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The Story Of Being Great Business Storyteller | Infographic List

The Story Of Being Great Business Storyteller | Infographic List | Must Market | Scoop.it
From infographiclist.com - March 22, 2014 12:15 AM

Step by step storytelling instructions.


Via Kim Zinke (aka Gimli Goose), massimo facchinetti, Jack Varnell
Martin (Marty) Smith's insight:

I like this presentation as it seems more engaging, but it bears little relation to crafting stories in a business setting. I hear several problems over and over including:

* What we do is boring, no one will care.
* We don't have writers or storytellers on staff.
* We are too busy doing our jobs making widgets.
* No one does this in our space.

Excuses go on from there. Stories are how we learn best. Why then do we resist telling stories in a business setting. Do we really need to make things boring and uninteresting in order to make them "fit" in a business setting?

These "objections" are FALSE because:

* Everything is exciting when you explain it in story form.
* You may not have writers but you have storytellers. FIND THEM, grab a video camera or a phone with a video camera create a video diary.
* Your biggest job, no matter who you are, is to win hearts and minds, Stories, storytelling and online engagement is your job whether you realize it or not.
* No one is doing this in your space YET.

Great Scoop by Jack. Marty

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Big Brands Engage Customers For Hours via Curated Music Playlists

Big Brands Engage Customers For Hours via Curated Music Playlists | Must Market | Scoop.it
From www.6smarketing.com - August 22, 2013 4:13 PM

Why Engagement Is All The RAGE
Ever wonder why the tide turns? Two years ago we lucky few Internet marketers wanted HUGE numbers. We needed to pass millions by our webpages to convert 6% or less.

Times Are Changing
We don't understand the full impact or reach of Google's Panda and Penguin algorithm changes. Google isn't a leading indicator either. Google wants a better more relevant web because relevance lowers their cost and increases customer satisfaction. 

Customers (US) were at a tipping point before Google open their Zoo. We want MORE because more has been given. MORE and FASTER is the irony of modern marketing. Once an expectation is set that same expectation must be beat fast and in ever more significant loops or habituation sets in.

Habituation is only moments from being disgruntled and disgruntled customers do many things BUY and ENGAGE are never two of them. Google's Panda and Penguin algorithm shifts mirror the new game. 

Hearts & Minds = The New Game
In a time of abundance where versions of every commodity can easily come from a number of excellent sources, consumers change their ASK. We move from simple wish fulfillment to complex aspiration satisfaction. We want our EXPERIENCE of a brand to help achieve our dreams. 

Yeah but we all have to go to the grocery store to get food you may be thinking. Yes, but your smart phone is with you, laptop in the car and you were online moments before. Soon you will be online all the time (Google glass). 

Once we are online all the time every brand, business or service must win the digital communication battle to win our hearts and minds. Every product and service will need to harness the power of NEW, communicate and share. First grocery story to realize shopping for groceries is an experience capable of being integrated into our digital lives WINS BIG. 

 First brand to realize the EXPERIENCE can last for hours, as the examples in this excellent Robin Good post do, will win BIGGER. 


Via Robin Good
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Robin Good's curator insight, August 22, 2013 3:57 PM



While they may cost a few thousand dollars if commisioned through an agency, curated music playlist appear to be an emerging approach for big brands to develop a closer relationship with their fans.


From Nissan, to Juicy Fruit, Telus and Mr. Clean, there are already several large brands who have been investing in compiling dedicated music playlists to engage and stay in contact with their customers and potential ones for hours at a time. 


Songza (available only in the US and Canada) is one of the pioneering music distribution platforms monetizing this approach.


My comment: DJs and music experts may have yet to witness the opportunity to become fully part of the communication and marketing process of big brands by curating all of their marketing-related music needs.


Check out this article to learn more about it: http://www.6smarketing.com/blog/songza/ 
Richard Stadler's curator insight, August 23, 2013 3:51 AM

Another innovative way to reach your market...
Johel Mercado's comment, August 27, 2013 9:18 PM
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