they were invited to, but i asked if i could skip it. when asked why, i told them i had a date to keep. daichi had invited me over for dinner and desserts at his place, so naturally, i accepted the offer.

earlier that day, i stepped out to the bakery & bought a small lemon chiffon cake. i also went to the florist shop and asked for a birthday balloon while picking up a fresh bud for my hair that evening.

sighing, i raised my hand to the door and gave it a steady rapt. i heard his siblings through the door asking if their brother’s ‘pretty date’ was coming over. those siblings of his were a mischievous pair, but alas even they saw how much their elder brother liked me.

“happy birthday dai,” i greeted with a balloon and small cake in my hand.

“thank you,” he says, kissing my cheek taking the cake away. “come in. i’ll make hot chocolate for you.”

“thanks.”

i unbuttoned my jacket while i heard his siblings run around to spot me in the entrance way. shrugged it off and hung it in the coat closet. i also removed my snow lidden boots and had them resting by the door along with the others.

the footsteps grew louder as all three of them approached me at almost full speed. daichi was chasing them yelling something about not getting extra marshmallows in their hot cocoa...

“go-one!” the little one said as they jumped into my arms to give me a hug. “hi hi!”

“hi!” i stifled a giggle. “happy almost new year!”

“happy a’most new year!”

“oi! leave go-one alone, she’s here to see dai-niichan!”

i have daichi a look who let out an exasperated sigh. his sibling in my arms saw how flustered he had become when i placed them back down on the floor.

“we’ll play a bit later, ok? for now, try not to cause too much trouble for your niichan.”

“haii~!” and with that agreement, the two children spun of their heels while making claims who will win the next round of super smash bros in the living room. daichi folded his arms over his chest and i shook my head.

“what’s with that look sawa-kun?” i asked when i walked back further into their house and made my way to the kitchen.

“it’s nothing,” he replies with a broad grin. “so, lemon chiffon cake?”

“yeah,” i said sheepishly scratching the side of face. “it was the only cake they had left at the bakery.“

daichi came up behind me and wrapped his arms around securly around my waist and pressed his lips on to the side of by shoulder blades. 

“you didn’t have to sweetheart, but i appreciate it,” he whispered against my ear before the kettle on the stove started to whistle. he kissed my temple while i pulled out one of the chairs from the dining table. i wonder if he’d bring up the letter... i thought. we enjoyed the hot chocolate conversing about my travels throughout hong kong and on his side he told me about what i had missed out in the decade i was away. afterwards, we played a few rounds of smash bros with his siblings while he cut up his cake. although i think he knew i threw a few of those matches in favor for his siblings (and him) to win a couple rounds. 

“yeah! i won again!” the little sibling from earlier cheered raising the controller above their head. “did ja see? did ja?”

“hah, of course!” i said clapping my hands. “don’t frown,” i talked to the other one sitting in front of me on the floor. “i’ll teach you how to get better too.”

“alright one-san.” the child smiled, “best four outta seven?”

“you’re on ni-chan!”

==[a couple hours later, 23:45]==

the sawamura’s house was filled with dimmed lights while the television in the main room played the international news for the fireworks displays. his parents were busy tucking in the younglings in their shared room, soon bidding me goodnight and happy new year with a red small envelope.

“y-you didn’t have to!” i said holding the envelope since they were persistent in not taking it back. “thank you!”

“happy new year go-chan. daichi, walk her home not too late, yeah?” his mother instructed nodding to the time. daichi agrees with a nod of contentment.

we sat on the couch side by side discussing our plans for the future after the spring tournament. i leaned my head against his shoulder.

“what about you, go-chan?” daichi asked after he explained his goals for wanting to major in criminal justice to enter the police academy in our prefecture.

“i think i might focus on international affairs,” i mused. “maybe find work in a consulate office for japan’s side of things.”

“you’d do great no matter what you choose,” he said rubbing my shoulder with his hand. 

“i know that and you will be a great lieutenant someday,” i muse looking up at him. i studied his profile features from time to time.

“you really think so, huh?”

“of course i do! don’t sell yourself short my captain.” 

his laughter rumbled through his shoulders prior to kissing my temple when it had died down. he lowered the volume on the television and he suggests something i didn’t know he could do.

“dance with me?” he asks softly, his nose nuzzling the crown of my head. “the song doesn’t matter, ok?”

he helps me to my feet taking my hands in his. i put my left hand on his shoulder and his right hand on the small of my back; i held other hand with my right and folded it over the space that occupies his heart.

“you turned out to be a fine person,” i said as we swayed around the living room.

“so did you,” he compliments. daichi looks over my shoulder as he stops for a moment and pulls my body closer. 

“we should stop dancing for a bit,” i suggest. 

“we have stopped.” his breath fans across my face while he raises a palm to my face. his thumb runs across my lips; as our lips pressed on to each other’s, i hear the announcers’ countdown. expelling a puff of air as we both exchanged a smile, i bit my bottom lip before he spun me around. 

“ahah! woah, slo--mmf!”

5...4...3...2...

one more time our lips met. his hand moved slightly away from my back and cliumbed higher to guide my neck into coaxing me to deepen this innocent kiss.i tilt my head more to the side feelling my partner dip me slightly as i meld into his kiss further. our last kiss of the year carried over into the new one thus sealing a childhood promise made on a swing set over a decade ago:

“daichi! wanna go watch the clouds today?”

“go away go-chan! i’m sick.” my classmate coughed a little and wheezed shortly thereafter. his mask had a little cute outline of a bird on the corner.

“aww, ok dai-kun. maybe you can watch from the windows?”

he nods to me and i return it with a nod.

