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How Storytelling + Data = The Most Compelling Content

Webbiquity

Storytelling is a powerful tool for building a long-term connection with your audience. studio on Pexels However, few marketers can truly master the art of storytelling, because they fail to add data points to support the tale they are weaving. What is data storytelling? Guest post by Mehdi Hussen. Image credit: RF._.studio

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The CMO Isn’t Dead: Mastering the Skills of the Modern Marketing Leader

Content Standard

Invests in collaborative tools and processes: Foster seamless content creation and distribution by implementing collaborative tools that allow teams to work together in real-time. Conduct surveys, host focus groups, and utilize customer service interactions to gather real-world insights.

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Top 5 Tips for Creating an Effective Video Marketing Strategy

ClearVoice

Part of it is our love of storytelling; part of it is the personal and emotional connection that forms when we watch people talking directly to us. Distribution: Where does this video belong? A/B testing (and focus groups) are a great way to test whether a specific component of your video is working.

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Makings Of A Modern Creative Director

Bluetext

Bill Replogle of Sparkys garage fame taught me a lot about storytelling and the power of the word. The balance of the creative director’s role is to first establish a compelling story, and then be able to pressure test across an enormous amount of distribution channels to make sure that the story plays out ubiquitously.

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Mapping Local Essentials: Being the Business that Grows, Sells, or Markets the Beans

Moz

Is there explicit value for customers if this demand could be supplied locally instead of via distribution/online channels? Buy Local associations Chambers of Commerce and other business associations Local government bodies and officials A formal focus group Friends and family Local reporters and bloggers Successful local business owners.

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20 Ingenious Ideas to Transform Customer Experience (CX) in 2020

Martech Advisor

The hero’s journey is an effective storytelling technique, popularized by Joseph Campbell, an American Professor of Literature. Involve focus groups to double down on the reverse engineering process. If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language.

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The Psychology of Stories: The Storytelling Formula Our Brains Crave

Hubspot

Storytelling is a community act that involves sharing knowledge and values. The brains of the storyteller and the story listener can actually synchronize, says Princeton''s Uri Hasson : “By simply telling a story, [a person] could plant ideas, thoughts and emotions into the listeners’ brains.” How do you do this?