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A 3-part recipe for humorous digital storytelling from Onion Labs

Most people view social media as a break in their busy schedule. They escape from whatever they’re doing and start scrolling. But the endless toilet paper roll of content makes…

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How Downton Abbey resembles B2B marketing

I admit it. I’m a Downton Abbey fan. My wife and I started watching it around the first season of Breaking Bad. If Breaking Bad is the opiate of TV programming, then…

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The 1 rule you must obey when crafting brand stories

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius told us that centuries ago. I learned this lesson, AGAIN, yesterday. I was teaching storytelling to 7th and…

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A simple 3-step strategy that will inspire your business storytelling

Plus 6 great story insights and one terrific quote Some of my clients and students tell me that they don’t lead interesting enough lives to have great stories. Nothing ever…

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5 Proven Elements to a Powerful Business Story

Back in the day, I wrote and produced hundreds of radio spots. Some hysterical. Some thought-provoking. Some duds. Ok, several. This one was killer: Michael Angelo painting the Sistine Chapel fighting a leaky roof.…

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The evolution of you and your brand is in how well you tell your stories

(This post originally appeared in LinkedIN Pulse.) Our brain, like the amoeba, has one main goal: Survival. We can go weeks without food, days without water, but only about 35 seconds…

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Content marketing for the “Attention Economy”

This article first appeared in the American Marketing Association blog, Elevate.    The goldfish has an average attention span of nine seconds, which now is one second longer than the…

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How social media is humanizing corporations

Command and control. It is one of the lasting corporate legacies of the industrial age. But its grip is weakening. For 100 years, most American companies have approached corporate culture…

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