“i’ll see ya tomorrow, ok? feel better daichi!”

at home, my dad asked me how school was and i explained to him how one of my best friends got a real bad cold. i also told my dad i didn’t get a chance to say good-bye so instead, i told my classmate we’d watch the clouds tomorrow, but that day never came since the flight to move was already scheduled for two days after that. i made two paper cranes that night and asked my mom to drop it off at school for me when she got a copy of my teacher’s reports.  

“class settle down please. we have a guest today. this is ana-sama. go-chan’s mom. she has some news to share with everyone...”

==[the letter]==

my first love,

happy eighteenth birthday dai-kun! cheers to you love. you’ve come so far without me by your side for a while, but we’re here together now. and for that, i am grateful. i’m sorry i couldn’t watch the clouds with you when you got better. although nowadays i’m glad you & i hide out in the roof during lunch sometimes, haha. oh! did i tell you how proud i am of you for leading your team to the spring tournament this year? i knew you could do it.

my wish for you this year? for you tomake more memories with not only me, but with the rest of the team. continue to be a good leader. whatever the future holds for us, know that i will always love you most earnestly. win or lose, i’ll always believe in you. don’t forget this feeling of being loved as you are. let’s make this new year a fun one! 

( ･_･)♡ 

go-san 

P.S. care to watch the clouds with me?

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 Kenji stares at himself in the mirror.  He hasn’t worn suits often ever since graduatinghigh school, and the sight is almost foreign to him. He adjusts his tie for theumpteenth time. “I look like a prep kid,” he comments to no one but himself. Looseninghis tie a bit, he nods. That’s better.

“You don’t want to be late,” a voice pipes from a fewmeters behind his back.

“I always like to make an entrance, Yasushi,” hedrawls, snarky tone not matching his almost concerned expression. “If I’m late,everyone has to look at me. I get to soak up all the attention.”

Kamasaki immediately knows why Kenji isn’t his usualself. He hates it.

(No he doesn’t. Makes getting to the point muchquicker).

“I don’t see why you’re so nervous,” Kamasaki continues.“You already have a job offer lined up. They’re even waiting a few weeks foryou to begin, so you don’t jump straight into it, and paying for you to go tograd school.”

“I can’t do anything straight,” Kenji replies.

“Of course that’s what you focus on.” Kamasaki snorts,sneaking a hand into his pants pocket. “But you’re not wrong.” Kenji eyes his partnerthrough the mirror. Kamasaki looks weird in his suit. The jacket makes him lookolder than he is. But then again, Kenji feels like he’s eighteen again, notnearly twenty-three. That makes Kamasaki twenty-four. Just a few months untilhis birthday, he’ll be a quarter of a century. Kenji loved to tease him abouthow old he’s getting until his college graduation inched closer, causing him torealize how old he himself is getting. Then he shut up.

“A good offer,” Kamasaki adds. “Working parttime,having your Master’s paid for by your company, then you’ll get a raise becauseof your new degree, paid for degree.”

“It is,” Kenji agrees, still staring at himself.

“You love to brag, yet whenever we meet up with the oldteam, you never mention this. Even when we had dinner with my parents lastweek, you didn’t say a word. My mother had to prod you to even mention the joboffer, much less the grad school part.”

Kenji sighs. He wonders if he can get away with aloosened tie at his new job. Probably not. Good thing most of his work will beat home.

“What’s up?”

“The sky.”

“Dammit Kenji, I’m trying to be serious here,”Kamasaki barks, no bite to his words.

“I’m trying to dodge your seriousness. It’s quite rudeof you to ignore the social cue I’m sending.”

Kamasaki grabs Kenji by the shoulders, gently turning himto the side so they’re facing each other. “What’s up?” he repeats.

Kenji is about to respond with another bratty remarkwhen he looks Kamasaki in the eyes. Concerned, brown-gray eyes look into hisown (Kenji always complains that he can never figure out his eye color, “I cannever write a romantic poem about you now” “Not like you would’ve anyway”).

“Kenji.”

He stays silent for a moment and finally, he opens hismouth.

“Never been quiet for so long, getting worried,”Kamasaki jokes.

Kenji tries to smile, but ends up choking. Kamasaki pullshim into a hug. “Kenji, you can tell me anything, you know that, right?”

“I’m scared,” he whispers. “I was scared when I lefthigh school, but I knew I’d have college and now that’s over—”

“And you’re fine,” Kamasaki points out. “You’re in agreat place, with your education and job settled.”

“That’s why I don’t know how I’m still so scared,”Kenji admits.

“Is it because your world is changing again?”

He considers that possibility and after a moment, nods.

Kamasaki brushes aside the tears about to fall fromhis lashes. “Futakuchi Kenji, you’re totally kickass and will be great atanything you do. You were a great captain, you’re a great student, you’re agreat boyfriend even if you’re a brat.”

Kenji chuckles at that last part. “Everything ischanging so fast,” he comments, pulling back slightly from their embrace. “I haven’tfelt this way since high school.”

“I remember you were scared I’d leave you,” Kamasakicomment, a small smile spreading across his lips at the memory. “I won’t lie,when I heard that I immediately thought ‘how stupid is this kid?’ Almost said itout loud too, then you sobbed harder.”

“Hey!” Kenji pouts, using the end of his tie to swatKamasaki. No, his face is not heatingup, thank you very much.

“I confessed two months earlier and you come to mecrying that we’re going to break up! ‘Yasushi, are you going to leave me?’ Thiswas a week after I told you I was going to stay in Miyagi for at least a yearworking my uncle’s shop part time and attending college.”

