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Story Telling for Blogs

Writing on the Web

Storytelling sells and persuades because it’s an innate skill that has evolved over centuries—something we all know how to do. In fact, a storytelling gene (FOXP2), discovered in 2001, gives us the physical and neurological skills needed to speak words rapidly and precisely. Yet, some of us are better storytellers than others.

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What’s Missing in Content Marketing: Who and Why

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Storytelling and personalization is the biggest missing piece in content marketing as I see it. In the Content Marketing Webinar last week, I talked about communicating your back-story … the background about the why and who of your business. Storytelling is the best way to do that. Blog this on Blogger. Tweet This!

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The Scariest Blog: No Personality

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Storytelling and personalization is the key piece in content marketing as I see it. We talked about ways to spend time between flights, and ended up talking content marketing. He mentioned not having time to stay in touch with former clients or do any type of consistent marketing for his business. What do you think?

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Content Marketing with Stories: Better than Facts

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A 2007 study by Jennifer Edson Escalas , a marketing researcher at Vanderbilt University, found that people had more positive reactions to advertisements that were presented in a story form than to ads that were factually straightforward about the products. The best way to gain attention and engage readers is through storytelling.

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5 Key Elements for Your “About” Page: How to Tell Your Story

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An About page is an important content marketing opportunity. As I mentioned in my last post , storytelling is persuasive because it’s an innate skill that has evolved over centuries — something we all know how to do. You can read the back story on my core business here: Content Marketing Matters. But so are you.

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A Quiz: Test Your Content Marketing and Blog Writing Knowledge

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Storytelling.”. There are not only those style issues, but key is making sure your blog content appeals to the right audience, your target market, your ideal clients. Attracting Clients Content Marketing Getting Read On Writing Better blog content business blogging content marketing with blogs' Stylistic preferences.

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Content Marketing Matters: What’s Your Brand Personality?

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I stumbled across an interesting quote on a site that gets to the heart of content marketing matters: “Evolution tends to favor action over thinking. “All successful marketing campaigns – whether using primeval or post-digital technologies — have responded to this phenomenon.” ~ Dr. Bob Deutsch, cognitive anthropologist, BrainSells.com.