Decoding Story-Based Marketing Podcast

Do you know your target audience? Have you worked through your Ideal Customer Profile? If not, you are missing out on a huge opportunity to be relevant and meaningful in your marketing.

In today's episode, Kristin, Annie, and Bo discuss why an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) is so important and how you can utilize yours once you've created it.

What are the differences between social media and social selling? Are there ways to utilize and maximize your social network for business growth?

In today's episode Annie, Kristin and Bo discuss ways to capitalize on your "X-Factor" and how you can more effectively reach your social sphere with strong messaging.

Why do we love sports and why do we keep coming back to them time and time again? What is it about the stories that sports tell us that we find so compelling and why have sports gained so many new fans in the last few years?

In today's episode Annie, Kristin and Bo discuss how we became fans of sports and how the stories sports tell can help us improve our messaging and marketing.

Let's be honest - we all find a great villain compelling. But why? What is it about the bad guy in a story that tends to draw us in? And what can we learn from the villain in a story about how to strengthen our messaging for our brand?

In today's episode Kristin, Annie and Bo discuss why naming the problem your customers face is critical, and how villains can help us in that process!

It's a new year and it's time to get our messaging and marketing organized! But where do we begin? What's our first step in creating a dynamic, cohesive messaging and marketing effort for 2024?

In today's episode, Annie, Kristin and Bo provide a clear 5-step check list to get your marketing strategy rolling.

You have a great product but people are just not responding the way you want them to. Why won't they click/order/buy/subscribe? It might have to do with your messaging.

In today's episode, Annie, Kristin and Bo discuss common messaging pitfalls and give some practical tips on how you can avoid them in order to make your messaging as clear as possible.

Who are your favorite heroes? What journey did they go on? Who was their guide to help them along the way? Every (good) story has some basic elements, including the story we tell our customers and clients!

In today's episode, Annie, Kristin, and Bo discuss why it's important to position ourselves as the guide, and not the hero, in our customer's story. We also look at some of our favorite heroes and the journeys they go on.

How can an effective messaging strategy help your brand navigate uncertain times? How do you know if it's time to innovate or stick to the basics?

Into today's episode, Annie, Kristin and Bo have a conversation about how a strong messaging strategy can help keep your brand steady when everything else seems to be falling apart.

Why do so many brands struggle to communicate empathy to their target audience? Why is empathy important in marketing, and what do you do if you aren't a naturally empathetic person?

In today's episode, Annie, Kristin and Bo have a conversation that will give you steps to take to better communicate empathy to your clients and audience.

Too many brands fail to consider the power of clear messaging when it comes to their marketing efforts. What is messaging? Why is it essential for effective marketing? How does a brand create a clear message to then use in their marketing?

In today's episode Annie, Kristin and Bo have a conversation about messaging that will give you clear and helpful strategies to begin building killer messaging for your brand or company.