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How Storytelling by Apple, Google, Chevy Led to Success | Guest Columnists - Advertising Age

How Storytelling by Apple, Google, Chevy Led to Success | Guest Columnists - Advertising Age | Just Story It | Scoop.it
From adage.com - November 4, 2011 8:36 PM
In advertising, the art and craft of storytelling is central to building, maintaining and strengthening the bonds between consumers and brands.


I agree with 99% of what is in this article.  It is a meaningful discussion about storytelling, branding, technology and how much branding/ad professionals need to get better at the whole storytelling thing. The authors are Randy Rothenberg, the president-CEO of IAB and Mike Hughes, the president of the Martin Agency.


I actually got even more insights from the 4 comments other people left on the site -- so don't forget to read those also.


Here's my only quibble and it's something I've noticed in many branding articles.  It's the notion that TV, the news media, radio, etc. are the only ways people have been receiving stories for the last several decades.  The notion is that people are now liberated because they can actively create and share their own stories due to technology. That's silly.


Of course people have been making up and sharing stories with each other for millenia.  So let's keep in mind that when professionals in marketing/branding/ad/pr industries talk this way, they are really only sharing about the mindset of their worlds.


Up until recently that mindset has been about the pushing and telling of messages.  Now there is a revolution underway that is about corporations engaging in sharing stories back and forth with customers.


Which gets us back to the point of the article -- we need to think better about our stories, build storytelling skills, and understand the dynamics of story sharing.

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Tom George's comment, November 5, 2011 2:33 AM
Thank you for sharing this today Karen. I think your commentary is good. I shared your piece on Internet Billboards.
Karen Dietz's comment, November 5, 2011 10:13 AM
Many thanks for the shares and re-scoops!
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What does your brand stand for? [infographic]

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From www.storyati.com - October 2, 2012 9:09 AM
A brand is like the lead character of its own story.  And like any story character, brands  have values and beliefs that become associated with them through their actions.  The challenge for marketers is to characterize their brands first before...


Here's a terrific infographic from colleague Jim Signorelli that will help you create a persona for your business. Once you have a persona, it becomes much easier to target your storytelling and marketing/branding efforts. And connect more forcefully with customers.


There are 2 ways of finding your persona:

  1. Examine all of your stories and determine their common characteristics. Then look at Jim's infographic to refine and finalize those qualities. Create your persona based on your discoveries.
  2. Examine this infographic to determine which character/characters you think you/your business embodies most. Check it against your stories. Build your persona from there.

What is a persona? It is a descriptive profile of a typical customer that includes a character type/archetype, demographic info, and as much flesh and bones information you can collect to create a bit of a story about this customer -- their likes, dislikes, challenges, etc.


Thanks Jim for putting together this very helpful infographic.


And if you want to dig into this topic more -- and get even smarter about using archetypes for marketing/branding -- read The Hero and The Outlaw; Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes by M. Mark & C. Pearson. It's one of my bibles :)


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

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Apple, Victoria's Secret And IKEA All Fall Into The Same Brand Archetype

Apple, Victoria's Secret And IKEA All Fall Into The Same Brand Archetype | Just Story It | Scoop.it
From www.businessinsider.com - May 22, 2012 10:08 AM
What do the Apple, Victoria's Secret and IKEA brands have in common? They're all from the same archetype.

 

The brand are "Creators," according to a case study from marketing firm Added Value.

 

It's all about how consumers are able to use the brands to create their own identities. Creator brands allow people to "tap into their potential and re-invent themselves — their minds, personalities, environments, bodies, ambitions, and dreams," according to the report.


OK -- I curated this piece because it show how specific archetypes are reflected in organizations. It is a very brief article and starts to get us thinking about how this information can be used in marketing, branding, and advertising. But make sure to click through to Added Value http://www.added-value.com/culturaltraction/index.html and poke around their site for more info, case studies, and their tool.


But here is what I find disturbing about this short post and the Added Value website -- nowhere does anyone mention that these archetypes originally came from Carol Pearson's and Margaret Mark's book The Hero and The Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes (2001) http://www.amazon.com/The-Hero-Outlaw-Extraordinary-Archetypes/dp/0071364153/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337476690&sr=1-1 


Enjoy poking around the websites, but go read the book!! It contains a wealth of fabulous information and how-to tips you can use immediately for articulating your brand and targeting your communications (I'm not affiliated in any way with the authors).


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