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If You Don’t Define and Present Yourself Online, Others Will Do It for You

Jane Friedman

Really, what were talking about is how we define and present ourselves online. It feels redundant and counterintuitive as a storyteller, as if you dont truly trust your audience, but its necessary if you want to serve that dish youve spent years training to perfect. If you specialize in plant-based food, dont court the meat eaters.

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Empathy Mapping is An Essential Tool for Futureproof Copywriting

Nick Ursborne

[ NOTE: This post was written in part by GPT 4o, working from the slides and transcripts of a presentation I gave on Empathy Mapping.] When combined with the efficiency of AI and the authenticity of conversational copy, empathy mapping transforms ordinary copy into extraordinary storytelling. You become futureproof.

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Why Presentation Skills Are Important in Marketing

Neil Patel

One interesting thing about this is that you’d also find a lot of those traits in people with exceptional presentation skills. To put yourself out there and present to a room full of people, you need to be at least a little adventurous. To make it as a marketer, excellent presentation skills are pretty much nonnegotiable.

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Storytelling 101 for Founders

Kayleigh Moore

Great storytelling typically follows a fairly basic structure. In this format, the most important information (or what might even be considered the conclusion) is presented first. You’ll learn and improve along the way as you continue to practice your storytelling skills. Because we NEED to hear these stories. First: Structure.

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How to incorporate different elements of storytelling into content writing?

Credible Content

How to use the elements of storytelling in content writing. The main elements of storytelling are: Plot: Sequence of events driving the story forward. Why use storytelling in content writing? Why use storytelling in content writing? Read: What is storytelling in content writing?

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How Storytelling Can Build an Emotional Connection with a B2B Audience

Contently

But integrating storytelling into your content allows your target audience to build an emotional connection with your brand. Why Is B2B Storytelling Important—and Challenging? Many don’t know where to start or don’t have the right tools to execute storytelling properly, said Mark Evans, principal at Marketing Spark.

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The Flashback: A Greatly Misunderstood Storytelling Device

Jane Friedman

Along with prologues, adverbs, and semicolons, flashbacks may be the most vilified—and most misunderstood—of storytelling devices, ones that work only if they don’t seem like devices. Flashback: A scene from the past presented as if it’s happening “live” before readers’ eyes, which fully interrupts the main story.