What’s at Stake in Your Sales Funnel?
When customers discover a consistent story of change—they can’t wait to buy In late 2023, LinkedIn’s B2B institute analyzed 7,046 brands on its platform. It found only 16 percent—16 […]
Continue ReadingBuild a Playlist That Keeps Your Customer on “Repeat”
Are you one of the 160 million people who shared a Spotify Wrapped playlist last year? Music is a deeply personal and emotional experience. It tells others who you are. […]
Continue ReadingA New Audience Doesn’t Mean a New Story
Among the 70,808 people in the rowdy crowd of Buffalo Bills fans at the 2024 AFC East Championship Game was third-grader Ella Piazza. Like most eight-year-old girls, Ella had never […]
Continue ReadingYou Are What You Buy
Every year, around 4.4 million new businesses are launched in the United States, but between 15 percent and 25 percent of them won’t make it past their first year. In […]
Continue ReadingMaking Customers’ Stories Your Own
Who’s the protagonist of your brand’s narrative? Essential brands build their strategic narrative around their customer, sharing the story of how the customer can overcome their challenges with the help […]
Continue ReadingWhy Great Technology Isn’t Enough
Unlocking Go-To-Market Success with Strategic Narratives for B2B Technology 75 percent of venture-backed companies never return cash to investors. Even with the advantages of capital and a product in which […]
Continue ReadingIf You Don’t Have a Story, You Don’t Have a Strategy
How Strategic Narrative Takes Your Company From Chaos to Clarity by Payton Shand “A company without a story is usually a company without a strategy.” Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Ben […]
Continue ReadingDemos that Dominate
by Harry Meadows If you’ve ever been involved with a tech business, you’ve sat through more product demos than you can count. And for good reason: the people who give […]
Continue ReadingMake Your Origin Story Your Best Sales Tool
by Ava Wolf Where you’re from says a lot about where you’re going—and why customers should take that journey with you. Every company has an origin story: the narrative that […]
Continue ReadingPersonality That Sells
by Payton Shand When it comes time to make a purchase, customers always have choices. And since they’re now more informed than ever before, their buying decisions increasingly come down […]
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