Robert DiMeo & Miri Rodriguez

#244: COVID-19: How to Show Up Every Day in Your Brand Storytelling

#244: COVID-19: How to Show Up Every Day in Your Brand Storytelling

No matter the industry, brands all over the world are feeling the effects of this pandemic. And while a handful of brands such as Amazon are experiencing a major increase in business, the majority of us have experienced the opposite. Because of that, many of us have gone into crisis mode and as a result, overlook opportunities to be there for our customers.

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Jay Baer & Pamela Slim

#243: How to Keep Sharing Your Stories Through COVID-19

#243: How to Keep Sharing Your Stories Through COVID-19

We’re all reeling from the effects of COVID-19. Uncertainty and despair are everywhere. What are the stories you’re telling yourself about the prospects for your personal and professional future?

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Shawn Callahan

#242: 5 Tactics to Convincingly Share a Data Story

#242: 5 Tactics to Convincingly Share a Data Story

We have all experienced the numbing of the brain that occurs during a data-heavy presentation. And if you were bored to numbness, you can guarantee others were too, including decision-makers. But, it is often impossible to present without any numbers or data. So the challenge is to make the numbers and data tell a story. So, we asked Shawn Callahan, author of the award-winning Putting Stories to Work and founder at Anecdote, the world’s largest business storytelling enterprise, to share his five-story tactics to bring data alive with your audience and move them to action.

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Jeff Fromm

#241: How to Unlock the Purpose Advantage With Your Brand Story

#241: How to Unlock the Purpose Advantage With Your Brand Story

Jeff Fromm, president of FutureCast, a consumer trends consultancy, and author of The Purpose Advantage: How to Unlock New Ways of Doing Business, reveals how a brand’s purpose is playing an increasing role in the decision-making of modern consumers.

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Magdalena Adamska

#240: How the World’s Most Admired Brands Tell Their Stories

#240: How the World’s Most Admired Brands Tell Their Stories

Magdalena Adamska, founder of BrandStruck.co, explores the power of brand archetyping and the similarities and differences between them. BrandStruck.co is the only online database of brand strategy case studies to help you understand the positioning of the world’s most admired brands.

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Michael Margolis

#239: Evolutionary Storytelling: Beyond Us vs Them

#239: Evolutionary Storytelling: Beyond Us vs Them

As a leader, you have to have faith in the future and even more importantly, you must be able to inspire others to do the same. But over and over, leaders that set out to inspire actually do the opposite because they lead with fear instead of potential. Therefore, revolutionize the way your people see the future by employing narratives that communicate hope and possibility.

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Nosa Eguae

#238: How to Overcome Life’s Body Blows With Your Story

#238: How to Overcome Life’s Body Blows With Your Story

As human beings, we share a desire to find purpose. And more often than not, our purpose becomes a part of our identity. But as it is in life, not everything goes as planned and sometimes we are faced with the realization that we are not living out our true purpose. This can feel like a real body blow. If we don’t know how to reshape how we see ourselves, we may not get back up. So, learn how to mitigate life’s inevitable blows with the power of story.

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Dr. Shyam Shridharani and Avni Shridharani

#237: How to Share a Healthy Brand Origin Story

#237: How to Share a Healthy Brand Origin Story

Have you ever poured your heart and soul into solving a problem only to realize you are not the only one who could benefit from the solution you found? And, after realizing your discovery could help many, why would you not want to share it with the world?

But when the market is oversaturated, how do you even begin to get your product found? To be successful, you have to craft a concise and compelling brand category story that’s all your own.

And that starts with your origin story.

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Gavin Hammar, Desiree Martinez, Andrew Bartolotta, Sophia Rabe

#236: Strategies for Powerful Storytelling on Social Media

#236: Strategies for Powerful Storytelling on Social Media

A lot goes into being successful on social media. First, you must be able to tell great stories and then get them found online. But even if you craft a great narrative there is a good chance it will never be acknowledged if it is not shared with your audience in the right ways. And from experience, I know nothing causes more despair than watching your perfectly curated anecdote become buried in the cacophony of content that we all compete against. So, avoid having your content ignored by learning how to use specific strategies to craft and share your stories. (more…)

André Martin Hobbs

#235: How Your Purpose-Driven Brand Story Can Triple Your Growth

#235: How Your Purpose-Driven Brand Story Can Triple Your Growth

Certain stigmas exist within industries, and if you are a business that serves the nonprime sector you know first-hand the negative connotation that follows. But what if you are a purpose-driven brand that exists to do the opposite of what you’re negatively perceived for? I bet you are extremely frustrated. Because it’s nearly impossible to grow your brand and increase your impact if you’re perceived as the “bad guy”. So, let me show you how to become a hero instead of a villain in the hearts and minds of your audience by refocusing your purpose-driven brand story.

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