Archive for Storytelling for Sales
Edgar, the illustrated brand storytelling character from Park Howell's book Brand Bewitchery, stands beside the headline "StoryOps™ — the only narrative-native platform in the world that aligns your brand story through every department, across every function, through every channel for coherent, consistent, and compelling communications internally and externally."

Narrative Entropy Is Decaying Your Brand. StoryOps™ Is the Governance That Stops It.

You Have MarketingOps. SalesOps. RevenueOps. HROps. But No One Owns the Story. Brand Narrative Entropy is the natural fragmentation of a brand’s core story across functions, channels, and time when…

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How to Build a Habit of Consistently Creating More Powerful Messages With the ABT

Growing as a confident and influential communicator takes continuous practice to build your storytelling skills. But our brains are biologically driven to be lazy. Therefore, I highly recommend James Clear’s…

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How the ABT Narrative Framework Closes a Compelling Story Loop For You

The shortest successful sales pitch ever told Ernest Hemingway was in a bar with his buddies and bet them $10 each that he could make them cry with a short…

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Use Story Mapping to Better Understand Your Customers

A Business Analyst’s Experience With User Story Mapping When developing a product or service in any industry, it’s imperative to not only consider but also understand consumer behavior.  The process…

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How a Personal Adventure Will Help Your Sales Story Sell

A true story, well told, reveals a truth about ourselves and the world around us. We want to connect deeply with our prospects and if we demonstrate how we’re uniquely…

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How To Use Interactive Content To Promote Your Brand Story

Businesses don’t become successful just because of their products and services. Those may definitely be a prerequisite, but there’s a lot more that goes into promoting a business. Today companies…

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How a Mysterious Brand Story Positions Crystal Head Vodka for Otherworldly Success

Infuse your offering with meaning through the brand stories you tell (The following is an excerpt from my new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to…

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3 Proven Steps to Creating Great Brand Stories

Why You Must Clarify Your Brand Story Strategy and How When I was a kid, I loved watching the Our Gang (The Little Rascals) TV show before heading off to…

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How to Peddle a Bike With a Story

  Selling and Storytelling is Always About the Moment of Truth Life as an entrepreneur started for me in 1972 glued to our TV set in Woodinville, Washington.  I was…

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Why Pitching Your Brand is 99% Telling Your Own Story

What you can learn from Hollywood movie pitching about selling your brand story The pitch. It’s as old as cinema itself.  A writer, director, or other creative type walks into…

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