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How customer-hero stories help you connect better

markempa

Do you focus on capturing product stories or customer-hero stories? Despite all the time, money, resources spent on improving sales productivity, just 13% of sales people produce 87% of revenue in a typical organization according to the Sales Benchmark Index. Where we can help them be a hero? Let me explain. Brian: It is.

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3 Steps that Helped Skyline Exhibits Increase New Product Sales by 18%

markempa

Tweet During the economic downturn of 2008, while most companies were scaling back and avoiding risk, Skyline Exhibits , a global trade show exhibit company, decided to go the opposite direction and invest in innovation. Increased sales from new products from 6% to 24%. Customers are using and modifying products. The results.

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How To Use the Hero’s Journey for Content Marketing: A Good Story Goes A Long Way

Marketing Insider Group

Sometimes you can find the threads of a story (aka a narrative) in the messaging your product marketing team developed. Campbell’s structure can be simplified into three acts: Departure: The hero prepares for a journey into the unknown with help from a mentor. Similarly, a business has a mission to help customers solve a problem.

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Technology PR Sessions at 2008 PRSA Conference

WriteSpark

» Technology PR Sessions at 2008 PRSA Conference.   Several sessions at the 2008 PRSA conference, scheduled for October 25-28 in Detroit, look particularly relevant for those of us involved in PR for technology products and services: "Word of mouth" marketing and many social media sessions. . 

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How Online Sales Can Help You Grow in Hard Times

Hubspot

The 2008 recession accelerated their inability to adapt to changing consumer demand -- and by 2010, they filed for bankruptcy. Adapting to Customer Needs With the Right Products. Figuring that out starts with thinking about how your products and services impact your customers. Take Blockbuster, for example.

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How To Increase Your Value To Buyers And Create Unshakable Loyalty

Tony Zambito

We saw with 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008, and the numerous natural disasters of hurricanes and floods neighbors helping neighbors. We’re all helping each other out. Through the common bond of shared experiences and helping each other, people’s sense of value for living in their chosen neighborhood went up.

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How purposeful branding is driving millennials and social entrepreneurship

Biznology

The world has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or since the 2008 recession. Consumer product companies seem to leading this trend. This segment has recognized that the same jobs lost in the 2008 recession will never come back. A key driver for this trend is the emerging values of millennials and purposeful branding.