“Hey, no. I confessed! And I was not crying,” Kenjiadds with a huff.

“It was at the same time,” Kamasaki tries to appeal. “Butno, you totally cried.”

“Bullshit!”

“To which one?”

“Both!” Kenji retorts.

Kamasaki lets out a true laugh, shoulders lax withrelief now that he knows Kenji is back to normal. “We need to head out, we’regoing to be late.”

“Did you forget everything I previously said?” Kenjisays, deciding to keep his tie loose. Some things will never change.

Kamasaki shakes his head. “The longer we wait, theworse parking is going to be.”

“We could take the bus or train,” Kenji says. “Unlessyou want to show off how well you remodeled that old hunk of junk your car usedto be.”

“I bought it at a great price and fixed it up nicely,”Kamasaki insists. “Can’t I be nice to my boyfriend and give him a proper rideto his graduation?”

Kenji rests his chin on his curled hand, pretending toconsider the offer. “I suppose I’ll allow it.”

“You ass, come on.”

Kenji smiles. No matter how old he gets and whatevernew obstacles he’ll face, at least he’ll have Kamasaki.

Some things will never change.

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Of going out on a date night for some choice food. It’s an experience Mancha and Hill hope will bring back the look and vibe of bistro dining. Seating can be found inside or on the utterly charming back patio, which features an overgrown wall side, seating galore, potted plants and a neon heart bearing Johnelle’s and Brian’s initials. And for the more Les États-Unis-minded, you can get Temescal suds (like a PIlsner or Hazy) for no more than $10 a pop. Also of imbibing importance are the cocktails, like a gin or vodka cucumber gimlet ($15) or the Boulevardier with rye, Dubonnet and Campari.

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In addition to a full bar, the Rendez-Vous wine list is French focused, with offerings ranging from a Domaine de Givaudan côte de rhône ($13 glass, $52 bottle) to a simple Picpoul de Pinet “maison blanche” ($9 glass, $36 bottle). A highlight is his stonefruit mignonette, prepared with Kashiwase Farms peaches, for the miyagi oysters (three for $12, six for $24, and one dozen for $48). A selection of recent dishes include beet-cured halibut with pickled watermelon rind ($18), shrimp tartine with calabrian chiles and avocado ($18) or roasted cashews with rosé cherries and serval ($10). Both Hill and Mancha hired chef Nate Berrigan-Dunlop (an Oakland native who counts Pizzaiolo, Starline Social Club and many others on his resume) to create daily menus for the restaurant, which, like the sign on the facade, are all handwritten by Mancha. Credit: The Rendez-Vousīut the star attraction is, of course, the food. The beet-cured halibut at the Rendez-Vous. dating from the 1920s to the 1970s,” she said. “All of our glassware, plates, and silverware are an array I sourced from France and old diners here in the U.S. A casually elegant setting of decadent decay (think timeworn walls with some of its weathering left intact) mixed with a back bar of vintage-inspired brass (built by Hill) flanked by copper pendant lamps. Other resurrections gracing the Rendez-Vous include refinished bar stools and a circa-1800s street lamp fixture, the centerpiece of the bar, that Mancha brought back from the Dordogne region of France. Oakland ice cream maker spins nostalgic Mexican flavors into delicious dessert The murals were likely part of a speakeasy during the Prohibition era, Mancha said. (Another win for wallpaper’s unsung glory.) “Had they not ever been wallpapered over, they would have been lost forever,” Mancha said. A detail from inside the Rendez-Vous’s dining room. These artistic finds - inadvertently hidden away for decades, shielded from a paintbrush’s path - were seemingly waiting to be discovered in another era. And another, featuring a woman in a diaphanous skirt (and little else) sits above the full-service bar. One, a half-naked woman resting against a tree with her brunette locks cascading down her shoulders, sits near the entrance. “We started scraping the walls and we uncovered these old murals that were original to the building.”Īfter peeling away years of wallpaper, three full frescos, some of them delightfully risqué, and three partial murals revealed themselves. “A lot of happy accidents unveiled themselves while we designed the space,” Mancha said. While remodeling the space, the couple found the building’s history quietly hiding inside the walls. So the couple picked a spot next door to their studio, christening it the Rendez-Vous. “I told him, ‘Let’s build something beautiful, let’s do something that’s focused on my love of design and our love of travel,’” Mancha said. After a culinary-focused trip to a petit manor in France, her and her husband’s love of the food industry was reignited. She brings that same philosophy to her Martin Luther King Jr. Mancha, who grew up in Oakland not too far from her new joint, runs an interior design shop and firm, Mignonne Decor, which specializes in blending vintage and contemporary furnishings. The Rendez-Vous, helmed by husband-and-wife team Johnelle Mancha and Brian Hill, is the newest restaurant in Bushrod, and it juxtaposes found items with delicate contemporary French fare. Oh, and poulet liver flan crostini with pickled onions and cornichons. Dizzyingly mismatched tiles in the bathroom. Unearthed 1920s murals buried behind decades of wallpaper. Vintage chandeliers that once illuminated Rasputin Records on Telegraph Avenue. 5526 Martin Luther King Jr Way (at 56th Street), Oakland

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How to Create Your Core Story and Message

When it comes to marketing agency your business, it pays to have a good story. Storytelling has been around since the dawn of time, and a compelling story has the power to inspire readers, make them think, and motivate them to take action.

Creating a core story—one that speaks to the heart of what you do, who you are here to serve, and why—can guide all of your marketing agency messaging and empower you to connect with people all throughout the customer journey.

So how do you develop a powerful core story and message? Follow these steps.

