
Where to Find Your Brand Story
Learn How to Captivate Your Customers With a Bewitching Brand Story In March 2019, I sniffed into an old claustrophobic bookstore in Queenscliff, Australia, like a mouse searching for cheese.…

How to Create Your Personal Brand Story to Grow Your Business
I’ve learned the importance of creating my personal brand story when I launched my own consultancy a decade ago. I had led new business for a number of advertising agencies…

Growing from Startup to Scale-Up
Starting a business has never been easier, but growing a startup and scaling it to become a big business is harder than ever. Most who try get stuck or hit…

How Should Technology Shape Your Brand Story?
Business storytelling is the strategic message in your content marketing, technology is its transmitter As a kid, I loved the Flintstones and the Jetsons. Two great families with outstanding brands.…

How to Win Friends and Influence People with Your Brand Storytelling
Business storytelling will transport your audiences to grow your brand One Sunday morning, I got on my United flight to Dulles for a story training with the Rapid Capabilities Office…

How to Make Your Business Stories Impactful and Memorable
Top business leaders lead with stories A chapter closed on my life on Friday, January 12, 2018. After five years as the professor of storytelling, creating and teaching the communications…

The ROI of Business Storytelling and the Cost of Being Boring
The business case for brand storytelling: Inspired leadership, employee engagement, greater retention and growing sales. Rags or riches? Your storytelling ability will lead to one or the other Steven knew…

How to Persuade any Audience with the Power of Storytelling
Business storytelling is how leaders change beliefs and shape behaviors. On a trip to Amsterdam for the Arizona State University Masters students in the Executive Masters of Sustainability Leadership program,…

6 Brand Story Structure Failures Most Marketers Miss and How to Fix Them
Only a sturdy brand narrative, supported by your internal business stories, will bridge you to your future Most business leaders and marketers focus on their high-level brand narrative. But few…

A Simple 10-step Brand Storytelling System to Clarify Your Business Story
The Story Cycle System™ is a proven brand storytelling template to craft more compelling business stories You are a proud owner of a purpose-business, although it probably feels like it…

How To Enhance Your Brand By Harnessing The Power Of Screenwriting Story Techniques
In this post, I’d like to talk about how you can use movies — specifically the protagonist’s journey through the movie — as a guide to enhancing your brand and…