Bible verses on marketing for marketers

Marketing is very important for a business to achieve success. But not all marketers accomplish it. With all the high and stiff competition, businesses struggle to stand out among others. Other companies resort in unethical and unfair schemes just to win the competition. But eventually find themselves in great loss and failure. As the world grows into a gigantic marketplace, every business owner is trapped inside the tricky market competition. Nevertheless, any entrepreneur can be different and become successful in this matter. The following are verses from the Holy Scriptures that will teach us how to do the marketing in a divine way.

Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you want people to do for you, do the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

Commentary:
If you want your customers to give you what you want from them (revenues or sales), then you should give to them what they want from you (reasonable price, satisfaction and customer care). Do you want your customers to stay with you always? Read more

Pay your taxes, honor the law

Tax is known to be a burden to every taxpayer. If you earn an income, whether from business or employment, you generally need to pay an income tax. If you do business, whether you gain or loss, you are normally required to remit business taxes. Taxes can be local or can be national. Income tax and business taxes (e.g., value added tax, percentage tax and excise tax) are examples of national taxes imposed on taxpayers. On the other hand, local taxes include permits, licenses and other taxes imposed by local government units. Thus, taxes may initially give unfavorable impressions and impact in our daily lives. But why our government imposed such burdens?

Taxation has four main purposes – revenue, redistribution, repricing and representation. Read more

It is more blessed to give than to receive – Acts 20:35

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” – Acts 20:35

Who do not want to be blessed? Of course most of us want to receive more blessings from above. For me, I want to receive blessings in the forms of business success, financial growth and economic stability. With that wish, I strived so much to attain such business and financial success. I tried everything to save money for myself to invest them totally on my online business ventures. This became a focus that almost caused me to forget the art of sharing and giving. Actually, I just realized that not all the fortunes and wealth that arrive right before our hands are actually for us. They may be really not for us Read more