Develop Client Personas

While your first impulse might be that your core story should be about you, that’s actually not the case. Instead, your client should be the hero of the story. By placing them at the center of your core story, you’re guaranteed to establish a message that resonates with them.

So writing a great core story starts with building your ideal client. To build your ideal client, you take a look at data you have on your existing clients (things like how much revenue they generate for your business, and whether or not they regularly refer you to others). From there, you will begin to see patterns emerge. Most of your best clients will have certain attributes, behaviors, and beliefs in common.

Once you’ve gleaned all you can from looking through the facts and figures internally, reach out to those clients who have emerged as your top sources of business. Conduct interviews, asking them about the things that matter most to them. Why do they love your business? What led them to pick you over the competition? What keeps them up at night? And how do you offer the perfect solution to those problems?

Armed with data and information straight from the source, you can now create your ideal client persona, or as we might call them for the sake of storytelling metaphors, your hero.

Define the Antagonist

Every great fairytale has a hero. But the story would go nowhere without a villain to challenge our beloved protagonist. Now that you understand who your ideal client, or hero, really is, it’s time to get specific about defining their problem.

Oftentimes, your hero isn’t entirely aware of the problem they have. They may be unaware of what the real problem is, or they might have difficulty identifying what it is that truly ails them. For example, let’s say you run a remodeling business. Your client might say that their problem is that they have an old, ugly, outdated kitchen. But in reality, their problem is that they don’t have a functional family gathering space.

They’re defining their problem in purely practical terms, but it’s really bigger than that. What you bring to the table with your remodeling services is the opportunity for a better life, by creating a kitchen where a family can relax, spend time together, and create memories.

When thinking about the antagonist in your story, it’s important to look beyond that surface-level pain point. Very frequently, what really plagues your hero at their core is something emotional, not practical.

Understand Your Role

When you’re thinking about how to market your business, it’s natural that your first impulse is to place yourself at the center of the story. But by now you know, your ideal client is the protagonist. So who are you?

You’re the wise mentor, helping your hero solve their problems and paving the way for them to succeed. We see this trope in literature and movies all the time—think: Atticus Finch, Gandalf, or Mr. Miyagi.

When you go to define your own role in your core story, it helps to think about what you bring to the table. How do you serve that role of guide or mentor in a way that’s different from everyone else, and why should your audience care?

Write the Core Story

Now that you have assembled all of the elements of a great fairytale—hero, villain, and wise mentor—it’s time to write your story. Start by establishing your hero at the center of your tale. Make it very clear who your ideal customer is and what they look like, so other similar prospects can recognize themselves in that hero right away.

Then introduce the villain. Make sure that they have a definite picture of what it is that really ails them, even if it’s something different from what they might initially assume is the crUX of their issue.

From there, establish yourself as the guide who has the know-how and tools to take your hero where they want to go. And wrap it up by showing what their life looks like once you solve their problem. Take them from the dark days of a problem-filled life to a sunny future where you’ve guided them out of the darkness and into the light.

The final step is to provide them with a call to action (or, as you might say in fairytale parlance, a challenge to succeed). Essentially, you must say, “You’ve seen the struggles you face and the opportunity that we present to help you get to a better place; are you ready to take this journey with us?”

Use the Core Story to Guide Your Messaging

Now that you’ve crafted your story from these key elements, this core story needs to guide all of your messaging going forth. The story can’t just exist in a vacuum, it must be deployed at each stage of the customer journey, to guide your hero forward to the solution that you offer.

Think about how your story has the power to influence your hero along their journey.

Know and Like: Think of this as the first few chapters in a book. You’re giving your audience the chance to meet all of the key players in the story. They get to identify themselves as the hero, see the villain that they’re up against, and first meet the mentor who might be able to help them make it through.

Trust and Try: Now that your hero knows what their problem is, you have the opportunity to serve up your solution. This is where you make the case for your expertise, proving you’re well-positioned to guide them through the clashes with their villainous problem.

Buy: Here, you provide them with step-by-step guidance to understanding the solution you offer. By providing a great onboarding process, how-to and tutorial materials, and customer support, you essentially become that mentor, sticking by their side as they face the trials and tribulations of their journey.

Repeat and Refer: By now, you’ve helped them through to the end of their individual journey, and if you’ve told your story well and delivered on your promises, they’ll feel comfortable returning to you again and bringing some friends with them.

Share That Message Everywhere

The final step in the development of your core story and message is to make sure that, once you know what it is, you share it far and wide. This starts on your website. Your homepage should clearly outline your core story, front and center. This should be a short, sweet, high-level view of the story. Think of it as the blurb on the back of a book—something that intrigues your viewers and encourages them to open up the cover and read more!

From there, you can create other content that’s grounded in your story and shared across other digital marketing agency channels. From social media to email marketing agency to video to podcasts, there’s always a way to incorporate your core story in all that you do.

When it comes to deciding where to tell your story, it makes sense to go back to your hero. Target the channels where you’re most likely to encounter that ideal client.

Creating a brand story is one of the most effective ways to connect on an emotional level with clients and prospects. When you center your story around their needs, problems, and wants, you cast yourself as the wise, sympathetic mentor who can help them move past the hurdles in their life and achieve great things.

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How to Create Your Core Story and Message

When it comes to marketing agency your business, it pays to have a good story. Storytelling has been around since the dawn of time, and a compelling story has the power to inspire readers, make them think, and motivate them to take action.

Creating a core story—one that speaks to the heart of what you do, who you are here to serve, and why—can guide all of your marketing agency messaging and empower you to connect with people all throughout the customer journey.

So how do you develop a powerful core story and message? Follow these steps.

