Inspiring Growth Podcast
Inspiring stories of struggle leading to growth.
Join Mark and Alyssa as they chat with folks who have made an important discovery and decision.
Everyone has a history.
What you do with it is up to you.
Some repeat it. Some learn from it.
Mark's guests have become some of the special ones who use their history to guide others toward growth.
Special guests to include Ron Hall (Same Kind of Different as Me), Wm. Paul Young (The Shack), Amberly Neese (speaker, author, humorist, encourager), Jason Pamer (The Heart of Man), and many more.
The Deer Have Guns.
How Online Reviews Can Kill Your Business or Give You Life
by Mark P. Fisher
In the old days of marketing, companies, like hunters, had ALL the weapons to shape consumer opinion. Not anymore. Now, the deer have guns.
Consumers can make or break your reputation and bottomline. Think about the last thing you bought online.
- Did you read any reviews?
- Did the star rating influence you?
If your company online ratings fall below 4.0, guess what percentage of people will buy from you?
Get a FREE Report of Your Company's Online Reputation.
If your company online rating is 3.9 or below, only...
Who's Talking About Growth
“Mark draws people into the future by the vision he casts…” - Bob Wood, CEO
{+} "Sandy Cove grew amazingly under Mark's 8-year leadership." - Tom Boyer, President IR Tools
{+} "Mark is like the person in a lighthouse. He sees the bigger picture of leadership while inspiring both personal and organizational growth. For us a 61% increase in revenues in 2016." - Greg Mengarelli, President.
{+} “Mark is creative, innovative and passionate …” - Gregg Hunter, President
{+} "Mark is a proven leader who truly cares for others and achieves tangible results through his own efforts and those he leads.” - Todd Metzler, DuPont Corporate Finance
{+} "Mark doubled our return at a news/talk radio station in Washington DC. - Rogers Kirven, Co-Owner
Who's Growing?
Entertainment, Corporate, Hospitality and Causes...
Entertainment Industry
Mark just completed a successful national campaign to promote Paramount Pictures movie, Same Kind of Different as Me. Based on the New York Times bestseller by the same name, it is the true story of a broken marriage that rediscovered love, trust and forgiveness by serving those experiencing homelessness.
Mark (and his team) oversaw red-carpet events in 127 cities, on 394 screens totalling 78,153 pre-sold tickets.
Corporate Clients
Mark has consulted for 139 different for-profit and non-profit organizations. In addition, he has provided market research (code for part of a team who gives feedback on advertising strategies prior to launching) for AT&T, Nissan, Red Lobster, Nestle, Speedstick, Office Depot and recently for Citi's Olympic ads featuring Gabby Douglas.
Senior Advisor and Booking Agent - Ron Hall
Not only did Ron write the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me and movie screen play - he lived it!
Ron has helped raise $97 million for agencies who serve those experiencing homelessness.
Invite Ron to to do the same by inspiring growth with your donors.
Contact Mark to schedule Ron Hall.
Photo - left to right:
Mark P. Fisher, Ron Hall, Djimon Hounsou, and Greg Kinnear, at the Union Gospel Rescue Mission in Fort Worth TX where the story took place.
Social Clients
As a Social Entrepreneur, Mark cares deeply about various causes.
- Same Kind of Different as Me Foundation - Restoring the lives of the homeless, hungry, abused and hurting.
- Water4 - empowers local entrepreneurs to bring clean water to their own communities
- ECFA - Evangelical Counsel for Financial Accountability
- AGRM - Association of Gospel Rescue Missions
- UCYC - United Christian Youth Camp
- ACCC - Angeles Crest Christian Camp
- The Journey - Real Church for Real People
Growth Happens in Stages
You choose: ala-carte or full engagement.
STAGES OF GROWTH X-RAY
Determine your company’s current stage of growth.
By critically assessing a company’s past, present and future, the CEO gets focused on the right things at the right time. Identify the hidden agents—defined as 27 Challenges—that are impacting a company’s ability to grow, and develop a plan to solve those issues. Mark with guide you.
Marketing without a Marketing Director™
Mark literally wrote the manual.
If you can't afford a seasoned, full-time sales and marketing professional, or don't want to hire and train a newbie, Mark will serve as your Sales and Marketing Director to increase your revenues. He brings a team of specialists to focus on your challenges. Web and graphic designers, Killer sales copywriters, SEO and Google adword specialist, and direct sales professionals all for less than half of what you would pay for one full-time, benefited employee. Available in 6 and 12 month engagements.
BRAND ASSESSMENT
"A brand is what other say about you when you are not in the room." Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.
Brands make a promise. What promise are you making?
