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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | STORIES THAT SELL JUNE 28, 2011  The Resume is Dead: The (Story) Bio is King We’ve been told to carefully construct a persona that will differentiate and trademark our skills into a unique value proposition. Note from Casey Hibbard:While I’m out on maternity leave until the end of July, this blog will feature a summer guest blogger series with content from experts in marketing, organizational storytelling and writing. By Michael Margolis. Are you relevant to my work? | STORIES THAT SELL DECEMBER 1, 2011 Customer Quotes That Compel and Sell in Case Studies Decision – Feature a quote that speaks to why the customer chose the solution - a great opportunity to call out your competitive differentiators. In a customer story, quotes are the very voice of the customer, your sound bites. Without them, a story can feel flat. Studies have even shown that people who skim tend to read text that's called out in quotes more than the rest of a story. How do you use quotes for maximum impact? Here are a few tips: Get in Three 'Marquee' Quotes. Here's your chance to get in some emotion related to the customer's challenge. Add More for Emphasis. | | | | | |
| STORIES THAT SELL APRIL 21, 2011 Eek, My Own Process Broke Down! Understand the messages and competitive differentiators that should be reinforced in every customer story. In the customer story process, you can't miss any bases on your way to home plate. After 11 years of working on customer stories, I've become set in my ways. And with good reason. I've refined my step-by-step process for creating case studies and success stories and usually stick to it religiously. One step happens before the next, and if not, the story might suffer. I've blogged about my process, featured it in my book, and preach and teach it to other writers. The Story. | |
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