Develop Client Personas

While your first impulse might be that your core story should be about you, that’s actually not the case. Instead, your client should be the hero of the story. By placing them at the center of your core story, you’re guaranteed to establish a message that resonates with them.

So writing a great core story starts with building your ideal client. To build your ideal client, you take a look at data you have on your existing clients (things like how much revenue they generate for your business, and whether or not they regularly refer you to others). From there, you will begin to see patterns emerge. Most of your best clients will have certain attributes, behaviors, and beliefs in common.

Once you’ve gleaned all you can from looking through the facts and figures internally, reach out to those clients who have emerged as your top sources of business. Conduct interviews, asking them about the things that matter most to them. Why do they love your business? What led them to pick you over the competition? What keeps them up at night? And how do you offer the perfect solution to those problems?

Armed with data and information straight from the source, you can now create your ideal client persona, or as we might call them for the sake of storytelling metaphors, your hero.

Define the Antagonist

Every great fairytale has a hero. But the story would go nowhere without a villain to challenge our beloved protagonist. Now that you understand who your ideal client, or hero, really is, it’s time to get specific about defining their problem.

Oftentimes, your hero isn’t entirely aware of the problem they have. They may be unaware of what the real problem is, or they might have difficulty identifying what it is that truly ails them. For example, let’s say you run a remodeling business. Your client might say that their problem is that they have an old, ugly, outdated kitchen. But in reality, their problem is that they don’t have a functional family gathering space.

They’re defining their problem in purely practical terms, but it’s really bigger than that. What you bring to the table with your remodeling services is the opportunity for a better life, by creating a kitchen where a family can relax, spend time together, and create memories.

When thinking about the antagonist in your story, it’s important to look beyond that surface-level pain point. Very frequently, what really plagues your hero at their core is something emotional, not practical.

Understand Your Role

When you’re thinking about how to market your business, it’s natural that your first impulse is to place yourself at the center of the story. But by now you know, your ideal client is the protagonist. So who are you?

You’re the wise mentor, helping your hero solve their problems and paving the way for them to succeed. We see this trope in literature and movies all the time—think: Atticus Finch, Gandalf, or Mr. Miyagi.

When you go to define your own role in your core story, it helps to think about what you bring to the table. How do you serve that role of guide or mentor in a way that’s different from everyone else, and why should your audience care?

Write the Core Story

Now that you have assembled all of the elements of a great fairytale—hero, villain, and wise mentor—it’s time to write your story. Start by establishing your hero at the center of your tale. Make it very clear who your ideal customer is and what they look like, so other similar prospects can recognize themselves in that hero right away.

Then introduce the villain. Make sure that they have a definite picture of what it is that really ails them, even if it’s something different from what they might initially assume is the crUX of their issue.

From there, establish yourself as the guide who has the know-how and tools to take your hero where they want to go. And wrap it up by showing what their life looks like once you solve their problem. Take them from the dark days of a problem-filled life to a sunny future where you’ve guided them out of the darkness and into the light.

The final step is to provide them with a call to action (or, as you might say in fairytale parlance, a challenge to succeed). Essentially, you must say, “You’ve seen the struggles you face and the opportunity that we present to help you get to a better place; are you ready to take this journey with us?”

Use the Core Story to Guide Your Messaging

Now that you’ve crafted your story from these key elements, this core story needs to guide all of your messaging going forth. The story can’t just exist in a vacuum, it must be deployed at each stage of the customer journey, to guide your hero forward to the solution that you offer.

Think about how your story has the power to influence your hero along their journey.

Know and Like: Think of this as the first few chapters in a book. You’re giving your audience the chance to meet all of the key players in the story. They get to identify themselves as the hero, see the villain that they’re up against, and first meet the mentor who might be able to help them make it through.

Trust and Try: Now that your hero knows what their problem is, you have the opportunity to serve up your solution. This is where you make the case for your expertise, proving you’re well-positioned to guide them through the clashes with their villainous problem.

Buy: Here, you provide them with step-by-step guidance to understanding the solution you offer. By providing a great onboarding process, how-to and tutorial materials, and customer support, you essentially become that mentor, sticking by their side as they face the trials and tribulations of their journey.

Repeat and Refer: By now, you’ve helped them through to the end of their individual journey, and if you’ve told your story well and delivered on your promises, they’ll feel comfortable returning to you again and bringing some friends with them.

Share That Message Everywhere

The final step in the development of your core story and message is to make sure that, once you know what it is, you share it far and wide. This starts on your website. Your homepage should clearly outline your core story, front and center. This should be a short, sweet, high-level view of the story. Think of it as the blurb on the back of a book—something that intrigues your viewers and encourages them to open up the cover and read more!

From there, you can create other content that’s grounded in your story and shared across other digital marketing agency channels. From social media to email marketing agency to video to podcasts, there’s always a way to incorporate your core story in all that you do.

When it comes to deciding where to tell your story, it makes sense to go back to your hero. Target the channels where you’re most likely to encounter that ideal client.

Creating a brand story is one of the most effective ways to connect on an emotional level with clients and prospects. When you center your story around their needs, problems, and wants, you cast yourself as the wise, sympathetic mentor who can help them move past the hurdles in their life and achieve great things.

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How to Create Your Core Story and Message

When it comes to marketing agency your business, it pays to have a good story. Storytelling has been around since the dawn of time, and a compelling story has the power to inspire readers, make them think, and motivate them to take action.

Creating a core story—one that speaks to the heart of what you do, who you are here to serve, and why—can guide all of your marketing agency messaging and empower you to connect with people all throughout the customer journey.