Mark looks under the hood. He seeks to find under-utilized or new opportunities for increased revenues. He assesses your brand, sales and marketing strategies. Then, Mark not only maps out a path toward greater GROWTH, but he works weekly with you and your team to make it actually happen.
EXECUTIVE GROWTH COACHING
Examines Behaviors, Motivators, and Emotional Quotient (EQ)
Behaviors individuals bring to the job, the motivators that drive them, and an understanding of their own emotional intelligence can create GROWTH. This report blends all three sciences together in an integrated section that will illustrate the impact Emotional Intelligence has on core behavioral styles as well as the top two motivators.
Start with your FREE leadership Growth report. CLICK HERE
"We are on a mission to inspire growth
with leaders and their brands."
- Mark P. Fisher
Mark P.
Fisher
Chief Encourager
Mark is a growth specialist.
He led from the CEO chair for eight years before a major life-change launched his quest to inspire growth in others. Insatiably curious and a life-long learner, Mark has a knack for knowing the great questions that lead to growth. One of his writings was featured at Leading With Questions.
He has led teams who have transformed wandering organizations into fun, focused, financially healthy and innovative cultures with 99% customer satisfaction. See a few results.
Recently featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Mark is a social entrepreneur, marketing strategist, executive mentor, booking agent, speaker, copywriter, storyteller and amateur travel writer and senior contributor with TripAdvisor.
Mark is also the founder of PaineFisher Marketing LLC and author of self-published Marketing without a Marketing Director, Marketing Instincts, Vowels of Leadership and contributor to the New York Times best seller sequel: The Shack: Reflections for Every Day of the Year. In addition, he has spoken for hundreds of small and large venues including a fan thrill - pre-game chapel for the Washington Redskins.
Mark is married to Lori, his 30-year partner in building an amazing family with three married adult children, another in college, one in high school and two sweet granddaughters who calls him Papa.
Chelsea
Claiser
Executive Knower
Chelsea makes things happen.
Whether it's finding creative ways to help Mark be 10x more productive or inspiring growth with our clients, Chelsea makes it happen.
And she does it with a flair for creativity, color, learning and laughter.
Chelsea hosts a yoga television show called Breath of Life and writes a blog called Wonderfully Weird Strangely Perfect.
She has worked in a wide range of interesting occupations including teaching underprivileged youth, nannying in Uganda, and performing on professional stages across the country.
Chelsea’s quirky personality helps her keep up with the best of them. She loves the human experience and doesn’t know a stranger. Everyone she meets is chosen, worthy, and loved.
Her favorite past-times include: making lists, checking off boxes, organizing, and playing her ukulele.
Brian
Tippitt
Branding Guru
Brian creates inspiring images, designs, logos and fun.
As Founder and Creative Director of his own firm, Brian has been pulling stunning designs out of thin air for 21 years with Mark and his clients.
His beautifully crafted designs communicates your brand and engages your audience.
Whether it's a new logo, direct mail materials or a super responsive website, Brian's brilliance gets noticed.
Jeni
Majors
Visual Storyteller
Jeni Majors takes ordinary images and ideas and makes them extraordinary.
As CEO of Jeni Majors Designs Studio, Jeni specializes in graphics and brand revision, image re-creation, logo reimagining, and creative revolutionizing.
She has worked with Mark for over three years and enjoys helping clients envision, strategize, and meet their potential through graphic artistry and idea exploration. She loves maximizing the effectiveness of her clients’ websites, print graphics, and online presence.
Jeni has a huge laugh, but her desire to serve others through visuals, fun, and creativity is even more powerful!
Taco
Hornbaker
Drone Magician
Taco Hornbaker creates stunning and impactful movies.
How?
He learns your brand inside and out. He then zeros in on the compelling stories you portray within your project or brand. Taco then crafts an aerial strategies to build your movie to grow your business.
He expertly utilizes high-definition, aerial videography leveraging a host of tools to tell your story.
Whether you are selling a premiere ranch, showcasing your winery, planning a commercial building, producing a film or commercial, or setting out on the journey of your lifetime, we have full-service production capabilities and a top-flight crew with expertise in piloting, cinematography, and editing, give extraordinary dimension to our work – and your project!
See recent :90 second epic cinematic client movie.
Shanna Cronin
Social Scholar
Shanna turns the volume up on social media.
Braving the mostly uncharted terrain of social media marketing, Shanna gladly accepts the challenge to nurture and grow your social media accounts through innovative techniques and brand loyal tactics... and a few trending topics for good measure.
Her love language is in gifs and she has four pen-pals. Shanna's personal goals include: uplifting everyone in sight, learning how to cook, and petting more dogs.
Bucket List: Attend the Disney Institute
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