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Dear Mesa, AZ — “Who you are” defines everything you do. You’re not a realtor, cleaner, restaurant owner or even a business person. You are a valuable contributor and citizen of the community. The world needs your knowledge and experience, but it must first find you.

This is where this blog comes in. With the use of the latest technology news, social media, Internet marketing tips, your business can stand out from the masses by differentiating from all others.

Your audience, customers and the market needs you and your service. But today, people are too busy to care if you only operate an average business. Let’s build a business that lasts, develops a presence online and offline that so that everyone in Mesa will know who you are.

I decided to write this blog after having read Seth Godin's Purple Cow. The book was about how to make an organization grow remarkably.

I asked myself "What can I give to the world?" After some thought, I realized my knowledge on small business marketing promotion, technology and social media could help others. Most people I meet in Mesa have no idea how useful Social Media can be. Most people think it's something their kids use to socialize with their friends.  I beg to differ and write helpful tips throughout this blog to change such mindset.

More importantly, I'll raise questions that challenge the conventional wisdom –  Questions that will provoke you into challenging your (sometimes overly rational) thinking. What if? How about that? What about this? Do you really? Asking hard questions will help your organization become better, innovative, agile and ahead of others.

So here I am, blogging away, sharing ideas, tactics and strategies on how to help your organization grow. I believe that the more the local businesses are found online, the better economy Mesa. will experience.

You'll see the majority of my posts will focus on Internet technology, social media, organizational branding.

About Takuya Hikichi – Short Bio

My name is Takuya Hikichi. My family and friends call me Tak (taak) for short.  As you can tell by my name, I am originally from Japan and happily married to my American wife, Lynn (she is half Caucasian/Chinese and cute, of course).

I have two children, Kai and Reina (one boy and one girl, how lucky am I?). A graduate of Brigham Young-Hawaii (yes, Mormon) and currently back in school as a full-time graduate student/dad/university  administrator/entrepreneur.

Extended Bio (for those who care to read)

I was born and raised in Japan for the first 16 years of my life. When I was in high school, I spent all 3 years outside Japan where I learned English at (almost) native proficiency.

I then lived in Los Angeles, CA for two year LDS mission.  I returned and moved to Hawaii in 1998 to attend BYU-Hawaii.

As soon as I graduated from college, I met my wife Lynn. We were married in Hawaii and spent the next two years till we moved to the mainland and to Las Vegas.

We then spent the next four years in Vegas where both our children were born. In October 2008, we moved to Las Sendas area of Mesa, AZ.

Here I am, liking the city a lot and want to give back to the community.

Twitter @Takuya_Hikichi