So how do you develop a powerful core story and message? Follow these steps.

Develop Client Personas

While your first impulse might be that your core story should be about you, that’s actually not the case. Instead, your client should be the hero of the story. By placing them at the center of your core story, you’re guaranteed to establish a message that resonates with them.

So writing a great core story starts with building your ideal client. To build your ideal client, you take a look at data you have on your existing clients (things like how much revenue they generate for your business, and whether or not they regularly refer you to others). From there, you will begin to see patterns emerge. Most of your best clients will have certain attributes, behaviors, and beliefs in common.

Once you’ve gleaned all you can from looking through the facts and figures internally, reach out to those clients who have emerged as your top sources of business. Conduct interviews, asking them about the things that matter most to them. Why do they love your business? What led them to pick you over the competition? What keeps them up at night? And how do you offer the perfect solution to those problems?

Armed with data and information straight from the source, you can now create your ideal client persona, or as we might call them for the sake of storytelling metaphors, your hero.

Define the Antagonist

Every great fairytale has a hero. But the story would go nowhere without a villain to challenge our beloved protagonist. Now that you understand who your ideal client, or hero, really is, it’s time to get specific about defining their problem.

Oftentimes, your hero isn’t entirely aware of the problem they have. They may be unaware of what the real problem is, or they might have difficulty identifying what it is that truly ails them. For example, let’s say you run a remodeling business. Your client might say that their problem is that they have an old, ugly, outdated kitchen. But in reality, their problem is that they don’t have a functional family gathering space.

They’re defining their problem in purely practical terms, but it’s really bigger than that. What you bring to the table with your remodeling services is the opportunity for a better life, by creating a kitchen where a family can relax, spend time together, and create memories.

When thinking about the antagonist in your story, it’s important to look beyond that surface-level pain point. Very frequently, what really plagues your hero at their core is something emotional, not practical.

Understand Your Role

When you’re thinking about how to market your business, it’s natural that your first impulse is to place yourself at the center of the story. But by now you know, your ideal client is the protagonist. So who are you?

You’re the wise mentor, helping your hero solve their problems and paving the way for them to succeed. We see this trope in literature and movies all the time—think: Atticus Finch, Gandalf, or Mr. Miyagi.

When you go to define your own role in your core story, it helps to think about what you bring to the table. How do you serve that role of guide or mentor in a way that’s different from everyone else, and why should your audience care?

Write the Core Story

Now that you have assembled all of the elements of a great fairytale—hero, villain, and wise mentor—it’s time to write your story. Start by establishing your hero at the center of your tale. Make it very clear who your ideal customer is and what they look like, so other similar prospects can recognize themselves in that hero right away.

Then introduce the villain. Make sure that they have a definite picture of what it is that really ails them, even if it’s something different from what they might initially assume is the crUX of their issue.

From there, establish yourself as the guide who has the know-how and tools to take your hero where they want to go. And wrap it up by showing what their life looks like once you solve their problem. Take them from the dark days of a problem-filled life to a sunny future where you’ve guided them out of the darkness and into the light.

The final step is to provide them with a call to action (or, as you might say in fairytale parlance, a challenge to succeed). Essentially, you must say, “You’ve seen the struggles you face and the opportunity that we present to help you get to a better place; are you ready to take this journey with us?”

Use the Core Story to Guide Your Messaging

Now that you’ve crafted your story from these key elements, this core story needs to guide all of your messaging going forth. The story can’t just exist in a vacuum, it must be deployed at each stage of the customer journey, to guide your hero forward to the solution that you offer.

Think about how your story has the power to influence your hero along their journey.

Know and Like: Think of this as the first few chapters in a book. You’re giving your audience the chance to meet all of the key players in the story. They get to identify themselves as the hero, see the villain that they’re up against, and first meet the mentor who might be able to help them make it through.

Trust and Try: Now that your hero knows what their problem is, you have the opportunity to serve up your solution. This is where you make the case for your expertise, proving you’re well-positioned to guide them through the clashes with their villainous problem.

Buy: Here, you provide them with step-by-step guidance to understanding the solution you offer. By providing a great onboarding process, how-to and tutorial materials, and customer support, you essentially become that mentor, sticking by their side as they face the trials and tribulations of their journey.

Repeat and Refer: By now, you’ve helped them through to the end of their individual journey, and if you’ve told your story well and delivered on your promises, they’ll feel comfortable returning to you again and bringing some friends with them.

Share That Message Everywhere

The final step in the development of your core story and message is to make sure that, once you know what it is, you share it far and wide. This starts on your website. Your homepage should clearly outline your core story, front and center. This should be a short, sweet, high-level view of the story. Think of it as the blurb on the back of a book—something that intrigues your viewers and encourages them to open up the cover and read more!

From there, you can create other content that’s grounded in your story and shared across other digital marketing agency channels. From social media to email marketing agency to video to podcasts, there’s always a way to incorporate your core story in all that you do.

When it comes to deciding where to tell your story, it makes sense to go back to your hero. Target the channels where you’re most likely to encounter that ideal client.

Creating a brand story is one of the most effective ways to connect on an emotional level with clients and prospects. When you center your story around their needs, problems, and wants, you cast yourself as the wise, sympathetic mentor who can help them move past the hurdles in their life and achieve great things.

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How to Create Your Core Story and Message

When it comes to marketing agency your business, it pays to have a good story. Storytelling has been around since the dawn of time, and a compelling story has the power to inspire readers, make them think, and motivate them to take action.

Creating a core story—one that speaks to the heart of what you do, who you are here to serve, and why—can guide all of your marketing agency messaging and empower you to connect with people all throughout the customer journey.

