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In Story Selling | Cut the Clutter and Tell a Great Story

In Story Selling | Cut the Clutter and Tell a Great Story | Just Story It | Scoop.it

"From annoying pop-up ads to often completely irrelevant video pre-rolls, the clutter is causing consumers’ “BS meters,” as digital rock star Gary Vaynerchuk has called them, to become more sensitive and accurate than ever before."

 

"So while the speed of technology is increasing, it’s interesting to note that one of the hottest trends in online marketing might just be the age-old art of story-telling."

 

"What does this mean? To cut through the clutter, businesses need to stop annoying, and start telling stories." - Lisa Ostrikoff


Via Ken Jondahl
Karen Dietz's insight:

Ken Jondahl's review below says it all. Whenver I see a cluttered website I know people are lacking storytelling skills. Novice storytellers always add too much detail.


So if your website is too cluttered, it can't tell a great story. So polish your storytelling skills and upgrade your website. It's essential to gain business growth.


After the article makes this main point, the rest we already know. And yet they are good reminders for us. And I like the quotes.


Thanks for finding and sharing the article Ken!

Ken Jondahl's curator insight, February 14, 8:46 AM

The article focuses mostly on the visual marketing via web/ads/etc and is dead on in the conclusions. However, think about your sales people.

 

Are they really prepared to go out and have conversations with customers which include great stories around your company, the people and how you help customers?

 

If not, the next time an annoying pop up ad hits you in the face. Think about how your customers feel when your sales person visits and goes on and on about the product features and benefits.

 

It is not about it, it is all about how it is used. In sales we need to get to the point and tell a great story around the product usage.

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Make your idea stick

Short explanation of Chip & Dan Heath's brilliant book 'Made to Stick' - Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck. With the funny and sticky example by

Via Baiba Svenca
Karen Dietz's insight:

I rescooped this from fellow curator Baiba Svenca even though I have curated the original video before. 


I did so because in this SlideShare presentation, it examines WHY this funny video -- Dumb Ways To Die -- really sticks. It's based on the Heath brother's book "Made To Stick."


The presentation was put together by Orsolya Nemes in Budapest, Hungry, who is a consultant / trainer.


It's a fabulous primer about how to craft your stories (and other material) so people remember it and repeat it via word-of-mouth marketing. The video is less a story, but it embodies many devices we use in storytelling to make our work memorable and repeatable. You will want to take note of these elements.


That's a good thing! So have fun watching the video (it is one of my favorites) and go through the slide presentation to understand why it works so well.


This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling atwww.scoop.it/t/just-story-it

Karen Dietz's comment, March 19, 12:22 PM
LOL Ken! There are times I find a great article and wish I could have a 'redo' with a client :)
Denyse Drummond-Dunn's curator insight, March 20, 8:25 AM
Great, if a bit long video included, but presentation is definitely worth a read.
Peter Sampson's curator insight, April 28, 6:35 PM

Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Stories

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Create Great Video Stories with the New Google Story Builder

Create Great Video Stories with the New Google Story Builder | Just Story It | Scoop.it
Collaboration has gone Google. Create a story and then share your video.

Via Robin Good
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Ooooooooh, what fun to play with!


And what a great way to tell a quick business story. I love easy and quick!


Write out the dialoge between 2 characters -- your business and a client, for example. Add some music and click play. Then watch the magic happen!


Then post it to Google+ or other places. Woo hoo!


Thanks Robin Good for finding and sharing this. Life just got easier for us biz storytellers!


This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it

Ed Bonhaus's curator insight, April 3, 9:39 AM

This is kinda cheesy.  I hope Google improves this. 

Elsie Whitelock's curator insight, April 14, 7:41 AM

This looks interesting.

Elsie Whitelock's curator insight, May 5, 8:47 AM

more cool tools..