How do I focus my brand storytelling strategy to get people aligned and make work less overwhelming and confusing? How do I create a brand storytelling framework and prove the value of brand storytelling? What content should my brand talk about, and where should we look for insights? How can I be more creative, and confidently sell-in my ideas without feeling like an imposter? Is influencer marketing right for my brand? What are great brand storytelling examples? Are there brand blog best practices I’m missing? And—how do I more confidently listen to my inner-voice for a more joy-filled (a.k.a. saner) life? Welcome to the Marketing With Empathy podcast where we answer ALL of this and more!
EP 97. Blend psychology and research with marketing to get deeper insights on your consumers, and empower your brand storytelling marketing efforts. Take the guesswork out of what to create. Guest expert, and Sprocket founder and President, April Seifert Ph.D helps companies understand their consumers even better, and then translate research findings into tangible action steps.
How can you merge journalism and marketing to create better, more authentic, videos people don’t want to skip? Heidi Collins, former national TV news anchor, turned corporate video storyteller describes that sweet spot between journalism and marketing = JournoMarketing™. Tips to make compelling video stories that still feel natural and genuine; which brands are doing it well; and how best to structure a team with a focus on JournoMarketing™.
Online business growth strategist and trained quiz funnel expert, Helen Munshi, explains how to create quiz funnels to help attract new leads, engage existing customers, and gain incredible data insights to inform your brand storytelling content.
Using behavior economics to predict trends in consumer shopping behaviors; and, how storytelling plays a role in product packaging to help ensure our products are a best seller off the shelf now and in the future.
EP 93. Behind-the-scenes of how two companies connect with their audiences. Harry’s men’s razor and body care products are tackling men’s mental health. And, Lume, an all-over body deodorant, is successfully talking about a sensitive topic with women via iPhone content from its doctor founder.
Learn from Sarah’s 2nd year recap of running this podcast and her brand storytelling consulting business; likes, dislikes, and key things she sees all brands need help with to advance brand storytelling inside their companies.
Our journey to understand NFTs and Web3 continues. Sarah talks to a company using them. Kelly Groehler is CEO of art curation and Web3 agency, Alice Riot. How they’re using NFTs, her early thoughts on Web3, and storytelling marketing implications.
Confused by NFTs, Web3, Metaverse, cryptocurrency, and how to think about them in your storytelling plans? Expert, Joseph Jaffe explains what each is, the notion of community capitalism, and storytelling marketing implications.
Love the Marketing With Empathy podcast and can’t wait to connect with other like-minded marketers? Want to learn more about connecting with audiences through storytelling? Be part of a free community with more content marketing strategists where you can meet and share ideas? There’s a new Marketing With Empathy podcast community Facebook group for this. What happens inside the group? Why join? Who’s already in it? and Why did Sarah create it?
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