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What Does “Storytelling” Mean to You? 105 Answers from Communicators

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16 Jun 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Storytelling is a powerful means of persuasion; it can be both a strategy, as in an overall narrative but it also can be a tactic, like using vignettes; here’s what a recent survey found. Years ago, there was a consultant...
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What is Storytelling

What is Storytelling? Why Does Storytelling Work? What are Good Examples? [UML]

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25 Jan 2020
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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The company has survived a tumultuous period: turnover in customers, pressure from investors, layoffs and bad press. Somehow, by grit and will, the founders and executive team had pulled the company through. Today, employees were happy, customers were plentiful, and...
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Storytelling is the Essence of Brand Development Off Script No 44 Jeffrey Crow

Storytelling is the Essence of Brand Development; Off Script No. 44: Jeffrey Crow, 2x CMO

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19 Nov 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Can a good story create value for a brand? It can, according to Jeffrey Crow, who has twice served as the CMO for fairly large enterprises. The reputation the network services and solutions provider Earthlink gained for customer service is...
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In-Housing Trend What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

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02 Apr 2019
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Nearly half of respondents (47%) in a recent survey of public relations pros found many are observing more PR work being taken in-house. In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR...
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Most PR professionals believe media relations is getting harder according to the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

New Survey Identifies the Hottest Trends in Corp Comm and PR; Announcing the 2018 JOTW Communications Survey

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19 Mar 2018
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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A new survey of primarily corporate communications professionals identified the hottest trends and tactics in PR – and perhaps those that aren’t so hot too.  Respondents said storytelling, content marketing and thought leadership will be more important over the next...
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Finding Corporate Stories to Make the Uninteresting Interesting

Make the Uninteresting Interesting to Find Great Corporate Stories [UML]

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14 Oct 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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How do you find a good corporate story?  You have to make the uninteresting interesting. That conjures up a harder question: how do you make the uninteresting interesting? This question is the B2B marketing equivalent of the Wolf of Wall...
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Your Brand is Not the Hero; Your Customer is the Hero

Your Brand is Not the Hero…Your Customer is the Hero

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05 Sep 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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A young boy imagines himself Darth Vader and moves through his home attempting to use “The Force” on various objects – an exercise bike, a doll, and a dog, for example. All of his attempts are unsuccessful until he tries...
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Creative Storytelling as the Soul of B2B Marketing [UML]

Creative Storytelling as the Soul of B2B Marketing [UML]

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04 Feb 2017
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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It’s far too easy to say that B2B technology is dull.  That’s just an excuse when the central responsibility of the creative marketer is to convert the uninteresting into something interesting. Too often we fall into the trap of describing...
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Without Tension there is No Storytelling

Without Tension, there is No Storytelling

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28 Jul 2015
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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“Your company isn’t just an organization. It is a story,” according to a Storytelling Guide by Nasdaq Media Intelligence. The paper, which is quick and easy primer on storytelling, defines a story as “a character in pursuit of a goal...
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Fish Out of Water Shark Week Science and Storytelling

Fish Out of Water: Shark Week, Science and Storytelling

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07 Jul 2015
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Frank Strong, MA, MBA
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Stories are entertaining and people are hardwired to retain stories. Journalists, PR pros and increasingly of late, marketers, are focused on telling stories as a technique for getting information across. Fill up an article, video or presentation with compelling statistics...
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