So how do you develop a powerful core story and message? Follow these steps.

Develop Client Personas

While your first impulse might be that your core story should be about you, that’s actually not the case. Instead, your client should be the hero of the story. By placing them at the center of your core story, you’re guaranteed to establish a message that resonates with them.

So writing a great core story starts with building your ideal client. To build your ideal client, you take a look at data you have on your existing clients (things like how much revenue they generate for your business, and whether or not they regularly refer you to others). From there, you will begin to see patterns emerge. Most of your best clients will have certain attributes, behaviors, and beliefs in common.

Once you’ve gleaned all you can from looking through the facts and figures internally, reach out to those clients who have emerged as your top sources of business. Conduct interviews, asking them about the things that matter most to them. Why do they love your business? What led them to pick you over the competition? What keeps them up at night? And how do you offer the perfect solution to those problems?

Armed with data and information straight from the source, you can now create your ideal client persona, or as we might call them for the sake of storytelling metaphors, your hero.

Define the Antagonist

Every great fairytale has a hero. But the story would go nowhere without a villain to challenge our beloved protagonist. Now that you understand who your ideal client, or hero, really is, it’s time to get specific about defining their problem.

Oftentimes, your hero isn’t entirely aware of the problem they have. They may be unaware of what the real problem is, or they might have difficulty identifying what it is that truly ails them. For example, let’s say you run a remodeling business. Your client might say that their problem is that they have an old, ugly, outdated kitchen. But in reality, their problem is that they don’t have a functional family gathering space.

They’re defining their problem in purely practical terms, but it’s really bigger than that. What you bring to the table with your remodeling services is the opportunity for a better life, by creating a kitchen where a family can relax, spend time together, and create memories.

When thinking about the antagonist in your story, it’s important to look beyond that surface-level pain point. Very frequently, what really plagues your hero at their core is something emotional, not practical.

Understand Your Role

When you’re thinking about how to market your business, it’s natural that your first impulse is to place yourself at the center of the story. But by now you know, your ideal client is the protagonist. So who are you?

You’re the wise mentor, helping your hero solve their problems and paving the way for them to succeed. We see this trope in literature and movies all the time—think: Atticus Finch, Gandalf, or Mr. Miyagi.

When you go to define your own role in your core story, it helps to think about what you bring to the table. How do you serve that role of guide or mentor in a way that’s different from everyone else, and why should your audience care?

Write the Core Story

Now that you have assembled all of the elements of a great fairytale—hero, villain, and wise mentor—it’s time to write your story. Start by establishing your hero at the center of your tale. Make it very clear who your ideal customer is and what they look like, so other similar prospects can recognize themselves in that hero right away.

Then introduce the villain. Make sure that they have a definite picture of what it is that really ails them, even if it’s something different from what they might initially assume is the crUX of their issue.

From there, establish yourself as the guide who has the know-how and tools to take your hero where they want to go. And wrap it up by showing what their life looks like once you solve their problem. Take them from the dark days of a problem-filled life to a sunny future where you’ve guided them out of the darkness and into the light.

The final step is to provide them with a call to action (or, as you might say in fairytale parlance, a challenge to succeed). Essentially, you must say, “You’ve seen the struggles you face and the opportunity that we present to help you get to a better place; are you ready to take this journey with us?”

Use the Core Story to Guide Your Messaging

Now that you’ve crafted your story from these key elements, this core story needs to guide all of your messaging going forth. The story can’t just exist in a vacuum, it must be deployed at each stage of the customer journey, to guide your hero forward to the solution that you offer.

Think about how your story has the power to influence your hero along their journey.

Know and Like: Think of this as the first few chapters in a book. You’re giving your audience the chance to meet all of the key players in the story. They get to identify themselves as the hero, see the villain that they’re up against, and first meet the mentor who might be able to help them make it through.

Trust and Try: Now that your hero knows what their problem is, you have the opportunity to serve up your solution. This is where you make the case for your expertise, proving you’re well-positioned to guide them through the clashes with their villainous problem.

Buy: Here, you provide them with step-by-step guidance to understanding the solution you offer. By providing a great onboarding process, how-to and tutorial materials, and customer support, you essentially become that mentor, sticking by their side as they face the trials and tribulations of their journey.

Repeat and Refer: By now, you’ve helped them through to the end of their individual journey, and if you’ve told your story well and delivered on your promises, they’ll feel comfortable returning to you again and bringing some friends with them.

Share That Message Everywhere

The final step in the development of your core story and message is to make sure that, once you know what it is, you share it far and wide. This starts on your website. Your homepage should clearly outline your core story, front and center. This should be a short, sweet, high-level view of the story. Think of it as the blurb on the back of a book—something that intrigues your viewers and encourages them to open up the cover and read more!

From there, you can create other content that’s grounded in your story and shared across other digital marketing agency channels. From social media to email marketing agency to video to podcasts, there’s always a way to incorporate your core story in all that you do.

When it comes to deciding where to tell your story, it makes sense to go back to your hero. Target the channels where you’re most likely to encounter that ideal client.

Creating a brand story is one of the most effective ways to connect on an emotional level with clients and prospects. When you center your story around their needs, problems, and wants, you cast yourself as the wise, sympathetic mentor who can help them move past the hurdles in their life and achieve great things.

Free eBook  7 Steps to Scale Your Consulting Practice Without Adding Overhead

“This training from Duct Tape marketing agency has exceeded my expectations and I couldn’t be happier” ~ Brooke Patterson, VanderMedia

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How to Create Your Core Story and Message

How to Create Your Core Story and Message written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing

When it comes to marketing your business, it pays to have a good story. Storytelling has been around since the dawn of time, and a compelling story has the power to inspire readers, make them think, and motivate them to take action.

