【Free Webinar on Aug 9 10:30 & Aug 13 22:00】Why Aren't SMEs Chosen by Large Enterprises? Reveal the Enterprise Conquest Strategy with 'Referral Sales × Narrative Strategy'!

KOBUSHI MARKETING LLC (Shibuya, Tokyo; Representative: Yosuke Inoue) has announced the upcoming online seminar in collaboration with Nobuo Sakai, CEO of Smart Social. Scheduled for August 9, 2026 (Sun) from 10:30 to 11:00 and August 13 (Thu) from 22:00 to 22:30, the seminar will focus on practical approaches to winning enterprise clients through trust design, referral design, and narrative (storytelling).

Practical Approach to Winning Enterprise Clients / The Power of Trust Design × Referral Design × Narrative

Practical Approach to Winning Enterprise Clients — The Power of Trust Design × Referral Design × Narrative / Yosuke Inoue (Representative, KOBUSHI MARKETING) × Nobuo Sakai (Representative, Smart Social)

<Details and Registration via URLs Below>

• August 9 (Sun) 10:30–11:00

https://peatix.com/event/5061977

• August 13 (Thu) 22:00–22:30

https://peatix.com/event/5061982

4 Steps to Build Trust and Accelerate Business Growth in the Second Half

The seminar will confront the harsh reality of enterprise sales, where decisions are often influenced more by “who made the introduction” than by performance alone. It will reveal the essence of being “someone worth referring” — a crucial advantage for startups and SMEs. Positioned as a “two-day skill upgrade during the Obon holiday,” the session will avoid superficial sales pitches and instead provide highly reproducible methods to cultivate an “atmosphere and unique narrative” that compels advisors and key decision-makers to passionately recommend you to others. Attendees will learn four concrete, actionable steps to build trust — including how to articulate strengths so clearly that they can be conveyed in a single sentence, even in casual settings like a bar. Participants will also discover how to move beyond aggressive sales tactics and become the kind of person who is naturally “invited” into exclusive, high-value meetings. This 30-minute session will deliver a complete blueprint for accelerating enterprise business growth in the second half of the year, overcoming the typical summer slowdown.

Event Details

Date and Registration Page

Please register for tickets via Peatix.

• August 9, 2026 (Sun) 10:30–11:00

https://peatix.com/event/5061977

• August 13, 2026 (Thu) 22:00–22:30

https://peatix.com/event/5061982

Participation Fee

Free

Format

Online

Target Audience • Marketing professionals • Aspiring marketers • Engineers • Business leaders • Executives • New business developers • Job seekers

Speaker Introductions

Nobuo Sakai, CEO and Representative Director, Smart Social Inc.

Nobuo Sakai, CEO and Representative Director, Smart Social Inc. Born in Niigata Prefecture. Graduated from Nagaoka National College of Technology. At Recruit, he held various roles including ICT service sales, student recruitment advertising, and media marketing. In each role, he co-launched new services with engineers. After working at ORIX Group and CyberD, he became independent and founded Smart Social. Having experienced firsthand how systems and engineers contribute to business growth, and also witnessing development projects fail due to underutilized engineering talent, he developed the concept of “No-Fail System Development.” The company now supports large enterprises in maximizing system use for service and business innovation. Sakai strongly believes that “No-Fail System Development” significantly contributes to clients’ business growth.

※ Examples of projects developed using our “No-Fail System Development” expertise: • A mobile app that simplifies and streamlines all moving-related procedures and applications. https://www.hikkoshi-line.com/amp_introduction • A new venture for Avex: discovering musicians with hit potential. https://big-up.style/ • A golf subscription booking system for Docomo. https://golfme.goo.ne.jp • If you don’t want to fail in system development… if you never want to slip again… then adopt No-Fail System Development. https://www.smartsocial.co.jp/lp/suberanai/

Yosuke Inoue, Representative, KOBUSHI MARKETING

Born in Okayama Prefecture. While studying at the Faculty of Education, Chiba University, he founded a music label and artist management company during his student days. As COO, he grew the company to an annual revenue of ¥120 million. After earning an MBA from Aoyama Gakuin University Graduate School of Professional Studies, he worked at digital marketing, media, and system development firms from 2015 to 2018. Since then, as a freelancer, he has provided consulting and delivery services for new digital marketing ventures, account management for freelancers and vendors, and operated event and community businesses centered around his original brand, KOBUSHI BEER.

Yosuke Inoue, Representative, KOBUSHI MARKETING

KOBUSHI BEER Product Lineup

About KOBUSHI MARKETING

KOBUSHI MARKETING connects people through its original craft beer brand, “KOBUSHI BEER,” launched in Shibuya. The company operates a community of over 5,000 marketers and entrepreneurs based in Shibuya and hosts more than 200 business networking events annually. Additionally, its sales support program “Community Sponsor,” which leverages a network of 10,000 executives in web, IT, and creative industries, has attracted around 80 growing venture companies.

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KOBUSHI MARKETING LLC

KOBUSHI BEER

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About KOBUSHI BEER Community Sponsor

KOBUSHI BEER Community Sponsor

The KOBUSHI BEER Community Sponsor is a partnership program that leverages the 10,000-member executive and marketer network of a Shibuya-based craft beer brand to provide high-quality, trust-based referral (referral) business opportunities at a low monthly cost starting from ¥30,000 (excluding tax). Beyond simple business card exchanges, it grants branding opportunities as an “organizer,” including event hosting rights with customer acquisition support at the company’s Shibuya Dogenzaka venue and publishing rights in a closed online community of over 5,000 members. This program has achieved a remarkable ROI of approximately 15x in past cases, demonstrating its high cost-effectiveness in simultaneously expanding brand awareness and driving tangible sales growth.

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