Creating a core story—one that speaks to the heart of what you do, who you are here to serve, and why—can guide all of your marketing messaging and empower you to connect with people all throughout the customer journey.

So how do you develop a powerful core story and message? Follow these steps.

Develop Client Personas

While your first impulse might be that your core story should be about you, that’s actually not the case. Instead, your client should be the hero of the story. By placing them at the center of your core story, you’re guaranteed to establish a message that resonates with them.

So writing a great core story starts with building your ideal client. To build your ideal client, you take a look at data you have on your existing clients (things like how much revenue they generate for your business, and whether or not they regularly refer you to others). From there, you will begin to see patterns emerge. Most of your best clients will have certain attributes, behaviors, and beliefs in common.

Once you’ve gleaned all you can from looking through the facts and figures internally, reach out to those clients who have emerged as your top sources of business. Conduct interviews, asking them about the things that matter most to them. Why do they love your business? What led them to pick you over the competition? What keeps them up at night? And how do you offer the perfect solution to those problems?

Armed with data and information straight from the source, you can now create your ideal client persona, or as we might call them for the sake of storytelling metaphors, your hero.

Define the Antagonist

Every great fairytale has a hero. But the story would go nowhere without a villain to challenge our beloved protagonist. Now that you understand who your ideal client, or hero, really is, it’s time to get specific about defining their problem.

Oftentimes, your hero isn’t entirely aware of the problem they have. They may be unaware of what the real problem is, or they might have difficulty identifying what it is that truly ails them. For example, let’s say you run a remodeling business. Your client might say that their problem is that they have an old, ugly, outdated kitchen. But in reality, their problem is that they don’t have a functional family gathering space.

They’re defining their problem in purely practical terms, but it’s really bigger than that. What you bring to the table with your remodeling services is the opportunity for a better life, by creating a kitchen where a family can relax, spend time together, and create memories.

When thinking about the antagonist in your story, it’s important to look beyond that surface-level pain point. Very frequently, what really plagues your hero at their core is something emotional, not practical.

Understand Your Role

When you’re thinking about how to market your business, it’s natural that your first impulse is to place yourself at the center of the story. But by now you know, your ideal client is the protagonist. So who are you?

You’re the wise mentor, helping your hero solve their problems and paving the way for them to succeed. We see this trope in literature and movies all the time—think: Atticus Finch, Gandalf, or Mr. Miyagi.

When you go to define your own role in your core story, it helps to think about what you bring to the table. How do you serve that role of guide or mentor in a way that’s different from everyone else, and why should your audience care?

Write the Core Story

Now that you have assembled all of the elements of a great fairytale—hero, villain, and wise mentor—it’s time to write your story. Start by establishing your hero at the center of your tale. Make it very clear who your ideal customer is and what they look like, so other similar prospects can recognize themselves in that hero right away.

Then introduce the villain. Make sure that they have a definite picture of what it is that really ails them, even if it’s something different from what they might initially assume is the crux of their issue.

From there, establish yourself as the guide who has the know-how and tools to take your hero where they want to go. And wrap it up by showing what their life looks like once you solve their problem. Take them from the dark days of a problem-filled life to a sunny future where you’ve guided them out of the darkness and into the light.

The final step is to provide them with a call to action (or, as you might say in fairytale parlance, a challenge to succeed). Essentially, you must say, “You’ve seen the struggles you face and the opportunity that we present to help you get to a better place; are you ready to take this journey with us?”

Use the Core Story to Guide Your Messaging

Now that you’ve crafted your story from these key elements, this core story needs to guide all of your messaging going forth. The story can’t just exist in a vacuum, it must be deployed at each stage of the customer journey, to guide your hero forward to the solution that you offer.

Think about how your story has the power to influence your hero along their journey.

Know and Like: Think of this as the first few chapters in a book. You’re giving your audience the chance to meet all of the key players in the story. They get to identify themselves as the hero, see the villain that they’re up against, and first meet the mentor who might be able to help them make it through.

Trust and Try: Now that your hero knows what their problem is, you have the opportunity to serve up your solution. This is where you make the case for your expertise, proving you’re well-positioned to guide them through the clashes with their villainous problem.

Buy: Here, you provide them with step-by-step guidance to understanding the solution you offer. By providing a great onboarding process, how-to and tutorial materials, and customer support, you essentially become that mentor, sticking by their side as they face the trials and tribulations of their journey.

Repeat and Refer: By now, you’ve helped them through to the end of their individual journey, and if you’ve told your story well and delivered on your promises, they’ll feel comfortable returning to you again and bringing some friends with them.

Share That Message Everywhere

The final step in the development of your core story and message is to make sure that, once you know what it is, you share it far and wide. This starts on your website. Your homepage should clearly outline your core story, front and center. This should be a short, sweet, high-level view of the story. Think of it as the blurb on the back of a book—something that intrigues your viewers and encourages them to open up the cover and read more!

From there, you can create other content that’s grounded in your story and shared across other digital marketing channels. From social media to email marketing to video to podcasts, there’s always a way to incorporate your core story in all that you do.

When it comes to deciding where to tell your story, it makes sense to go back to your hero. Target the channels where you’re most likely to encounter that ideal client.

Creating a brand story is one of the most effective ways to connect on an emotional level with clients and prospects. When you center your story around their needs, problems, and wants, you cast yourself as the wise, sympathetic mentor who can help them move past the hurdles in their life and achieve great things.

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